FOR THE LATEST GAME RELEASES AND NEWS VISIT OPERATION FLASHPOINT® _RED RIVERTM WWW.CODEMASTERS.COM FIELD MANUAL Windows, the Windows Start button, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies, and “Games for Windows” and the Windows Start button logo are used under license from Microsoft. POFP3CDUK05 5024866346251 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 BASIC TACTICS 1 MAIN MENU 2 GAME MENU 3 CONTROL SYSTEM 4 OVERVIEW 8 COMMAND AND CONTROL 9 CORE SKILL POINTS AND EXPERIENCE POINTS 12 HUD 14 MAP OF ENGAGEMENT AREA 16 CLASS AND CHARACTERS 18 MULTIPLAYER 20 GAME MODES 21 FIRETEAM ENGAGEMENTS 22 THANKS to 24 CREDITS 25 SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT & warranty 26 CUSTOMER SUPPORT 27 INTRODUCTION THE GAME ENVIRONMENT The year is 2013 and Tajikistan will be your home for the next few weeks. It is called the crossroads of Central Asia for a very good reason, now it’s time to go back to school! Tajikistan is a landlocked country that shares borders with Uzbekistan, China and Afghanistan, with Pakistan adjacent to its south. Over 90% of this country is mountains, mainly the Pamir range, part of the “Roof of the World”. Our operations will take place on and around the Vakhsh River, better known as the Red River. The capital city is Dushanbe and its two main exports are aluminium and cotton. The indigenous population are the Tajiks, a Persian speaking people, with a culture and history tied into Afghanistan and Iran. Its colourful history has seen it often conquered but never occupied. It belonged to the Persian Empire until the 4th century BC, when Alexander the Great claimed it for the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. Over the next two millennia, it passed between the Scythian Tukharas, Chinese, Arabs, Samanids and the Mongols (latterly as part of the Emirate of Bukhara). In the 1920s, the Bolsheviks waged a bloody war for four years, persecuting the religious and closing down mosques, synagogues and churches across the country. This led to the creation of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic in 1929, which remained until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. Tajikistan declared its independence and fell almost immediately into a bitter civil war for seven years. Democratic elections were finally held in 1999 when President Emomali Rahmon was elected. BASIC TACTICS STAFF SERGEANT KNOX’S 10 RULES FOR SURVIVAL IN THE CORPS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THIS FIELD MANUAL. RULE 1 - DO. Not. GET. Shot. KEEP YER ASS IN cover. DO not GET isolated FROM YOUR FIRETEAM AND staY awaY FROM OPEN spaces. I AM NEVER AMAZED how MUCH THE basic HUMAN survival INSTINCT SEEMS to have passed y’ALL BY. 1 MAIN MENU GAME MENU CAMPAIGN CLASS SETUP RESUME GRAPHICS The Campaign screen allows you to start or load The Class Setup screen allows you to customise Returns you to the game. Adjust individual graphic settings. saved progress from a previous campaign. In your fireteam’s loadout and skills from items the Red River campaign you take the role of one unlocked as you progress through the game. GAME SETTINGS of four fireteam disciplines in the Squad “Outlaw You can also select which discipline you want LOAD LAST CHECKPOINT Toggle on screen display elements, subtitles etc. 2”. Each discipline has its own strengths and to play as from this screen. Allows you to restart your mission from the last characteristics that it can bring into play against saved checkpoint. your opponents. CONTROLS PLAYER PROGRESS The Controls screen allows you to select The Player Progress screen allows you to track RESTART MISSION which controller configuration you wish to your progress through Operation Flashpoint: play with as well as controlling vibration FIRETEAM Restarts your current mission from the settings and sensitivity. Red River. You can view your progress on your beginning. ENGAGEMENTS CORE SOLDIERING SKILLS, awards for individual Fireteam Engagements and other additional missions as well as statistics and XP earned for downloadable content missions will be available each of the four Marine disciplines. QUIT GAME to select from this screen. OPTIONS Quits your current game and returns you to AUDIO the End Mission Screen. OPTIONS Adjust audio settings such as Effects, Speech JOIN GAME The Options screen allows you to access Audio, and Music levels. The Join Game screen allows you to browse for Graphical and Controller options. co-op games to join, either via the Quick Match option or by utilising filters to find a game that best suits your preferences. RULE 2 - Short, CONTROLLED BURSTS. EVEN IF YOU’RE SUPPRESSING, YOU NEED to know WHERE EACH BULLET LANDS! MAKE EVERY BULLET COUNT. AND watch YER RECOIL! 