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HEADS UP DISPLAY (HUD)

Your HUD has been designed to give you battle critical information at a glance.

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LEGEND

1

TIME, SCORE & BASE CAPTURE

Indicates the time remaining in match and kill score for each team. Bars indicate friendly or enemy base status. Bars deplete as the relevant base is being captured.


2

ENEMY ARMOR

Indicates your targeted enemy’s current armor status for each section of their Battlemech. Yellow indicates little or no damage. Orange indicates section is damaged. Red indicates section is critically damaged. Black indicates section has been destroyed. Their current weapon loadout is displaed to the left of the armor display.


3

COMPASS, BASE & UNIT INDICATORS

Blue diamonds indicate friendly ‘Mechs. Red diamonds indicate enemy ‘Mechs. Bracketed blue diamonds indicate friendly base. Bracketed red diamonds indicate enemy base.


4

TARGETED ENEMY INFORMATION

Display indicates: Pilot name, Battlemech type and distance to target.


5

DISTANCE TO TARGET

Indicates distance to target in the reticle.

6

ARMOR INFORMATION

Indicates your current armor status for each section of your Battlemech. Yellow indicates little or no damage. Orange indicates section is damaged. Red indicates section is critically damaged. Black indicates section has been destroyed.


7

SPEED & JUMP JETS

Left meter indicates current speed in KPH. Right meter (not pictured) indicates remaining Jump Jet capacity.


8

BATTLEGRID

Birds eye map of the current match. Cone indicates effective range of fire. Arrow indicates direction of travel. Blue/Red arrows indicate position of friendly and found enemy Battlemechs.


9

HEAT INDICATOR

Meter displays amount of heat generation.


10

WEAPON LOADOUT & MAPPING

List of all available weapons and firing groups. Weapons in the ‘circle’ section aim towards the circle reticle and weapons in the cross section aim towards the cross reticle.

Vertical columns indicate firing groups. Numbers in blue indicate which weapon is included in that particular firing group. Horizontal bars on the right indicate reload times. Numbers on the right indicate remaining ammunition.



BATTLEGRID

The Battlegrid is a MechWarrior’s key to strategic planning and execution.

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LEGEND

1

TAKE COMMAND

Toggle Command status. Take Command to issue orders to friendly MechWarriors.


2

COMMANDS

List of commands available to be issued to your team.


3

BATTLEGRID

Battlegrid window. Shows bird’s eye view of current map divided up into a grid. Each grid section is labeled alpha-numerically, making it easier to target specific areas of the map.


4

FRIENDLY & ENEMY BASES

Icons indicate the location of friendly (blue) and enemy (red) bases.


5

UNITS

Icons indicate the location of friendly (blue) and enemy (red) units.

6

ISSUING COMMANDS

If you have assumed command of your team, clicking on a particular section of the grid will bring up the command menu. Select a command by clicking on the appropriate icon.


7

BATTLEGRID CONTROLS

Keys and mouse commands used to navigate the Battlegrid and its features.