Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant ======================================================== Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant FAQ/Walkthrough Final Version by kirbyparufo ======================================================== 1. Introduction 2. Updates 3. Controls 4. Basics 5. Glitches 6. Walkthrough 7. Contact ============================================== 1. Introduction ============================================== Ultimate Civil War Battles: Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant is an awful, glitchy game that shouldn't be played. I made this guide so if you do get it, you can beat it. This guide covers the basics of the game. Also included is how to beat each of the battles (On both the Union and Confederate sides). ============================================== 2. Updates ============================================== Final Version- Made a few minor changes, but I feel there is nothing left to add. Version 1.1- Updated various sections of the FAQ Version 1- FAQ Completed ============================================== 3. Controls ============================================== Here are the controls for the game, basically. (Please note the 2D/3D button on the top of the screen doesn't do anything) Press F1 to view the help screen. Click on a troop to control them. Right click on terrain to move them (You cannot move soldiers manning the cannons). Right click on an opposing brigade to attack (your brigade must be in range of another brigade to start attacking them). If your brigade is close to an opposing brigade, they will automatically fight. You can move the camera's position with the mouse and move it's angle by using the scroll button or holding Alt and moving the mouse. Press F5 to temporarily save the game, and F6 to load it. You can adjust the game speed with buttons at the top of the screen (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x). ============================================== 4. Basics ============================================== The basic elements of the game. /////////////// Ambush Strategy /////////////// The Ambush Strategy is a way to lure enemy brigades to their doom. Without using it, you will find that many battles in the game are nearly impossible to beat. Without further delay: here is the Ambush Strategy: 1. Select a brigade and move them to a safe location near a brigade you want to defeat. 2. Save with F5 and set the game speed to 8x. 3. Lead your brigade near the enemy's brigade(s) and get their attention (so they follow your brigade). 4. Lead your brigade into an area with other brigades of your own, preferably ones with cannons to defeat them. 5. If this works, use the F5 + F6 glitch to heal your troops after you wipe out the victim brigade. 6. If this fails, load with F6 and try again. /////////////// End Ambush Strategy /////////////// You start off by selecting a side to play as, either Union or Confederate. Note that the developers somehow managed to mix up the colors of the uniforms, so the Union wears grey and the Confederacy wears blue. They also made the mistake of making the battlefield look like the Swiss Alps. You then select one of four battles to play in, listed later. On the battlefield, there are three types of soldiers. Soldiers- The most common, most numerous (in men), and the weakest. Soldiers are easy to take down and also easy to use. They do well against other soldiers, and sometimes the other two classes as well. Horseback Riders- Usually the rarest type of soldier. They are slightly more powerful than normal soldiers, but generally can't take many hits. Can move faster than normal soldiers. Soldiers Manning Cannons- Insanely powerful. Even going near one causes you to lose men. The are stationary and can't move. They can usually take lots of damage. You should try to lure your enemies near them. All brigades have health bars above them. Instead of using HP, the bars decrease based on how many people are alive in each brigade. Each Type of Soldier has a different moving speed. Here is a chart from best (top) to worst (bottom). Horseback Riders ^ Soldiers ^ Soldiers Manning Cannons (immobile) The speed of a soldier determines how fast they run. Soldiers will, annoyingly, keep going back to fight other soldiers while attempting to run away from them (Do NOT continuously tell them to move to solve this. This may cause the game to crash). The same goes for Horseback Riders fighting other Horseback Riders. But Horseback Riders might outrun normal soldiers. You can avoid the going back to fight problem by switching to 8x speed. Brigades are scattered throughout the map. You can view the map on the lower-right corner of the screen. Click