Table of Contents

• Getting Started
• What's Changed Since Test?
• New Limbo Menu
• Player Classes and Equipment Options
• What's This I Hear About Experience?
• How Do Ranks Correspond To Experience?
• How Are The Medals Awarded At The End Of The Game?
• How Will Server Admins Be Able To Customize The Experience System?
• I'm Lost On The Maps. Is There A Map Overview I Can Read?
• Need some Help/Tips on each of the 6 maps?
• How Do I Write Weapon & Class Binds?
• Weapon bank Assignments
• Weapons Spread/Rate of Fire
• Can Spawn point Scripts Be Used in ET?
• What's A Fire Team?
• A Mine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
• How Does The Uniform Swapping Work
• What's A Mortar?
• So What New Commands Will I Need?
• How Do I Bind All The New VSAY's?
• Other Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Started

First, you need to go into the Game Dir/Enemy Territory/Docs folder and look for a file called PlayerGuide.html. That will give you a quick introduction to the new player classes and game mechanics.

I think that you'll find most of what you know in RTCW ports over pretty well to Enemy Territory. For sure, lots of people will drift towards the new weapons and classes at first, but give it some time and everything will even out.

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What's Changed Since Test?

1. Player animations are much much smoother now
2. Map load times drastically improved
3. Echo statements returned
4. Headshots (with or without helmet) with scoped rifles now cause instant death
5. Headshot damage reduction from helmets standardized to -20 damage, except for headshots by scoped rifles (K43 or Garand)
6. Panzerfaust blast radius reduced by 25%
7. Models for med and ammo packs changed to mirror what you see in the ammo racks and make it easier to distinguish what is lying on the ground
8. Wire added over the top of the Fuel Dump wall breach to prevent stacking
9. Health is now shown as a discrete value in addition to the health bar
10. General calls for "medic" on player death made distinct from player-initiated requests for "medic!" and sound off in the local environment rather than as a global voice message. Enemy players nearby can also hear the call for "Medic". "Medic!" text spam whenever a player is killed has also been removed
11. Three additional ranks added (Brigadier General, Major General, General) for achieving Level 4 in 5, 6, and 7 skills respectively
12. Experience gained per health or ammo pack reduced from 2 per pack to 1 per pack
13. Grenade physics changed back to original RTCW physics
14. Audible signals sound when votes are called (bell chime) or when referees take an action (referee's whistle)
15. Quick chat structure now completely mirrors the RTCW chat structure. New chats have been added to the END of the appropriate menus
16. Voices completely reworked and many favorites, including multiple variations (cheers, etc) brought back
17. New sound effects added - some guns for sure, not sure what else
18. Double-tap to prone can now be turned off via the Options Menu
19. "No shoot" symbol when targetting disguised covert ops made a little more prominant and seems to pop up faster
20. "No shoot" symbol shown when player takes a position from which they cannot use the weapon (e.g., panzer from prone)
21. Some skill level awards renamed to make benefits more clear (e.g., Adrenaline is now known as Full Revive)
22. If you run over an ammo pack with 2 magazines, you are told that you picked up a "Mega Ammo Pack"
23. Spread on MG-42s increased slightly
24. Constructable command posts now have a flag indicating which team built it
25. Added end-game animations to the maps
26. Axis medic skin changed - no longer wearing an overcoat; other skins made more detailed such as the Axis Field Ops
27. Axis and Allied satchel charges are now different colors
28. Objectives are voiced at beginning of map and after certain gates are reached (e.g., Tunnel doors blown)
29. Face is now more animated and when the first headshot is received, the helmet is removed
30. Construction noises now sound when building something
31. Player given warning if standing in a construction zone
32. Player guide expanded and improved significantly. Gives detail behind experience points, skills, and lots more "how to"
33. Standing at tank-destroyable doors result in player death if in blast area

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New and Improved Limbo Menu

1. Objective Summary
2. Command Map. The buttons to the left enable you to select what you want to show on the command map and how large the icons will appear. To select spawn sites, use the command map and click on any of your side's flags and at next respawn that's where you will start off
3. Game Timers
4. Skills and Experience Summary
5. Team Summary. Shows how many allies, axis, and spectators are currently in-game
6. Class Summary. Similar to the /classes command in Shrub. Shows how many of each class currently are on your team
7. Weapons Selection and Stats. Notice that there is "1 of 2" under the picture of the SMG. This indicates that the Thompson is 1 of 2 weapons available to the engineer. Click on the SMG and you will see a drop down box showing all the weapons available to you, based on selected class. Click on one to select.

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Player Classes and Equipment

Class	Changes from RTCW
Soldier	Lost ability to select Venom (gone), Sniper rifle (changed), or non-default SMG Added ability to select MG42 and mortar
Engineer	Required to construct game objectives Required to repair vehicles Ability to plant land mines (weaponbank 7) Ability to defuse land mines and satchel charges Option to select from one of 2 weapons Spawns with only 4 grenades but can accumulate up to 8 through ammo packs
Medic	None as far as I can tell
Field Ops (aka Lieutenant)	Name change from Lieutenant Airstrikes now require 100% bar Number of airstrikes at one time limited Limited to default SMG. Cannot select other weapons Artillery barrage now has 8 shots vs 4 but smaller blast radius per shot
Covert Ops (new)	Ability to detect mines (Use binoculars, and keep looking at them till it plants a flag) Ability to acquire enemy uniform Performs role previously filled by Soldier-Mauser Can choose from one of 3 weapons Can plant satchel charges (weaponbank 6) and use smoke grenades (weaponbank 5)

With the exception of the Medic and Field Ops, everyone gets a bunch of weapons to play around with. Medics and Field Ops just get the default SMG.

