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I)  You don't build things during the missions in this game, unlike most RTS
games out there.  You will either start with or be given every unit that you'll
use in every mission.

II)  Infantry are much more useful in this game than they are in most RTS games
out there.  A rocket from an Engineer can actually destroy a vehicle in one
hit, depending on the vehicle.

III)  The controls are a little confusing if you try to play without either
reading the manual or playing the training missions.  I suggest you do at least
one of them.  I read the manual, and then played the missions, but I'm fairly
confident that the missions are enough to teach you what you need to know.

IV)  Formations are annoying as hell, but there doesn't seem to be anything
you can do about it.  When you highlight multiple units that are standing on
the terrain and tell them to move somewhere, they will stay fairly close to the
same relative position as they were before you moved them.  Make sure you keep
your units close together, and make sure stragglers don't end up stuck on the
wrong side of where you wanted them to be because the formation split them from
the rest of your forces.

V)  The gameplay has an initial "Recruit" difficulty, and then has a "Veteran"
difficulty after you complete the Recruit difficulty.  So, don't worry when you
blow through the missions at first with no challenge, and don't worry about how
few missions there appear to be.

VI)  Many missions will start with the camera pointing in an odd direction.  I
always start each mission by changing the camera to point due north.  I suggest
you do the same, simply to avoid confusion with the directions I use in the
mission walkthroughs.  To rotate the camera, hold down the right and left mouse
buttons, then move the mouse.  Let go of the buttons to leave it in place.

VII)  The camera can be zoomed in an out.  Depending on how you like to play,
you might want to change it.  I always zoom it all the way out, just so I can
see more of the map at once.  To change the zoom, simply roll the wheel of your
mouse in the appropriate direction.