111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 _ Y Y / \ RRRRRR MM MM Y Y /___\ RR RR MM MM MM MM YY /_____\ RRRRRR MM MM MM MM YY / \ RR RR MM MM MM MM YY -- -- RR RR MM MM MM YY /\ /\ ------- /\ / / \ / \ -- / \ / / \ / \ ---- / \ / / \/ \ ------- / \/ ________ RRRRRR ---------- | _ | RR RR | | / | RRRRRR | | \ | RR RR | | _/ | RR RR | |________| <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> WRITTEN BY HEAT First things first, before you read anything remember this. I AM NOT A SUPER PRO OR PRO OR ANYTHING. DO NOT MISTAKE ME FOR A SUPER PRO ETC. I AM A WRITER TESTING THIS GAME AND SEEING WHAT COMPONENTS I CAN HELP NEWBIES WITH ON IT. Alright, now that youve read that I can start writing and you can start reading! <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> Version 1.0 --- Basic stuff. I will try to do my best on this version. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> Contents --- 1| What is Army Men RTS? 2| How To Play 3| Units 4| Buildings 5| Misc. 6| Walkthrough 7| Multiplayer 8| Cheats / Codes / Secrets 9| Closure <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> W H A T I S A R M Y M E N R T S ? >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>>< Army Men RTS is the coolest Army Men game for PC yet and if you dont have it yet I highly recommend you buy it. Army Men RTS is more of a strategical thinking game than a "shoot or be shot" game like its counterparts, Army Men, Army Men II, Army Men III, etc. In Army Men RTS you can build bases out of every day objects, such as tin cans and use them to build units and defenses to blow your enemies into orbit. If you were a fan of titles such as Sarge's Heroes you can once again join the fray with favorites like Sarge, Vikki, Hoover, Scorch, and more. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> H O W T O P L A Y >><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>< You really dont need this section if youve already gone to the fun boot camp the game offers. If you dont want to spend ages going over this you can go to the boot camp in Army Men RTS that has hands on activities and practices for you to perform, but if you wanna stay here read on. Learning how to play is easy. Mastering it is more of challenge (like I said, im NOT super pro yet). Whenever you start you always want to build your base. First of all, build your hq (headquarters) with your bulldozer. Your headquarters is the heart of your base. If you lose your headquarters, your pretty much dead. Once your headquarters is built you can build another Bulldozer and some Dump Trucks, but nevermind that right now. Get your bulldozer and build one of those supply facilities which is very critical to have. It should come with a dump truck that will find one of two different supplies. These supplies are electricity and plastic. Electricity is blue and comes from batteries, lamps, flashlights, and even playstation 2's! Plastic is a tan color and comes from water guns, buckets, shovels, and even dead melted soldiers! Once you have supplies you should build your barracks. Your barracks can use plastic to build infantry troops such as Grunts, Grenaders, and snipers. Although, you may notice that only three troop types are availible. Click on your headquarters and you should see one option that says Upgrade to Super HQ. Your headquarters will now begin the process of becoming a Super HQ which should take about 1 or 2 minutes. Once you have your Super Headquarters you can build all of the things your bulldozer has to offer! You can build pillboxes, which are defensive weapons that should infantry. You can build AA Guns, which are defensive weapons that shoot helicopters. You can build a Garage, which from you can build tanks, medics, copters, minelayers, and little robots called DumDums that blow stuff up. After you know all of this stuff it shouldnt be hard to pick everything up. If your having trouble or dont know what to do, heres my suggestion. EXPERIMENT. If you dont know what something does, EXPERIMENT. