Battle VCR

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Use the VCR to replay a battle in which your fleet or the enemy's fleet took damage or were destroyed. The VCR displays each ship type involved in the battle on a grid, or battle board. Use the VCR control buttons to step back and forth through phases of the battle.

The ship displayed in a square represents one or more ships and is called a token. A token is a stack of identical ships from a single fleet--like a company of specialized soldiers within a larger army. The predominant ship type from that fleet is shown. In video modes of 800x600 or less a small plus sign appears for each token that is in the same location but not displayed. These plus signs can indicate other player's tokens as well as your own. In higher resolution video modes there are numbers in the upper right and left hand corners. The upper right hand number is the total number of ships at this location regardless from all tokens owned by any player. The number in the upper left hand corner contains the count of tokens at this location. If either number is 1 then the number is not displayed.

⇒        Left-click on a ship token to select it. The battle details tell you whether ships are attacking or fleeing, how fast they're moving, and whether they are taking damage. It also displays the tactic being employed by the active ship. This helps you figure out your opponents battle strategies.

⇒        Right-click to display a list of all the ship tokens at that location or keep left-clicking to cycle through them.

For a more detailed description of what takes place in the VCR, read About the Battle Board.