1863: Gettysburg Tutorial

1863: Gettysburg Tutorial

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Help Click on* help on tool bar, then go to content for more program information. Start: To start game click on* green flag. To pause click on the red flag. Speed: To set the game speed click on speed (top of screen), move to speed desired. Moving: Click on Infantry, Artillery or Cavalry, drag the cursor to where you want to it to move to, a blue line will appear showing location to move to (see blue arrow going from blue box, image on right). I click on the soldier but can't draw an arrow? Repeatedly clicking on soldier until arrow appears. Move more than one: Click on select, select division you can now select an entire divisions move together. Other multiple moves are by brigade or whole corps. Aiming: click on* aiming image, a window with a compass opens (see image on right). To change aim click on red rifle or cannon, while holding down mouse drag the line to new aim direction. Changing the battlefield view: click one the following button with a purple arrow pointing in the direction you want to look. Saving battles: Click on file, select save as, rename file leaving (.gty).
	Aiming infantry or Cavalry	Aiming cannon

Field notes: To see field notes click on number.
Clicking on

opened the notes on the right.
Infantry

at rest,

marching or running,

in combat
Artillery

Cavalry

Confederate army: gray background
Union army: blue background
Troop statistics: Click on

to see troop information: dead, wounded, ammo and morale (see image on right).
Zoom: To make area larger click

, to make area smaller click
Time Line: Timeline is located at the bottom of your screen. Line shows the day and time of the battle (see image below). Red arrow

shows current time of war. Blue bars show night time

gettysburg_civil_war_field-note.jpg (4495 bytes)

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Orders: to change battle orders click on

then click in white circle to change to: hold position, seek enemy, ask before firing (see image on right). To disengage orders click on

then click in white circle to change to orders. Engagement and disengagement order window do not open unless troops engaged in battle.
Entrenchment: Select the troops and click on

to tell your troops to dig and build trenches. Entrenchment is a fortifying or defending strategy.

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Historical Play: 1.Click on File, select Open
2.Select the file july1.gty and choose OK. The screen will display the Gettysburg battlefield as it looked the morning of July 1, 1863.
3.Click on Play, select Historical Play - Union or Confederate allows you to move your troops as described above, except the troops will still come onto the battlefield and move just as they did in 1863.
Setting the program to Historical Play both sides you can watch the historical battle unfold.
Non historical play: Click on Play, select Free Play Union, or Free Play Confederate. The computer will take the other side and play against you, using artificial intelligence tactics that are appropriate for its army.
If you select Free Play Both Sides you control both armies.
The troops will come onto the battlefield just as they did in 1863

For more information click on help, then select contents.

*Click on: Using your mouse move the cursor on the computer screen to where you need to click. Then press your mouse button.

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