0 This template should never show up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Most dedicated machine guns have replaceable barrels. Use this to rapidly cool down your gun during combat. 1 2 Use your knife on a corpse to retrieve its uniform or pick up the body. 1 3 Spies can use enemy uniforms to disguise themselves as soldiers. 1 4 You can toggle between different scopes and sights by pressing [.]. 1 5 Leaving fresh food lying around for a few days will spoil it, making it unhealthy. 1 6 You can cure poisoning by taking an antidote or using the DOCTOR assignment. 1 1 7 If an 'M' appears on your gun, that means it is currently mounted onto something, resulting in better stability. 1 8 Press [CTRL]+[Z] to lock/release the mouse cursor in windowed mode. Useful when exiting a sector in the tactical screen. 1 9 Doorway blocked? Press [X] when standing next to someone to swap places. 1 10 Need help? Help yourself by pressing [H] in strategic screen. And visit the helpful bears at www.bears-pit.com. 1 1 11 Turn the wheel to your fortune. Increase your Chance to Hit (CtH) in all fire modes with the [MOUSE-WHEEL]. [ALT]+[MOUSE-WHEEL] sets the size of auto-fire volleys. 1 12 Some sectors offer facilities like bars or mines that you can assign mercs to in the strategic screen. Tool tips hinting at a facility's function appear when assigning a merc. 1 1 13 Guild of thieves. Steal an opponent's gun with the hand-cursor [CTRL]+[LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON]. If an enemy is kissing the dust in a non-dying state you may strip off everything. 1 1 14 EOD flag signals. Mind you, the blue flags you may put on a tile to mark a mine or trap you've spotted are also visible and reacted to by the enemy. 1 15 Holding [END] in the tactical screen shows the currently selected merc's detailed field of vision, ranging from red (cannot spot anyone) to green (spot somebody lying prone). 1 16 Red Alert! Holding [DEL] in the tactical screen shows how well enemies you know of can see the selected merc, ranging from red (will be seen even if prone) to green (perfect concealment). 1 17 Jagged windowing. Shoot the glass (if you want to avoid taking damage), face the open window, and climb through it with [SHIFT]+[J]. 1 18 While in sector inventory, click a merc's empty inventory slots for a list of items that can fit. 1 19 While in sector inventory, click an item's empty attachment slots for a list of compatible attachments. 1 20 While in sector inventory, [CTRL]+[LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON] on a merc's empty inventory slots for a categorized list of items in that sector. 1 21 When choosing items via popup menus (accessible through clicking empty inventory / attachment slots), the least damaged item will be chosen. 1 22 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[X] to enable real-time sneaking. When active, you won't enter turn-based mode when you spot enemy soldiers - as long as they are not alerted of your presence. 1 23 Press [CTRL]+[X] to enter turn-based mode while real-time sneaking is active. This only works when you see enemy soldiers. 1 24 Illuminate nighttime enemies with flares to increase your chance of shooting them. 1 25 Your merc is under fire and can't fall back? Cover them with smoke grenades. 1 26 Depending on your settings, fully repairing a gun cleans it as well. 1 27 Shops not only sell, but also buy some of your gear. They can be quite picky, though. 1 28 Afraid enemies will interrupt you? Shoot their legs and hope they'll fall. 1 29 It is harder to hit a running enemy. 1 30 Open a useful sector menu with [CTRL]+[.]. 1 31 Increase the number of bullets on automatic fire with [RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON]. 1 1 32 Merge alcohol with a rag to create a molotov cocktail. 1 33 Some NPCs can be bribed... 1 34 Sneaking while running seems unintuitive, but it works. 1 35 You can quickly kill a prone enemy with a knife. 1 36 If the enemy is alerted, they might call in reinforcements... 1 37 Bobby Ray's website will be available once you find somewhere to receive shipments. 1 38 Sneaking near unaware enemies trains your agility, but it's risky. 1 39 Punching increases your dexterity and strength. 1 40 Doctoring and arming bombs will increase your wisdom. 1 41 Remote bombs can be detonated with a remote detonator - put it in your hands and press [RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON]. 1 1 42 If you want to automatically move items, you can use the MOVEITEM-assignment within cities. 1 43 You can toggle firemodes with [B]. 1 44 Pressing [SHIFT]+[R] in the tactical screen orders your entire team to reload. 1 45 Press [S] to stand and walk, [C] to crouch, [P] to go prone and [R] to stand and run. 1 46 Press [Z] to toggle sneak mode. 1 47 Throwing knives can instantly kill an enemy if he is not alerted. 1 48 You can open a useful description box by clicking [RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON] on an item. 1 49 Long-term mercenary contracts are cheaper... in the long term. 1 50 Not paying M.E.R.C. bills might have consequences... 1 51 If the enemy conquers your sectors, they might take your stuff. 1 52 Doctors can instantly restore some lost life via surgery - but this will drain your medical supplies. 