Re: New to TW, How do I use my keyboard to command?
1. Turn on 'Fire At Will' and they will shoot the nearest enemy. If no enemy is in range, they will stand and wait for an enemy to come into range. Also, place the mouse over an enemy and it turns into a bow and arrow. If the bow and arrow is green, they are in range. If it is red, they are not in range yet.
2. Hold in the Space Bar and you will see yellow markers showing were your units are going to go. Selecting a unit or units and Holding shift will make a red marker appear where your unit or units are going.
3. Hold cancels a units action. For example you might want to tell your men to shoot an enemy then press stop to tell them to stop shooting. Note if they are firing because Fire at Will is on, then click stop won't stop them. You would have to turn off fire at will.
4. Right click and Drag to set a units facing and depth quickly. Experiment with that a little, its pretty easy. Right clicking on an area makes your men march. If you hold shift and click on another area, they will complete the first march then go to the second area. That could be used to set waypoints I think.
5. Set the camera settings to TW Camera. Then push the mouse to the left of the screen to 'turn' your view left as if you were turning your head left. Same with the right. The mouse Wheel zooms in and out. Double clicking on an area of the map will tilt your view towards that area, e.g. double click an area near the bottom of the screen will be like moving the camera down, like tilting your head down to see your feet.
6. Select the missile unit in question and hold Shift. Whichever enemy unit the Red marker appears over is the enemy unit your archer unit is shooting at.
7. Turning on Skirmish will make your unit run away from an attacking enemy. If you turn it off, they will just shoot until the enemy attack, then they will draw swords and fight. Keep your missile units away from a melee fight. Even if only some of the soldiers from a unit are too close to the melee, some of the soldiers from an enemy unit might fight with them then your entire unit starts to fight.
8. If this is your first TW, then you have to be patient. You will get used to most of the things, but it does take some getting used to. If you play the demo, you will get the basics of battle by the time the full game is out. Then you will be discovering new techniques as you conquer your first campaign. Trust me, learning as your country developes and you conquer is the best part.
P.S. God I wish I could go back to those days.
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