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A Touch of War
A Touch of War
General
Author	JimmyL
Type	Strategy
Version	0.11c
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2008/04/21
Links
	Download
	Website

Latest revision as of 11:28, 20 August 2024

A touch of war is an advanced real time strategy (RTS) game for the NDS with online support.

Installation

Download AToW-0.11c.zip.

Extract the .nds file to the apps folder.

Run A Touch Of War from your apps menu.

User guide

Basics

Navigating:

Tap L to swap the screens.
On Main Screen, Hold L and drag the pen to move the view. This can also be done with the D-Pad.
On the minimap, just touch the screen or drag around to shift the view.

Selecting/Moving units:

Touch a unit to select him, drag a box around several units to select them all.
Touch anywhere on the screen other than units/buildings to move the selected units there.
On the minimap screen, hold L and drag a box to select multiple units.
On the minimap screen, hold L and touch a location to make units move there.

Resources

Gathering:

Send workers near trees or gold mines to make them gather resources.
Send workers near newly placed buildings to make them build them.
In Defensive mode, workers will work on whatever is nearest them, and not stop working even if attacked.
In Offensive mode, workers will prefer attacking and repairing buildings over working.

Building:

If you have workers selected (start with 2), you'll see two icons on the right side. Drag the House (H) icon to the left and onto the field to build a house, same for the Barracks (B).
Houses cost 125 wood and 125 gold, Barracks cost 75 of each, and towers cost 25 of each.
Houses produce more workers, select a house and touch the W icon to make one.

Military

Barracks:

They produce infantry, archers, and cavalry.

Unit groups:

There are 9 slots for remembering/setting active groups.
Have a group of units or a building selected, tap an empty slot at the top left you want to assign it to.
Tap the number again to reselect those units.
Tap it with the group already selected to center the screen to their location.
Hold the number for a half second to erase the grouping.

Controls

Operate with Stylus.

L/R - Action key

Select - Reset and re-randomize the game

Screenshots

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.
Nintendo DS	Keyboard

Changelog

v0.11c

Another bug fix, this time with the group tabs. Groups weren't getting reset between games, so if you played two games in a row and selected a group created in the first game, the game would crash. Thanks to Pilot_51 for the info.
Also finally got around to writing the high score page for the survival mode, the page is fairly ugly(similar to the Explosive Gas stats page) but seems to be working properly.

External links

Author's website - http://www.atouchofwar.com/AToW.php (archived)