1 53 Taking too many drugs has consequences. 1 54 If you ever get airborne, don't forget about those SAM sites. 1 55 At the start of combat use [SHIFT]+[B] to drop all backpacks your mercs carry. At the end of combat use [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F] to pick them all back up. 1 56 You can destroy blue flags on mines by throwing grenades on them. Enemies may step on unflagged mines. Then again, you might too. 1 57 Press [L] to look into a direction. Press [L] again to ready your weapon and look through a scope, if your gun has any scope or iron sights. 1 58 Always try to end a turn with your mercs at least crouched. It protects you from unintentional friendly fire. 1 59 You can spray an area with auto fire. Just select auto fire, choose how many bullets you want to fire, press and hold [LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON] on the first target, and drag it around the desired area. 1 1 60 Cambria has a hospital where you can heal your mercs. 1 61 Bipods only give bonuses if you are lying prone or when the gun is mounted onto something. 1 62 Heavy weapons take a lot of energy if you fire or even hold them ready while standing. Go prone to save energy. 1 63 When you can, always use cover. 1 64 Rebel militia can take some enemy fire away from your mercs. Don't count on them to do all the work, though. 1 65 Mobile militia can follow mercs while travelling on the map as long as a merc group is one sector away from them. Wait for them to arrive at your position. 1 66 In the militia redistribution menu, holding [CTRL] will move 5 militia. [SHIFT] will move all in a sector. 1 67 Mobile militia can help you when you attack a town if you keep them with you and call them as reinforcements before battle. 1 68 On top of the sector inventory screen, there are buttons that help sort and filter items. Hanging your mouse over each button will show an explanation for that button. 1 1 69 HP ammo does great damage but is easily stopped by body armor. AP ammo can penetrate body armor but does less damage. 1 70 Unarmored targets, like bloodcats, take a lot of damage from HP ammo. 1 71 Helping locals will boost their loyalty. Talking to them may sometimes reveal some useful information as well. 1 72 You need to have a certain level of loyalty in a town before you can train militia there. 1 73 Mercs with the teaching skill train militia faster. 1 74 Press [O] to open up the options menu in-game. 1 75 Press [ALT]+[S] to quicksave the game in a quicksave slot. [ALT]+[L] will quickload from the quicksave slot. 1 76 Press [CTRL]+[S] to open up the save menu instantly. 1 77 In the main menu, holding [ALT] while clicking the 'Continue saved game' option will instantly load the last saved game. 1 78 Yellow shirts are admin troops and police that have poor equipment and weapons, and get replaced by regulars not long after you arrive in Arulco. 1 79 Red shirts are Deidranna's regular army and will be your most common opponent. 1 80 Black shirts are elite mercenaries hired by Deidranna. They have the best equipment, weapons, and attributes. Higher difficulty levels increase their numbers. 1 81 Green militia can be trained further to become regular militia. Regular militia is more useful but costs more to train and maintain. 1 82 Veteran militia can't be trained. Militia can become veteran after combat if they performed well. 1 83 Try to bandage a dying merc as soon as possible, otherwise the merc may bleed to death. 1 84 Always try to give a sidearm to your snipers. Snipers are of limited use in close combat situations. 1 85 Stun grenades can help you render enemies helpless. You can steal equipment from helpless enemies. 1 86 Try to stun or suppress enemies before throwing a tear gas grenade at them. That will prevent them from getting out of the gas cloud or using gas masks. 1 87 Always check if an enemy has a gas mask before using tear gas. Hold [ALT] while targeting an enemy to see his details. The level of details depends on the distance from the selected merc. 1 88 Make sure you keep your gun fully loaded at all times with [ALT]+[R]. 1 89 Don't forget to use cover. 1 90 If trees get in your LoS (Line of Sight), press [T] to clear things up. You can press the [DELETE] key to get a better feel for your surroundings. 1 91 L.B.E. stands for Load Bearing Equipment and allows you to customize your inventory slots. 1 92 Switch between ground and rooftop targets with the [TAB] key. 1 93 Shoot from behind cover and know how many AP's it takes to get your butt back down again. 1 94 Pay attention to what mercs hear, it can save you a whole lot of pain if you know where they're coming from! 1 95 You'll see a white "Ping" blink on the location of any overheard sounds. 1 96 Firing your weapon can draw some heat away from an injured merc or someone who's in it knee deep! 1 97 Stay away from light sources at night and try to use them to your advantage. 1 98 Press [ALT]+[Z] to order all your mercs into stealth mode, and [=] to select them all. 1 99 Relying on sound is even more important at night. Without the proper equipment you'll hear more than you can see. 1 100 Night operations are probably your best bet early on, when you are relying on pistols and SMGs. 1 101 Press [G] to toggle the artificial light around mercs on and off. 1 102 If you get caught in a thunderstorm, be on your toes: A flash of lightning can give away your position and the rain makes it harder to see. 1 103 Don't stay bunched together, a stray burst or grenade can do serious damage to a whole squad. 