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echo  README File for Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943
echo  IBM  Version 1.2
echo  February 17, 1993
echo
echo  Any information included under GNB Version 1.2 precludes any and all
echo  previous references. I would also like to thank all of the people on
echo  Compuserve, GEnie and Prodigy who sent me notes, and the people who
echo  called or wrote letters, for their contribution to the game.
echo
echo  This document is broken up into four sections: 1. All of the bug
echo  fixes for GNB Version 1.2; 2. All of the features and bug fixes
echo  made to GNB Version 1.1; 3. Answers to many commonly asked
echo  questions about the game; 4. The GNB Version 1.0 Notes. Note:
echo  Information in the first and second sections may supercede statements
echo  made in the fourth section.
echo
echo  WARNING!!!
echo  ----------
echo  Great Naval Battles Version 1.2 requires 724K of EMS instead of the
echo  700K recommended in the User's Guide. To correct this problem, change
echo  the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file:
echo
echo  DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 724
pause
echo                           ---
echo
echo
echo
echo  1. Version 1.2 Bug Fixes
echo  ========================
echo
echo  Most of the Version 1.2 changes are more subtle in nature. The major
echo  improvements are as follows:
echo
echo  TF Ops - You can no longer "Shadow" a ship that you cannot see.
echo
echo  Gunnery - We have worked out the bugs related to running out of ammo,
echo  guns on local control, damaged directors, and damaged guns. The
echo  turret no longer tracks if you lose the gun's barbette.
echo
echo  Torpedo - You can no longer get an unlimited supply of torpedoes if
echo  you lose one of your mounts.
echo
echo  Air Ops - Spotting planes no longer use a carrier staging area
echo  graphic.
echo
echo  Damage Control - We have found and fixed the "Empty Box" bug. This is
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echo  when a section gets damaged and turns into an empty damage box. Also,
echo  the computer AI will now consider flooding damage as more important
echo  to fix than fire damage and the computer now does a better job of
echo  counterflooding a ship.
echo
echo  Tactical AI - We have been tweaking with the AI to make the computer
echo  fight a better battle. The ships will initially try to maintain a
echo  formation at the beginning of a battle instead of individually
echo  maneuvering. The target selection system has been improved to select
echo  a more appropriate target.
echo
echo  Replay - We have found and fixed a few more problems relating to
echo  replaying battles. The system shows the correct amount of damage now,
echo  it runs faster, and counterflooding boxes now clear when the water is
echo  pumped out.
echo
echo  Barents Sea Operation - There are no longer any tankers.
echo
echo  "P" Class Pocket Battleship - The game has a [2x3] main gun system
echo  instead of a [3x2] system. (Super Ships)
echo
echo  Atlanta Class Cruiser - All of this class has only 12 guns. (America)
echo
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echo  Fletcher Class Destroyer - The torpedo tube graphic in the Damage
echo  Control screen shows only four tubes instead of five. (America)
echo
echo  Arming Distances for ship-based Torpedoes:
echo      Type     Range      Arming Distance
echo      ====     ======     ===============
echo    British
echo      Mk I     15,000     1,580
echo               20,000     1,350
echo      Mk IV     8,000     1,760
echo               10,000     1,580
echo               13,500     1,130
echo      Mk VII   16,000     1,490
echo      Mk X      3,280     2,120
echo                8,750     1,620
echo               13,120     1,310
echo    German
echo      GVIIaT1   6,500     1,980
echo    American
echo      Mk VIII   5,000     2,030
echo                7,000     1,850
echo
echo
pause
echo
echo
echo  2. Version 1.1 Features and Bug Fixes
echo  =====================================
echo  January 19, 1993
echo
echo  Added Commands
echo  --------------
echo  [ESC](in combat) = If your game ever freezes up, hitting this key will
echo  make the game move again. (This is VERY VERY rare.)
echo
echo  Alt-A = Resets your mouse driver, if your mouse stops working during
echo  the game.
echo
echo  Alt-R(in replay) = Turns the messages on and off.
echo
echo  Alt-Q(in replay) = Quits the replay.
echo
echo  General
echo  -------
echo  If the game goes back to DOS after playing the Introduction instead
echo  of running the game, try running GNBNA386.EXE.
echo
pause
echo  The game should now set up with all SoundBlasters, SBPros, and
echo  Thunderboards. Just reconfigure the game using the SOUND.EXE program.