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> U N I T S >><<>><<>< Here is a listing of all the units in the game besides Sarge's crew. Bulldozer These guys are the constructors of your base. They build everything in your base, including your head- quarters. Truly, these guys are the hearts of your base before you have your headquarters established. Dump Truck These guys collect scraps of electricity and plastic from resources in the map, they must drop them off at a certain type of facility though. Grunt These guys use normal pistols and are probably the weakest unit in the game, although when you build them in groups of fourties they can do some major damage. These are good resistance forces for multiplayer 3 vs 3 games. Grenader These guys use grenades to attack. They cost a little bit more plastic and are strong in groups. Personally, I think they attack slow but that just may be me. Minesweeper These guys dont attack, they sweep. Always bring one or two along in each squad because you dont want to be killed before you even see a dump truck. Radio Operator These guys order all of your air stuff like paratroop drops, air bombings, and magnifying glasses. Machine Gunner These guys use machine guns. They have to set down before they attack and that usually takes one or two seconds. Bazooka Man These guys use bazookas. They are slow, heavy, and dangerous enemies. Mortar Man Dunno. Not many people use em. Sniper These guys are must haves. They use sniper rifles which can easily kill a grunt in a single shot. Minelayer As the name imposes, these guys lay mines. They can lay three different types. They can lay normal mines, glue mines, and tacks. On multiplayer you can try laying some glue mines around your base as a warning that other players should not continue but retreat. Medic These truck dudes come around and heal your troops that are hurt and weary and stuff. They are must haves in your squads. Half-Track These truck dudes are the only truck dudes that can shoot down copter dudes. Tank These dudes mean business. They cant shoot down copter dudes though so beware. Chopper (copter) These dudes are for hardcore players. These dudes can avoid snipers, tanks, pillboxes, etc, but they must be in groups of at least 5 to be of any effectiveness. Dum Dum These robot dudes walk up to stuff and blow themselves up, but in the process damage the enemy with the explosion. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> B U I L D I N G S ><<>><<>><<>><<>< HQ / Super HQ / Super Duper HQ This is the main control center of your base. If you lose this, you lose the game. Barracks / Super Barracks This is where all of your infantry units are built. Garage / Super Garage This is where all of your vehicle units are built. Resource Depot This is where dump trucks drop their scrap. Gaurd Tower This is a building that defends your base by shooting heavy fire and stuff. Pillbox This is a building that defends your base by using heavier fire than a gaurd tower, the only downside is that it cant hit choppers. AA Gun This is a good defense for lamers who are only using copters. AA Guns can shoot down a copter at ease. Barbed Wire Post This is something you really dont need unless you are on multiplayer and have like 15 minutes to build your base and want to fence out your property. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> M I S C >><<>>< This is misc stuff you will see in single player. Blintz The evil ex-green colonal himself. He can be seen in mission 15. Acid Gun Blintz's defense weapon in mission 15. They can shoot down a copter in five shots. Healer These heal the Acid Guns and Blintz so you want to take these out first. Queen Ant This is the queen ant that you must free to get a gold medal on mission 13 or 14. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> W A L K T H R O U G H ><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>< Ah, now for the walkthrough. I will give you hints and stuff on how to complete each of the 15 missions. Mission 1 - The Thin Green Line Objective : Push through the tan defense perimeter. Medal Objectives : Finish in under 7 minutes, Eliminate all tan Alright this is simple. You have Sarge, like 12 grunts, 1200 plastic at your side, and some barracks. This is very easy. Just use that barracks and build yourself up a good army of grunts. Once you have your army just go through the fence and kill everything that moves until you have finally reached the X. Mission 2 - Behind the Tan Curtain Objective : Destroy tan base in Central Yard Medal Objectives : Destroy all mines, Spend less than 4000 plastic This is simple as well, just be sure you have some minesweepers and a good grunt army and you will be able to break through with ease. Mission 3 - A Few Green Men Objective : Locate the Power Source Medal Objectives : Locate Reinforcements, Finish in Under 8 Minutes Keep your men alive, find your reinforcements, blow up the "power source" (which is a garden lamp, lol) Once you blow up the garden lamp you have to evacuate to the baseball. Theres like 8 tan grunts waiting for you there so be sure you have enough men to take them. Mission 4 - Full Plastic Jacket Objective : Find A Way Into the House Medal Objectives : Pick Up All