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C.H.A.O.S
Combat Helicopter Assault Operation Simulator
GAME DESCRIPTION
Version #4.0
All work developed in accordance with game inventor, SKY JET INTERNATIONAL
All rights reserved.
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Contests
C.H.A.O.S ............................................................................................................................................ 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSAULT OPERATION SIMULATOR ................................................. 1
GAME DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................................... 1
ABOUT THE GAME ............................................................................................................................ 4
GAME MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 5
MENU OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 7
MENU PROFILE ....................................................................................................................................... 7
HANGAR MENU ....................................................................................................................................... 9
SHOP Menu ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Helicopter characteristics and upgrade ....................................................................................... 11
MISSIONS MENU .................................................................................................................................. 14
MULTIPLAYER MENU ........................................................................................................................... 15
Statistics .......................................................................................................................................... 16
SETTINGS MENU .................................................................................................................................. 17
INFO MENU ........................................................................................................................................... 18
MENU SHOP ............................................................................................................................................ 19
GAME PROCESS .............................................................................................................................. 20
GAME START ........................................................................................................................................... 20
BUYING A HELICOPTER............................................................................................................................. 20
TRAINING MISSIONS ................................................................................................................................ 20
MULTIPLAYER ..................................................................................................................................... 20
GAME INTERFACE AND CONTROL .............................................................................................................. 21
HELICOPTER CONTROL ................................................................................................................ 23
HELICOPTER CONTROL ON IPAD/ IPHONE ................................................................................................. 23
HELICOPTER CONTROL ON PC .................................................................................................................. 26
Standard control ............................................................................................................................. 26
Helicopter control for right-handed players ............................................................................... 27
Helicopter control for left-handed players .................................................................................. 27
Common for right- and left-handed players (mouse control) ................................................. 28
OTHER INFORMATION AND SYMBOLS .................................................................................... 29
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RANKING AND RATING SYSTEM ............................................................................................... 30
RANKS, POINTS AND HELICOPTERS AVAILABLE .......................................................................................... 30
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ABOUT THE GAME
C.H.A.O.S (Combat helicopter assault operational simulator) is a multiplayer helicopter
simulation game. The game offers a wide range of combat helicopters for piloting and
combat employment in various combat conditions.
Helicopter is a unique aircraft able to take off and land vertically on unprepared
ground, on decks of moving ships and even on roofs of buildings, hover at an altitude
of 6000 meters and rapidly turn around in a horizontal plane, fly sideways and tail first.
Powerful modern weapons systems, high maneuverability, sturdy armor and effective
means of attack make combat helicopters an effective and formidable weapon,
indispensable in any modern military conflict. Military helicopters are designed to
perform different combat missions: fire support, assault, reconnaissance,
transportation, rescue and many others. The availability and composition of helicopter
fleet largely determines the level of equipment of the armed forces of any country.
Besides player's helicopter, the game includes a great number of other helicopters, sea
and land military equipment controlled by computer program or artificial intelligence
(AI). They help to create a variety of combat situations. If the character created and
controlled by the player successfully fulfills combat tasks, it increases its rating and is
promoted to the next rank.
The game can be played as a standalone (offline) as well as in multiplayer-network
(online) mode.
Game genre is a mix of Arcade Simulator, Shooter and Role-playing (RPG).
Arcade Simulator allows you to easily operate a helicopter following your intuition, to
perform complicated maneuvers and use various weapons systems.
Shooter allows you to use helicopter weapons observing the targets in first-person
view (out of a helicopter cockpit) as well as from the sidelines.
RPG allows players to select different types of helicopters, configure them increasing
their combat capabilities, to accumulate experience for selected characters and earn
"game" money.
According to its complexity and fascination C.H.A.O.S falls into the category of casual
games. It won't take you long to get to know the game and its thorough optimization
makes it possible to use it on a wide range of mobile devices and personal computers.
The basic platforms for C.H.A.O.S game are iPhone/iPad, mobile devices running
Android 3.0, Windows 7, Mac OS (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion).
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GAME MENU
Number of
players online
Current
profile
Amount of
gold
Amount
of silver
Fuel
Buy gold
Fig. 1 Main menu
PROFILE - allows you to create a new account, view your rank,
experience level and amount of earned virtual money.
