# # Project Close Combat 2 # Boot Camp # Script 1 - Monitors and Toolbars # # Revisions: # Penny Atcheson 6/23/97 # Scott Cooper 6/26/97 # Tom Kent 07/15/97 # [INTRO] * 24 12 *Monitors and the Toolbar * *When playing A Bridge Too Far, it is important to keep track of *the status of your team members. * *In this exercise, you'll learn how to: * Review team units and individual soldiers prior to battle. * Monitor soldier status during a battle. * Develop strategies based on the strengths of your teams. * End the battle. * *To continue Boot Camp, click anywhere on this message. *To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the Macintosh). *NOTE: If you get lost, press CTRL+H. ###################################################################### # # Message Display 1 - Stress in soldiers # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 1 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !TEAM_HIDE 1 0 -1 -1 !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 0 12 -1 -1 *In A Bridge Too Far, you need to pay attention to the psychological *elements of battle in addition to the tactical elements. * *If you ask your men to do something they think is unreasonable *or if their stress level rises too high, they may choose not *to obey your orders. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 1 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 2 - Team monitor #(need to put popup close to team monitor) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 2 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *In the lower-left corner of the screen, you'll see the *Team monitor. This is a listing of all of your teams in *the battle. During a battle, their current orders are *listed next to their names. The '+' symbol is color-coded *to indicate their health. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 2 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 3 - Soldier monitor #(check and update action) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 4 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action *SELECT_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *Next to the Team monitor is the Soldier monitor. The Soldier *monitor provides information about individual members in each *unit. * *Remove this message, and then select the indicated unit to see *details about its individual soldiers. ?Success !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *Information in the Soldier monitor changes to reflect the *team you select in the Team monitor on the map. It is *dynamically updated in real time as the battle progresses. #!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1 ?Error !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *Click any team member in the unit to select the team *indicated by the gray arrow. Check the monitors for detailed *information about the selected unit. Remove this message, and *then try selecting the team again. *To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the *Macintosh). ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 3 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 4 - Monitor click and select #(check and update action) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 4 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action *SPACE_BAR -1 -1 -1 -1 ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !ARROW_TEAM 0 7 0 0 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *To quickly jump to any unit on the battlefield, you can *double-click on any entry in either the Team or Soldier monitors. * *Remove this message, and then double-click to jump to a specific *soldier. *When you are done, press the SPACEBAR to continue. ?Success !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *Double-clicking a team in the monitors is the quickest *way to find them on the battlefield. #!REMOVE_ARROW 0 -1 -1 -1 ?Error !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *No updated information? Try again. Double-click any soldier in the *Soldier monitor. Remove this message, and then try double-clicking *the Soldier monitor. * *To quit Boot Camp, press CTRL+A (Command+A on the *Macintosh). ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 4 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 5 - Team monitor #(need to put popup close to team monitor) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 5 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *The Soldier monitor provides valuable data about your troops. *You can see specifics about each soldier such as: health, *current state of mind, and physical state. This monitor reflects *individual soldiers' status during the game, and it updates in *real time throughout the battle just as the Team monitor does. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 6 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 7 - Weapons in soldier monitor # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 7 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *In the Soldier monitor, you can also get information about *the weapons and available ammunition each soldier carries. * *For specific information about individual weapons and their *most effective uses, see the manual and Help. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 5 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 6 - Message monitor #(need to put popup close to message monitor) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 6 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1 *The third monitor is active only during battle. It provides *a list of important events. You can double-click a message *to jump to the team that generated the event. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 6 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 7 - Bands in Message monitor #(need to put popup close to team monitor) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 7 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1 *The colored buttons at the top of the Message monitor are used *to filter the messages you want to receive based on priority. *Red messages are the highest priority messages. White messages *are informational in nature. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 7 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 8 - Map monitor #(need to put popup close to overview? map monitor) ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 8 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1 *The Map monitor is a thumbnail picture of the entire *battlefield. Click the Map monitor to jump to any *location on the battlefield. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 8 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 9 - Team Information # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 9 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *The quickest way to get information about a team is to use the *team status region at the left edge of the toolbar. When you *point to any team on the battlefield, or in the Team monitor, this *region provides useful details on the indicated team. * *Look at the color of the heads to determine the health of individuals. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 9 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 10 - Force morale bars # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 10 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *Next to the team status region is Troop Status. *This bar is color-coded to represent the overall status of your *troops. The length of the green, yellow, and red bars indicate *the percentage of men who are healthy, wounded, or dead. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 10 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 11 - Sprite outlines # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 11 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 2 12 -1 -1 *On the far right of the toolbar is a drop-down menu labeled Info. *You use this menu to get information about the teams on the *battlefield in the form of outlines. These outlines are *color-coded and change from green to yellow to red as the *condition you are monitoring regresses. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 11 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 12 - Cease Fire # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 12 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *The battle ends when one side loses all its units. *If you want to end the battle before this happens, you can *offer a cease-fire by clicking the "cease-fire" button *on the toolbar. * *The enemy may or may not choose to accept your cease-fire offer. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 12 ###################################################################### # # Message Display 13 - Flee # ###################################################################### #Begin Lesson 13 [BEGIN LESSON] ?Action ?Steps !CENTER_TEAM 0 0 -1 -1 !POPUP 3 12 -1 -1 *If the enemy does not accept your cease-fire offer, your only *alternatives are to continue to fight or to retreat off the *battlefield. You can run individual men off the edge of the *map that you start with or click the "flee" button on the toolbar. *In this case, you sacrifice the map to the enemy, and any men *who are engaged are taken prisoner. ?Success ?Error ?WDI4U [END LESSON] #End Lesson 13 [OUTTRO] *18 12 *Summary * *This completes the Boot Camp lesson on monitors and toolbars. * *In this training session, you learned to: * Use the Team monitor. * Use the Soldier monitor. * Use the Message and Map monitor. * Identify soldier status. * End the battle. * *To continue Boot Camp training, return to the Command screen and *choose another session.