Bonuses, Finish in Under 30 Minutes Build a base with a good grunt army.. again and move in and blow em all into orbit. Mission 5 - It Came From the Basement Objective : Escape The Basement Up The Stairs Medal Objectives : No Heroes Lost, Pick Up All Bonuses This is my favorite mission. You will now fight the ant army (through most the level) which is mostly consisted of workers for now. Just make your way up the stairs and climb up through the piece of wood. Mission 6 - Courage Under Groceries Objective : Find and Reinforce the Green Kitchen Base Medal Objectives : Destroy All Cockroaches, Finish in Under 35 Minutes The location of the green kitchen base is pretty obvious since theres what appear to be fences in the middle of the map. Whenever you build your base etc, the colonal will call you and say you need to destroy 3 tan defense things before they can pick you up. Build a good formation that you think would be strong enough to take on a lot of defenses and then start from bottom to top. Mission 7 - Dishes of Valor Objective : Destroy the Chemical Weapon Factory Medal Objectives : Destroy all containers, Finish in under 35 minutes Ah, tis the level you get the best stuff in the game. Test out your choppers and snipers and enjoy the hilarious starting movie of this level. When you get to the factory you need to destroy its legs. (Funny how that everytime you blow something up in the household the family owning the house doesnt do anything about it) Mission 8 - From Here to the Sofa Objective : Eliminate the Tan and Capture the Playstation (R) 2 Computer Entertainment System Medal Objectives : Make a Paratroop Drop, Destroy All Ants This is by far my favorite level. Your mission here is to capture the Playstation 2 that the tan are using for unlimited electrical power. If you want to make a paratroop drop be sure to go to the right when you advance instead of up. At the end of this level whenever you are successful, Blintz will appear on the television and bomb the PS2, destroying it. NOTE: Why didnt he just bomb Sarge? LOL Mission 9 - Fistful of Plastic Objective : Protect the Villagers as They Escape Medal Objectives : Save All Villagers, Spend Less Than 10000 Plastic This is the most annoying mission. Spread your troops throughout the map and kill every tan you spot. Also pray your troops arent dumbfounded and wont try getting into the villager's way. Mission 10 - Baths of Glory Objective : Get to the Door at the End of the Counter Medal Objectives : Finish in Under 8 Minutes, Destroy All Gaurd Towers This mission took me a few times to finally get the hang of it. My only advice is move quick and watch out for those annoying dum dums because they can take out three of your men at once! Mission 11 - One Man Army Objective : Rescue Sarge From the End of the Bed Medal Objectives : Destroy All Ants, Spend Less Than 10000 Plastic Just build a good army with choppers, tanks, snipers, etc and once your in tan base just destroy everything you see and save sarge. Not much advice I know, this mission really doesnt need advice. Mission 12 - Derailment Objective : Destroy the rail bridge Medal Objectives : Destroy all Ants, Destroy All Tan Buildings The bridge you gotta blow up, is as you guessed, near the top of the map. Once you get there just shoot at the bridge until it finally blows up. Mission 13 - Village of the Tanned Objective : Go to the train station and crush the tan defending it Medal Objectives : Destroy All Containers, Finish in Under 50 Minutes You get Vikki in this level. She is strong enough to take out nearly two half-tracks before dying, and your seriously going to need her here. Alright theres tan covering the entire map. They have about two to three bases through the whole map. Take each base down one at a time. Usually the first one that attacks your base is the first one you want to attack because you know they are growing and moving the fastest. Just advance hence the way they came. Note: In order to complete this mission you must destroy EVERY tan troop/unit/building in the level. Mission 14 - Scorched Turf Objective : Find a Way into Blintz's Compound Medal Objectives : Finish in Under 50 Minutes, Free the Ant Queen The place to go to free the queen ant is the north east corner. The place to go to clear the mission is the north west corner. Be sure to have a good army while progressing through this mission. Mission 15 - Heart of Plastic Objective : Hunt Down and Terminate Blintz Medal Objectives : Finish in Under 90 Minutes, Finish on Hard Difficulty This is SUPER HARD. Getting to Blintz is SUPER HARD. Destroying Blintz is SUPER DUPER HARD. When, if, you