Anthrox Presents:- -*- Action Stations! Senario Disk #1 Docs -*- -*- From Storm Computers/Internecine -*- -*- Typed By CheeseFreak -*- First i might as well type the AMIGA Addendum Card So... ACTION STATIONS! SCENARIO DISK AMIGA ADDENDUM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. For your convenience it is not necessary to copy "SHIP FILES" onto existing dleet disks as all ships from orginal "Action Stations!S have been included in the ship files for the scenario disks. 2. Owing to technical reason DDFGEN33 Was not able to be implemented on the Amiga Version.. 3. The "Swap/Add" utility isa now included under the new version of "C SCENE" on Scenario/Fleet disk. To use this feature load a sceanrio and then use modify/delete to alter ships. Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You for purchasing SSU Data Disk Utility programs, 28 new ship classes and 13 new scenarios we're sure you are in for a great gaming experience. You will need to do some disk housekeeping to get things rolling. If you have a HARD DRIVE, you should have all your Action Stations! programs on one directory, Use the XCOPY command to copy the contents of the SSUI disk onto that directory If you hava FLOPPY DRIVE, you will have to copy some files on to specific FLEET disks. Make sure you have room for them by deleting on or more scenario files off the disks(of course, keeping the scenario files on another disk!). (all of the files listed below have the suffix .SHP.) Copy on to your PACIFIC disk the files MI IV TN TS BZ DM WI SU YS OZ 65 F1 M4 N4 F2. Copy on your ATLANTIC disk the files LN VD IC RW BK SW CX FU SY D2 H2 H5 CP HO RU DK LA. S -1. UTILITY PROGRAMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A. Swap Add ~~~~~~~~~~~ Swap - Add is a simple program which allows you to take an existing scenario and swap ship clases, add additional ships, or delete ships. It is both simpler and quicker to use this program instead of loading the scenario into the CSCENE scenario editor. 1. Starting the program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hard drive: The program SWAP - ADD.EXE should be placed on your hard disk, in the same directory as the rest of your ACTION STATION! files. Floppy: SWAP - ADD.EXE and BRUN20.EXE should be on the floppy in the drive which is currently active. To start: Type SWAP - ADD 2. Loading The Scenario ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program will load, and then ask you to "type the file name of the scenario (without .SCN) and ". For example, the file name of the mers - el - Kabir scenario is KABIR.SCN;to load it, you would type KABIR followed by hitting the return key. Throughout this manual, means hit the return key. in all the utilities , data and choices will be entered and followed by a . 3. Initial Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The program then gives you the option to list the Blue ships, the RED ships, or both sides, By selecting to display only one side, you can preserve some of the uncertainty as to the other sides exact compostition of forces. 4. Ship Listing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ship display lists the number of the ship, the individual ship's name, and the ship's class. For example, 5 MISSOURI/IOWA indicates that ship number 5 is named the MISSOURI, and is one of the IOWA class. Blue force ships are printed in white text on a blue background. Red force ships are printed in black text on a grey background. 5. Operations Menu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.1 Swap a ship allows you to replace a ship with a new ship. you can use any ship class for which you have a .SHP file - there are no restrictions as to the nationality or size. You will be asked for the number of the ship to be replaced, and the two letter code of the new class. For example, to replace 5 MISSOURI/IOWA with a four piper destroyer, you would enter 1 to begin the swap: the program would then ask you to enter the ships number (5), and two character class code of the class (FP). Floppy disk owners must have the disk containing that ship file in their active drive. if it is notm you will get an error message and the program will terminate (think of it as a challenge...). The new ship will be placed in the scenario with the course, speed, and location of ythe ship that it replaces. Iyt will be undamaged and with full ammunition loads. You will then be requested to enter the new ship's name (which must be 8 characters or less), radar,crew quality, and number of aircarft onboard (aircraft will not be requested if that class did not have the ability to carry them.) 5.2 Add a ship allows you to add additional ships to the scenario. The program will ask you the number of the new ships, prompting you with the range of numbers available to add a ship to either the Blue or the Red side. The other ships will be moved over in number to make room for the new ship. for example. if the Blue side had ships #1 and #2, and the Red ship #2 would be renumbered as #3, and the Red ship#3 would be renumbered as #4 After entering the desired ship number and two characters class code is entered, you will be prompted to supply the ship's name,rader, crew quality and number of aircarft(if installed). Since this ship is not replacing another, you will aslo be asked to provide the ship's speed, course, X and Y coordinate, formation number, and posisition number within the information You will not be able to add ships in the scneraio will axceed 49. 