Evolution Single-Player

Overwiew

CHANGES FROM MP-VERSION

• Instead of straightforward kill-counts the player's rating is used (which will give you different points depending on what you killed, e.g. 1000pts for an officer, 200pts for a rifleman)
• For every rank increase you can recruit 2 more AI units (for a total of 12)
• To make up for the lack of human medics, you can recruit a medic as soon as you become Corporal (2nd rank)
• To make up for the lack of human shuttle drivers/pilots, there will be a chopper shuttle available at all times, to take you back to the base
• Abandoned vehicles will stay at their position indefinitely. Only unarmed, destroyed vehicles will respawn at their original location.
• Empty enemy vehicles can be used independently of your rank
• If a player leaves a town and then returns, the town will only be re-populated to its previous level, not to the initial full-strength level
• Towns are considered cleared if there are less than 12 AI units left (8 for smaller towns)
• Since it would be too easy to rack up points with side missions, each side mission can only be played once per cleared town
• A reconnaissance plane will randomly patrol the current island and briefly reveal enemy position. The fewer enemy units there are in a town, to more often this plane will patrol that area (to help in finding the last survivors)
• In Veteran mode you can save every 10 minutes. In Recruit mode you can save as often as you like.
• Passcodes for ranks and cleared cities allow you immediately activate these objectives later on
• You are able to skip some time in the barracks
• The mission has been fully translated into German, French, Spanish, Polish & Russian

OBJECTIVES

• Your main objective is to clear the 11 marked cities.
  A city is considered cleared if the area indicated by the gray marker contains no more enemy vehicles (armed and unarmed), and the number of enemy troops is below a certain level (between 8 & 12, depending on the city).
  The number of initial infantry and armored units depends on the size of the city, plus/minus a random variation.
  Enemy units will only spawn once you enter the perimeters on foot on via ground vehicles.
  
• The secondary objective is the destruction of a randomly placed radio tower (indicated on the map).
  
• The third (optional) objective is the capture of the main officer in each city.
  The officer can be detained before the city is cleared, and his location is indicated on the map once you come within 200 meters of him.

RANKS

POINTS

FEATURES

• Vehicles

  Any vehicles you are driving will automatically be repaired, refuelled and rearmed when you bring it back to the base.
  Enemy vehicles will be refueled and repaired, but can only be rearmed at an enemy ammo truck.
  Unarmed vehicles that are destroyed in the field will respawn at their original location.
  Abandoned vehicles will stay at their location indefinitely.
  Destroyed armed vehicles are indicated by repair marker on the map, and have to be repaired and refueled before they can be used again.
  

• Anti-Aircraft

  Most cities are surrounded by several anti-aircraft units. Their range is indicated by the red cross-hatch markers on the map.
  Before taking any air-vehicles into these zones you should make sure that those units have been eliminated.

• Spy Plane

  A spy plane which randomly circles over the active island (indicated by a white circle on the map) will allow you brief glimpses at enemy positions.
  As the enemy presense in the city you are attacking becomes less, the frequency at which the plane will cross that town will increase.

• FARPs

  There are three FARPs (Forward Area Rearm & Refuel Points) located on the map.
  At these places you can repair/heal and rearm your vehicles, your team, and yourself.

• Shuttle

  From any position on the map (and at any rank) you can call in a chopper to bring you (and your team) back to the base.
  

• Time-Skip

  If you prefer to do your mission at a specific hour of the day you can enter the barracks at the base, and skip a few hours forward, until the desired time has been reached.

• POWs

  After a city is liberated any enemy troops still present will surrender, and can be captured as POWs.
  To do this, approach them and select the "Capture" option from the action menu.
  You can also use your teammates to capture units.
  Once captured, they will be part of your team, and you will then have to transport them back to the base, and bring them to the POW camp.
  

• Para-Drop

  There is a slight chance that, after you liberate a city, a troop of enemy units might be para-dropped at that location.
  

• SIDE MISSIONS

  At any time you can enter the Mission HQ and select a side mission via your action menu.
  The location, difficulty and bonus points of these missions depend on your current rank.
  

• PASSCODES

  After each promotion or completed city you will be given a unique passcode.
  These codes allows you to later start a mission from scratch, and "fast-forward" to the stage you had reached before.
  This feature is useful in case a game save becomes corrupted, or if you would like to try to tackle the mission using different strategies.