Tips & Tricks

Tanks..

1. Nonmoving tanks take more damage then moving ones. Try to make enemy tanks stop moving by getting in front of them.
   
2. Splash damage means that any units within a short radius of the attack point will take a peripheral amount of damage. If I have 3 rows of 3 tanks and I shoot in the middle.. all tanks take damage.
   
3. CTRL + Click = Force Fire .. Force Fire makes your tanks move nonstop no matter what gets in the way or how long the hold up until it reachs its target and kills it.
   
4. ALT + Click = Force Move .. Forve Move doesn't do as well making tanks move non stop to the destination.. they will still stop if something gets in the way.. however this move is very useful when your Qing and need to run over infantry.
   
5. The easiest way to shift Tanks 1 by 1 from one end of the map to the other is to use bookmarks... best bookmarks for this is explained on the hotkeys page ( http://frontpage.tripod.com/red_alert_website/Hotkeys.htm )..Use Z for war factory boomark..only your thumb will use Z unless your making the bookmark.. W is your battle bookmark..index finger uses it.. you can also use E to select all on screen.. Use the numeric keypad to scroll around to set a good war bookmark.
   
6. Guard (G) works with Q! If you click G and then Q your tanks will shoot like they are in guard move and move to where you Q!

Infantry..

1. Rifleman vs Rifleman.. Example.. 5 riflemen are running toward 2 enemy riflemen 10 cells ahead.. The 5 riflemen target 1 standing man.. that man starts running towards you and after 4 cells he gets shot and dies, the other man moved 3 cells.. if you dont tell the men to shoot the next target they will run past the 2nd man to where ur first target was standing when you clicked him. Key is to keep shooting for the next closest target.
   
2. Rifleman vs Grenadier.. Use X to keep both infantry spread apart as much as possible, because grenadiers do alot of splash damage and they explode when they die doing more splash damage..in 1on1 move your rifleman out of the way after a grenadiers throws, but shoot him immediatly after you move... Keep the grenadier out of range of rifle fire.
   
3. Grenadier vs Grenadier.. Again use X to keep your Grenadiers spread apart as much as possible.. try to use them all individually or by 2. 2 Grenadiers can beat 5 if your targets are close together.. if you see 5 Grenadiers in 1 cell then target the middle man. Here is how to throw grenades across the map. Force fire (ctrl + left click) a couple spaces in front of your grenadier and he will start throwing them. When you see their arms go back to throw quickly click on the space were you want to throw the grenade. It takes practice be patient and work on it.
   
   
4. The easiest way to shift infantry 1 by 1 from one end of the map to the other is to use bookmarks... best bookmarks for this is explained on the hotkeys page ( http://frontpage.tripod.com/red_alert_website/Hotkeys.htm )..put barracks by CY..hit E with ring finger..bookmark R somewhere across the map..usually do this first thing while your building power..middle finger hit R..pointer hits H to go back to bar..so E,R,send,H,E,R,send,H...works very fast when you get use to it..can also be used for tanks but u cant add to group easily..put war near CY..pinky hits Q..keep useing E to select all on screen.
   
5. Hiding Engineers inside buildings.. The structure you want to hide an Engineer in must be slightly damaged.. best way is to shoot it once with a rifleman... Put the Engineer next to the structure and put your finger on S (stop).. Tell the Engineer to repair the structure and immediatly hit S.. almost do it at the same time.. if your to slow hiting S then the Engineer will repair the building and will be wasted.. If you did it correctly then that building will have more life since you can use the Engineer to repair it.. it does not repair on its own you must command the Engineer to repair when needed. You can also hide 5 Engineers behind a Tesla.

Other..

1. Pause & Resume.. Example.. you deployed another CY right after you just started building a War Factory.. If you put the war factory on hold and then resume it will build faster because of the CY you recently deployed.
   
2. If you build a truck at first war instead of waiting later then you will get ahead by 1/4-1/2 a tank and have more money.
   
3. Select more then one defence structure (Tesla, Turret etc.) by holding down SHIFT.. If you have more then one selected and one of them is out of range of the target then none of them will fire.. but if you select a unit with your defence structures then the ones within range of the target will fire.. you must let go of SHIFT to fire.
   
4. Free instant repair.. First, select a tank that is lethally damaged. Then, place it on the service depot. Then, when you hear the word 'repairing' immediately get it out and put it back in again. It will repair almost instantly and free of charge, but you have to get it out again when it's repaired or you start paying for it.
   

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