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- I. Installing the Battleground Gettysburg Demo.
-
- 1. From Windows, select the File menu, and the Run menu item.
- 2. Enter:
- d:\bgg\setup
- Note: If your CD-ROM is different from d:, then enter the
- appropriate letter.
- 3. Note: you must have Video for Windows Version 1.1 installed on
- your computer in order to run the Battleground Gettysburg videos.
-
- II. Getting Started.
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- To see a fully automated demo, do the following. First double-click
- on the Battleground Gettysburg icon. When prompted, select
- Automatic A/I for both Union and Confederate sides. This will play
- the demo Computer vs. Computer. When the A/I Dialog appears, you may
- wish to click on Step to advance the A/I manually, or click on Run to
- have the A/I run without stopping. To halt A/I processing, press the
- Escape key (or click on the Cancel button) when the A/I dialog appears.
- To exit the game, halt A/I processing and then select the Exit menu
- item from the File menu.
-
- To try a battle against the computer, do the following. First double-
- click on the Battleground Gettysburg icon. When prompted, select
- Automatic A/I for one side and Manual mode for the side you wish to
- play. Here are some tips on how to play:
- 1. To advance to the next phase, select the Next Phase menu item
- from the Phase menu or click on the clock icon in the upper
- left hand corner of the tool box that appears on the left hand
- side of the screen.
- 2. In the Movement Phase, you can move your units. Select a unit
- by first clicking on its map hex with the left mouse button.
- Then either double-click to select the entire stack of units in
- that hex, or click on one or more units at the bottom of the
- screen to just select certain ones. You then move the unit (or
- stack) by clicking with the right mouse button on a hex adjacent
- to that unit on the map.
- 3. In the Fire Phases, you can fire on enemy units. Select the unit
- you wish to fire in the same way you selected it for moving, by
- clicking on its hex and then clicking on its picture at the
- bottom of the screen. Select its target by clicking with the
- right mouse button on a hex containing one or more enemy units.
- If prompted for a specific target by the Target Dialog, you can
- select the default simply by clicking on the Ok button.
- 4. In the Melee Phase, you can melee against units in hexes adjacent
- to your units. Select the target hex by clicking on the hex with
- the right mouse button. Then select your attacking units by
- first selecting them and then adding them to the melee using the
- Add to Melee menu item in the Melee Menu. When you are done
- adding units to the melee, you can resolve the melee by selecting
- the Resolve Melee menu item in the Melee Menu.
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- III. When in Doubt.
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- If you are unsure what to do next in any given situation, you can always
- get the computer to finish the current phase for you by clicking on the
- A/I button that is located in the lower right hand corner of the tool
- box that appears on the left hand side of the screen.
-
- IV. What the Full Version of Battleground Gettysburg Offers.
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- In addition to a complete main program, the full version of Battleground
- Gettysburg contains:
- * Over 100 MB of Civil War re-enactment videos and sounds.
- * Complete hardcopy manual plus foldout quick-start instructions.
- * Five complete modules containing over 15 scenarios covering:
- - McPherson's Ridge
- - Culp's Hill
- - Little Round Top
- - Pickett's Charge
- - The complete three-day Battle of Gettysburg
- * An easy-to-use front-end interface.
- * A fully indexed Leader Handbook with biographical background on each
- of the more than 60 leaders that participated in the Battle of
- Gettysburg.
-
- V. Future Attractions.
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- Watch for Battleground Waterloo and Battleground Shiloh coming Spring '96
- from TalonSoft. This will cover these monumental battles using the
- same Battleground features such as 3D map and full multimedia interface.
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- For more information, contact TalonSoft at 410-821-7282 or visit our
- Web site at http://www.talonsoft.com.
-