NOTE: This was tested by launching two instances of the game, creating a fireteam (so I could see a discrete health figure), then shooting the crap out of myself.

A couple of observations:

1. Headshot damage has been reduced by 20 points when the target has a helmet
2. MP40s and Thompsons do the same amount of damage
3. Scoped weapons will do more damage (body and head) while in scoped mode
4. Base pistol damage has been upped to 18
5. Range affects damage. Pistols, SMGs, and the FG42 deal half damage at long range. I don't know what consitutes "long range" but I tested shooting from the top of the MG42 hill to the Allied side of the bridging site on Fueldump

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How Do I Write Weapon & Class Binds?

bind x "team [team][playertype][weapon]"

Where:

1. [team] is r=axis, b=allies
2. [playertype] is 0=soldier, 1=medic, 2=engineer, 3=field ops, 4=covert ops
3. [weapon] is 3-35 (see chart above)

So a bind to spawn me as an Axis engineer with the K43 w/ grenade launcher would look like this:

bind x "team r 2 23"

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Weaponbank Assignments

For those of you who want to write scripts involving weaponbanks, here are the assignments for weaponbanks 1-7 by class. You'll notice that there is an additional weaponbank (7) and it's only used by the engineer.

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Can Spawnpoint Scripts Be Used In ET?

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So What New Commands Will I Need?

• bind x "+prone" //sends you to the prone position. Click again to stand up

   

  Standing	Crouched
  Prone

  A couple of things to keep in mind while prone

  • When crawling, you can't shoot, change weapons, or reload
  • If you are crouched, you can double tap forward to enter the prone position (you can turn this option off thru the Options Menu)
  • MG42s in the alt fire mode (bipod down) can only be fired from the prone. While in the alt fire position, you will also have a limited arc of fire, so be careful about your facing before getting into the prone position
  • If you are prone, you can't set up your mortar
  • Panzerfausts cannot be fired from the prone position
  • If you use a crouch toggle and were in the crouched position when going prone, you will be crouched when you leave the prone position
  • You can also jump while in the prone position to get up quickly

   

• bind x "+mapexpand" //brings up an overhead map of the battlefield.

   

  

  Tips:

  • You can still move and shoot while your command map is up, much like the scoreboard in RTCW.
  • If you have a Field Ops on your team, every enemy he can see will be marked on your map
  • Mortar gunners can see where artillery and their mortar rounds hit on the command map

   

• bind x "+stats" //slight change from the stats command in shrub and OSP. Notice this also tells you how much experience is needed to achieve the next skill level

   

  

   

• bind x "mapzoomin" //zooms compass map in
• bind z "mapzoomout" //zooms compass map out

   

  Default level of detail	zoomed in 2X clicks	Zoomed out 2X clicks

   

• bind x "weapalt" //same command as previously used with Mauser, just applicable to more weapons and classes now
• bind x "openlimbomenu" //previously I did not have this bound but now the limbo menu now shows more information
• bind x "mp_fireteammsg" //messaging to a pre-selected sub set of the team
• bind x "messagemode3" //free text messages to a pre-selected sub set of the team
• bind x "mp_fireteamadmin" //calls up the fire team admin menu
• bind x "weaponbank 7" //rolled this into a weapon toggle with my grenades
• bind x "wm_sayplayerclass" //Voices your current class
• bind x "autoscreenshot" //takes a time and map stamped screenshot
• bind x "toggle cg_atmosphericeffects" //turns off rain and snow

   

• seta cg_crosshairColorAlt "red"
• seta cg_crosshairColor "red"
• seta cl_doubletapdelay "0" //sets max delay for double-tap to prone, set to 0 to disable
• seta cg_reinforcementtime "1" //draw reinforcement timer under game timer

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Other Frequently Asked Questions

• Why can't soldiers pick the Mauser rifle?
  For the most part, sniper weapons have been moved over to the new class, Covert Ops. They get to choose from either the FG42 or a silenced, scoped sniper rifle.

   

• What! No venom?
  Nope. The venom was retired for a mobile MG42. I think you'll get used to the MG42 real quickly and learn how to use it in the most effective way. A couple of notes on the mobile MG42:

   

  • 150 rounds per belt
  • 4+1 belts max loadout
  • ~30-35 rounds a second
  • No spin up time
  • MG 42 does overheat
  • 2 firing modes:
    1. not on bipod: can move, very inaccurate
    2. on bipod: must be in prone, can crawl*, much more accurate

   

• What happened to the Lieutenant? How am I going to get my ammo?
  The Lieutenant has just been rebranded as the Field Ops Specialist. The Field Ops can do everything the LT could except pick from the 3 available SMGs. The reason for this is the promotion and ranks system associated with experience. It would get confusing to have someone named Lieutenant Sergeant Iffy.

   

• WTF? How do I select spawn points?
  Call up the limbo menu and look for the American or German flags. Those represent the spawn points. use your cursor to click on any of your sides spawn points and that's where you'll respawn. There is a way to select spawn points through the use of a spawn point script, but there is currently no standard naming/numbering convention for spawn points.

   

• The game doesn't recognize MOUSE3. What's up with that?
  This is a problem I had. ET would not recognize the same MOUSE3 bind that I use for RTCW. Uninstalling the Logitech Mouseware program fixed this for me. On another note, you can now bind MOUSE4 and MOUSE5.

   

• What happened to +dropweapon?
  Currently, +dropweapon doesn't work. However, you can still exchange weapons. Any class, which has multiple weapon options, can exchange their current weapon for another - as long as the new weapon was originally available to them. The exception is that engineers and medics can pick up the other side's default SMG. To exchange weapons, stand over the new weapon until the tool tip appears, then hit +activate.