echo
echo  We have improved the mouse sampling rate.
echo
echo  The sound system has undergone some improvement:
echo  Sound effects now occur at "X2" speed as well as "NORMAL" speed.
echo  Secondary Guns are now softer.
echo  Other ship fire is now softer.
echo  Your ship being hit now has #1 priority with no clipping.
echo
echo  The Game will now allow you to reinstall the game if you haven't
echo  deleted the old game and subdirectories.
echo
echo  Scenarios
echo  ---------
echo  The Hipper is no longer a Bismarck class ship in the Jutland II
echo  scenario.
echo
echo  Campaign
echo  --------
echo  Abstract naval actions no longer throw ships immediately into repair.
echo  Damaged ships end up in Liverpool/Kiel and are left in the port area.
pause
echo
echo  The "Gap Patrol Pool" should work properly.
echo
echo  The Graf Spee is no longer "ABROAD" in the South Atlantic.
echo
echo  Task Forces do not go up into Newfoundland anymore.
echo
echo  In tactical combats during the campaign, you will always get a prompt
echo  to leave a battle every hour. However, there is a possibility that
echo  you cannot escape.
echo
echo  We no longer sink unseaworthy ships after a combat.
echo
echo  All ships surviving a combat will have one of each of the following
echo  even if all of them were destroyed during the combat: Steering Gear,
echo  Boiler, Engine, Rudder, Shaft, and matching Propeller.
echo
echo  Tankers no longer have aircraft.
echo
echo  Air attack circles should now reflect the actual ranges of the
echo  attacking planes.
echo
echo  The AI player now repairs damaged ships on Escort Duty. It no longer
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echo  sends damaged ships to sea as escorts.
echo
echo  The Convoy Escort has changed slightly. If you don't have enough
echo  escort ships, you will start losing ships to U-Boat attacks.
echo
echo  The "Join" command now works properly and the error message now
echo  works.
echo
echo  Ship Aircraft losses are now replaced when repairing in port.
echo
echo  Aircraft no longer multiply when making air strikes.
echo
echo  You can no longer make multiple CV TFs.
echo
echo  Aircraft replacement should now work properly.
echo
echo  Convoys will now add CVs and CAs. You should be able to get 1CV, 1BB,
echo  1CA, and 2DDs into a convoy.
echo
echo  Base aircraft should be a little more effective (especially if you
echo  are the German player.)
echo
echo  The "IN USE" display in repair has been eliminated.
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echo
echo  The British TF AI has been improved.
echo
echo  Damaged ships from strategic air strikes are no longer automatically
echo  dumped into repair.
echo
echo  Destroyers should lose 40 percent more efficiency than Battleships
echo  during the same time, and Cruisers should lose 10 percent more than
echo  Battleships.
echo
echo  Weather conditions will effect the loss of efficiency more.
echo
echo  Only one TF will be allowed to "SHADOW" another TF.
echo
echo  Larger TFs should be easier to spot.
echo
echo  Freshly constructed ships now start at 75 percent efficiency. [To
echo  simulate the lack of preparedness of the ship and crew]
echo
echo  Single ship British TFs should no longer be created and disbanded in
echo  Ulster during the Campaign game.
echo
echo  The German DD Thiele no longer produces oil. [Fuel goes up, not down]
pause
echo
echo  The "TF Display" option from "Reports" should work properly under all
echo  circumstances.
echo
echo  The "CRUISE" button on the "TF Orders" should work all of the time.
echo
echo  Combat General
echo  --------------
echo  "Form" and "Shadow" should both work as described in the manual.
echo
echo  Ships no longer give DDs #1 priority in an attack over all other
echo  ships.
echo
echo  Ships no longer "Vanish" in the Binoc view.
echo
echo  The computer will now carry out torpedo attacks in the "AUTO TORP"
echo  mode.
echo
echo  The game no longer slows down when two ships are on top of each other.
echo
echo  Carrier planes now launch their torpedoes at the proper range and
echo  from the proper angles.
echo
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echo  AI controlled ships maneuver a lot better, and no longer want to run
echo  away all of the time.
echo
echo  Ships on a automatic torpedo run no longer have a wildly swinging
echo  bearing pointer on the compass gauge in the Navigation Station.
echo
echo  You can no longer get a Beaufort Scale of 11 in a combat.
echo
echo  The rudder works properly after a tight turn.
