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2.2 THE VIEW CONTROLS
The View Controls allow you to manipulate the view of the Earth in
the Geoscape.
Click on the up or down arrows to tilt the view of the Earth up or
down.
Click on the left or right arrows to rotate the view of the Earth to the
left or right (about the Earth’s polar axis).
Click on the icon to increase the magnification of the Geoscape.
Click on the icon to decrease the magnification of the Geoscape.
Click on the Geoscape using the Right Mouse Button to center the
display on that location.
2.3 THE TIME CONTROLS
The Time Controls allow you to adjust the rate at which time passes
in the game.
Time may be accelerated from 5 seconds stages to 1 minute,
5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour and 1 day segments. This means that
you may cut out the long periods of waiting for X-COM radar to
detect a UFO. To select a particular rate of time passage, click on any
of the six Time Control buttons.
The passage of time is suspended when any of the Geoscape Menu
Options are accessed.
2.4 THE GAME TIME
X-COM UFO Defense begins at 12.00pm on January 1st, 1999. All
game times are given in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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