HANGAR – allows you to view current characteristics of the helicopter,
to pay for the upgrade and purchase additional equipment.
MISSIONS - offers a range of missions of increasing complexity level.
The missions get more complicated as you go on. Accomplished missions
earn the player virtual money, increase your experience level and
promote you to the next rank.
MULTIPLAYER – allows you to play the game with other players via the
Internet.
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SETTINGS – allows you to adjust sound and music volume, select menu
language and set helicopter parameters
INFO – provides information about the game and its creators.
BUY GOLD – gold is necessary to purchase premium helicopters, 3rd
level upgrades and for refueling
FUEL – the time of flight on which fuel is enough
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MENU OPTIONS
Menu PROFILE
Player
Statistics
Buttons Store/Restore
Experience
Arrows changing
profiles
Rank
Tab
«Rewards»
Creating new pilot
Fig. 2 Menu PROFILE
This menu displays information about the selected game character (Pilot), his rank,
statistics and awards. The gained experience allows you to choose more complex
missions for playing. The earned money allows buying more powerful helicopters and
paying for improvement of their combat skills.
In the third line of the menu two values separated by a slash are situated. The first
value – current value of experience, the second one is the amount of experience
necessary to obtain the next rank.
“New Pilot” button should be pressed to create a new Pilot than input field appears
where you can enter New Pilot’s name. Enter a name into the corresponding field (see
Fig. 3), click Create button. To remove Pilot click button Remove.
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Input field for
Pilot’s name
Button for profile
creation
Fig. 3 Creating the Profile of a new Pilot
Choice of Pilot’s Profile (if there is more than 1 Pilot) is performed by clicking on right
and left arrows in Menu – Profile. After the profile is selected (or created) click BACK
button to go to the Main Menu.
To save your profile to the server click on STORE button, to load it click on RESTORE
(see Fig. 2). This allows you to save profile data when changing versions of the game.
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HANGAR Menu
Helicopter’s
Title
Button redirecting
to Shop
Button for selling
the helicopter
Button for
repairing the
helicopter
Specification
of the
helicopter
Helicopter
upgrades
Buttons to select
helicopters
Fig. 4 HANGAR Menu
Menu HANGAR displays the helicopter models that you have purchased and can be
used in the game as well as their current specification. To purchase additional
helicopters go to the Menu SHOP. To sell the selected helicopter click SELL button. If
you sell the helicopter you’ll get 45% of the amount consisting of the initial cost of the
helicopter and the cost of all upgrades. To upgrade the helicopter choose the needed
one and pay for the upgrade. To repair the helicopter choose Repair button. If you do
not repair the helicopter its characteristics will be worsen.
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SHOP Menu
Helicopter’s
title
Button redirecting
to Hangar
Information about
the helicopter
Specification
of the
helicopter
Price of the
helicopter
Fig. 5 SHOP Menu
Buttons to select
helicopters
The availability of helicopters depends on Pilot's rank. The higher the rank is, the more
powerful helicopters are available for purchase. To select a helicopter from the list, use
LEFR and RIGHT arrows. Characteristics of the selected helicopter will be displayed in
the left part of the page and helicopter name will be shown above its icon (see Fig.5).
If you have enough money, an offer to BUY will be displayed along with helicopter
name and its cost. To buy the helicopter, click the icon with this offer. For more
information about the helicopter, click INFO button in the upper right corner of the
screen.
Premium helicopters in the Shop have golden stroke and can be bought only for Gold.
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Helicopter characteristics and upgrade
Helicopter characteristics are displayed in HANGAR menu (see Fig.4). Each helicopter
has its own characteristics: some are faster, more maneuverable, but lightly armed,
others are armored and heavily armed. The following characteristics are taken into
consideration:
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Control - defines maneuvering capabilities of the helicopter, such as linear and
angular velocity, rate of climb;
Strength - determines physical protection of the helicopter, i.e. the number of
bullet / shell / missile hits it can stand until complete destruction;
Bullet damage - shows how much strength the enemy will lose if your bullet hits
the target;
Missile damage - shows how much strength the enemy will lose when is hit by
your missile;
Guided missile damage - shows how much strength the enemy will lose in
contact with your guided missile;
Ammunition - shows how many bullets / missiles / guided missiles your helicopter
can carry.
