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Admitted Bugs

- The silo gate of ED MDW don't open
- The Rocket silos named with Plasmacannon
- You can't select a shortcut for the Harvester Upgrade
- The Scout must be added manually


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2.   [Version History]
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0.25 - 16/07/2003

Added:
Introduction
Story
Controls
Races
ED
LC
UCS
Singleplayer Tips
ED Walktrough
Missions 0-2
Frequently Asked Questions
Credits

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0.30 - 17/07/2003

Added:
Multiplayer
IPX
EarthNet

Updated:
Singleplayer Tips
ED Mission 2
Frequently Asked Questions
Credits

Corrected:
Minor spellcheck

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0.35 - 21/07/2003

Added:
ED Missions 3-6

Updated:
Credits

Corrected:
EarthNet

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0.60 - 24/07/2003

Added:
ED Mission 7
LC Walktrough
Missions 0-5

Updated:
Credits

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0.65 - 29/07/2003

Added:
LC Missions 6-7

Removed:
Part of ED Walktrough

Updated:
ED Mission 7
Singleplayer Tips
Credits

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0.68 - 07/08/2003

Added:
ED Missions 8-9
Dificulty Levels for all missions

Updated:
Credits

Corrected:
Minor spellcheck

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0.70 - 18/08/2003

Added:
ED Mission 10
Bugs/Secrets

Updated:
Frequently Asked Questions

Corrected:
Minor spellcheck

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0.75 - 31/07/2004

Added:
LC Missions 8-10

Updated:
Introduction/Patch Info
Controls
Races
ED
LC
UCS
Singleplayer Tips
LC Missions 1-7
EarthNet
Bugs/Secrets
Credits

Corrected:
Major spellcheck


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3.   [Story]
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Years of wars between the United Civilized States and the Eurasian Dinasty had led to disastrous consequences troughout the planet Earth.
Like this was not enough, when the ED used nuclear warheads to destroy a
UCS base in the North Pole, the effect of the nuclear explosions caused the
Earth to change orbit right towards the Sun. Glaciers melt, the sea rose to a threatening level, and meteors buried entire parts of the Earth.
Scientists in the Lunar Corporation soon realized the catastrophic events that were about to happen. Since the Moon follows the Earth's orbit they would also be pushed towards the Sun.
Soon, UCS and ED scientists realized this too. The only hope left for these races was to escape the doomed planet.
All races started to work on projects that would able them to escape
Earth. However, even in times like this they refused to ally and make a single project for all of the world's population. Perhaps that project would be too big to function properly. So they started fighting for the
Earth's resources to finance their own projects.
All races succeded in completing their projects and the majority of the world's population was able to escape the dommed planet. The people left behind were to become known as the LOST SOULS.
However, they would not give up so easily. They tried to scrape the last of the Earth's resources in a desperate attempt to escape the pending catastrophe...


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4.   [Controls]
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You can bind your controls by starting a game, selecting "Options" from the menu, and then selecting "Keyboard". Although i recommend the default configuration, you are free to change it to your liking.

You should play the tutorial to learn the basics of the game. However, the tutorial doesn't teach you some keys you should also know, so that's why i'm here to explain them.


F3 - I don't know if the tutorial talks about this key, but it enables you to install weapons and shields in the buildings you own. It also has a button on the Upper-right corner that when clicked, gives Large Shields to all of your buildings.

F9 - Shows the range of your power plants. (This does not work for the LC, but they have a far bigger range)

Num Lock - Pauses the game. Looks like it's impossible to bind it to the
Pause key so the developers decided to put it in this key. Pausing is incredible useful as you can still give orders when paused and will give you the ability to issue orders as fast as the computer. Imagine that a
Plasma Bomber from the UCS comes and tries to drop a plasma bomb on your only power plant. Your defenses aren't fast enough to wipe him out, so what you do is pause the game, calmly go to the F3 menu and buy a shield for the power plant. The bomb will fall and the shield will absorb the damage, and your defenses will eliminate that pesky bomber without having to loose power to your whole base, which could have cost you the base. As a final note, you should be always paused while doing something that doesn't require time advancing, like giving orders to build the base. In multiplayer, only the host has authority to use this command.

Numpad +/-/* - You can control time by using these keys. Numpad + will accelerate time, so each time you press it, time will go faster. Numpad - functions the same way, but instead of accelerating time, it slows it down. Numpad * resets the time to it's original speed. You can use these controls to speed up time when you're not doing anything or to slow down when you want to give multiple orders in a short time when fighting an enemy. In multiplayer, only the host has authority to use these commands.

Caps Lock - By holding this key down the selected unit will enter Quick
Recording Mode. This is another very useful key especially for ED and UCS.
You will notice that when you give 2 building orders to a construction unit it will erase the older one. To avoid this you can hold Caps Lock so you can give a list of things to do to a Gruz or Mammoth (something like building a power plant, 2 weapon prod. centers and a supply depot) and the unit will build all the building one by one without having to wait for it to finish one so you can order it to build another. This also works for giving a platoon a list of targets and to give a recon unit waipoints to patrol.

Num Enter - When having a building project selected, pressing this key will turn the project 90§ degrees right so the building can be positioned in a different direction.

Space Bar - Takes your camera to the last event. What this means is, if you hear a platoon saying "We're under attack!" press space bar and the camera will instantly move to the platoon that is under attack. This also works for most voice messages you can hear like "Construction complete." or "The
Transporter has arrived.".

Control - You can select multiple units or platoons by clicking them with the Control key held.

Assigning Groups - You can assign groups to have a better coordination of your military forces. WARNING: Don't confuse groups with platoons, they are different things. A platoon changes behaviour of units, a group doesn't.
To assign a group, press Control + 1-9 keys at the same time. Then, to select the group, just press the number key you used to make the group. You can also assign a group to a platoon.


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5.   [The Races]
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As you may already know there are 3 races in this game, the ED (Eurasian
Dinasty), the UCS (United Civilized States) and the LC (Lunar Corporation).
They are very different from each other, but the ED and UCS have some similarities, like needing a builder unit, having minelayers and other