In Depth Engineer FAQ - Return To Castle Wolfenstein For - DOS/WINDOWS (PC) By - Elwell Version - 1.4 DATE - 24th June 2003 ============================================================================= ============================================================================= #################### ##### ##### #################### ##### #### #### ##### ####################### ####################### ###################### ###################### RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN ##################### #### #################### ################### #### ################## #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ############## ### #### ### ## ### ## # ## # # =*=*=*=*=*=*=*= ENGINEER FAQ =*=*=*=*=*=*=*= ============================================================================= Contents ============================================================================= I - Version History & Updates II - About Me And Why I wrote this FAQ III - Overview To "Return To Castle Wolfenstein" IV - Overview To Multiplayer "Castle Wolfenstein" V - About the Engineer VI - ALLIED Weapons & Equipment VII - AXIS Weapons & Equipment VIII - Tactics IX - Contact Information X - Special Thanks XI - Legal Stuff ============================================================================= I) Version History ============================================================================= 27th October 2002 - This Is Version 1.1, It is my first issue Engineering FAQ and it will probably have a few more versions to follow so keep checking for updates. 17th May 2003 - After the FAQ only recentley being posted due to layout problems this is only the first update of this FAQ. Few changes except in some dates and the sites that are allowed to display this FAQ. 18th May 2003 - More Layout Problems on the new version needing update and some spelling and missing words corrected. 24th June 2003 - Special Thanks Updated that needed correcting. - Legal Stuff changed as to make sure people know the sites that this FAQ is posted on. ============================================================================= II) About Me And Why I wrote this FAQ ============================================================================= My Name is Elwell aka [OveR-LorD], i am a huge FPS (First Person Shooter) fan. This Is my first solo public FAQ and i hope it fits into what everyone wants. I know there is the single player side to this game but people already have walkthroughs and official guides and so on, so here is my Multiplayer Engineer FAQ. For those of you who play RTCW (Return To Castle Wolfenstein) online you may recognise me as the player "OveR-LorD". I have made this FAQ for the following reasons * No one else has. * I wish i had one when i started * I got bored at home so what better way to spend my day exept playing this game. I am currently writing about 7 other FAQs which i am hoping to post on www.gameFAQs.com and www.Neoseeker.com very soon, these FAQs include "Aliens Versus Predator" and "Gunman Chronicles" and many more. I do most of my FAQs with the help of other people because it makes life so much easier so if you want to help me or offer advice to me on an FAQ please send me your ideas and i will try and get back to you and of course credit will be given where credit is due. ============================================================================= III) Overview To "Return To Castle Wolfenstein" ============================================================================= Return to Castle Wolfenstein is the sequal to the big hit classic "Wolfenstein" which most people will know as the first ever first person shooter, and so you should the game was (To Put It simply) Brilliant. Return to Castle Wolfenstein however has been made much later on and i will list the changes because of that. * Much Much better graphics * Much Better Sounds and Sound quality * Much better level design, for example Stairs! * Video Scenes to set the story * A proper story line * A brilliant atmosphere on the levels This all together make Return To Castle Wolfenstein a world beater. The Game is set in the War and you have been captured by the Nazis and have to escape (I know there is more but i dont want to spoil anything for anyone). ============================================================================= IV) Overview To Multiplayer "Castle Wolfenstein" ============================================================================= The Multiplayer section to "Return To Castle Wolfenstein" is very good it is split into teams of Allies and Axis (Nazis) and one team must defend and one team must attack and clear objectives to win. Imagine if you will a cross between Unreal Tournaments Assault mode, Team Fortress Classic and Counterstrike and you will get the idea. Anyway there are four classes to each side, these classes being Soldiers, Medics, Engineers, and Lieutenants and each character plays a key role to the game as each ones skills are used in a game. You can however play a game with just Engineers and win but the others are so much fun to be aswell it makes the game much more fun. ============================================================================= V) About the Engineer ============================================================================= "Defuse the Dynamite" is a phrase you may hear a lot in a game, the Engineers skill is that he can Lay and Arm, and also Defuse Dynamite. Dynamite is needed to blow up key things in multiplayer games (eg Doors). This makes the Engineer a key character he is recognisable by the big "E" in a circle on his helmet. The Engineer carries six items, these are a Knife, A Lugar or Colt (handgun), a Thompson (Sub-Machine Gun), Pineapple or Potatoe Masher (Grenades), a Pair Of Pliers (For Arming And Disarming Dynamite), and packs of Dynamite. ============================================================================= VI) ALLIED Weapons & Equipment ============================================================================= *KNIFE* The Knife is your bog standard Weapon which you only use when you have ran out of ammo, it is thrust into your enemy repeatedly until he is dead. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Very Poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Unlimited Stabs | -------------|------------------| POWER | Poor | -------------|------------------| Speed | Average | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| *COLT* The Colt Is your Handgun, it is a little bit more powerfull than the Knife and is very accurate at a long distance, it is standard Allies issue and is used by every class. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Good | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Clip Size = 8 | -------------|------------------| POWER | Poor | -------------|------------------| Speed | Average | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - Two Colts can be used at the same time and is great for taking on Enemies (Only Sinlge Player Without Cheating) *THOMPSON* The Thompson is the Engineers Sub-Machine Gun, it fires quite fast but needs frequent reloads which can be a bit of a pain in the ehat of battle, but its the best Gun The Engineer has. