Longbow Patch Text File Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow v1.08F ------------------------------------------------ (C) 1996, Origin Systems, Inc. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in writing from Origin Systems, Inc. Origin Systems, Inc. believes the information contained in this document is accurate and reliable. Origin Systems, Inc. reserves the right to update this manual at any time and without notice. To find out the latest information about AH-64D Longbow, check out our Internet Web site http://www.ea.com/janes.html. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To print a hardcopy of this file, at the DOS prompt, change to the directory where this file is and type : PRINT PATCH.TXT [ENTER] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Fixes II. Modifications III. Customer Service/Tech Support ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I. FIXES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. DOS/4GW Crashes: The game has been known to crash with various video hardware and memory settings. If this happens, re-run the game using the command-line switch 'v'to possibly correct the problem. For example: 'LB v'. 2. Shift +/-: It was reported by several personnel that the Shift +/- key combinations would occasionally get stuck while in use. This has been corrected. 3. Flight Recorder / Waypoint: Some customers experienced a problem when the flight recorder was left on from mission to mission, where the previous mission's waypoints and loadout would transfer to their next mission. This has been corrected. 4. Flares listing has been removed: Flares, while not in the actual game, were listed in the remappable keyboard section. Their listing has been removed. 5. "Seven Eleven" Desert Storm Historical Mission: After completing all the Desert Storm missions, the player would receive the Kuwait Service Ribbon once, and thereafter each time they completed the mission. This has been corrected. 6. Vertical constraints on the rocket I beam: The rocket I beam is now dashed when it is vertically out of constraints with the target you are shooting at. 7. SA-15 threat line on the ASE: The SA-15 would not show up on the ASE when it was engaging the player aircraft. This has been corrected. 8. Autorotation made easier: With the improved flight model, it is now easier to perform an emergency autorotation landing. 9. Baltic Hammer service ribbon: There was a condition where you might not be awarded the Baltic Hammer Service Ribbon. This has been corrected. 10. Loadout/ Janes book: Going to the Janes book after arming your helicopter and then flying the mission would rearm your helicopter with the default loadout. This has been corrected. 11. Enemy skill setting changing: It was reported that when switching between single, historical, and campaign mission types the category of the enemy would change. This has been corrected. 12. Replay path error: If you flew the campaign multiple times with the same pilot, tree branching errors might occur when advancing between missions. This has been corrected. 13. Exiting the Debrief Area. It was reported that if you exited the Debrief area via the gameflow options menu, the game would save the pilot with what ever progress was attained in the last mission flown. This has now been corrected. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- II. MODIFICATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Easier to slow down: The flight model has been changed a little to allow the helicopter to come to a hover quicker, and easier. 2. MS Sidewinder option: There is now an option for MS Sidewinder in the calibration screen. Please select the Flight Stick Pro & MS Sidewinder option. Also make sure that the slider on the front of your Sidewinder is on FS Pro mode (the single dot). If you are having any problems in flight try the ThrustMaster FCS option and change the MS Sidewinder emulation switch to ThrustMaster mode (two dots). Also the joystick works much better for Longbow under DOS rather than Windows 95. Note: Continued difficulty in joystick calibration is generally the result of a joystick port that is operating too fast for the software's calibration routine. We recommend that all users employ a "speed adjustable game card" to get the best performance from their joystick hardware. 3. IHADSS Left and Right view: Now when you look left and right the IHADSS is super-imposed in that view. Also the side views are now cached in for users that have more than 8 megs of RAM available to the program. This allows these views to be viewed faster. 4. Maxing the collective causes reduction in rotor RPM: As the collective is maxed, the extreme blade pitch angle causes the engine to bog down a bit. 5. Torque yaw effect: As you increase your collective the engine torque will yaw the helicopter slightly to the right. Lowering the amount of torque will yaw the helicopter slightly to the left. 6. The hellfire lock box remains until the last Hellfire detonates: As you fire your last Hellfire, the missile constraint box will remain until the missile detonates. This allows you to know if LOS (Line Of Sight) is still valid to the target as the last missile is in-bound. 7. On screen text for cameras and auto pilot: When you enable and disable various automatic cameras (like the Death camera, and Incoming missile camera) text is displayed on the IHADSS for a few seconds to indicate their current setting. Also autopilot settings are now displayed on the IHADSS when the autopilot system is engaged. These values are displayed with numerals in a smaller character size just above the IHADSS speed and altitude displays. 8. Ruby Red now has Noriega's Jet: Noriega's personal jet has now been added to the mission, and is the new objective of this mission. 9. No terrain message: When changing the terrain detail levels in the gameflow options menu and then going to an "Instant Action" mission the game would give an error. The game will now redecompress the last terrain file that was flown at the newly selected detail level. 10. Changing the in-flight resolution: An option to change the default inflight resolution has been added to the gameflow options menu. 11. Cannon and weapon firing recoil: When firing the cannon the helicopter will now respond to the recoil. This is most noticeable in a hover. 12. Rotor Sound changed: A new more realistic rotor sound has now been added. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- III. 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