===================================================================== Infantry FAQ v0.8 By Skidjzu / DarthSidious skidjzu1@hotmail.com February 26th, 2002 ===================================================================== =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I. TABLE OF CONTENTS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I. Table Of Contents II. Introduction III. How to Play IV. Controls V. Skirmish 1. Classes 2. Objective 3. Zones VI. CTF 1. Classes 2. Objective 3. Zones VII. Chat Interface VIII. Tips and Tricks IX. Macros X. Commands XI. Miscellaneous XII. Glossary XIII. Credits =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= II. INTRODUCTION =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Infantry is a game made by Harmless Games. It’s an online game, much like Half Life: Counterstrike, except that this is not a first person view, more of a top to bottom view. In this FAQ, we’ll discuss all the basics and advanced infantrystuff. Bear in mind, I’m relatively inexperienced in Skirmish, so expect many mistakes in that section. I usually play CTF Extreme, and rarely play Skirmish, so this will mostly be in a CTFX player point of view. BTW, Skidjzu = DarthSidious, but I use DarthSidious at GameFAQS and Skidjzu at Infantry. -=~*-=#}-= BIG UPDATE -=~*-=#}-= (May 1, 2002) Infantry is now officially Pay to Play. You have to subscribe to Sony Station, 6.95$ per month. There IS a guest mode for non payers, but you have no experience, and you start with a new name each time namely "~Guest[randomnumber]" which sucks, because the arenas have about 15 people in them, and most of them are ~Guest150 or ~Guest160 etc. Sony have ruined infantry. I, for one, am not paying. Neither is most of the infantry community. Down with Sony! Still, this guide is useful......I think. =\ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= III. HOW TO PLAY =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well. You obviously need an internet connection. Go to www.infantryzone.com and sign up, and login. Once that’s done, click on the big download button on the top left, let the stuff download, then you should have some popup box on your desktop saying where you want to install stuff, and it will install some files in the specified directory. Then go run the stationclient, download more files, enter infantry, then download zone-specific files. For a WAY better explaination, go to www.infantryzone.com and read the manual. Once all that is downloaded and you’re finally in infantry, go to help, and read Luminair’s Newbie Guide. http://infantry.station.sony.com/onlinemanual_manual.jsp Helps a LOT. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IV. CONTROLS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Well, go to the keyboard config, you’ll see the controls. They’re way too many to list here, so I’ll just give you some advice on how to set them. First, you need to set your strafing buttons, which are EXTREMELY important. To set your strafe buttons, at the place where you choose your zone in infantry, before you get into the game, click on view, then keyboard config, then change the strafe keys. The defaults are useless. =[ Second, you need a good weapon firing key, and a secondary weapon key next to it, and some other weapon keys next to them. I recommend setting the “enter to type” option on, as that helps a great deal with keyboard configs. This is a good newb setup, which is why it suits me. =] Up: Hyper Forward Down: Hyper Backward Left: Turn Left Right: Turn Right RightWinKey(next to alt): Weapon 1 AppKey(next to control): Weapon 2 Right Alt: Strafe left Control: Strafe Right Enter to Type: On /: Weapon 3 .: Weapon 4 ,: Weapon 5 And the rest are mostly defaults. This works for me, so your tastes may differ. Whatever. Please note that AppKey and RightWinKey may not be on all keyboards, so you might have to use some other keyboard config. This is a good setup for newbs like me. =] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= V. SKIRMISH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (to be completed) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VI. CTF and CTF:X =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------ OBJECTIVE ------------ The objective of all CTF zones (listed below) except for Eol, is simply to get all four flags, and then hold them for 60 sec onds. That's it. You get a reward after the game ends, whether you win or lose. If you win, you get huge amounts of $$, especially if the game's gone on for a long time. =o In Eol, the objective is simply to kill. Simple. ----------- ZONES ----------- Haruna (CTF) Heinrich's Point (CTF) Twin Peaks (CTF) Chaos in Eol (CTFX) CTF Extreme (CTFX) The difference between CTF and CTFX are mainly that they have different itemsets, and some of the weapons work in a different way. For example, Kuchler GL is stand and fire in CTF, but you can fire it while moving in CTFX. Also, Chaos in Eol is NOT a capture the flag zone, but it's called CTFX because it uses the CTFX itemset. Imagine Skirmish with items and money and loads more classes. That's Eol. ----------- CLASSES ----------- This section is based on the CTF Extreme itemset. No Eol, and the Kuchler GL is stand and fire on CTF, while it's move and fire