Mission 1: Until the trouble troubles you - p. 1 MoW: Vietnam Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

New objective: Eliminate enemy infantry.

You start in [1]. The first thing you will learn will be the move order. Select all four of your people and hide them in the jungle on the left or right side of the road. Wait until an enemy helicopter flies over the road and then place all of your people behind the best cover - the overturned tree, visible in the picture below. Also, do not forget to change the shooting mode to "Fire at will". It should be noted right away that your people have a much greater survival rate when they're behind covers - these are visible when you hover your mouse cursor on a piece of land. If you see the gray silhouettes of soldiers, then it is a cover. However, some covers are better than others, because, for example, scrub provides much less protection from bullets than a high rock, above which enemies will only see your soldier's head and his weapon. In this case, it will be more difficult for your opponents to harm your soldier. Another useful option is speeding up the game. You can speed up or slow down the game by using the Backspace key (default is 3, the speed of the game can be changed using hotkeys from 1 to 5). Wait for the enemy soldiers, who will come from [2], and watch them being killed by your men. After losing the majority of troops, the opponent will fall back and hide, but after some time he will strike again, and eventually withdraw. You will receive a new mission objective.

New objective: Search the supply cache on the hill.

Select the sniper (Mozorov, you can mark him as "the first group" using Shift + 1, so that you can call him simply by pressing the 1 key) and search the bodies of allies and enemies - you're looking only for sniper rifle ammo (10 rounds in the clip) and first aid kits. Now, it's time for some shooting lessons. Place the sniper (double click LMB to issue an order of fast movement) at [3] and look at the enemy outpost in [4]. Use the mouse wheel to zoom in or away view, and hold it and move the mouse to change the camera angle. In spite of appearances, proper camera control is extremely important, because enemy soldiers will often hide in bushes or under a tree, and in this case you won't see them when facing from the top. Hold Ctrl to enter into direct control mode and place your mouse cursor on an opponent you can see in the picture below. Wait until you see a full red crosshair on him and then press the LMB - you should kill the enemy with one shot.

You have just learned something that you will be using during the game very often. But this is not all. It is also very important what or whom you are aiming at. If the color of the dot changes to orange, it means your shot will be accurate. And so, you will have no problem with killing the soldiers who are standing. But if one of them crouches, it will not be as easy, though you can still try to aim precisely at the heads (the rest of their bodies are hidden behind sandbags). Now try to eliminate as many enemy soldiers with the sniper without moving him from [3]. If you cannot see enemy soldiers, use the map. You can turn it on and off by pressing the M key. The combination of Ctrl + M opens a small menu of options for changing the size of the map and its transparency. You can also move the map to any location on the screen by clicking it and holding LMB and then moving the mouse.

But you won't be able to kill all the enemies this way, because eventually you will have to change your position. Run to the jungle, to [5], and then look at the soldier hidden behind a rock in [7]. Now you will learn how to kill enemies silently with a knife. Choose it as a primary weapon, by clicking on it at the bottom of the screen (its icon is an icon to the right of the primary weapon - for example a sniper rifle for a sniper) and then get down. You can order a soldier to stand, crouch or lie prone by using icons in the panel at the bottom right corner of the screen, or using the Page Down, Page Up, and Space keys. Crawl from [5] to [6], then get as close to the rocks as possible - your opponent is behind them. Hold down the Ctrl key and click the LBM on an enemy soldier. Make sure, of course, that the dot has changed its color into orange. The knife should kill the soldier without any noise.

Don't be surprised, though, if the soldier isn't there, as randomness is another feature of the Men of War: Vietnam game. Anyway, the sniper should go to [8] and stand among the trees. Kill one enemy, and then hide immediately. Wait until the rest of the enemies stop firing, then lean out and kill the next opponent. Keep doing this till you kill all your enemies. If one of them had managed to hide in one of the huts and he doesn't intend to leave, place your people near the door and throw a grenade inside. This is a great way to clear buildings from enemies. Also, keep in mind that various obstacles (such as trees or buildings) can prevent a sniper from hitting a specific opponent. Should this happen, try moving the sniper a few feet in either direction, to make an accurate hit possible.

Take the knife, with which you killed one of the enemies (hold down the Tab key to highlight items that you can pick up), and then search the supply caches in [9]. Make each of your three men (except for the sniper) take ten rockets and one missile launcher (in the rest of the mission you will learn why this is the most efficient solution). You can also top up some first aid kits and ammunition for the sniper. Order all of your men to hide behind sandbags and the sniper to take the road. You will receive new mission objectives and the map will enlarge. Speed ??up the game to make the enemies take their positions in the vicinity of the bridge quicker.