appname longname description fileLoc contact url A-10 Cuba! A-10 Cuba! v.1.2 Faster framerates, more weapons in network games, netowrk messaging and optimization, better joystick control, detachable chutes and other fixes and tweaks. PATCHES\A10P1_2.ZIP Activision http://www.activision.com Air Warrior II Air Warrior II v.1.02b Fixes bugs causing garbled CPIDs in certain situations and in-flight disconnects. Adds more visible planes, so that in offline play up to 40 aircraft are visible, with 84 in online. New "What if" missions in the mission editor allow any country to have any type of plane. The "invite to squad" item on the right mouse button menu in the player list can now be used to create a new squadron. There are also new explosion animations and a full screen text buffer. PATCHES\AW2101B.ZIP Interactive Magic http://www.imagicgames.com Carmageddon Carmageddon 3Dfx Beta Upgrade Early patch for 3Dfx cards. PATCHES\CARMVUS2.ZIP Interplay http://www.interplay.com F/A-18 Hornet F/A-18 hORNET 3.0.1 DirectX3 is now supported. The game will work even if no sound card/driver is present. Numerous networking bugs have been fixed. Player connections are more reliable. Direct IP networking is now available so Internet games can be played without requiring Kali/Kahn. Physical effects have been added for missile hits. The view system has been improved, and a padlock view added. Other AI, stability, and flight model tweaks have been made. PATCHES\F19301B2.ZIP Interplay http://www.interplay.com Imperium Galactica Imperium Galactica 1.2 In the rank of Commander, the traders leaving the Zeuson planet (if it was under blockade) did not have the correct text appearing in space war. This is fixed. If you played the game for a very long time, it might have happened that one of your last ground battles did not end. This bug has been fixed, the ground battles will always end. There was a limit to the number of buildings that could be built in the galaxy. This number was 5000 which some players found limiting (especially at longer games). Also, on one of the planets the enemy forces could deploy their tanks into positions from where they couldn't exit. This has been fixed as well. PATCHES\IGUPD12E.ZIP GT Interactive http://www.gtinteractive.com Interstate '76 Interstate '76 v.1.081 (Beta 3D card patch) Currently supports: Diamond Monster 3D, Orchid Righteous 3D, Deltron RealVision Flash, Hercules Stingray 128 3D, Creative Blaster 3D, Sierra Screamin' 3D, Intergraph Intense 3D, Canopus Total 3D, and STB Nitro 3D. Adds bilinear filtering, MIP mapping, and hardware acceleration. PATCHES\I76V1081.ZIP Activision http://www.activision.com MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries v.1.081 (beta 3D card patch) Currently supports: Diamond Monster 3D, Orchid Righteous 3D, Deltron RealVision Flash, Hercules Stingray 128 3D, Creative Blaster 3D, Sierra Screamin' 3D, Intergraph Intense 3D, Canopus Total 3D, and STB Nitro 3D. Adds bilinear filtering, MIP mapping, and hardware acceleration. PATCHES\MD3D1091.EXE Activision http://www.activision.com Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal v.1.50 Fixes compatibility issue with old saved games, adds Draenor tileset and new heroes to the map editor, and prevents ceating in multi-player games. PATCHES\W2XPTCH.ZIP Blizzard Software http://www.blizzard.com Zork Nemesis Zork Nemesis Subtitle Upgrade Patch This patch adds subtitles to all movies, voice-overs, and key sound effects in Zork Nemesis PATCHES\ZNPATCH.EXE Activision http://www.activision.com Doom II WAD Doom II WAD: Dead 10 WAD files are actually add-on scenarios for DOOM II Here's the standard procedure on using WADs. First, copy the WAD file to your DOOM2 directory. Then type: DOOM2 -FILE WADNAME.WAD * where -FILE = would appear just as it is * where WADNAME.WAD = is the name of the WAD file you wish to load i.e. To run the DEAD10.WAD for Doom 2, type: DOOM2 -FILE DEAD10.WAD. As with all WADS, updates, add-ons or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. DOOM2\DEAD10.WAD No contact info available Doom II WAD Doom II WAD: Sgt. Magnus WAD files are actually add-on scenarios for DOOM II Here's the standard procedure on using WADs. First, copy the WAD file to your DOOM2 directory. Then type: DOOM2 -FILE WADNAME.WAD * where -FILE = would appear just as it is * where WADNAME.WAD = is the name of the WAD file you wish to load i.e. To run the DEAD10.WAD for Doom 2, type: DOOM2 -FILE DEAD10.WAD. As with all WADS, updates, add-ons or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. DOOM2\MAGNUS.BAT No contact info available WarCraft II PUD WarCraft II PUD: Fortress Gleicnor Warcraft II PUDs are actually additional scenarios for the game. To load a Warcraft II level, copy the file into your Warcraft II directory (usually \WAR2). Once you've copied the PUD to the Warcraft II directory, load Warcraft II as usual. Select a Single Player game. Select the Custom Scenarios (not the Built in Scenarios!). The new PUD should appear in this listing. For example, if the name of the file is KINGS2X.PUD. KINGS2X should appear in the Custom Scenario list once it's copied over to the WARCRAFT II directory. As with all WADS, updates, add-ons or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. WAR2\GLEICNOR.PUD No contact info available http://www. WarCraft II PUD WarCraft II PUD: Game of Kings Warcraft II PUDs are actually additional scenarios for the game. To load a Warcraft II level, copy the file into