2 3 CONTROL SYSTEM XBOX 360 CONTROLLER GAME MENU MAP x FIRE / USE EQUIPMENT ] AIM Q UICK COMMAND RADIAL HOLD: USE WITH D-paD _ E QUIPMENT OPTIONS S WAP WEAPON HOLD: USE WITH D-paD HOLD: GRENADE LaunCHER XR ELOAD MOVE / STRAFE HOLD: CHANGE FIRE MODE CLICK: SPRINT S WAP EQUIPMENT T EAM SELECT RADIAL UP: SELECT ALL FT MEMBERS LEFT: SELECT FT MEMBER 2 ACONTEXT SENSITIVE ACTION DOWN: SELECT FT MEMBER 3 RIGHT: SELECT FT MEMBER 4 EQUIPMENT OPTIONS WHILST _ HELD TURN / LOOK UP: TORCH TOGGLE CLICK: STAND / CROUCH TOGGLE LONG CLICK: STAND / PRONE TOGGLE DOWN: nvgS TOGGLE LEFT: IR POINTER TOGGLE XBOX GUIDE qu ICK COMMAND RADIAL WHILST HELD UP: MANOEUVRE LEFT: FOLLOW RIGHT: taCTICS DOWN: SUPPRESSION + PRESS _ TO CHANGE TO COMBat SUPPORT RADIAL 4 5 CONTROL SYSTEM CONT. SQUAD CONTROLS ACTION CONTROLLER KEYBOARD MOVE w, s, a, d VEHICLE CONTROLS SPRINT Left ß ACTION CONTROLLER KEYBOARD PRONE Long click z STEER a, d CROUCH Left C SWITCH SEAT Press & hold Left ß stanD UP Í ACCELERATE w MAP m s BRAKE / REVERSE TORCH Hold + D-Pad up f SWITCH TO EXTERNAL VIEW Â NIGHT VISION GOGGLES Hold + D-Pad down v TURN VEHICLE LIGHTS ON / OFF Hold + D-pad up f TOGGLE IR POINTER Hold + D-Pad left b TURN IN / OUT (GUNNER ONLY) Left C ACTION A e NIGHT VISION Hold + D-pad down v RELOAD X r HANDBRAKE X Í CHANGE FIRE MODE Hold X t GAME MENU ‰ WEAPON SWAP 1 EquIPMENT SWAP 2 UNDERSLUNG GRENADE Hold 5 SELECT ALL D-Pad up ¡ TEAM MEMBER 2 D-Pad left ¤ TEAM MEMBER 3 D-Pad down # TEAM MEMBER 4 D-Pad right ¢ quICK COMMAND RADIAL Hold L COMBat SUPPORT RADIAL Hold + press Left A AIM : FIRE / USE EquIPMENT L CYCLE WEAPONS Wheel up > CYCLE EquIPMENT Wheel down > ACTION Wheel click > 6 7 OVERVIEW COMMAND AND CAMPAIGN PROGRESSION CONTROL SCREEN QUICK COMMAND RADIAL (QCR) This screen allows you to track MOVE your progress through the Operation A Marine is part of a team! Bravo team to be precise. You and Flashpoint: Red River campaign. your other 3 fireteam members will enjoy far more success From here you can view the timeline, working together than as lone wolves. RUSH MANOEUVRE PROTECT TARGET your current mission, and change Each class has its own abilities and loadout to bring to the the difficulty level. team. The fireteam leader calls the shots using the Quick FOLLOW TARGET HOLD FIRE Command Radial hold L or . This will provide you FOLLOW ME FOLLOW TACTICS CORPSMAN MISSION BRIEFING SCREEN with an in-world point target and the Radial. Each order type comes with 3 sub-orders which are context EXIT LINE The Mission Briefing screen allows you to review all your objectives and any intel gathered for the sensitive. Follow, Tactics, Suppression and Manoeuvre orders mission ahead. can all be issued to one or all of your fireteam either in game FLANK LEFT SUPPRESSION FLANK RIGHT or from the command map tap m or . SUPPRESS CLASS SETUP FIRETEAM STATUS (FTS) SCREEN The FTS displays the key information pertaining to your team members. To issue an order to a specific The Class Setup screen allows you to fireteam member, press ¤, # or ¢ or D-Pad left, down or right to select them. ¡ or D-Pad up select your class using the tabs and will re-select the entire fireteam. The FTS also displays important status updates for your fireteam then specify your loadout, including; including their formation, health status, their class and whether they are in a vehicle. Primary and Secondary weapons and their attachments as well as equipment, Special Training and B-Mods (class specific training). You can also configure the loadout and lassc of any AI fireteam members in your squad using the same method. First make sure you have them selected via the lobby. RULE 4 - WATCH YOUR BULLET DROP. PLAYER PROGRESS SCREEN SURE, IT’S KENTUCKY Windage, BUT IF YOU DON’T ACCOUNT FOR DROP-OFF There are two types of skills to earn in Operation Flashpoint: Red River. Core Soldier Skills which are independent of class, as well as B-Mods; these are skills and training that are specific to the YOU’LL BE shooting ALL daY AND YOU won’T HIT A THING. individual classes. BATTLEDROP ZERO ISN’T alwaYS THE BEST AIMING protocol! The Player Progress Screen allows you to view the progress you have made with your characters from each of the four disciplines. You can upgrade your Core Soldiering Skills here using the points unlocked from mission awards. You can also review your scores, total awards for the missions you have completed, and performance statistics. 8 9 COMBAT SUPPORT RADIAL (CSR) Holding left A with w, s, a, d or pressing _ whilst holding allows you to access the CSR. This radial works in the same way as the QCR, however it is used for calling in the various types COMMAND of combat support at your disposal; Air Strikes, High Explosives, Smoke etc.