5.3 Delete a ship allows you to cut ships out of the sacenario. You will be asked foe the number of the ship to be cut. The numbers of the other ships willbe adjusted as appropriate to fill in the gap. 5.4 Save scenario - when you are completed with modifications, select this option. You will be prompted to provide the name for the file. The file name must be 8 characters or less, and conform to the DOS file naming restrictions. The scenario will be saved in standard Action Stations! scenario file format, with a .SCN suffix. For example, if you call your new scenario TORPEDO. SWAP - ADD will save the scenario in the file TORPEDO.SCN Note that if you name the scenario with the same name as an existing scenario, the old file be overwritten, and you will loose that scenariol 5.5 Abort - several menus include an ABORT option, invoking this option will terminate the program. The file loaded into the program (+ any changes) will NOT be saved. B.DDFGEN33 The program DDFGEN33 allows you to create fleets for use in the GEN33 program. Gen33 creates scenarios pitting various nation's fleets against each other. It is told which individual ship classes are in each fleet by the DDF file (DDF stands for Disk Definition File). for use with a hard drive and the original GENERATE program, there is one DDF file which defines all the Fleets if you are using floppy disks, there is a DDF file on each disk which defines the fleets and ships classes on that disk. for example, the DDF file on the PAC disk defines the ships that are in the Japenesed and U.S fleets. GEN33 is the replacement for the GENERATE program, and you can build the replacement DDF file using the utility DDFGEN33. The program DDFGEN33 allows you to define your own fleets. By Running this program. you will be able to tailor the composition of the fleet to ypour own desires, including limiting the numbers of ships in each class. There are no restrictions on how you mix - and - match your fleets.: if you want to have a mixture of British and Russian battleships, japanese cruisers and italian destroyer classes marking up a single fleet, have fun! For floopy disk owners, the DDF file you create allows you to specify which nationality is on the disk. All of the ship classes named in the DDF file must be on that disk. When you run GEN33, and the DDF file states that a particular class ship is in that navy, GEN33 may try to include it in a game; if that class file is not on the disk, you will recieve a "file not found" error message and program will terminate. Because of the DOS limitation on the number of files which can be on a single disk, you probably will be limited to only one or two navies per disk. The different DDf file and identified to the DDFGEN33 and GEN33 programs by the letters A through Z. They are stored with the file names DDF - A. DDF,DDF - B. DDF, etc. There are two files provided. The "A" file (DDF -A. DDF) is the historical fleets, including limits on each class. It includes all the ship files issued to date in the PAC,LANT,MED,SSU#1 and SSU #2 disk The "Z" file (DDF-Z.DDF)is the "ZERO" file, and has no ships assigned to any of the fleets; It is provided as a clean slate, if you should want to build up a fleet from scratch. Because of space limitations on SSU disk #2, you will have to run the DDFGEN33 program to build the DDF files for the FLEET disks that you already own. If you want to use them with the new GEN33 program. Just run the DFFGEN33 program, selecting the historical option, and selecting the following combinations of fleets to be included: - for the PAC disk, build a DDF file containing the Japanese and Us fleets - for the LANT disk, build a DDF file containing the UK and German fleets - for the MEd disk, build a DDF file containing the Italian,French,Russian fleets Gen33 includes the capability of loading different DFF files. The program will tell you which nationality has been selected for the battle (or that you have manually selected), and requested that you designate the appropriate DDF file to be used. It will then use the ships in the fleet as designated in the DDF file to create the battle. 1. Starting The Program Hard Drive: The program DDFGEN33.EXE and the files DDF - A.DDF and DDF-Z.FF should be placed on your hard disk. in the same directory as the rest of your Action Station! files. Floppy: DDFGEN33.EXE should be on the floppy in the drive which is currently active. After the program is begun, you can remove that floppy. To Start: Type DDFGEN33 2. Initial Menu The initial menu asks you for a starting place from to begin constructing your tailored fleets: - Option 1 is to begin with the historical fleets. - Option 2 is to begin with a previous DDF file. if you have previously create a fleet, and now wish to modify it, you can reload the old DDF file. You identify that you eant to retrieve by a single letter, A through Z. The "A" file is provided on the SSU#2 disk, and is the "historical" fleets. The "Z" file is also on the SSU#2 disk, and is a blank file. - Option 3 is a "clean slate", where you begin without any ships in any fleet To choose an option, you enter the number followed by . if you should desire to begin with a pevious DDF file (Say."X"). you would enter 2 where upon you would be prompted to enter the