Tipps and Tricks

Tipps and Tricks

Intro

The game has no handbook and no tutorial, only the tipps in the loading screen.
I hope I catched all with screenshots and it can help you.

keybindings

"WASD" - camera movement
"E" - upgrade tower
"Q" - the choice of targets
"F" - hellfire (a fast double click on the turret does the same)
"BACKSPACE" - selling tower
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" - buy tower
"+ - PgUp PgDown" - change the game speed
"ESC" - game menu
"Space" - pause

How to open any level:
You can open any level using a cheat code, you must simultaneously press 1 2 3 4 on the locked level, and the level is unlocked.

By clicking the button labled Weapon in the upper left corner you can hide the turret bar and the extra bar.
The slider with the 2x, 3x, 4x - choice changes the acceleration speed, to activate the acceleration you need to click on the acceleration button in the lower right corner.
Beneath the slider are 3 boxes - Choice of algorithm for hiding panels, when you click on the weapon button in the upper left corner

Rare Wisdom

Target Options

It takes time for a tower to turn in the direction of a new target.
With Optimal Target there is a fifth target option.
The Optimal Target option chooses the next target with minimum turning time.

Towers hints

Extras

In the game are special attacks:

• Explosive Airstrike
  
• EMP Airstrike (It slows the movement of the enemy 7 seconds)
  
• Mines
  
• Napalm
  
• Ball Lightning
  
• Artillery Strike
  
• Nuclear Missiles
  
• Dark Matter (sends the enemy in the subspace, after a while, the enemy returns)

Level 3 normal

You can click on the screenshoots to enlarge.
I played version 1.12 level 3 on normal without using any special attack, only sometimes hellfire from the rocket launchers against flying enemies.

Starting with a flamethrower

Wave 5

Wave 10

Wave 15

Wave 20

Wave 23

Preparation for final wave with 3 additional freeze towers

Wave 25: Killing the bosses

Other Things

In a comment section the question about an extra menu in a YouTube video surprised me.
https://youtu.be/t8SmtRQNQwc?t=29

I don't know how to reach this menu in the PC version.
I see 2 possible explanations:
1) It's an inbuild cheat menu for testers.
2) It's from a mobile version with micro transactions.

[Marbur]

Hi joel,
it's a long time ago that I played this game and there have been some updates since then.
I think your guessings are right.
From my old memories: Towers normally don't change their actual target. These targeting options only take effect when the current target is dead or out of firing range.

[joel]

Thanks for this info, but I'd like more info about the Target Options. What's the difference between "closest to exit" and "closest to tower"? I'd like some turrets to target enemies that are about to leave the screen and damage my health. I was guessing this would be "closest to exit", but doesn't the exit lead to the tower I'm protectiing?

[Ace Athor]

You can make a pause with space bar.
But in play I don't know

[ksymicek]

Wow this was really good information. I saw someone use a key to display a map of the air routes while playing a mission. I don't know what key they used. Does anyone know?

[Marbur]

I need to make 5 mouse wheel spins to make a full zoom. Perhaps your mouse driver has options to increase the wheel sensitivity.
Sorry, I don't know any config file where you can edit it.
Perhaps somebody in the forum can help you.

[Ace Athor]

am I the only one who needs to do 15 wheel spin to zoom in a little bit...?
The "map scale" option allows you to zoom in more, but even more, around the wheel spin...
Can we edit any "config" files to increase the zoom option ?
The game is playable, but it's pretty annoying to scroll the wheel again and again...

[s_eslam]

Many thanks. I found this very useful

[Marbur]

I hope I did capture the right thing.
The answer is added in the chapter "Other Things".

[Paralytic]

Many tthanks for this :)
I was looking for the keybindings because i don´t check how he open that extra menu...u can view it here :

https://youtu.be/t8SmtRQNQwc?t=29

[Marbur]

Yes, in the options of the main menu you can choose the checkbox "Map Scale".