STEAM Planet X16 Trilogy Bundle User Guide

: June 17, 2024
: STEAM

Table of Contents

STEAM Planet X16 Trilogy Bundle
Usage Instructions
General Control of the Game
Appendix
Resources require to build
Credits
Documents / Resources
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)

STEAM Planet X16 Trilogy Bundle

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Specifications:

Game: Planet X16
Developed for: Commander X16
Creators: David Murray, Barry Yost, Pioter Radecki, Renaud Sheidt, Nicco1690, Toboter

Product Information:
Planet X16 is a game created specifically for the Commander X16 platform. It features elements and graphics inspired by Planet X3 but is a unique game with no shared code between them. The gameplay may require some relearning even for those familiar with Planet X3.

Usage Instructions

General Controls:
Use ESC or right-click to abort building a structure when placing it.

First Priorities:

Minerals: Start with crystals, then process rocks from largest to smallest.
Solar Power
Gas Refinery
Setup Defenses: Build a Radar Station.

Balance of Units:

Missile Silo
The Protoids

Difficulty Levels:
The game offers different difficulty levels to challenge players of varying skill levels.

Global Keyboard Shortcuts:
Refer to the manual for a list of keyboard shortcuts for various in-game actions.

FAQ:

Q: How can I contact someone regarding the game?
A: You may contact David Murray at [email protected] for any inquiries related to the game.

Planet X16 Refernce Guide
Thank you for taking the time to read the manual as it seems in today’s world, nobody bothers to dothat, preferring to complain that a game is too hard. Planet X16 has been created from scratch for theCommander X16. It borrows a lot of elements and graphics from Planet X3, but there is absolutely nocode in common between them. If you are familiar with Planet X3, you may need to relearn somethings as the gameplay is not 100% the same either.

General Control of the Game

Left Click – Select Unit or Building
SHIFT+Left Click – Select Multiple Units
Double Left Click – Select all similar units in view
Right Click on Map – Tell unit(s) to go there.
Right Click on Enemy- Tell unit(s) to attack unit or building
Escape – Abort whatever unit/building is doing
A – Attack unit, building, or terrain
Left Click Mini-map – Change view area to that part of map
Right Click Mini-Map- Send selected unit(s) to that area
Mouse at Screen Edge- Scroll Viewing Area
Cursor Keys – Scroll Viewing Area
Additionally, when placing a structure, you can press ESC or right-click to abort building the structure

First Priorities

You have between 9 and 10 minutes before the enemy will attack. Use that time to startharvesting resources and building up defenses.

Minerals

You will need to build a smelter (Hotkey T) near where you see rocks and crystals. Use the builder to pick up minerals and drop them along sides of the smelter building. The smelter will automatically pick them up and process them as it needs.
Start with the crystals first, as they are the highest value resources. When those run out, you canprocess the rocks, starting from the largest to the smallest.

Solar Power

You will first need to build a power station (hotkey A) somewhere on the map. Once it is finished, you can build up to 8 solar panels around the power station. If you need more than 8 panels (which you probably will) then build an additional power station.

Gas Refinery

Build the refinery (hotkey G) on top of volcanos. The more volcanoes you tap, the more gas you’ll have available.

Setup Defenses

You can move rocks or build walls to fortify the areas most vulnerable to attack. Then build sentry tanks at the factory and move then a few spaces behind your wall, as they have a very long firing range. Be sure to set them to sentry mode (hotkey S). If they aren’t spinning, then they aren’t going to defend!

Build a Radar Station

This game does not employ a fog of war, and you can always see anything in the main view area. However, if you want to be able to see both player and enemy mobile units live on the mini-map, a radar station must be present. Player units show up in white, while Protoid units are yellow.

Balance of Units

Obviously not all units are equal. Some are slow, some are fast. Some are cheap, and some are expensive. A small group of heavy tanks, for example, could decimate your opponent’s base.
However, they are expensive, take a long time to build, and they are slow to move. On the flip side of that, ATVs are cheap and fast, but not very powerful.
In time, you will learn which units are best suited for different strategies.

Missile Silo

Missiles can devestate your opponents base easily. But be warned, they are expensive and slow to build. You must also build a new missile for each launch.
The coordinate system used is based on how many spaces relative to the silo the target is. So, if you have more than one missile silo, the coordinates will not be the same for each one. Also the coordinates are shown in hexa- decimal.

The Protoids

It is good to know your enemy. The Protoids will typically not attack your base until their army has reached a certain size. However, they will always rush to defend the base if you attack them.
They aren’t too bright when it comes to navigating the map to attack your base. However, their tanks will blast through terrain objects that are in the way, or even build bridges over water, thus allowing the rest of the units a path to your base.
Protoids do rebuild their base if pieces of it are destroyed. So don’t wait too long after a partially sucessful attack, or you may have to start all over again.

Difficulty Levels

There are three difficulty levels: easy, normal, and hard. There are numerous things that change with each level. Some things are small, such as the ratio of tanks vs soldiers that are built. Also the number of sentry pods that the Protoids build varies. It is as little as 4 pods per base in easy mode, to 12 pods in hard mode.
In easy mode, the protoids will not even build a factory, hence no tanks will be made. And with no tanks, the Protoids will not cross water or create paths through forest or rocks.
In hard mode, the Protoids will build two bases at the start of the game.

Appendix

Global Keyboard Shortcuts

Cursor Keys – Scroll view window
SHIFT-C – Toggle high text contrast mode
SHIFT-Q – Pause/Exit
RUN/STOP – Pause/Exit
SHIFT-M – Toggle music on/off
SHIFT-R – Toggle screen scroll speed
SHIFT-L – Load a saved game
SHIFT-S – Save your game
SPACE – Go to map location where message was generated
TAB – Jump to next unit on map

Builder

ESC – Abort
P – Pick up object
D – Drop off object
Z – Bulldoze area
H – Build a headquarters building.
G – Build a gas refinery
A – Build a power station
S – Build a solar panel
T – Build a smelter
F – Build a factory
R – Build a radar
M – Build a missile silo
W – Build a wall
B – Build a bridge (horizontal)
V – Build a bridge (vertical)

Headquarters

ESC – Abort
R – Repair
B – Build a builder
S – Build a soldier

Factory

ESC – Abort
R – Repair
A – Build an ATV
T – Build a tank
H – Build a heavy tank
S – Build a sentry tank

Missile Silo

ESC – Abort
R – Repair
B – Build a missile
L – Launch a missile
W – Move target north
A – Move target west
S – Move target south
D – Move target east

Sentry Tank

D – Convert to drive mode
S – Convert to sentry mode

Resources require to build

Max Health / Weapon Power

Buidlings	Health	Power
Headquarters	238
Gas Refinery	125
Smelter	125
Power Station	125
Solar Panel	75
Factory	175
Radar Station	90
Missile Silo	238	255
Protoid Pyramid	238
Protoid Cloning	238
Protoid Academy	238
Protoid Resrch	238
Protoid Factory	238
Protoid Sentry	100	5
Units	Health	Power
Builder	15
Soldier	25	2
ATV	30	5
Tank	75	12
Heavy Tank	125	25
Sentry Tank	75	20
Giant Bug	60
Protoid Scout	25	1
Protoid Soldier	35	3
Protoid Tank	100	17