anywhere on the map to be transported there. ============================================== 5. Glitches ============================================== Here I will list all the glitches I have found, and whether the are good (+), bad(-), don't effect you (*), or a mixture of good and bad (+-). Saving and loading (The F5 + F6 Glitch) resets all statistics of the current match and restores all health of all surviving brigades (including enemy ones). (+-) Telling any brigade to move too much (by quickly right clicking many times after selecting a brigade to control) crashes the game. (-) All brigades (Including enemy ones) can walk through water, buildings, other brigades, and objects. (+-) The game crashes randomly, especially during the Battle of Gettysburg. (-) If you quit a match early, the side with more surviving soldiers wins. (+-) Sometimes when fighting other brigades, your brigade won't lose soldiers, making your brigade invincible. (+) Brigades can walk off the map slightly. (*) Enemy brigades won't attack or move until one of your brigades gets close to them. (+) The 2D/3D Button does nothing (Not sure if it just wasn't programmed in). (*) Minimizing the game crashes it. (-) You cannot complete the Battle of Gettysburg because a few soldiers that are supposed to be in the battle are either underground or just not programmed in, making them unreachable. The battle is for that reason unbeatable. (-) ============================================== 6. Walkthrough ============================================== Here is how to beat all of the battles in the game. I have listed strategies for the Union and Confederate sides. I also made a list of all of the brigades you control in each battles and rated each battle (from 1-10) based on difficulty. The final thing I have included is whether to use the Union or Confederacy in each battle. ---------------------------------------------- 6.1 Seven Days Battle ---------------------------------------------- Difficulty as Union: 5 Difficulty as Confederacy: 5 Amount of brigades controlled as Union: 10 Amount of brigades controlled as Confederacy: 18 Total soldiers controlled as Union: 4831 Total soldiers controlled as Confederation: 1977 Battle is easier with: Union -------- Brigades -------- ***** Union ***** Brigades 1-8 are Soldiers Brigades 9-10 are Horseback Riders Brigade 1 has 525 soldiers Brigade 2 has 616 soldiers Brigade 3 has 442 soldiers Brigade 4 has 521 soldiers Brigade 5 has 561 soldiers Brigade 6 has 408 soldiers Brigade 7 has 513 soldiers Brigade 8 has 421 soldiers Brigade 9 has 517 soldiers Brigade 10 has 307 soldiers *********** Confederacy *********** Brigades 11-16, 19-20, and 26-28 are Soldiers Brigades 17-18 and 22 are Soldiers Manning Cannons Brigades 21 and 23-25 are Horseback Riders Brigade 21 has 277 soldiers All other brigades have 100 soldiers ---------- Strategies ---------- ***** Union ***** The only thing you have on your side here are massive numbers. The only hard part is the fact the Confederates have cannons. Try to use Brigades 2 or 9 to defeat normal and horse-riding soldiers, using the Save and Load glitch to heal their health afterwards. The cannons are much more difficult to defeat, and unfortunately there are a total of 3 cannons. There is a lone cannon, so go after that one first (after drawing the nearby soldiers away and defeating them). The way to go after cannons is by having any brigade battle them until your brigade loses around half of it's men, than having your brigade retreat and repeating the process with other brigades until the cannon you're attacking is defeated. The other two cannons are close together, so you will should wait until your brigade loses around 1/4 of it's men before retreating and repeating the process. If you follow this strategy, you should win this battle with few problems. ************* Confederation ************* The Confederation has many less soldiers at it's disposal, but also has cannons. The best way to win this battle is through ambushes. See the Basics section for how to use the Ambush Strategy. Keep ambushing and the battle will be over in no time at all. Just keep in mind that if you lose your cannons, the battle is as good as over unless the enemy has nearly no brigades left. ---------------------------------------------- 6.2 Battle of Chancellorsville ---------------------------------------------- NOTE: There are two different battles here, depending on which side you choose to play as. The Union walkthrough will be listed first. The Confederation walkthrough will be listed second. +++++++++++++++++ Union Walkthrough +++++++++++++++++ Difficulty: 3 Amount of brigades controlled as Union: 10 Amount of brigades controlled as Confederacy: 