0 This template should never show up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Most machineguns 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 corpse. 1 3 Spies can use enemy uniforms to disguise as soldiers. 1 4 You can toggle between different scopes and sights by pressing [.]. 1 5 Leaving food around for a few days will spoil it, making it unhealthy. 1 6 You can clean poisoning by taking an antidote, or the DOCTOR assignment. 1 1 7 If a '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 mouse cursor in windowed mode. Useful when exiting sector in tactical screen. 1 9 Doorway blocked? Press [X] when beside someone to swap places. 1 10 Need help? Help yourself by pressing [H] in strategic screen. And visit the helping bears at www.bears-pit.com 1 1 11 Turn the wheel to your fortune. Increase Chance To Hit (CtH) in all fire modes with the [MOUSE-WHEEL]. [ALT]+[MOUSE-WHEEL] sets size of auto-fire volley. 1 12 Some sectors offer facilities like bars or mines that you can assign mercs to in strategic screen. Tool tips hinting at facility's function appear when assigning a merc. 1 1 13 Guild of thieves. Steal opponent's gun with the hand-cursor [CTRL]+[LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON]. If 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 flag you may put in a tile on ground to mark a mine or trap you've spotted is also seen and reacted to by the enemy. 1 15 Holding [END] in tactical screen shows currently selected merc's detailed field of vision, ranging from red (cannot spot anyone) to green (spot even somebody lying in the grass). 1 16 Red Alert! Holding [DEL] in tactical screen shows enemies you know of may see currently selected merc, ranging from red (will be seen even on prone) to green (perfect concealment). 1 17 Jagged windowing. Shoot the glass (where necessary), face the open window and climb through it with [SHIFT]+[J]. 1 18 While in sector inventory, click merc's empty inventory slots for a list of items to be put there. 1 19 While in sector inventory, click item's empty attachment slots for a list of compatible attachments. 1 20 While in sector inventory, [CTRL]+[LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON] on 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. Only works when you see enemy soldiers. 1 24 Illuminate night time 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 are quite picky though. 1 28 Afraid enemy will interrupt you? Shoot their legs and hope they 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 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 if you progress. 1 38 Sneaking near unaware enemies trains your agility, but is 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 manually move items, you can use the MOVEITEM-assignment within cities. 1 43 You can toggle firemodes with [B]. 1 44 Pressing [SHIFT]+[R] in tactical screen orders your entire team to reload. 1 45 Press [S] to stand, [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 life lost via surgery - this will drain your medical supplies a lot. 1 53 Taking too many drugs has consequences. 1 54 If you'll ever get airborne, those SAM sites might come in handy. 1 55 At the start of the combat use [SHIFT]+[B] shortcut to drop all backpacks your mercs carry. At the end of combat use [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F] shortcut to pick them all back up. 1 56 You can destroy blue flags on mines by throwing grenades on them. Enemy may step on unflagged mine. Then again, you may as well. 1 57 Press [L] to look at direction. Press [L] again to ready weapon and look through a scope if your gun has any scope or iron sights. 1 58 Always try to end 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, chose how many bullets you want to fire, press and hold [LEFT-MOUSE-BUTTON] on first target and drag it around the desired area. 1 1 60 Cambria has hospital where you can heal your mercs. 1 61 Bipods only give bonuses if you are lying prone or when gun is mounted. 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 Whenever you can, always use cover. 1 64 Rebel militia can take away some enemy fire from your mercs. Don't count on them to do all the work though. 1 65 Mobile militia can follow mercs while travelling on map as long as merc group is 1 sector distance to them. Wait for them to arrive to 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 mouse over each button will show 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 Use HP ammo to kill bloodcats. 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 enough loyalty in town before you can train militia there. 1 73 Mercs with teaching skill train militia faster. 1 74 Press [O] opens up options menu in game. 1 75 Press [ALT]+[S] will quicksave game in a quicksave slot. [ALT]+[L] will quickload game from quicksave slot. 1 76 Press [CTRL]+[S] will open up save menu instantly. 1 77 In the main menu holding [ALT] while clicking 'Continue saved game' option will instantly load last saved game. 1 78 Yellow shirts are admin enemies that have worst 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 face you most of the game. 1 80 Black shirts are mercenaries hired by Deidranna. They have the best equipment and weapons and are toughest of enemies. 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 dying merc as soon as possible, or 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 enemy helpless. You can steal equipment from helpless enemies. 1 86 Try to stun or suppress enemies before throwing tear gas grenade at them. That will prevent them from getting out of tear gas range. 1 87 Always check if enemy has gas mask before using tear gas on him. Hold [ALT] key while targeting enemy to see his details. Amount of details depend on the distance from selected merc. 1 88 Make sure you have 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. 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 lotta 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 to 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 Ops is probably your best bet early on, if you are relying on pistols and S.M.G.'s. 1 101 Press [G] to toggle on/off the artificial light around the mercs. 1 102 If you get caught in a thunder storm, 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 either, a stray bullet or grenade can do serious damage to your 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 on a roof top, 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 different approach 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 different sleeping pattern ranging from 3 to 12 hours to fully restore energy. "Night Ops" trait allows to reduce this time even further. 1 112 Each mercenary has different tolerance on the number of merc deaths and on your overall reputation in Arulco. 1 113 Avoid keeping two people in team 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, hotkey list, map editor tutorial and more useful documents can be found in the "Docs" folder in your JA2 installation directory. 1 116 Game resolution and playing of movie intro can be tweaked in "Ja2.ini". 1 117 Do you want to fight against real players or do co-operate teamwork together with your friends? Try 1.13 multiplayer mode. 1 118 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[G] to toggle mercenary formation move. When ON and you select more then one merc, they will keep their current formation. 1 119 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[S] to sell all items in current sector inventory at once. 1 120 Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[E] will load vehicle with as much items as possible from current sector. [SHIFT]+[E] will unload all items from vehicle to current sector. 1 121 If merc can't hit a target from 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 vehicle. 1 123 In tactical screen, pressing and holding [RIGHT-MOUSE-BUTTON] over merc will open up merc's menu similar to the one on strategic screen map. 1 124 Press [CTRL]+[C] to open Cover Display Menu. 1 125 Press [CTRL]+[V] to open useful Inventory Manipulations Menu. 1 126 Press [D] to enter turn-based mode immediately, if there is enemy in sector. 1 127 Press [CTRL]+[D] to end your interrupt, and there will be no interrupts until next turn. 1 128 [ALT]+[RIGHTCLICK] opens Skills Menu, where reinforcements or order artillery strike can be called by the 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 trap before trying to disarm it. Recommended if you are happy with your current number of extremities. 1 131 Click with hand cursor on a blue flag, and flag can be removed or trap inspected with the useful Disarm Menu. 1 132 Placing mines, concertina or sandbags is more convenient with holding [SHIFT] key, relieving the need to manually take new item from merc's inventory. 1