After launching the game you`ll get in to the Main menu screen. Here are you can choose one of three buttons:
Start - start a new game
Options - configure TA3D options
Quit - quit TA3D
Showing all maps found in TA3D dir. Clicking a map shows it's minimap on the right side of the screen. Click "OK" to load the map and "Cancel" to go back to the Main menu. "Enter" and "Esc" do the same as "OK" and "Cancel"
showfps - on/off fps show
fps_limit - sets max fps
wireframe - on/off wireframe models
particle - on/off particles
trees - on/off trees
shadow - on/off shadows
shadow_quality - sets shadow quality (0-10)
shadow_r - sets shadow diffusion (how smooth it should be when quality is high enough)
priority_level - sets priority level for TA3D (0-2)
timefactor - sets in-game speed (1 is normal speed)
screen_width, screen_height - both sets resolution of TA3D (640x480, 800x600 etc.)
fullscreen - on/off fullscreen for TA3D
fsaa - sets full screen anti-aliasing (0 to what ever your graphic card can support)
water_quality - sets quality of water drawning (0-3)
lang - sets language package (0: english, 1: french, ...)
1. There are two types of resources, like in Total Annihilation - Metal and Energy.
Metal can be mined basically from metal deposits and Energy - generated by solar panels, geothermal powerplants and nuclear powerplants, ...
Game starts with only unit - Commander.
2.Unit selection - with left click (shift to add it to current selection) or drag the box around several units so select them all.
To order a unit to move, select it and click where you want it to go, right click to deselect.
3. To order a unit to make a building, select the unit, click the building you want to make in the left menu, then on the map where you want your unit to build it.
4. Building can not be build everywhere. Structures can be build on the flat surfaces.
5. In order to build a unit - build neccesary structure (k-bot lab, airport, vehicle plant and so on...) and left click on unit icon on the left side of the screen.
to be continued...
Camera shows a view similar to Total Annihilation'one, with ability of viewing angle change.
It ranges from 45 to 90 degrees (Total Annihilation camera angle 63.44 deg.) and can be modified with your mouse wheel (also activates Mega Zoom feature like in Supreme Commander).
You can move the camera using the minimap or with your mouse holding down your middle button.
At the left bottom of the screen an icon allow you to (de)activate the free camera mode. In free camera mode use arrows to move, with your mouse wheel you can go forward/backward and if you hold down the middle button you can look around.
Here are the commands available:
CTRL+0..9 to save unit selection
ALT+0..9 to restore a saved selection
CTRL+C select the commander
CTRL+Z select units of the type of already selected units
")" ("`" or "²" under windows) show/hide the console
F1 shows info screen about selected unit
F12 take a screen shot
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