in CTFX, so use these setups for CTFX only. =[ Most of these are usable in CTF zones as well, though. [-~Infantry~-] Infantrymen are the best class to start with. They get good weapons, exceptionally good armor, and can take plenty of hits. This is my personal favorite class, aside from captain. Please note that the following infantry setup is my personal favorite, and yours may differ. Best Setup for Infantry (IMO) ======================= Maklov AR mk 606 / Kuchler AR249 Frag Grenades (4) Suit Supercharger Carapace / CMP6 IDF Generator / PF Generator 3 Repulsor Coils Ammo Rifle (300) Enhanced Sensors This is my personal favorite setup, and I've been using it for ages. About the Maklov AR / Kuchler AR, you can use whatever you want. If you're a beginner, go with Kuchler, and change to Maklov later on, as Kuchler fires in a slightly crooked line, which helps your aim. Kuchlers also have good spread, making more bullets hit. The Maklov fires in a perfect straight line, which is great if you're good at aiming, and if you aim right, all three bullets hit, which takes off a considerable amount of energy and hp compared to one bullet. Go either Cara + IDF, or CMP6 + PF, whatever you want. Just don't use PF with Cara, cause it sucks in my opinion. [-~Infiltrator~-] Infils, or 'commies', as they are sometimes called, are the speedy, sneaky ones. They are NOT made for direct combat, but rather, for stealing flags or sometimes backstabbing and kill stealing. >=D They take skill to use (=P), so not recommended for beginners. They can use the best energy weapons, but cannot use many, if any, ammunition consuming weapons. Again, this is my personal infiltrator setup, and your ideas may differ.. Best Setup for Infiltrator =========================== Kuchler PR209g / Kamenev PR K111r Plasma Bomb Pulsar / Particle Accelerator / Electron Beamer Improved Cloak Suit Supercharger Blink Generator Repulsor Coil (3) I usually use Kamenev PR, Plasma Bomb, Electron Beamer, and the other stuff. BTW, I'm a newb infil, so..... :P [-~Jump Trooper~-] Jump Troopers are basically light infantry. They get good weapons, but die rather easily. My favorite class aside from Captain. Fast, with the fastest strafe acceleration in the game. Their setbacks are the fact that they can't carry too much without being overweight, and their armor isn't as good as infantry or captain. Best Setup for Jump Trooper =========================== Maklov AR mk 606 Kuchler GL m8 Drop Armor PF Generator Suit Supercharger Enhanced Sensors (if flagging, otherwise don't use this) Ammo Rifle (200) Frag Grenade (4) Light HE (50) Bullet Mines (20) Plasma Mine (2) (for you mine lamers out there :P) Classic AR + GL combo, add the best armor and the usual Generator, Supercharger, and Sensors, get the neccessary ammo, and you have a good JT. [-~Captain~-] Captains require 525000 exp to get, and they're my class of choice under my main alias. They can summon, get great weapons, the best armor, and grenade launchers. They're almost JTs, but can summon, and get better armor. However, they're rather slow, but their strafe acceleration matches that of an infantry. Probably the best soloing class. Best Setup for Captain ======================= Maklov AR mk 606 Kuchler GL m8 CMP6/Carapace (I use CMP6) PF/IDF Gererator(I use PF, but if you're using Carapace, go IDF.) Suit Supercharger Enhanced Sensors Ammo Rifle (400) Frag Grenade (4) EMP Grenade (4) Haywire Grenade (4) WP Grenade (4) Light HE (50) That's my fav captain setup. CMP6 + PF for me, but you may want to get cara + idf. Please note that Carapace sucks because it's almost impossible to kill you if you have Cara + IDF. That's my opinion... Also, please note the abundance of grenades. Get them regularly if you're full of $$. They are very useful. When attempting to kill someone, simply charge throwing loads of nades, and then finish them with AR, they'll usually die quick. If a large rape squad is coming towards you, throw LOTS of nades at them, then use your dropship recall to get back to the DS, and hope you kill someone. :P =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VII. CHAT INTERFACE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The chat. Look at the glossary section to see what all the slang internet h4x0r talk is all about. Messages in blue colour are the normal chat messages, and are heard by everyone. To type these, just type them and press enter. =/ Messages in yellow are your team only messages. They can only be heard by your team. To type them, type //yourmessagehere OR ‘yourmessagehere. Yourmessagehere being the message you want to say to your team. Messages in green are private messages, and only you and the person who your are talking to can hear that. To pm them, just type :person: yourmessagehere. Messages in dirty yellow are chat channel messsages. For more info on chat channels, please read some of the FAQs I've mentioned in this FAQ, like Luminair's Newbie Guide. