GI Combat Read Me
Version 1.01Nov1patch

Whats new?
this patch includes the following
Updates to mortars firing without stopping
updates to mortar accuracy
updates to rally code
updates multi player for sync bug
updates for version checking in multi player
updates to camera mouse wheel for reversing forward and backward and up and down movement
updates to screen flow for multi player when one player drops from the game. 
update for the Stug 42 gun type
Update for soldiers weapon types in german and american base infantry teams
all known crash bugs fixed. These include crew for gun type groups trying to fire soldier weapons
and a crash in the turn update code.

Known Issues


Testing

Test multi player campaigns for flow between battles.
Test multi player for sync issues
Test single player for crash bugs
Multi player version check
Mortars firing without stopping
Mortar accuracy
test rally

Minimum Specs

P III 600 
256 megs of ram 
3d Video card with 16 megs of ram on the video card.  
DirectX 8.1 
Microsoft compatible mouse
200 megs of free disk space on the hard drive

Camera Controls:

Up Arrow or "W" key : Move Forward
Down Arrow or "S" key : Move Backward
Left Arrow or "A" key : Turn Left
Right Arrow or "D" key : Turn Right
Home or "Q" key : Strafe right
End or "E" key : Strafe left
Page Up or "R" key : Increase Altitude
Page Down or "F" key : Decrease Altitude
Shift + camera key: Move faster
Control + camera key: Move slower
Right mouse button held down swivels camera and changes camera axis
Mouse wheel moves camera up and down
Mouse wheel held down moves forward and backward

Toggles:

P : Pauses Game
] : third person view of selected group
[ : third person view shifts to next group
\ : third person view off
\ + Shift: first person view returns to last group in third person view
, : Tree toggle eliminates tree render within 75 meters of camera

Mouse Commands:

Left click on soldier: calls order menu
Left click on unselected group icon: selects group and calls order menu
Left click on selected group or group icon: third person view unless orders menu is turned off in options
Right click: cancels order and or order menu
Mouse on screen top: Move forward
Mouse on screen bottom: Move back
Mouse on screen right: Strafe right
Mouse on screen left: Strafe left

End Game Commands:

ESC: Calls the Surrender Box in game
Alt+F4: Ends application.

Orders on menu and hot keys are:

Assault (Hot Key Z)-> troops stand up and move fast with no regard to enemy fire.
March (Hot Key X)-> troops crouch and move normal and will stop and return any enemy fire.
Caution (Hot Key C)-> troops go prone and crawl and will stop and return any enemy fire
Defend (Hot Key V)-> troops defend in the direction you stretch the defend arch and will only fire 
at targets closer than the range of the defend arch.
Smoke (Hot Key B)-> troops will lay down smoke in the area targeted.
Fire (Hot Key N)-> troops will fire where the line is plotted to.  The firing line is multi-colored.  
The line will show green for an unobstructed line of fire, yellow for a lightly obstructed 
line of fire, orange for a mostly obstructed line of fire and black for a totally obstructed line 
of fire.
Deploy (Hot Key M)-> Before you press the start button this order is active. You can move groups around inside 
your friendly deploy area by selecting this order.
Orders can be pre assigned before you press Start.
Orders may be strung together as waypoints by hot key of the order type and holding down the shift key.
Press the "Start" Button near the lower right corner of the screen to begin a battle.



