The game timer is the amount of time the certain Scenario for the map will run the time may very from 15 to 20 minutes depending on the mission

You Control four soldiers in the game the dots next to the gun corresponds to the soldiers on the map.one of the soldiers you control is you. the game won’t tell you which one until the end of the game. so it is important to try to keep all four soldiers alive. each soldier has his own control in the game.

You can control all 4 soldiers at the same time by selecting any of the command in the top row.

You can select the fire at to make the soldier fire at a certain enemy if no enemy is in sight the soldier will not fire his gun. You can also select the fire at will and your soldier will fire at closest enemy in sight. The other option is to hold fire if you are trying to sneak up on the enemy.

You can select run to and click on the screen were you want the soldier to run and he will move to the location you selected however you have 4 soldiers and they cant move too far from each other so if you want to run a long distance on the map use the run to for all 4 soldiers. Same thing with the crawl too and the walk and assault buttons. The Assault feature will make your soldier run to a location while stopping to fire at the enemy and then continue running.

Click on the face button and then click on the screen to turn your soldier in the direction you want them to look in.

The up button will make your soldier stand up if he is already up you click on down and the soldier will lay down. The best way to keep from being shot is make sure you have some kind of cover a tree hay bail or behind a wall.

To throw a grenade click on the grenade and select a spot on the map to throw it and click on the screen, the range to throw a grenade will vary by your stress with no stress you can throw the grenade about 3 squares away from your soldier.Each one of your soldiers has five grenades so use them wisely.

If you do run out of ammo you can swap the empty gun with a gun with ammo on it from a wounded soldier. Run your soldier over the wounded man and click on the soldiers gun you will be prompted on the guns that are available select the desired gun and hit ok and you will once again have ammo.

You will have wounded soldier in the game and you can save them if you get them back to the starting point of the game which is called the DZ.Take the Soldier that is still in action run him on top of the wounded man click on the yellow dot next to the gun on the control panel.

Your soldier will pick the wounded up if the soldier is dead you will not be able to pick him up. if you carry the wounded back to the DZ the wounded will be saved at the end of the mission.

This part of the control panel will tell you what the status of your soldier. It will tell you if your soldier has cover how much stress is on the soldier what hit percent you have on the enemy. The higher stress level on your soldier the less functional he will be and has more of a chance of being shot. So it is important to get cover when ever possible.