Shadow Company Demo

Shadow Company Demo

Welcome Commander. After being overrun by the enemy your men are short on weapons and equipment. Up ahead, near the campfire, you should find several weapons and plenty of ammo. Watch out for the rebel guard, though. Try sneaking up and using a knife to kill him silently. If you shoot him, other rebels might hear the

gun shot and be alerted to your presence.

Shadow Company

Release Demo v.1.0

5/9/99

Publisher: Interactive Magic

Developer: Sinister Games

Platform: PC

Release Date: see www.shadowcompany.com

Welcome to Shadow Company by Sinister Games and Interactive Magic.

This readme file contains basic information and a brief walk-through.

-Requirements-

The Shadow Company demo requires a D3D compatible 3D card,

DirectX 6.0 or higher, and DirectMedia.

-Recommended System-

Pentium II class CPU

64 MB Ram

TNT or Voodoo 2

SHADOW COMPANY WALK-THROUGH

-To Begin Playing-

After you have successfully installed the demo, you can run it by choosing

Shadow Company Demo from your Start Menu. Once the game begins:

1. Select New Game. The Select Difficulty Level screen is

displayed. Select Normal.

2. The Planning screen is displayed.

3. Select Secure Base Perimeter from the

list on the left. This is the first

objective of the Angolan mission. The

map on the right gives a zoomed in

view of the area. Study it carefully.

Look at the other objectives by

selecting them in turn.

4. The team has already been selected

and equipped, so when you are done

reviewing the objectives, click Launch.

-The Mission-

Select Launch to begin the mission. The mercenaries are

in place just to the southwest of their first objective.

The tutorial help screen informs you of the current

situation.

"Welcome Commander. After being overrun by the enemy your men

are short on weapons and equipment. Up ahead, near the campfire,

you should find several weapons and plenty of ammo.

Watch out for the rebel guard, though. Try sneaking up and using a

knife to kill him silently. If you shoot him, other rebels might hear the

gun shot and be alerted to your presence."

Click OK.

-Navigation-

Shadow Company uses a free floating camera view system.

You may view the action from almost any position. The camera is controlled

by the keys on the numberpad.

For a list of control keys, press F1.

The mouse can also be used to move the camera by moving the cursor

to the edge of the screen in the direction you want to go. Holding the Right

mouse button down and moving the mouse side to side will allow you

to rotate the camera. Moving the mouse up and down while holding

the right button will move the camera up and down,

-Skill Assessment-

The first thing to establish is which of the three mercenaries is best at

sneaking up and knifing the rebel guard.

Press F2 to open the Mercenary Stats screen.

The mercenaries are listed along with their skills. Look at the rating for

Melee Weapons and for Stealth. The former reflects how well they use close

combat (melee) weapons. The latter how well the mercenary evades detection.

They are all reasonably good with melee weapons, but John Emerson

is much better at being stealthy, so he is the best to perform a sneak

attack.

Press F2 again to close the Mercenary Stats screen.

-Position and Objectives-

Look at the mini map. Your mercenaries are represented by the green

crosses, the enemy by red crosses. The first objective is to secure the

base perimeter. Press and hold 'Tab' to view the mission objectives.

Secure the base is listed in green, the other three in gray.

Grayed-out objectives become active when a prerequisite has been

met. In this instance that is the completion of the first objective.

-Movement and Attack-

Double-click on John Emerson’s portrait to select him and

center the view on him.

Press C on the keyboard to order him into a crouching

stance. Crouching and Prone mercenaries are harder to

detect than those standing tall. Move him to the top of the

hill to the north by clicking there.

John has a set of binoculars equiped, which he can use to look around

and scope out the area. With John selected, press the 'Z' key to use

his binoculars. The mouse will enter a 'freelook' mode, and you may

look around in John's perspective. Letting go of the 'Z' key will return

the camera to its previous position.

Move the camera closer to the campfire where the rebel soldier is

located, and pass the cursor over him. It tuns to a red target. Click to

order John Emerson to attack.

He glides across the ground, a killing machine in action and slits the

soldier’s throat. One down, several more to go. The tutorial help

screen displays the following message:

"Now that the rebel guard is dead, you can properly arm your men.

Weapons, ammo and equipment can be picked up by selecting a mercenary

and clicking on the object. Before you pick something up,

make sure you have enough room in your inventory.

Press the spacebar or right-click on a mercenary’s portrait to access

his inventory. Good luck."

-Overwatch-

Before ordering John Emerson to start picking things up,

move Jack Beecher and Lewis Underwood into position to

provide some cover. Select Jack Beecher’s portrait, then double-

click on a position to the rear of one of the tents. Double-clicking

orders him to run to that position.

When he has arrived, press the "O" key or press the Overwatch button

to place him in Overwatch mode. When in Overwatch mode, he will

automatically open fire on enemies detected.

Move Lewis up to the fire and place him in Overwatch mode.

-Picking Up Bodies and Items-

Select John Emerson and pass the cursor over the dead body

of the rebel guard. The cursor changes. Click to pick up the

body. Move John Emerson behind a tent and drop the body

by pressing D or by clicking on the body icon on John’s portrait.

