Part II | Controls & commands Halo Wars Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

 

Units field of view

You can see only the things your units are able to see. Areas covered with black fog - it's an uncharted terrain. The grey mist covered terrain - is the one where none of your units are controlling, which means you don't know what happens there.

 

Attacking

To attack you enemy: choose a unit or group of unit, move cursor over enemy unit or building and press X.

Keep in mind, that you units would engage enemy whenever they spot one.

 

Special attacks

To use unit's special attack - select the unit, point the target and press Y.

Main unit types

You have got three main kind of units in Halo Wars: infantry, ground vehicles and air units. The rule is simple: ground vehicles beat infantry, air units beat ground vehicles and infantry beats air units.

Population

During the game you can only produce a limited number of units. This restriction is called "population" - you can see it in the upper right corner of the screen. You can increase this number using upgrades. But only keep it in you mind when planning the shape of your army.

Building bases

Bases can be built only in default places on the map. That's why it is important to control them.

Each base has a limited slots for buildings and distinct slots for turrets. To build something - just choose a specified slot and select what building you want to create.

But remember - the most important part of the base is it's Command Center. Destroying it means destruction of the whole base - even despite the other buildings are in perfect shape.

After the base is destroyed - the place can be retaken by any other player after specified amount of time.

Resources

There is only one kind of resources in Halo Wars. There are two ways to obtain it:

first of all - building Supply Pads,

and collecting packages scattered across the map.