letter of the desired DDF file. In this case. enter X . A note would be printed identifying the fiule (more on this later) . you would then be given the opportunity to load a different file, if you had accidently requested the wrong file. 3. Initial Class Limits Options The nest option is to select whether you desire "historical class size" or "unlimited class size". The descision simply determines the starting point, and does not mean tha you are locked in to using those numbers. You can always enter the program and change them, as described below. For the "historical" option, the computer uses pre-determined limits based on what was either planned or built of that particular class. if you do not agree with these numbers, you can go back and change them. For the "unlimited" option, the computer will just use 50 as the maximum number of ships in a class. Considering that the GENERATE program has room for only a maximum of 22 ships on a side, this is more than enough! 5. Ship Listing You will then enter the display of the specific ship included in each fleet. For each nationality. you will page through a seperate display of the battleships,cruisers, and destroyers assigned to the fleet. It is possible to crossassign types, i.e list a destroyer class ship in the battleship type display, but that wull cause some weird scenarios to come out of the GEN33 program (result not guaranteed!). The ship displays will sequence through each nation, with the first page for battleships, the second page for cruisers, the third for destroyers. The top labels: Class Number : The Numerical Order Of The Classes In The Display; Class Code: The Two - letter code associated with that ship file; Class Name: "IOWA", "BISMARCK", ETc; Limit: The Number Of Ships In That Class. 6. Ship Listing Options From the ship listing screen. you have the following options: 6.1 Add class allows you to add a class of ship to the nationality and type currently displayed. you can add any of the ships included in either the original game disks or the SSU disks. The menu selection will walk you through the process. You will need the two - character class identidier. A maximum of 20 classes can be specidied per type. You can add. for example, destoryers to the battleship list; however, you will then have the potential to get odd results when you use GEN33 to generate scenarios. 6.2 Delete Class removes a class from the list. You will be asked to enter the number of the class the SHIP LIST display 6.3 Change limit allows you to change the number of ships associated with that class. For example, the British battleship HOOD class had only one ship - using CHANGE LIMIT. you could increase that number to whatever you desired. 6.4 Re list refers to the SHIP LISTING screen. 6.5 Next Type moves you to the next type of ship. If you were working on British battleships, the next type would be cruisers, followed by destroyers. 6.6 Next Nation sequences to the next nationality. 6.7 Saves shifts you to the SAVE FILE routine. You will be asked to specify the letter identifying this file, and a comment. The comment allows you to imbed an identification of the file, in case you forget the file contents!. The comment is displayes in the DDFGEN33 and GEN££ programs after you load the file, with an option to back up and load a different file. 6.8 Abort terminates the program. no files are changed or saved. 6.9 Summary shifts you to a summary display. It shows you how many classes of each type are included in the fleet, and the total number of ships of each type. From this display you have the option to go to the save routine, or to go back and make further modifications to your fleets. S-2 SCENARIOS BLUE Force is US/Allies RED Force Is Japanese SURIGAO STRAIT (Night, BB v BB, Coastal) (SURIGAO.SCN) In the classic battleship - vs - battleship night action, the US battleline of ships salvaged from the Pearl Harbour disaster attempts to block the efforts of the Japanese Southern Force and Fifth Fleet. The initial posistion of the Japanese ships hav been adjusted to help with play balance. We have includeded this scenario for historical completeness - we have yet to be able to take the Japanese and beat the computer. COMPUTER: BLUE RED THREAT AXIS: 000 BLUE THREAT AXIS: 180 RED OBJECTIVE: GET THROUGH THE STRAIT BLUE OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION JAVA SEA MODIFIED) (Evening. CQ v. CW + Convoy, Coastal) (JAVA - MOD.SCN) Just Before the battle the us cruiser housten suffered a bomb hit which destroyed one - third of her main battery. and the light modern cruisers Boise hit a reef and was pulled back to Pearl Harbour for Repairs. The scenario explores. "what if" these two event had not occurred, and it starts the Allied force with a better tactical disposition. COMPUTER: RED RED THREAT AXIS:180 BLUE THREAT AXIS:000 RED OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION SAMAR (day, BB V. BB + Convoy) (SAMAR (H).SCN) A hypothetical scenario, where Halsey detaches his battleships from chasing the Japanese carrier forces to block the Japanese 2nd Fleet from attacking the Amercian amphibious landings. A delightfully balanced scenario - try it from either side. COMPUTER: EITHER RED THREAT AXIS: 180 BLUE AXIS:000 RED OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION SMAR II (DAY,BB V. BB) (SAMAR-II.SCN) After the old US battleships wonat Surigao