Sub Attack help

 

                           Sub Attack

Object :

     You will be given a mission which you must complete before

your time runs out and avoid being sunk by the Soviet Ships or

other players of the game.  When you first logon to the game you

will need to read your orders by pressing the letter O on your

keyboard.  A message will appear and display your mission for this

game.  Read your mission very carefully and then seek your targets.

General Rules of The Maps :

     At different points located throughout the world you will see

a red italic lower cased letter F.  This indicates a fuel depot and

you will be able to refuel your ship by bumping your ship into this

letter.  Your fuel supply will be replenished each time you hit it

until you stop hitting it or your tank is full.  Anytime you run

into a continent or another ship you damage your ship.  Each time

you go onto a new map the screen will be redrawn for you.

Ship Identification :

     All lowercase letters from a-z are called surface ships.

These ships will vary from Merchant Ships to Destroyers.  All

uppercase letters from A-Z will signify other users who are playing

the game.  These ships may be attacked if you wish but your primary

concern should be accomplishing your mission.  The ships that look

like a Omega sign or a horseshoe are Submarines.  These Subs come

in three different colors.  The yellow sub will never fire at you.

The green Sub will only fire at you if you fire upon it first.  The

red sub is the aggressor,  it will attack you first more than

likely and it will continue in attacking until you leave or destroy

it.  You do receive points for hitting the subs and destroying

them.

Ranks and Scoring Points :

     You receive your rank by accomplishing your mission.

Every time you complete your mission you move up in a rank.  If

your ship is sunk during your play you may be demoted a rank.  You

receive points by hitting the Submarines and by accomplishing your

mission.  You will also lose points by sinking the wrong ships or

by firing upon the wrong ships.  You will also receive a bonus of

1000 points times your mission number.  For example if you choose

mission number 3 and complete it you would receive 3000 points.

Command Line :

     Your command line is located at the bottom of the map.  These

are all the commands available for you during your mission.

[F]  Fire Weapon

     This is the command you will use to engage an attack on a

     vessel.  You have a Firing Computer on your ship that will ask

     you which target to lock onto.  At this point once you have

     selected one the coordinates of that vessel will be pre-locked

     and ready for you to fire.  Now if your computer is damaged

     during a attack it will be repaired but it may take some time,

     at this point you will have to enter your own firing

     coordinates.  A message will display above the command line

     letting you know if you hit the vessel or missed.

[S]  Sonar

     The sonar command will give you the description of any vessel

     that you specify as long as it is within your sonar range.  It

     will tell you what flag the vessel is flying under,  the size

     and the fire power of the vessel.

[U]  Update Status

     This command will update your status for you anytime you hit

     it.  If you are in a particular map for a while you should

     update your status periodically,  especially if you are

     engaged in a attack.

[O]  Orders

     This will tell you what your mission is for this logon.

[K]  Kill Report

     This will show you all the different ships and the number of

     times you have destroyed them.

[R]  Redraw Screen

     This will redraw the current screen for you incase you have

     some bad line noise that came through or you just feel like

     redrawing the screen.

[C]  Change Rule of Engagement

     This command will state what fighting mode your ship will be

     in AFTER you logoff the game.

     [1] This option will have your ship in full attack mode.  This

         means any player who comes within range of your ship,

         your ship will immediately engage combat with the other

         player.

     [2] This option will put you in a non attack mode.  You will

         not fire at any ships.

     [3] This option will put you in a non attack mode also unless

         you are attacked upon first.  Which your ship will then

         engage in combat once fired upon.

[+,-]    These keys will either slow down or speed up game play

         Your current setting is shown on the top right of your

         display.  Example S#: 0   where 0 is the fastest speed.

[Q]  Quit Game

     This will return you to the BBS and end your session for this

     game.

Status Screen :

     This is located at the right of your screen and displays the

status of the following things :

Score

Level

Fuel

Ship

R.O.E.

Damage

Sonar

CPU

Satcom

     This status screen is updated by the following things :

When you hit a ship

When you hit a continent

When you are hit by enemy fire

When you refuel your ship

When you enter a new map

When you receive damage to your sonar, CPU or Satcom

When you request a status update