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VIII. TIPS AND TRICKS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Strafe. Always. A moving target is harder to hit than a stationary target. Whoever strafes better usually wins. - Learn to Circle Strafe. Circle strafing is strafing in a circle around an opponent, keeping your target locked on them all the time. Makes you quite hard to hit, while they're quite easy to hit. Please note this is almost impossible using a default keyboard setup. To be able to c strafe, you need to be able to reach the movement keys AND the strafe keys at the same time. - Learn to lead. This means shooting wherever you think they'll be after the shot goes off, basically if they're moving around alot while shooting. This is basically predicting. - Get all the equipment you need as soon as you can, depending on your class, you’ll need different equipment. - Learn about all the weapons, classes, armour, special items and what they do, etc. - When someone’s at the enemy base, and need help, try attaching to them to give them support fire. Attaching is done by highlighting the person’s name from the namelist on the top right, then pressing the key that is for the suit teleporter. This will transport you to the person. Alternatively, request summon if they say they can summon. - Work with your team. Walking into an enemy rape squad will get you killed. FAST. Even if you have the l33test strafing skills on the planet. Stay with members of your team, and go flagging or bounty hunting, or whatever. - Don’t spam or start calling people fags just as soon as you start. It won’t make you that popular... - Don't walk straight into rape squads. (big groups of people running around killing) You'll be dead before you know it. Never face more than two people alone, you'll die otherwise unless you're really skilled. Try weakening them with a frag grenade or two from afar, and then moving in for the kill with a weapon, usually an assault rifle or something, strafing to give them a hard target to hit. - Don't rape (travel in large groups) unless you're playing Eol. CTF Extreme was made for capturing flags, not btying. Play Eol if you like travelling in large groups killing hapless lone people. :p - To get $$ and exp, win games, or be there till the end of the game. You'll get lots of $$ and exp if you MVP% is higher, which goes higher depending on what you do. If you can't get on a good flagging private team, and are stuck on a private team, then go solo, and rack up kills. That's a good way to get your MVP up. If you're on a private team, when attacking, try to get a flag or two. :P That raises your MVP a lot. Also, carrier kills(killing a guy holding a flag) raises your MVP like MAD. Carry kills (killing someone while holding a flag) also get you lots of MVP. Once, while soloing, as soon as the game started, I ran for a flag, and since I got it, I had my MVP up a lot. Then, since I was soloing, I had no need for the flag, so I ran outside and started killing as many people I could. I killed about 8 (I'm a Captain) with the flag on me, which got my MVP% up like mad. Then, I simply ran around killing anyone and everyone I could, to get my MVP higher. When the game finally ended, I racked up loadz of $$, even though I didn't win. Killing people only nets you 5 exp though, so that's not so good for getting exp unless you be there till the end of the game. Phew...... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IX. MACROS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Macros are fixed messages you don’t have to type, but just press a key and the message is sent out. Useful for when you’re at the enemy base, and in the middle of some fire, and you want to tell your teammates your there without having to type. You should always have these, as they make life much easier. This is assuming you have “enter to chat” option on. To make a macro, simply type the message you want to make into a macro, then press Shift + (the key that you want to store the macro) then the macro is stored. To send a macro, just press shift + the key that you stored the macro in. For example: Let’s say I wanted to make an “at enemey base” macro. I type in the message: //I’m @ the NME base, Attach to CTF now! ( %coord ) And then I press shirt + F9. %coord is replaced by the coordinates your are in. NME means enemy. So now, everytime I’m at the enemy base, I press shift + f9 and my teammates come to help. Simple. Let’s say I was at an enemy base at J15. I press shift + F9. The following message will be output: I’m @ the NME base, Attach to CTF now! ( J15 ) This will inform your teammates of the flag, and they’ll come to help you capture it. There are more variables like %coord. %coord - The current radar coordinate you are at. %count[ItemName] - Displays the amount you have of ItemName in your inventory. %date - Todays date on your machine. %flagcount - Number of flags you have. %flagdrop - Time left before flag drops. %killed - The name of the person who you killed last. %killer - The name of the person who killed you last. %selfname - Your own name. %squad - Your squad's name. %tickname - The name of the person you have highlighted on the playerlist. %tickitem - The name of the item currently highlighted in the inventory. %time - The current time on your machine. Also, there are bongs. These are voices that come with macros. For example, if you made an attacking enemy macro, you could add a bong to it to make it more attention grabbing. So if you were at the coordinates J5: '@NME! Attach to CTF! My current coordinates are %coord. %24 would be your attacking macro, and what would come out would be: (ignore the things in []) [yellow] @NME! Attach to CTF! My current coordinates are J5. [voice says 'Attacking enemy!']] The use of bongs is to grab the attention of your teammates, which might make them wake up and attach. %22 says: Acknowledged %23 says: Affirmative %24 says: Attacking enemy! %25 says: Defending position! %26 says: Enemy Sighted! %27 says: Requesting Summon! %28 says: We are under attack! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= X. COMMANDS =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= These commands are not seen by the public chat, BUT you use them for useful stuff. Type them in the chat to do what it says they do. ?commands ?accountinfo - Shows all your aliases and their usage. ?arena - Displays a pop-up menu of all (non-#private) arenas. ?away - Toggles your away state on/off. ?away - Sets your away message to . ?alarm - Sets a message alarm. ?briefing - Plays the zone briefing. ?buy - Commandline buy function (?buy grenades:10 or ?buy grenades:10,monkeys:20 and ?buy grenades:# if you wish have no more than in your inventory.) ?breakdown - gives you a mid-game breakdown (only in game types that have game-breakdown information, GravBall and TDM currently) ?chat - Lists your chat channels. ?chat name1,name2,..,name9 - Adds the named chat channels to your chat channel list. ?chatadd - Adds a new chat to the end of your chatlist. ?chatdrop - Removes a chat from your current chatlist. ?chat off - Leaves all chat channels. ?chatchart - Displays a chart of everybody online in your chat channels and their location. ?crown - Shows how many crowned people you need to kill to get a crown. (for King of the Hill). ?drop - The syntax works like ?buy, drops the item(s) listed to your current location. ?fakealpha - Toggles fake alpha blending on/off. ?find - Displays the zone and arena is in, a wildcard is added to the end, so total_newb would show up total_newbie. ?flags - Displays the state of the flags (if any) in the game. ?go - Moves you to an arena named , use # to make an private (invisible) arena. ?help - Sends a help requests assistance from a moderator if a moderator is available (?help Explanation of help needed). ?hide - Hides you from the ?find command. ?ignore - List all the people you have ignored. ?ignore - If isnt in your ignore list it adds them, if they are in your ignore list it removes them. ?ignoresave - Saves your ignore list to ignore.tx. (ex. ignore.tx0 for profile #1). ?info - Sent privately, will display information of the persons ping/packetloss and his squadname (if applicable). ?lag - Displays combined information of your packetloss and latency. ?loadmacro - Loads the FKey macros from the named file. ?log - Logs all messages to the named file. If you dont specify a filename "session.log" is use. If a log file is already open, it is closed. ?mark - Sent as a private message, marks the player for easier visibility in radar, playerlist and message display. ?marksave - Saves the marked players list. ?mousemove - toggle whether you use the mouse for vehicle movement or not while in the game (same as the game option in the Options dialog box). ?namewidth - Sets the name-field width in message area (in pixels), default is 84. ?password - Changes your password to . ?playerchart - Displays a chart of players in the current arena. ?online - Display the total player counts for all zones. ?quit - Exits the game. ?radarsize - Changes the size of your radar (in the lower right of your screen) to , default is 160. ?resources - Displays your team's inventory (where applicable). ?rotatetime - Changes your rotation ramp-up time to . ?savehistory - Saves the current message history out to a file. You can optionally specify a filename (ex. ?savehistory mymatch.log) ?savemacro - Saves your FKey macros to . ?score - Displays the current score of the game (if any). ?score_top100 - Displays Top 100 scores in the current zone. ?score_online - Displays scores of online players in the current zone. ?score_current - Displays Score of current game in progress. ?score_previous - Displays score of last game ended. ?score_session - Displays total score since you began you current session. ?score_top100_year - Historical track record for any player on a yearly basis. ?score_top100_month - Historical track record for any player on a monthly basis. ?score_top100_week - Historical track record for any player on a weekly basis. ?score_top100_day - Historical track record for any player on a daily basis. You can specify the date as a parameter to the command (ex: ?score_top100_day 2001-06-26). ?score_history_year - Score History on a yearly basis (ex. ?score_history_year jimbob) (leaving it blank retrieves the chart for yourself). ?score_history_month - Score History on a monthly basis (ex. ?score_history_month jimbob) (leaving it blank retrieves the chart for yourself). ?score_history_week - Score History on a weekly basis (ex. ?score_history_week jimbob) (leaving it blank retrieves the chart for yourself). ?score_history_day - Score History on a daily basis (ex. ?score_history_day jimbob) (leaving it blank retrieves the chart for yourself). ?sell - Syntax works like ?buy, all items arent sellable. ?showballtrail