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-{{Infobox homebrew
+{{Infobox DS Homebrews
-| title       = A Touch of War
+|title=A Touch of War
-| image       = [[File:AToWTitle.png]]
+|image=atouchofwar.png
-| type        = Strategy
+|description=Real-time strategy.
-| version     = 0.11c
+|author=JimmyL
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2008/04/21
-| author      = JimmyL
+|type=Strategy
-| website     =
+|version=0.11c
-| download    = Media:AToW011cds.zip
+|license=Mixed
-| source      =
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/atouchofwar_0.11c.zip
+|website=http://www.atouchofwar.com/AToW.php
+|discussion={{Tick}}
 }}
+A touch of war is an advanced real time strategy (RTS) game for the NDS with online support.
-A touch of war is an advanced RTS game for the DS with online support.
 ==Installation==
-#Download AToW-0.11c.zip
+Download AToW-0.11c.zip.
-#Extract the .nds file to the apps folder
-#Run A Touch Of War from your apps menu
-==Controls==
+Extract the .nds file to the apps folder.
-[[File:AToWv7ds.png]]
-The L(or R) button is the only button you need, everything else is on the touch screen.
+Run A Touch Of War from your apps menu.
-Select will reset and rerandomize the game.
+==User guide==
+===Basics===
+'''Navigating:'''
+* Tap L to swap the screens.
+* On Main Screen, Hold L and drag the pen to move the view. This can also be done with the D-Pad.
+* On the minimap, just touch the screen or drag around to shift the view.
-*Navigating
+'''Selecting/Moving units:'''
-Tap L to swap the screens.
+* Touch a unit to select him, drag a box around several units to select them all.
+* Touch anywhere on the screen other than units/buildings to move the selected units there.
+* On the minimap screen, hold L and drag a box to select multiple units.
+* On the minimap screen, hold L and touch a location to make units move there.
-On Main Screen, Hold L and drag the pen to move the view. This can also be done with the d-pad.
+===Resources===
+'''Gathering:'''
+* Send workers near trees or gold mines to make them gather resources.
+* Send workers near newly placed buildings to make them build them.
+* In Defensive mode, workers will work on whatever is nearest them, and not stop working even if attacked.
+* In Offensive mode, workers will prefer attacking and repairing buildings over working.
-On the minimap, just touch the screen or drag around to shift the view.
+'''Building:'''
+* If you have workers selected (start with 2), you'll see two icons on the right side. Drag the House (H) icon to the left and onto the field to build a house, same for the Barracks (B).
+* Houses cost 125 wood and 125 gold, Barracks cost 75 of each, and towers cost 25 of each.
+* Houses produce more workers, select a house and touch the W icon to make one.
-*Selecting/Moving units
+===Military===
-Touch a unit to select him, drag a box around several units to select them all.
+'''Barracks:'''
+* They produce infantry, archers, and cavalry.
-Touch anywhere on the screen other than units/buildings to move the selected units there.
+'''Unit groups:'''
+* There are 9 slots for remembering/setting active groups.
+* Have a group of units or a building selected, tap an empty slot at the top left you want to assign it to.
+* Tap the number again to reselect those units.
+* Tap it with the group already selected to center the screen to their location.
+* Hold the number for a half second to erase the grouping.
-On the minimap screen, hold L and drag a box to select multiple units.
+==Controls==
+Operate with Stylus.
-On the minimap screen, hold L and touch a location to make units move there.
+L/R - Action key
-*Gathering/Building
+Select - Reset and re-randomize the game
-Send workers near trees or gold mines to make them gather resources.
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/atouchofwar2.png
-Send workers near newly placed buildings to make them build them.
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/atouchofwar3.png
-In Defensive mode, workers will work on whatever is nearest them, and not stop working even if attacked.
-In Offensive mode, workers will prefer attacking and repairing buildings over working.
-If you have workers selected(you start with 2), you'll see two icons on the right side. Drag the House(H) icon to the left and onto the field to build a house, same for the Barracks(B).
-Houses cost 125 wood and 125 gold, Barracks cost 75 of each, and towers cost 25 of each.
-Houses produce more workers, select a house and touch the W icon to make one.
-*Military
-Barracks produce infantry, archers, and cavalry.
-*Unit Groups
-There are 9 slots for remembering/setting active groups.
-Have a group of units or a building selected, tap an empty slot at the top left you want to assign it to.
-Tap the number again to reselect those units.
-Tap it with the group already selected to center the screen to their location.
-Hold the number for a half second to erase the grouping.
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/atouchofwar4.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/atouchofwar5.png
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
+==Online emulator==
+{{EmulatorJS Main
+|width=515px
+|height=384px
+|EJS_backgroundImage=https://www.gamebrew.org/images/5/51/Atouchofwar.png
+|EJS_core=desmume2015
+|EJS_gameName=A Touch of War
+|EJS_gameUrl=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/onlineemulators/nds/atouchofwar.7z
+}}
+{{DS Control Settings}}
+<!--END Online Emulator Section-->
 ==Changelog==
-'''Change log (v0.11c)'''
+'''v0.11c'''
-*Another bug fix, this time with the group tabs. Groups weren't getting reset between games, so if you played two games in a row and selected a group created in the first game, the game would crash. Thanks to Pilot_51 for the info.
+* Another bug fix, this time with the group tabs. Groups weren't getting reset between games, so if you played two games in a row and selected a group created in the first game, the game would crash. Thanks to Pilot_51 for the info.
-*I also finally got around to writing the high score page for the survival mode, the page is fairly ugly(similar to the Explosive Gas stats page) but seems to be working properly.
+* Also finally got around to writing the high score page for the survival mode, the page is fairly ugly(similar to the Explosive Gas stats page) but seems to be working properly.
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+==External links==
+* Author's website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20210324062216/http://www.atouchofwar.com/AToW.php http://www.atouchofwar.com/AToW.php] (archived)