games-pc harpoon ii User Manual

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Select  Lesson  IV:  Using  Weapons  from  the  Scenario  Selection

window.   It is recommended you set your Difficulty Level to Average

for this lesson.  If you are playing the Macintosh

TM

  version, match your

difficulty settings to those found in  Lesson III . Select  Good Guys
from the Side Selection window.

Once again, you are in command of the USS Lewis B. Puller.  As with

the other two previous scenarios, you will be navigating from the

present position of the Puller to Reference Points 1 & 2.  Go ahead and

set your course to the two Reference Points as you did in the previous

lessons.  Set your speed to Cruise and leave your sensors turned off

for the time being.  Note that for this lesson scenario, some new range

circles are shown around the Puller; these are the ranges for Anti-

Surface, Anti-Air, and Anti-Submarine weapons.  These circles repre-

sent the maximum range of the weapon in each category.  Go ahead

and start the scenario lesson by choosing Start/Resume from the

Settings  pull-down  menu.

There is an option in the Game Preferences dialog box under the

Settings menu that determines whether or not your units will fire on

enemy air targets independently.  Weapons Free allows units under

your command to engage independently and Weapons Tight prevents

units under your command from firing without orders from you.  The

default setting on Harpoon II is Weapons Free. When Weapons Tight

is selected it will be up to you, the user, to engage incoming air and

missile targets.  It is important to note that Weapons Tight is only

respected by units that are unassigned or on plotted missions. Units

on other missions or out of comm range will always behave as if the

Weapons Free option is selected.  For the purpose of this lesson leave

the setting as Weapons Free.  There is also a hot key that can be used

to select Weapons Free.  Consult the Harpoon II Command Card for
details.