Pass the cursor over the area where the body was lying. There is an

Uzi submachinegun waiting to be picked up. Look at the mercenaries’

skill ratings to assess who is best to be given such a

weapon.

Lewis Underwood has the highest SMG rating. Right-click on his portrait

and pass the cursor over his primary weapon. He is already carrying

a submachinegun, a Mac 11. Look at his skill ratings

again (F2).

His ability with an Assault weapon is much greater than

his ability with a submachine gun, so it is best to let John Emerson

have the Uzi.

-Primary Weapons-

Once John Emerson has picked up the Uzi, it needs to be moved into

the primary weapon position. Press the spacebar when he is selected

to open his inventory. Drag and drop the Uzi from the backpack into

the (top) primary weapon position.

Continue looking for items to pick up around the campfire. There is

another submachine gun, a Scorpion. The Uzi has a good range

and the Scorpion is good at close quarters. Keep the Uzi in

John Emerson’s primary weapon slot and put the Scorpion in his

backpack as a backup.

There is also an AK-47 and some body armor. Lewis Underwood,

being the assault weapon specialist, should be given the AK-47.

With the Mac 11 in his primary weapon slot, press I to reveal the

range of this weapon. The red line indicates the primary weapon’s

range; the blue one the secondary. Put the AK-47 in the primary

weapon slot and check its range. It has a greater range than the Mac

11 so leave it in the primary slot. Don’t forget to pick up the 7.62 mm

ammo to reload the AK-47.

Order Lewis Underwood to pick up the Kevlar armor. If he claims to

be "Loaded" , rearrange his inventory so that a square of

four slots is empty, and then try again. To gain the protection of the

body armor, it needs to be place in the body slot.

Order Jack Beecher to pick up the shotgun and shells. At any point

that one mercenary is moving or picking something up, order the

other two into overwatch mode.

Select Lewis Underwood and order him to move towards the other

campfire, where there are more enemies on watch. Press down the

shift key and right-click between theses enemies. Lewis throws the

grenade that is in his secondary weapon slot, and after a short delay it

explodes, hopefully taking out at least one of the enemies. Should any

of the soldiers still be standing, or reinforcements arrive, fire at them

with the AK-47.

Place Lewis in overwatch and move the other two up. Once all the

enemy soldiers in the camp are dead, the objective has been achieved.

Pick up any items that were carried by the enemy soldiers. The frag

grenades in particular are extremely useful, and any weapons returned

with the team can be sold or given to other mercenaries.

-Healing-

If a mercenary has been injured during this initial battle,

heal them by using Jack Beecher’s medical kit. Open his

inventory then right-click on the medical kit. The cursor

changes to the heal symbol. Select the injured mercenary

(this may be himself). Jack moves if necessary, and

applies a field dressing.

-Moving On-

Look at the objectives once again (Tab). The ones that were previously

grayed out are now highlighted. Decide which one to attempt

next and what your plan of action might be.

Select all the mercenaries by pressing F11, and then move them

towards their next objective.

-Save & Reload-

It is a good idea to save the game just before embarking on a new

objective. Do this by pressing Esc, and then selecting Save Game.

Enter a saved game name in one of the empty slots, then select Save

Game or press Enter. If one of your mercenaries is killed, reload the

last saved game by pressing F6. Should you want to start the entire

mission over, select Esc, and then select Retry.

-To End the Mission-

Move your mercenaries to the Landing Zone. Click the Smoke Icon at the

bottom of any mercenary's portrait.

-Tech Support-

This demo is released as is, and is not supported by Interactive Magic or

Sinister Games. Please email compatibility problems to

[email protected]. By doing so, we can attempt to insure

compatibility with your hardware in the final release.

-Shadow Company Features-

Look for Shadow Company at your nearest retailer. Shadow Company features:

Nine campaigns with multiple objectives, taking place in diverse environments

from South America to Arctic Russia on huge, richly detailed maps.

Hire your team from a roster of 16 mercenaries, each with a unique personality

and skill set. Track your mercs' combat history and watch their skills improve.

Equip your team with dozens of weapons, explosives and inventory items. Buy

and sell with an arms dealer.

Use sniper rifles, timed C-4 explosives, and plant land mines. Use boats, rafts,

cars, trucks, tanks, and snow mobiles to outmaneuver the enemy.

Set your insertion time. Fight at night with silenced pistols, or at noon with

assault rifles, and rocket launchers.

Fight alongside your friends in cooperative multiplayer mode.

Enjoy.

-Sinister Games-

Designer Paul Meegan

Producer Paul Potera

Programmer Ken Klopp

Programmer Chris Stoy

3D Art John Loehrlein

3D Art Bryan Baldwin

2D/3D Art Scott Sprange

2D/3D Art Craig Vance

Special Thanks

Mike McCoy

Jeff Kiel

Dave Knox

Chris Cottrell

Ron Wagner

Jeff Komar/MCP

Stacy Nelson

Chris Roby

Carl Linke

And all of I-Magic.

-Legal-

Shadow Company and all company names in this document are Trademarked and/or

Copyrighted. All rights reserved.