strait, what if they were orderd to inercept the Japanese 2nd Fleet? Another hypothectical scenario. The Us ships are low on ammunition after their previous engagement. COMPUTER:EITHER REDS THREAT AXIS:270 BLUE AXIS:090 RED OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY PROTECTION THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. GEORGE (NIGHT,DD V.DD) (ST GEORGE.SCN) In this recreatiopn of the actual battle, as US force of destoryers (historically commanded by "31 - Knot Burke") attempts to intercept a resupply force of japanese destoryers engaged in a "TOKYO EXPRESS" run. The Naval War College described Burke's engagement as "a nearly - perfect battle". COMPUTER:EITHER RED THREAT AXIS:180 BLUE THREAT AXIS:000 RED OBJECTIVE: PENETRATE TO THE SOUTH, DROP SUPPLIED, RETURN BLUE OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION ABDA STRIKES GOLD? ABDAHYPO.SCN In the early days of WW II the Pacific, the Allied force of Amercia, British, and Netherlands warships several times intercepted or attempted to intercept Japanese convoys and invasion force. This hypothetical scenario postulates a good part of the ABDA fleet bouncing a Japanease amphibious landing. COMPUTER:EITHER RED THREAT AXIS:ALL AROUND BLUE THREAT AXIS:AHEAD RED OBJECTIVE: CONVOY SURVIVAL BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION GREAT PACIFIC WAR 1932-PAC.SCN A hypothectical war between Japan and the Us in 1932, assuming that the Washington Treaty was never signed. Lots of "What It" and surprises on both sides, designated to add to the flavour of uncertainty and "Fog of war" COMPUTER:EITHER RED THREAT AXIS:ALL AROUND BLUE THREAT AXIS:AHEAD RED OBJECTIVE: CONVOY SURVIVAL BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION GREAT PACIFIC WAR 1932-PAC.SCN A hypothetical war between Japan and the Us in 1932, assuming that the Washington treaty was never signed. Lots of "what if" and surprises on both sides, designated to add to the flavour of uncertaintly and "fog of war" COMPUTER:EITHER RED THREAT AXIS:090 BLUE THREAT AXIS:270 RED OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE FORCE IS GERMAN RED FORCE IS BRITISH/FRENCH/RUSSIAN NORTH SEA,1945 (DAY,BB V. BB) (NSEA1945.SCN) Another hypothectical scenario, this time between the British and the Germans. What if war did not break out unitl 1945. allowing the German navy to complete a large part of its planned construction program? In this scenario, the Germans are attempting to break out of the North Sea to get to the North Atlantic convoy routes. with the British attempting to intercept them. COMPUTER:BLUE RED THREAT AXIS:UNKNOWN BLUE THREAT AXIS:UNKNOWN RED OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION MERS - EL - KABIR (DAY,BB V BB, COASTAL) (KABIR.SCN) After the capitulation of France in 1940, the British attempted to prevent the French Navy from being turned over intact to the Germans by bombarding it in the North African port of Mers-el-Kabir. In this scenario, the harbour is more open to the sea then the actual anchorage, allowing the French ships a better chance a get underway and engage the British force. COMPUTER:EITHER RED THREAT AXIS:180 BLUE THREAT AXIS:000 RED OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION NORTH ATLANTIC SWEEP (DAY, BB V. BB) In the early months of WW II, German capitol ships made several sorties into the Atlanic, engaging in merchant shipping raids, British and French battlecruisers were dispatched to attempt to intercept them and bring them to battle. In this scenario, the Allies are dispatched to a mid - ocean rendezvous, with the mission to jon up and then conduct a sweep to locate and destory a German raider force of unknown composition. COMPUTER:BLUE RED THREAT AXIS: UNKNOWN BLUE THREAT AXIS:UNKNOWN RED OBJECTIVE:ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION WITH MINIMAL LOSSES BLACK SEA INVASION (BB V. BB + CONVOY) (BLACKSEA.SCN) Another hypothetical situation. In this case wew assume the WW II did not occur - instead, the Germans decided to invade Russia in 1945. In this scenario a German invasion force is being escorted for an amphibious attack against sevastepol in 1944. The Russian Black Sea Fleet has been dispatched to intercept them. COMPUTER:RED RED THREAT AXIS: UNKNOWN BLUE THREAT AXIS:000 RED OBJECTIVE: CONVOY DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: CONVOY SURVIVAL THE BAY OF BISCAY (CL V. DD. WEATHER) (DISCAY.SCN) Biscay recreates an action in the Bay of Biscay in December 1943. In low -Visibity and poor weather condidtions the Germans lost several ships, while the British suffered no appreciable damage. COMPUTER:RED RED THREAT AXIS: ALL AROUND BLUE THREAT AXIS: ALL AROUND RED OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION OPERATION DOMINO (BB V. BB) (OPDOMINO.SCN) OPDOMINO is a recreation of the German attempt to run SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU up to Norway in January 1943. The British are at sea, with the mission to locate and destroy the German force. The Germans would primarily just like to survive, but will not mind picking off any stray British warships!. This scenario was used a convention several years ago and was popular with the players. COMPUTER:RED RED THREAT AXIS: ALL AROUND BLUE THREAT AXIS: ALL AROUND RED OBJECTIVE: ENEMY FORCE DESTRUCTION BLUE OBJECTIVE: TRANSIT TO THE NORTH WITHOUT LOSSES 7.0 THE END!.