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Good | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Clip Size = 30 | -------------|------------------| POWER | Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | Very Good | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - This Is more powerful and accurate than the MP40 (Usefull in Single Player Games or As Soldier Or Lieutenant) *Grenade* Your Standard Grenade, Aim Hold Fire for a second and let go, it isnt hard. dont hold it for more than 4 seconds as it blows up on 5. Grenades are very useful for making enemies take alternate routes, blowing up that annoying black barbed wire, and just for giving a few unsuspecting enemies a scare. It is best used around a few enemies. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | hold 15 at a time| -------------|------------------| POWER | Very Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | slow | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | average | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - Stay away from these Grenades as they have a good blast radius and can make your teams medic's life a misery. *Pliers* Your Pliers cannot attack but are needed to Arm And Disarm You Dynamite. Just press and hold to arm, and press and hold to disarm. Hold until the Blue Bar is full and resets. TIP - Do Not try and disarm dynamite that has been armed for over 25 seconds as they blow up after 30 seconds. *Dynamite* USefull for objectives and for blowing up enemies. You have to drop the Dynamite and then arm it with the pliers that appear once you have dropped the TNT, to disarm Dynamite approach it and crouch and hold fire with your pliers out facing the TNT. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Very Poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Unlimited | -------------|------------------| POWER | Very Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | Very Slow | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | average | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - Place Dynamite in a tunnel where enemies come and it will make them look for an alternate route. ============================================================================= VII) AXIS Weapons & Equipment ============================================================================= *KNIFE* The Knife is your bog standard Weapon which you only use when you have ran out of ammo, it is thrust into your enemy repeatedly until he is dead. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Very Poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Unlimited Stabs | -------------|------------------| POWER | Poor | -------------|------------------| Speed | Average | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| *LUGAR* The Lugar Is your Handgun, it is a little bit more powerfull than the Knife and is very accurate at a long distance, it is standard Allies issue and is used by every class. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Good | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Clip Size = 8 | -------------|------------------| POWER | Poor | -------------|------------------| Speed | Average | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - The Lugar Can be silenced for taking out enemies quietly (Only Sinlge Player Without Cheating) *THOMPSON* The Thompson is the Engineers Sub-Machine Gun, it fires quite fast but needs frequent reloads which can be a bit of a pain in the ehat of battle, but its the best Gun The Engineer has. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Good | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Clip Size = 30 | -------------|------------------| POWER | Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | Very Good | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | Good | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - This Is more powerful and accurate than the MP40 (Usefull in Single Player Games or As Soldier Or Lieutenant) *Grenade / Potatoe Masher* Your Standard Grenade, Aim Hold Fire for a second and let go, it isnt hard. dont hold it for more than 4 seconds as it blows up on 5. Grenades are very useful for making enemies take alternate routes, blowing up that annoying black barbed wire, and just for giving a few unsuspecting enemies a scare. It is best used around a few enemies. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | hold 15 at a time| -------------|------------------| POWER | Very Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | slow | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | average | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - Stay away from these Grenades as they have a good blast radius and can make your teams medic's life a misery. *Pliers* Your Pliers cannot attack but are needed to Arm And Disarm You Dynamite. Just press and hold to arm, and press and hold to disarm. Hold until the Blue Bar is full and resets. TIP - Do Not try and disarm dynamite that has been armed for over 25 seconds as they blow up after 30 seconds. *Dynamite* USefull for objectives and for blowing up enemies. You have to drop the Dynamite and then arm it with the pliers that appear once you have dropped the TNT, to disarm Dynamite approach it and crouch and hold fire with your pliers out facing the TNT. ________________________________ _____________|__________________| RANGE | Very Poor | -------------|------------------| AMMO | Unlimited | -------------|------------------| POWER | Very Good | -------------|------------------| Speed | Very Slow | -------------|------------------| ACCURACY | average | -------------|------------------| _____________|__________________| TIP - Place Dynamite in a tunnel where enemies come and it will make them look for an alternate route. ============================================================================= VIII) Tactics ============================================================================= Engineers are average in battle so the best tactic is follow soldiers and get a soldier to cover you when laying Dynamite and arming it. Also Try to avoid too much confrontation with the enemy as you only have limited ammunition. ============================================================================= IX) Contact Information ============================================================================= If you would Like To Contact me about this FAQ or any other matter involving FPS (First Person Shooter) games then please email me at - CJ_ELWELL@hotmail.com or if you have MSN Messenger my name is ELWELL and uses the above Email. If you want to Look at Wolfenstein on the Web here are some useful links * http://www.planetwolfenstein.com * http://www.castlewolfenstein.com * http://www.IDsoftware.com ============================================================================= X) Special Thanks ============================================================================= I would like to thank the following for the following reasons. * ID Software - for making such a brilliant game * The Staff at Planet Wolfenstein - for including the latest Mods And Patches * My Girlfriend for telling me about this game being so good to start with. * My good friend Fatal Zapper who helped my layout of this FAQ. * also DLH.net for posting this FAQ * also GameFAQs for posting this FAQ * also NeoSeeker for posting this FAQ and finally * Thank you for reading. ============================================================================= XI) Legal Stuff ============================================================================= Ok heres the Important Bit! This FAQ belongs only to Elwell. It has been written for free access from http://www.gamefaqs.com http://www.neoseeker.com http://Dlh.net and therefore cannot be used on any other site without my permission. Feel free to e-mail me and ask me for usage of this FAQ at: - CJ_Elwell@Hotmail.com This FAQ is Copyright ELwell, 2003