your Warcraft II directory (usually \WAR2). Once you've copied the PUD to the Warcraft II directory, load Warcraft II as usual. Select a Single Player game. Select the Custom Scenarios (not the Built in Scenarios!). The new PUD should appear in this listing. For example, if the name of the file is KINGS2X.PUD. KINGS2X should appear in the Custom Scenario list once it's copied over to the WARCRAFT II directory. As with all WADS, updates, add-ons or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. WAR2\KINGS2X.PUD No contact info available http://www. Quake BSP Quake BSP: Chaag Quake Levels (also known as BSP) are add-on levels. You have to follow a few simple steps to load these new levels. STEP 1: Copy the file to your \QUAKE\ID1\MAPS directory. STEP 2: Load the Quake game as usual. STEP 3: Once the game is loaded, hit the ESC key to bring up the console and type MAP followed by the name of the file. For example, if the filename is CHAAG, you would type: MAP CHAAG at the console. As with all add-on levels, updates, or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. QUAKE\CHAAG.BSP No contact info available http://www. Quake BSP Quake BSP: MYKD1 Quake Levels (also known as BSP) are add-on levels. You have to follow a few simple steps to load these new levels. STEP 1: Copy the file to your \QUAKE\ID1\MAPS directory. STEP 2: Load the Quake game as usual. STEP 3: Once the game is loaded, hit the ESC key to bring up the console and type MAP followed by the name of the file. For example, if the filename is CHAAG, you would type: MAP CHAAG at the console. As with all add-on levels, updates, or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. QUAKE\MYKD1.BSP No contact info available http://www. Quake add-on QuadQuake Shareware This is a shareware add-on for Quake that allows you to play four different characters in a 3rd person view. It features 25+ new weapons, five new enemies, and special maps customized for QuadQuake The install is different from a standard add-on. You'll need to create an QUAD directory within your Quake directory (i.e. if Quake is installed to C:\QUAKE, you'll create a C:\QUAKE\QUAD directory). You can then put all the QuadQuake files within the QUAD subdirectory. Run QuadQuake by typing QUAKE - GAME QUAD at the command line. There is also a QUADQUAK.TXT file that may be helpful, or unzip the QQMANUAL.ZIP file for HTML directions with pictures. QUAKEFVF\QUADQUAK.ZIP No contact info available http://www. Duke Nukem Levels Duke Nukem 3D: Akrid To load a custom Duke Nukem level, copy the file into your Duke Nukem directory (usually \DUKE3D). Once you've copied the file to the Duke Nukem 3D directory, load Duke Nukem by typing SETUP instead of DUKE3D. Then choose the "Select User Level" option. The new MAP should appear in this listing. For example, if the name of the file is AKRID.MAP, AKRID should appear in the "Select User Level" list once it's copied over to the Duke Nukem 3D directory. As with all add-on levels, updates, or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. DUKE3D\AKRID.MAP No contact info available http://www. Duke Nukem Levels Duke Nukem 3D: Slooth To load a custom Duke Nukem level, copy the file into your Duke Nukem directory (usually \DUKE3D). Once you've copied the file to the Duke Nukem 3D directory, load Duke Nukem by typing SETUP instead of DUKE3D. Then choose the "Select User Level" option. The new MAP should appear in this listing. For example, if the name of the file is AKRID.MAP, AKRID should appear in the "Select User Level" list once it's copied over to the Duke Nukem 3D directory. As with all add-on levels, updates, or patches make sure your original files are backed up. PC Gamer will not accept any responsibility for problems caused by these files. DUKE3D\SLOOTH.MAP No contact info available http://www. C&C: Red Alert C&C: The Blitz To load a Command & Conquer: Red Alert level (known as MPRs), copy the file into your Red Alert directory (usually \WESTWOOD\REDALERT). If the file is zipped, unzip it using PKUNZIP or WINZIP (not provided with this CD). Once you've copied the level to the Red Alert directory, load Red Alert as usual. The levels can only be played in Multiplayer mode, either against other players, or against the computer in Skirmish mode. Simply start up a multiplayer game as usual, and select the new map as the scenario to play (the new maps usually appear at the bottom of the list). For example, if the name of the file is RIVERCRO.MPR, River Crossroads should appear in the Scenario list once it's copied over to the \WESTWOOD\REDALERT directory. REDALERT\THEBLIT1.MPR No contact info available http://www. C&C: Red Alert C&C: Wolf's Den To load a Command & Conquer: Red Alert level (known as MPRs), copy the file into your Red Alert directory (usually \WESTWOOD\REDALERT). If the file is zipped, unzip it using PKUNZIP or WINZIP (not provided with this CD). Once you've copied the level to the Red Alert directory, load Red Alert as usual. The levels can only be played in Multiplayer mode, either against other players, or against the computer in Skirmish mode. Simply start up a multiplayer game as usual, and select the new map as the scenario to play (the new maps usually appear at the bottom of the list). For example, if the name of the file is RIVERCRO.MPR, River Crossroads should appear in the Scenario list once it's copied over to the \WESTWOOD\REDALERT directory. REDALERT\WOLF'SD0.MPR No contact info available http://www.