get to Blintz, note that he is protected by Acid Guns. Acid Guns are powerful enough to take down a chopper in three shots from what ive seen. Wheneveverevereverever the Acid Guns take damage they will be healed by Healers. To kill Blintz, you have to first take out his guns and his Healers. Blintz is gaurded by a shield which means he can take a lot of hits. The easiest way to destroy Blintz and his healers/guns are air bombings. Thats the way I did it and it was highly effective. Whenever the mission is over and the game has finally ended you can return to base for cake and ice cream ;D <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> M U L T I P L A Y E R ><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>< First of all, what is multiplayer? Multiplayer is a way people like you who have Army Men RTS can play each other over the internet. How do you play multiplayer? Unless you dont want to be involved with the community you can play multiplayer through Army Men RTS's multiplayer button on the main menu. How do you play multiplayer without this button? Get GameSpy Arcade. GameSpy Arcade is free and easy to use! Just visit www.gamespyarcade.com and go from there! Multiplayer Admin Stuff Stuffs : Say you want to set up a team game. How do you do that you ask? As admin you can change everyones team such as Bravo, Charlie, and Alpha. Those are all team names. Once everyone is on the team of their choice you can highlight their names and click on the blinking circles in the map to place them on their desired spots. Multiplayer Stuff Stuffs : In multiplayer you have access to all weapons etc. Im still figuring out how to give units etc away (DO NOT E-MAIL ME TELLING ME HOW TO DO THIS OR I WILL NEVER UPDATE THIS GUIDE AGAIN. THOSE WHO DO WILL BE BLOCKED SO YOU CAN NEVER ASK ME ANYMORE QUESTIONS ON MY OTHER FAQS ETC) Common Multiplayer Stuff Stuffs : When playing on gamespy and you are an admin, remember you get to decide the rules of the game. Dont let other players take over deciding the rules. Only let other players make suggestions like say they want 15 minutes time to build their base and they want to time it with their stop watch. Personally, I have developed a program that counts down game base building time (DO NOT E-MAIL ME ASKING FOR THIS OR I WOULD HAVE TO TOTALLY REPROGRAM IT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE). Dont just let players barge into your game and start shouting "CW (clan war) OR ELSE I LEAVE". You dont want players like that in your game because usually they cause the most trouble. Just right click their names and click the kick button, or if your in game selecting the mission, etc. just click the X button beside their name. The casual rules of multiplayer games are no rushing, no dum dums, and no air strikes. Heres what everything means : No Dum Dums - This is obvious No Air Strikes - This means no magnifying glasses (i think) and no air bombings. Paratroopers allowed. No Rushing - This means no attacking each other whenever say you have 10 minutes to build your base. **this _should_ also mean no taking over the map and leaving the other players just a small part of it** Thats it for multiplayer stuff! I hope to see you soon so you can kill me! <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> C H E A T S / C O D E S / S E C R E T S ><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><< In single player type ALT + Backspace and enter the following codes. zap me = Get 5000 Electricity fantastic plastic = Get 5000 Plastic color me stupid = Places Random Colored Troops Throughout The Map Use these at your own risk because if the world finds out your using them it will reflect your personal image. I only put these up here to make this FAQ complete. <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> C L O S U R E ><<>><<>><<>< BEFORE ADDING ME ON YOUR INSTANT MESSENGERS OR SENDING ME YOUR VIRUSES, PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW For Those Sending Me Viruses : Any e-mails sent to me that are 40k and over are automatically filtered. If you attempt to send me a virus you will be forever blocked. For Those Adding Me on Their Instant Messengers : Whenever you add me be sure to have a reason and do not ask dumb questions like "Who are you?", "How old are you?", "ASL?", etc whenever you do or else you will be blocked, removed, and put on my e-mail account's block list. After reading that here is my contact info. E-Mail Address : bcglheat@hotmail.com MSN : bcglheat@hotmail.com AIM : Heat54911 Yahoo : Heat54911 ICQ : Im never on ICQ. 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