Condition - displays the level of helicopter damage (percent)
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Current
parameter
meaning
Increment from
the upgrade
Specification
of the
helicopter
Cost of the
selected
upgrade
Fig. 6 Menu HANGAR, specifications and upgrades
Upgrades allow increasing control, hit points and damage to enemy from your
weapons. Upgrades of each type have 3 stages. Each stage of upgrade provides
increasing of related specification. The number of shaded stars shows the stage of
upgrade of each specification (Fig. 6). Last stage of upgrade is available only for gold.
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Increment after
repairing
Current
helicopter
condition
Repair price
Fig. 7 Helicopter repair
If your helicopter is damaged its performance is getting worse. To restore performance
of the helicopter you need to repair it by choosing option REPAIR (Fig. 7).
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MISSIONS Menu
Mission task
Mission name
Mission
complexity
level
Mission
accomplished
Mission list
Fig. 8 MISSIONS Menu
MISSIONS menu includes a number of missions of different complexity level. Having
accomplished simple missions and increases its experience, the Pilot is given the
possibility to select more complicated missions. Each mission (except for LESSON and
TESTING) has 3 complexity levels. Accomplished missions are marked with a relevant
symbol (Fig.8).
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MULTIPLAYER Menu
Number of players
online
Fig. 9 Menu MULTIPLAYER
Click to choose
between offline or
online game mode
MULTIPLAYER menu provides you the ability to play with other players around the
world via Internet by clicking on MULTIPLAYER button.
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Statistics
After the fight the results are shown which show the number of kills, deaths, gained
experience and earned money.
Gained experience
and earned money
Player’s
name
Fig. 10 Statistics
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SETTINGS Menu
Fig. 11 SETTINGS Menu
In OPTIONS menu you can configure the sensitivity, define the interface language as
well as the volume of sounds and music.
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INFO Menu
Fig. 12 INFO Menu
INFO menu provides information about helicopter control, the game and its creators.
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Menu Shop
Amount of Gold you
buy
Exchange of gold
for silver
Price for Gold
Confirmation of
exchange
Fig. 13 Menu SHOP
Shop located in the main menu allows you to buy gold. Gold is necessary to purchase
premium helicopters, 3rd level upgrades and for refueling.
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GAME PROCESS
Game start
As you've launched the game and seen the splash screen, you find yourself in the
MAIN menu. To start the game, it is necessary to create a Pilot and its profile (see
PROFILE Menu).
Buying a helicopter
As you’ve created a Pilot and its profile, you find yourself in HANGAR menu. After
creation each pilot is credited with $100 000 to be able to buy one of the two
helicopters of the first level. To purchase a helicopter, the player should go to SHOP
menu, select a helicopter and click BUY (see Buying a helicopter). Helicopter purchase
is completed. To return to MAIN menu, click BACK button.
Training missions
Training missions give the possibility to gain experience and earn money. 8 missions
are available to you including one introduction mission – LESSON, one demonstration
mission – TESTING and two training missions – FLIGHT and FIRING with 2 levels of
complexity each. The player is credited with certain amount of money and experience
for each training mission accomplished. For more details see MISSIONS Menu.
MULTIPLAYER
Use Multiplayer to play with other players via the Internet. For more details see
MULTIPLAYER Menu.
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Game interface and control
Pause, camera
switching, calibration
Strength,
remaining
time, lives
Targets
Sight
On-screen
joystick
Missiles
Gun
Fig. 14 Game screen
Guided
missiles
Indicators of strength, remaining time of the mission and remaining number of lives
are displayed in the upper left corner of the screen. Pause, Camera switching and
Calibration buttons are displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.
Clicking on the Pause icon will take you to SETTINGS menu where you can change
relevant parameters. For more details see SETTINGS Menu. To resume the game, click
RESUME button, to exit the game, click EXIT TO MENU, to restart the mission, click
RESTART.
Clicking Camera switching button, you can change camera view from sidelines to first
person view (out of the helicopter cockpit) and back.
To center your iPad / iPhone, place it in a position that you want to take as "zero" for
the position sensor and click Calibration icon.