12 Total Soldiers controlled as Union: 1200 Total Soldiers controlled as Confederation: 1370 -------- Brigades -------- ***** Union ***** Brigades 7-8 and 18 are Soldiers Manning Cannons Brigades 9-11 and 13-17 are Soldiers Brigade 12 is Horseback Riders All brigades have 100 soldiers ************* Confederation ************* Brigades 1-4 are Soldiers Brigades 5-6 are Horseback Riders Brigades 1-4 have 100 soldiers Brigade 5 has 406 soldiers Brigade 6 has 564 soldiers -------- Strategy -------- This is another ambush situation, so refer to the Basics section of the guide to learn how to use the Ambush Strategy. You won't have many soldiers to work with, but you will have cannons. Keep ambushing the Confederates, and the battle will be over in no time at all. +++++++++++++ Confederation +++++++++++++ Difficulty: 5 Amount of brigades controlled as Union: 12 Amount of brigades controlled as Confederacy: 11 Total Soldiers controlled as Union: 3435 Total Soldiers controlled as Confederation: 1070 -------- Brigades -------- ***** Union ***** Brigades 1-4 and 9-12 are Soldiers Brigades 5-8 are Horseback Riders Brigade 1 has 299 soldiers Brigade 2 has 233 soldiers Brigade 3 has 223 soldiers Brigade 4 has 168 soldiers Brigade 5 has 330 soldiers Brigade 6 has 223 soldiers Brigade 7 has 225 soldiers Brigade 8 has 200 soldiers Brigade 9 has 366 soldiers Brigade 10 has 280 soldiers Brigade 11 has 468 soldiers Brigade 12 has 420 soldiers ************* Confederation ************* Brigades 13-14 and 23 are Soldiers Manning Cannons Brigades 15-22 are Soldiers Brigade 16 has 70 Soldiers All other brigades have 100 soldiers -------- Strategy -------- Pretty much the same as playing on the Union Side, but you are massively outnumbered. Just another ambush battle. See the Basics section of the guide to learn how to use the Ambush Strategy. This is a somewhat easy battle, but due to your low numbers, it is nearly impossible to beat this without ambushes. ---------------------------------------------- 6.3 Battle of Gettysburg ---------------------------------------------- I will not be writing a Strategy for this battle. It is impossible to beat this battle because there are a few brigades that can't be found (On both the Union and Confederation sides). I don't know if the soldiers are underground or just weren't programmed in, but you can't use or fight them, making this battle unbeatable no matter who you play as. If you know of a way to complete this battle, email me at the address in the Contact section. ---------------------------------------------- 6.4 Battle of Chattanooga ---------------------------------------------- Difficulty as Union: 9 Difficulty as Confederacy: 1 Amount of brigades controlled as Union: 19 Amount of brigades controlled as Confederacy: 16 Total soldiers controlled as Union: 1900 Total soldiers controlled as Confederation: 1700 Battle is easier with: Confederation -------- Brigades -------- ***** Union ***** Brigades 1-5, 9-14 and 36 are Soldiers Brigades 6-8, 28, and 33-35 are Horseback Riders All brigades have 100 soldiers ************* Confederation ************* Brigades 15-25 and 31-32 are Soldiers Brigades 26-27 are Horseback Riders Brigades 29-30 are Soldiers Manning Cannons All brigades have 100 soldiers -------- Strategy -------- ***** Union ***** Just about the instant you start, a huge battle will erupt between Union and Confederate soldiers. You will lose many of your brigades here, and there is just about nothing you can do about it. After the battle is done, use the F5 + F6 glitch to heal your brigades. Afterwards, use the Ambush Strategy in the Basics Section. The hard part of this battle is facing the cannons with your low numbers. The way to do this is to go after cannons is by having any brigade battle them until your brigade loses around half of it's men, than having your brigade retreat and repeating the process with other brigades until the cannon you're attacking is defeated, and using the F5 + F6 glitch to heal afterwards. This is a very hard battle, possibly the hardest. ************* Confederation ************* Unlike the Union battle, this battle is pitifully easy. Your brigades should win the battle that starts after the stage starts up, with few deaths. Regardless, heal them with the F5 + F6 glitch after the battle. From there, just defeat whatever is left of the Union brigades. This battle should be done in no time at all. ============================================== 7. Contact ============================================== You can email me at kirbyparufo@hotmail.com with alternate strategies, typos, or any general info you may have found. Please do not send hate mail.
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