Naval Ops Series/Kurogane no Houkou 2: Warship Commander/Secrets And Gameplay Info
General Gameplay Info
Keyboard Hotkeys
- Up/Down Arrow: Increase/decrease speed
- Left/Right Arrow: Turn ship to the left/right
- 1-7: Toggle weapon group state (manual, auto, disabled)
- Numpad 0/Numpad 1: Toggle anti-air or anti-surface mode
- Numpad Enter: Toggle HUD overlay
- Numpad +: Toggle weapon/formation panel overlay
- Ctrl: Toggle free look camera
- Tab: Toggle health bar
- Insert/Delete: Launch/recall aircraft
- Home/End/PageUp/PageDown: Switch escort formations
- Ctrl+Alt+Z: Self destructs player ship
- Alt+1/Alt+2/Alt+3: Self destructs escort ship 1/2/3
- F1: Pause the game and display hotkey list
- Esc: Abort stage
Lifeboats
Rescuing lifeboat restores around 1% of ship health. Escort ship may collect lifeboats to restore their health as well.
Custom Escort Ship and Aircraft
When deploying aircraft from escort ship (through Extra Kit's custom escort ship feature), their kills don't count towards player score tally because the game views aircraft and ships deployed by them as friendly NPC instead of player owned.
Dynamic Difficulty
The game adjusts individual stage difficulty according to how many deployment points used by the player fleet. Higher deployment points may spawn additional bonus objectives, red transports and even high end enemies including superweapons and silly ships and aircraft that usually appears in postgame areas.
Multiple Ending
There are multiple endings depending on how many deployment points are used by the player when completing stage F-11 "Roar of Light" (光の咆哮).
Rank and Class Pay
Additional mission completion class is rewarded depending on player rank and ship class used. Higher rank also increases penalty score from failing a stage.
In base Kurogane no Houkou 2 higher rank gives higher part sell price although this no longer applies in Extra Kit.
| Japanese Rank Name | English Rank Name | Score Required for Promotion | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 二等水兵 | Sailor Second Class | 0 | 500 |
| 一等水兵 | Sailor First Class | 25000 | 750 |
| 上等水兵 | Private Sailor | 50000 | 1000 |
| 兵長 | Commander-in-Chief | 100000 | 1250 |
| 二等兵曹 | Petty Officer Second Class | 200000 | 1500 |
| 一等兵層 | Private First Class | 300000 | 2000 |
| 上等兵曹 | Sergeant | 400000 | 2500 |
| 候補生 | Cadet | 750000 | 3000 |
| 少尉 | Second Lieutenant | 1000000 | 4000 |
| 中尉 | First Lieutenant | 2000000 | 5000 |
| 大尉 | Captain | 3500000 | 6000 |
| 少佐 | Major | 5000000 | 7000 |
| 中佐 | Lieutenant Colonel | 7500000 | 8000 |
| 大佐 | Colonel | 10000000 | 9000 |
| 少将 | Major General | 40000000 | 10000 |
| 中将 | Lieutenant General | 30000 | |
| 大将 | General | 100000000 | 50000 |
| 元帥 | Marshal | 200000000 | 100000 |
Additional score multiplier also varies depending on ship class used with destroyer having the highest score multiplier and battleship having the lowest
| Ship Class | Bonus | Score Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| Destroyer | 3000 | 30 |
| Cruiser | 2000 | 10 |
| Aircraft Carrier | 2500 | 15 |
| Battleship | 500 | 1 |
| Battlecarrier | 500 | 3 |
Secrets
Bonus Area
Area G is unlocked by reaching General rank (100 million score) and completing stage F-11 "Roar of Light" (光の咆哮), afterwards Area H is unlocked by completing Area G.
Skyscraper Survival Mode (摩天楼サバイバルモード)
Requires both base Kurogane no Houkou 2 and Extra Kit installed. A special survival mode where the player plays as the Wolkenkratzer supership is unlocked by achieving Marshal rank (200 million score)
