Games PC HALF LIFE-OPPOSING FORCE User Manual
Soldier's Field Manual OF - 1199 - 1HL
WAR DEPARTMENT
HALF-LIFE:
OPPOSING FORCE
SOLDIER’S HANDBOOK
NOVEMBER 1
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release;
distribution is unlimited.
FOREWORD
You are now a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. That Army is
made up of free citizens chosen from among a free people. The American people of their own will, and through the people they have elected to represent them
in Congress, have determined that the free institutions of this country will continue to exist. They have declared that, if necessary, we will defend our right to
live in our own American way and continue to enjoy the benefits and privileges
which are granted to the citizens of no other nation. It is upon you, and the many
thousands of your comrades now in the military service, that our country has
placed its confident faith that this defense will succeed should it ever be challenged.
The things that a trained soldier must know , and the way in which they are done,
will be taught you as rapidly as you can absorb them. The basic military information is described and explained in this handbook so that it may be available
constantly to you. By mastering the contents your future progress will be much
more rapid.
You will have little time to learn the duties of a noncommisssioned officer after
you become one. You will be expected to know those duties and show that you
know them. At a moment’s notice you may have to take charge of your squad
as a corporal - and in a critical hour.
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THE MAIN MENU
The Half-Life: Opposing Force Main Menu can be accessed at any time during
a game by hitting the Escape key. Use your mouse or the up and down arrow
keys to navigate inside of the Main Menu. As with the original Half-Life, hitting the Escape key at any time will go to the previous screen. Below, options
within the menu system that are new to Opposing Force are described.
Before starting a game, your Main Menu choices include:
New Game
Boot Camp
Configuration
Load Game
Multiplayer
View Readme.txt
Previews
Quit
NEW GAME
As in Half-Life, when you choose “New Game” to undertake your mission,
you’ll be asked to choose a level of difficulty.
Easy: Enemies are weak and are easy to kill.
Medium: Enemies do more damage but are easy to kill.
Difficult: Enemies do more damage and are difficult to kill.
BOOT CAMP
Access the Boot Camp at any time to learn the skills necessary to a soldier.
These skills include operating your new Powered Vest and Night Vision goggles,
learning to fire new weapons and learning how to work with your squad as a
team. The Boot Camp also includes obstacle courses, rope climbing towers and
radio training. Even if you have completed Half-Life, it is recommended that
you visit the Boot Camp prior to beginning your primary Opposing Force
mission.
GETTING STARTED
TO ENGAGE MISSION
(Install Opposing Force)
Insert the game CD into your CD-ROM drive. If your CD-ROM drive has
AutoPlay enabled, click the “Install Op For” button and follow the instructions.
If AutoPlay is not enabled, double-click on the “My Computer” icon on your
desktop. Double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon. Follow the installation
instructions. If Opposing Force does not begin installing immediately, doubleclick on auto-run.exe.
Once the game has installed, you’ll be given the option to play OpFor immediately, or you may choose to play the game at anytime by selecting Half-Life:
Opposing Force from your start menu.
WHAT EVERY SOLDIER MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH
(Minimum System Requirements)
Windows® 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT
Pentium® 133
24 MB RAM
2X CD-ROM drive
Mouse and Keyboard
640x480 SVGA high color (16-bit) display
Windows-compatible sound device
400 MB free hard disk space
WHAT YOUR COUNTRY RECOMMENDS
(Recommended System Requirements)
Pentium® 166+
32 MB RAM
3D accelerator card (OpenGL or Direct 3D)
The barbarian who kills for killing’s sake and who scorns the laws of war at
any point is repugnant to the instincts of our people, under whatever flag he
fights.
The man who is always thinking of his “rights” rather than his duty, makes a
poor soldier.
MILITARY SANITATION
1. If at any time you do not feel perfectly well, or believe that you have any
disease, go at once to your first sergeant, who will send you to a medical officer for examination.
2. Stay away from any person having a disease unless it is your duty to take
care of him.
3. Take a bath at frequent, regular intervals and at least twice a week. Pay
particular attention to your armpits, the parts between your legs and the feet.
4. Be on the lookout for body lice and crab lice. If you have a continued itching on your body or head, report to a medical officer at once.
5. Get in the habit of having your bowels move regularly once each day at as
nearly the same time as possible. Using the ground for this purpose is a source
of great danger to everyone.
6. Keep your hair cut short and your fingernails clean. This is especially
important if you are detailed as a cook, baker, or in other positions in which
you handle food.
7. Flies and cockroaches frequently carry disease germs and leave them on
food. Scraps of food, fruit skins, and manure should never be left on the
ground about the post or camp.
8. Avoid venereal diseases. If you should feel that you have caught a venereal disease, report to the medical officer at once and do exactly as he tells you.
CONFIGURATION
Under this menu you may set game options, optimize video and audio settings
for your system, and customize keyboard controls to your liking. After setting
your configuration, hit the Done button to apply your settings and return to the
Main Menu. Hit the Use Defaults button to restore the original default settings.
CONTROLS
The method to configure controls in Opposing Force has not changed from the
original Half-Life.
Note - If you have customized your original Half-Life configuration, you will
want to look at the configured keys in Opposing Force to make sure you are
happy with the new settings and options.
AUDIO
Vest volume Adjusts the volume of the instructions provided by your Powered
Vest (note that the soldier’s powered vest does not provide as much audio feedback as the Black Mesa Research Facility HEV suit Gordon Freeman wore in
Half-Life).
To hear the Opposing Force music, you must have the Half-Life: Opposing
Force CD in your CD drive. To adjust the volume of the music, go to the
Start Menu/Programs/Acessories/Multimedia, and select the Volume
Control applet.
VIDEO
Most video cards have updated video drivers available since the release of HalfLife. Due to the popularity of Half-Life, many of these updates include optimizations that will make Opposing Force operate even better on your computer.
It is recommended that you check with your video hardware vendor to verify that
you have the latest version of video drivers.
UPDATES
During the installation of Half-Life: Opposing Force, your version of Half-Life
will be upgraded to the latest version. However, it is recommended that you use
the “Update” option periodically to search for future revisions and new game
content.
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By being courteous and respectful to constituted authority you are exhibiting
qualities of a good soldier.
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