EoD Players Quick Guide:

Welcome to an exciting adventure in the Jungles of Vietnam! Before you begin you
r journey into the depths. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself wit
h certain gameplay aspects of Eve of Destruction.
For the most enjoyment and satisfaction. Try and always play within a squad. Wo
rk together with your teammates to accomplish goals and capture control points.
Keep in mind that the equipment within the mod build is varied and setup to acco
mplish specific tasks. Equipment is designed to be fully manned by teammates and
personnel whenever possible.
Below, please find some quick hints to help your experience with Eve of Destruct
ion.
Vehicles - There are many vehicles within Eve of Destruction. Most of them funct
ion very similiar to regular Battlefield 2. However, there are some differences
between BF2 equipment and Eve of Destruction equipment. Especially, with regard
to the helicopters.
HELICOPTERS:
First - All helicopters require a "WARM UP" period. You cannot just jump into a
Eve of Destruction helicopter and immediately take off. You MUST wait approximat
ely 25 seconds before you try and lift off. If you try and lift off earlier than
this, you will experience some disastorous results. You will know when the heli
copter is ready to fly. The sound of the engine and that of the rotor blades wil
l reward your ears with the welcomed, "Whomp, Whomp", telling you the engine is
on speed and ready to go. At this time, you may lift off and proceed on your way
. Once airborne, you will find that the helicopters fly very nicely.
The Huey Gunship:
The Huey Gunship requires a crew of two to function the best. When you first get
into the helicopter. You will notice that the pilot does not have a gunsight av
ailable within his view. In order to bring down the gunsight into the view of th
e pilot. You must hold down your right mouse button to lower the sight. This tak
es approximately 10 seconds. During this time, do not release your right mouse b
utton until the sight is fully lowered into your line of sight. In order to rais
e the gunsight. You must exit the pilot position.
The Copilot of the Huey has control of the mini-guns. They will flex up and down
. Firing is accomplished with the left mouse button. The Copilot's right mouse
button contains a special feature found on all the helicopters of the US side. H
olding down the right mouse button will play, "Ride of the Valkaries", for as lo
ng as the button is held. Letting go of the button will stop the music.
The Huey Medevac:
The Huey Medevac is just a normal chopper with a special feature. Like the Gunsh
ip, it too will play music. The music is played from the Pilot's seat on the rig
ht mouse button. The Copilot of the Medevac chopper is able to supply his teamma
tes with health packs. When in the Copilot's seat. The medical health bags can b
e dropped by pressing the left mouse button. Where the Copilot looks is the dire
ction that the health bag will be released. It is best to deploy medical bags wh
en slow and close to the intended person.
The Cobra Gunship:
The Cobra Gunship is pretty much self explanatory. It is very similiar to the Co
bra found within BF2. The Pilot of the gunship has control of AP and AT rockets.
The Copilot, controls both a mini-gun and a 40 mm grenade launcher. Caution sho
uld be exercised when in the Copilot's seat and close to the ground or on a land
ing area/pad. Should the 40 mm grenade launcher be fired. There is the risk and
possibility that the crew within the Cobra could be killed and the chopper damag
ed. This is due to the blast and splash damage of the 40 mm grenade exploding un
der the nose of the chopper.
Huey Slicks "C" and "D" models:
There is nothing fancy about these two birds. Both are unarmed, with the excepti
on of door gunners with M60's. Each will also play music from the Pilot position
, by holding down the right mouse button.
The H34 Choctaw:
The early bird of Vietnam. While not a common chopper to be found in the Jungle.
The H34 did serve the US in a variety of missions. It was mostly used for rescu
e operations and light cargo transport.
The Mi8 Attack:
The Standard Vietnamese heavy chopper. Pilot has control of rockets to attack gr
ound targets. There is a 12.7mm heavy machine gun that can be controlled by a Co
pilot for use against infantry and other equipment. In addition to the nose moun
ted mg. Side mounted MG's are also available.
The Mi8 Transport:
Like its brother above. The Mi8 Transport is very similiar to operation with the
BF2 Mi-17 helicopter.
OH-6 Loaches:
You will find two different AH/OH 6 "Loach" helicopters within Eve of Destructio
n. One is equipped with a side mounted M60 and a Minigun and the other is strict
ly for troop transport. Caution should be exercised when in a high AA environmen
t. It is possible to be shot out of the chopper, due to the lack of doors.
BOATS:
Eve of Destruction does contain some very manueverable boats and sea craft. With
in the mod build are a PBR, Sampan and PACV. The PACV is capable of traveling no
t only on water, but on land. The PBR and Sampan are very manueverable to get in
to some really tight areas. Practice is required for the best results with all t
he water craft within Eve of Destruction. These are not your grandpa's boats fro
m the 50's.
WEAPONS:
Weapons of the EoD mod are very similiar to vanilla BF2 weapons in their operati
on. No need to go into great detail. They are accurate and deadly.
There are no sniper spawn kit classes. If you want to be a sniper in Eve of Dest
ruction. Then you will need to find a pickup kit with a sniper rifle in it. Not
all maps contain sniper rifles. Therefore, while you might find a sniper rifle k
it on one map, it does not mean that there will be a kit on another map. On some
maps, there are AT pickup kits for defense against armored targets. Saigon Jung
le 1968, is a good example of a map that has pickup AT kits. Look for them in gu
ard posts, buildings and on top of crates.
COMMANDER:
Commander position is available within Eve of Destruction. However, as the comma
nder you are not able to zoom all the way into ground level to call out troops.
There is also no scan or uav's available with the commander position. Artillery
and supply boxes are available on some maps.
The rest of the equipment within the Eve of Destruction mod is pretty much self-
explanatory. It all functions very similiar to regular BF2. If you have any ques
tions about any facet of gameplay within Eve of Destruction. Please come visit u
s at the mod forums at www.eodmod.com .