Games PC GHOST RECON-AVANCED User Manual

WARNING: READ BEFORE PLAYING

A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a computer screen, or while playing video games, may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to playing. If you experience any of the following symptoms while playing a video or computer game -- dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions IMMEDIATELY discontinue use and consult your physician before resuming play.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.1 Minimum specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.1 Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.3 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Playing the game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.1 Character Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3.2 Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3.3 HUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.4 Cross-com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.5 Tactical map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4 Progress in the campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 Prepping your squad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.3 Finishing the mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5 Multiplayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5.1 Joining a game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5.2 Creating a game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.3 Playing on Gamespy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5.4 Domination mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5.5 Co-operative mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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2.1 Profile

A profile is a folder that stores your achievements and preferences for the game. You can have several profiles to play in different ways. For instance, you can have a profile with specific control settings adapted to multiplayer games, and another profile more adapted to the single-player campaign.

Click the profile button on any menu page to access the profile screen, and change the current profile or create a new one.

2.2 Campaign

The single-player campaign is played as a series of missions taking place in and around Mexico City. You need to successfully complete a mission in order to play the next one. The campaign screen gives you the following options:

Continue: quickly re-launch the campaign at your latest state of achievement. New Campaign: restart a new campaign from the beginning Play mission: replay one of the missions you have already won from the begin-

ning Load Game: load a saved game at one of the mission checkpoints. The game is automatically saved at specific locations.

1 GETTING STARTED

1.1 Minimum specifications

To play the game, your computer should meet the following criteria:

Computer: Pentium IV of 2Ghz or the equivalent (2.8Ghz recommended) Memory: 1024 MB of RAM Operating System: Windows 2000/XP DirectX: DirectX9.0c Video Card: Shader 2.0 card with 128 MB of VRAM (256MB recommended) Sound card: DirectX9 compatible sound card Internet: Broadband / LAN connection

1.2 Installation

Insert the game disk (CD1 or DVD) in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the autorun menu should appear. Click the “Install” button of the autorun button and follow the instructions for installation.

Once the installation is complete, click the “Play” button in the autorun menu to launch the game, or double-click the game shortcut.

2 MAIN MENU

Once the game has finished loading, the game menu appears to offer you the following options:

Campaign: access the campaign page, to create a new single-player campaign or continue a previous campaign.

Multiplayer: access game's multiplayer features. Options: allows you to configure game, video, audio, and control settings. Quit: leaves the game and returns to windows. Profile: you will find this button on all menu pages, it allows you to change your

current profile.

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3 PLAYING THE GAME

This section describes the general controls and features you will use to play the single- and multiplayer games.

3.1 Character Control

3.1.1 Movement

Move your character forward and backward with the default keys W and S, sidestep using the default controls A and D. Your basic motion is cautious and adapted to paying attention to threats, but you can also dash by holding the run key (Shift + default Z). If you run for too long, you will eventually run out of stamina and be out of breath (this is represented by the curve shown in your player status). To regain stamina, you only need to stand still, but it takes much longer to stabilise your weapon.

3.1.2 Stance

The game often involves taking cover behind various elements in your surroundings. Use “Stance down” (Default C) and “Stance up” (Default V) to switch from a standing to a crouching to a prone position. You can also use the “Go to prone” action directly (Default Ctrl) if you want to go down immediately.

3.1.3 Peeking

When hidden behind a building corner, you can have a peek left and right (Default Q and E) and shoot from that position. Your team-mates and enemies will also use this kind of manoeuvre.

3.1.4 Tactical moves

These moves allow you to jump behind cover more quickly while running. Pressing the “Stance down” key while running will make you perform a backslide. Pressing the "default Left Ctrl" key while running will make you perform a dive.

3.1.5 Insertion into the battle zone

Each mission starts with an insertion phase performed with an APC (light armour vehicle) or Black Hawk (transport helicopter). When the insertion is performed by a Black Hawk, you become operational as soon as the Black Hawk arrives over the landing zone. You can open the doors of the Black Hawk with the Use action (Default X) and clear the ground of enemies or ask your team-mates to move to the floor. Once you are ready to get down, use the fast rope Use action (Default X) to descend to the ground.

2.3 Options

The Options screen is split into four categories, which you can access by clicking the tabs at the top of the screen.

2.3.1 Game

This sub-panel changes the game-play experience and offers preferences for interfaces and controls. You can change the game’s difficulty level from here.

2.3.2 Controls

This sub-panel is used to reassign some of the controls in the game. You can choose from five new sub-options:

Moving: reconfigure the controls you use to move your character Combat: switch weapons Tactics: team and support controls are changed here Multi: these controls are specific to multiplayer games Misc

:other settings

2.3.3 Video

The first time the game is launched, the program will determine what configuration is best adapted to your system. You can, however, change this by selecting a general graphic quality (make sure your computer is able to support highquality settings). For advanced users, you can click the “Advanced” button and customise your video settings in more detail.

2.3.4 Audio

The audio option sub-panel lets you select the global volume for the game, as well as selecting hardware/software acceleration, depending on the type of hardware installed. For advanced users, you can click Advanced Settings to make more in-depth changes to the game’s volume.

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