1 104 Every move you make determines how the battle unfolds. 1 105 Always deal with the present threat before carrying out another plan. 1 106 When moving around on a rooftop, try to move in straight lines; moving diagonally can slow you down. 1 107 Marbles can be surprisingly useful in a fist fight. 1 108 If you need to get somewhere fast, make sure you don't exceed 100 percent weight on the mercs. It will slow the squad down. 1 109 Counting bullets during a fight is tough. Don't be surprised when the mercs forget how many they have left. 1 110 Each mercenary has a different approach and effectiveness when talking to an NPC. Different backgrounds may have an effect on them too. Don't expect Biff to be effective at threatening people. 1 111 Each mercenary has a different sleeping pattern, ranging from 3 to 12 hours to fully restore energy. The "Night Ops" trait reduces this time. 1 112 Each mercenary has a different tolerance for the number of merc deaths and your overall reputation in Arulco. 1 113 Avoid keeping two people who don't like each other in the same sector for more than an hour. 1 114 Certain mercenaries cannot gain stats at all. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 1 115 Game manuals, a hotkey list, a map editor tutorial, and more useful documents can be found in the "Docs" folder in your JA2 installation directory. 1 116 Game resolution and the playing of intro movies can be tweaked in "Ja2.ini". 1 117 Do you want to fight against real players or cooperate with your friends? Try the 1.13 multiplayer mode. 1 118 Press [CTRL]+[ALT]+[G] to toggle mercenary formation movement. When ON and you select more than one merc, they will keep their current formation. 1 119 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[S] to sell all items in the current sector inventory at once. 1 120 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[E] to load vehicles with as many items as possible from the current sector. [SHIFT]+[E] will unload all items from the vehicle to the current sector. 1 121 If a merc can't hit a target from their current location, try to suppress with auto fire and then change to a better position. 1 122 Exploring the farms and city sectors can uncover lots of useful items, like gas for vehicles. 1 123 In the tactical screen, pressing and holding [RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON] over a merc will open up a menu similar to the one on the strategic screen. 1 124 Press [CTRL]+[C] to open the Cover Display Menu. 1 125 Press [CTRL]+[V] to open the useful Inventory Manipulations Menu. 1 126 Press [D] to enter turn-based mode immediately if there is an enemy in the sector. 1 127 Press [CTRL]+[D] to end your interrupt and there will be no interrupts until next turn. 1 128 [ALT]+[RIGHTCLICK] opens the Skills Menu, where reinforcements or artillery strikes can be called by a radio operator. 1 129 Defensive minefields can be safely placed in captured towns and SAMs, as mercs and militia will avoid them. 1 130 You can inspect traps before trying to disarm them. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities. 1 131 Click with the hand-cursor on a blue flag, and the flag can be removed or the trap inspected with the useful Disarm Menu. 1 132 Placing mines, concertina wire or sandbags is more convenient while holding [SHIFT], relieving the need to manually take a new item from a merc's inventory. 1 133 If you select several mercs and order movement with [SHIFT] pressed, they will move in formation, trying to keep their relative positions. 1 134 Press [SHIFT]+[T] to quickly transform object in hand. 1 135 Press [SHIFT]+[O] to quickly transform scope on weapon. 1 136 Press [SHIFT]+[Y] to quickly transform laser on weapon. 1 137 Press [SHIFT]+[L] to quickly transform flashlight in the hand. 1 138 Out of first aid kits after a tough fight? You can use a knife on a corpse to retrieve their uniform, cut the uniform to rags and then combine those to create makeshift bandages. 1 139 You can block enemy fire by carrying a riot shield in your hand. Better shields block more damage. 1 140 If you hover with an empty hand over a map structure, you can sometimes interact with it. Sometimes it's just a sound... sometimes it's something more. 1 141 If a spy talks to unalerted enemies, they can try to secretly recruit them to their cause. 1 142 Check out the Features Screen to toggle 1.13 features on and off! You can access it through the Options Screen. 1 143 Press [\] to break window glass with crowbar or any two handed weapon. 1 144 Press [A] to open Skills Menu, which has many useful actions. 1 145 Press [SHIFT]+[P] to quickly transform stock on a weapon. 1 146 Press [ALT]+[Q] to change throwing angle when using grenade launcher. 1 147 Press [ALT]+[A] to start auto bandaging mercs. 1 148 Press [Q] to change scope mode for weapon. 1 149 Press [ESC] to: close skill menu, stop moving, stop dragging, unready weapon. 1 150 Use arrow keys when deploying mercs to move map, useful for big maps. 1