The sight (crosshair) with guided missile sight ring (circle around the crosshair) is
displayed in the center of the screen. To target your guided missile towards the enemy
helicopter, aim the sight at it. When guided missile is aimed at a target, a polygon is
displayed inside the sight ring. The more ready for launch is missile, the smaller
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becomes the polygon. The polygon is selected when missile is absolutely ready for
launch.
Gun, missile, guided missile launch icons are located in the lower left corner of the
screen. The information about the amount of remaining ammunition is displayed inside
the icons.
On-screen joystick is located in the lower left corner of the screen. Its functionality is
described in Helicopter Control section. See HELICOPTER CONTROL section.
Replenishment of ammunition
To replenish the ammunition, it is necessary to collect the following bonuses:
Blue shield increases your strength by 100 points.
Red missile increases the number of your missiles by 75 and guided
missiles by 5.
Green bullet replenishes your gun by 150 points.
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HELICOPTER CONTROL
Helicopter control on iPad/ iPhone
To move the helicopter back and forward, tilt the iPad back and forward. To move the
helicopter to the right and to the left, tilt the iPad right and left (see Fig.15).
Fig. 15 Motion control.
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You can also move the helicopter back and forward, to the right, to the left with the
help of on-screen joystick (Fig.16).
Fig. 16 On-screen joystick control
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Sensor can be calibrated by clicking Calibration button. The current position of the
device will be taken as “zero”.
Fig. 17 Sensor calibration
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Helicopter control on PC
Standard control
Control stick to the left, pitch to the left, move to the
left
Control stick to the right, pitch to the right, move to
the right
Control stick up, climb
Control stick down, descent
Push control stick, pitch forward, move forward
Pull control stick, pitch backward, move backward
Right pedal, clockwise rotation
Left pedal, anticlockwise rotation
Missile launch button
Guided missile launch button
Rearview camera button
Camera switching button
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Space – gun shooting
Helicopter control for right-handed players
Control stick to the left
Control stick to the right
Control stick, climb
Control stick, descent
Helicopter control for left-handed players
Control stick to the left
Control stick to the right
Control stick up, climb
Control stick down, descent
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Common for right- and left-handed players (mouse control)
Guided missiles shooting (space)
Control stick (mouse scroll)
Gun shooting (left mouse button)
Missile shooting (right mouse button)
Right pedal, clockwise rotation
Left pedal, anticlockwise rotation
Push control stick, pitch forward, move
forward
Pull control stick, pitch backward, move
backward
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OTHER INFORMATION AND SYMBOLS
Clicking pause during the game, it is possible to go back to main
menu and change the settings
Camera switching
Relevant symbol is displayed on the screen when approaching
to an obstacle
If a guided missile is targeted towards your helicopter, you will
be notified by a sound alert and relevant symbol
If the maximum altitude is reached, you will be notified by a
relevant symbol
Strength margin. The current strength value of your helicopter
is displayed to the right of the symbol
Time left till the end of the mission/game or time past since the
beginning of the mission
Number of hit aeroballs/total number of aeroballs
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RANKING AND RATING SYSTEM
The game has a ranking and rating system. The player is promoted to the next rank
according to the points earned. Besides, successful fights and accomplished missions
gain the player virtual money which can be spent on new helicopters and their
upgrade.
Every player starts with RECRUIT rank and initial amount of money of $100 000 which
is enough to buy only one 1st level helicopter and purchase some upgrades.
In single player mode the user gets experience points only for performing the mission
for the first time, i.e. only once. The user is credited with money even if the mission is
repeated (except Training mode). In multiplayer mode experience points and money
are given after every fight.
Ranks, points and helicopters available
Rank (Russia/NATO)
Points, XP
Helicopters
Recruit
0
MD500; Bell UH-1 «Iroquois»
Second lieutenant
50000
SA.332 «Super Puma»; Ми-8 «Hip»
First lieutenant
100000
Мi-24 «Hind»; AH-1W «Super
Cobra»
Captain
250000
Ка-50 «Black Shark»; PAH-2/HAC
«Tiger»
Major
500000
Ка-52 «Alligator»; AH-64D
«Apache»
Lieutenant Colonel
1000000
UH-60 «Black Hawk»; Mi-28
«Havoc»
Colonel
2000000
RAH-66 «Comanche»
General
5000000
Ка-58 «Black Ghost»
XP – Experience
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