Microsoft Close Combat - Manual (Page 43)

42 Close Combat
To issue a Fire command
1 Point at the team you want to fire or click the team to select it.
When you select a team, the View Area displays blue boxes around
each member of the team; a circle is always displayed around squad
leaders (or higher), even when the team is not selected. The Team
monitor displays a blue box around the selected team, and the Soldier
monitor displays the names of the soldiers in the team.
2 Click and hold down the mouse button.
The Command menu appears.
3 While you hold down the mouse button, drag toward you to choose
Fire from the Command menu, and then release the mouse button.
4 Drag the target line from the team to the target at which you want the
team to shoot.
The target line is red if nothing blocks the team’s line of sight or line
of fire to the target. If the target line changes to dark red, the team
has line of fire, but their line of sight is blocked. If the target line
changes from red, or dark red, to black, the team’s line of fire is
blocked at the point at which it turns black.
5 Click to place a target marker.
No message is displayed when you issue a Fire command. The
effectiveness of your proposed fire is denoted by the color of the
target marker: As you drag toward the target it changes from red to
green to black, like the weapons graph in the Soldier monitor.
To issue a Smoke command
1 Point at the team you want to order to fire smoke shells or throw
smoke grenades or click the team to select it.
When you select a team, the View Area displays blue boxes around
each member of the team; a circle is always displayed around squad
leaders (or higher), even when the team is not selected. The Team
monitor displays a blue box around the selected team, and the Soldier
monitor displays the names of the soldiers in the team.
2 Click and hold down the mouse button.
The Command menu appears.
3 While you hold down the mouse button, drag toward you to choose
Smoke from the Command menu, and then release the mouse button.
4 Drag the target line from the team to the location where you want the
smoke screen.
Once you select a team, you
can issue a Fire command by
pressing
C . To finish issuing the
command, drag the target line
from the team to its target, then
click to place the target marker.
Once you select a team, you
can issue a Smoke command
by pressing
V . To finish issuing
the command, drag the target
line from the team to its target,
then click to place the target
marker.