echo
echo  Sunken ships can no longer take Additional hits.
echo
echo  Air Operations
echo  --------------
echo  The Air Ops station has been changed. Now, the button starts by saying
echo  "READY". When you click the button, the timer will start for readying
echo  the plane(s) for launch and the button will say, "ARMING". Once the
echo  plane(s) are ready, the button changes to "LAUNCH" and the rest of
echo  the Air Ops station works as the manual. This allows you to choose
echo  when and if you want to launch these vulnerable and highly explosive
echo  planes, or keep them where they are safe. The readying time has also
echo  been increased to 30 minutes, and once a seaplane has been launched,
echo  there is a chance that it will be lost when you try to recover it
pause
echo  (based on the weather.)
echo
echo  Spotting planes effect ranging and holding a targets as well as
echo  reducing ship minuses due to multiple ship fire.
echo
echo  The computer will now use seaplanes in combat.
echo
echo  Damage Station
echo  --------------
echo  Fires are now more deadly.
echo
echo  We now use a fire extinguisher icon when a damage control party is
echo  fighting a fire.
echo
echo  The order in which flooded compartments are picked by AI to be pumped
echo  is now more intelligent.
echo
echo  The situation where a ship that gets hit below the waterline by
echo  either a shell or a torpedo will actually be damaged on the other
echo  side has been fixed.
echo
echo  Ships should now recover speed after being repaired in combat.
echo
pause
echo  We have reduced the number of rudder and propeller hits from
echo  shellfire.
echo
echo  Gunnery Stations
echo  ----------------
echo  Secondary Guns work properly now.
echo
echo  The hit percentage Number now has more factors included in the number.
echo
echo  Small caliber shells no longer do too much damage.
echo
echo  Center stability will now affect gunfire. Smaller ships will not be as
echo  stable a gun platform and therefore will not be as accurate.
echo
echo  The range number should no longer jump by 2-3000 yds. at a time.
echo
echo  The computer will now turn off the front guns if you switch from
echo  "BSIDE" to "AFT" and select a target.
echo
echo  Torpedo Station
echo  ---------------
echo  Torpedoes will no longer only travel to the short range, even if set
echo  at medium or long range.
pause
echo
echo  DDs no longer have unlimited torpedoes.
echo
echo  Torpedoes no longer go off at a right angle at 300kts.
echo
echo  Replay
echo  ------
echo  Replay should now load and save properly. However, your old replay
echo  files may or may not work.
echo
echo  The replay should now accurately display the shell hits and damage.
echo  Note:  some of the displays do not work because storing all of the
echo  data on the ship would slow down the game, so we selectively record
echo  only things that we thought were important. For instance, this means
echo  that we don't track damage control parties.
echo
echo
echo
echo
echo  3. Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
echo  ======================================
echo  Why isn't the German Carrier, Graf Zeppelin, in Super Ships?
echo  ------------------------------------------------------------
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echo      There are a lot of reasons that we did not add the Graf Zeppelin
echo  to the game: 1) Due to Goering's dislike and mistrust of the German
echo  navy, a naval arm of the Luftwaffe was never developed. In fact,
echo  Goering did his best to delay design work on naval versions of combat
echo  planes during the war. The Graf Zeppelin might have been finished,
echo  but she wouldn't have had planes or pilots. 2) Only one carrier was
echo  being built. Even if she was functional, she couldn't have done much
echo  alone. 3) Carrier operations weren't as important in the North
echo  Atlantic. The visibility was poor and the weather was bad. 4) Carrier
echo  operations are a minor part of the game. We thought that people would
echo  enjoy improvements in the game more than adding a German carrier and
echo  add all of the extra stuff to make carrier vs. carrier operations
echo  work.
echo
echo  Why were Hull and Wilhelmshaven removed?
echo  ----------------------------------------
echo      The Computer plotting and AI got confused when these ports were
echo  added. We increased other port facilities to compensate for the
echo  missing ports.
echo
echo  Can a ship be captured?
echo  -----------------------
echo      No.
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echo
echo  What is the Scuttle button used for?
echo  ------------------------------------
echo      It sinks the ship. I think the question should have been: WHY
echo  would you want to scuttle a ship? I don't know. If you want to get
echo  rid of a ship, this does it. There is no NEED to scuttle a ship.
echo
echo  Why is there no distinction between the CAs?
echo  --------------------------------------------
echo      We don't have German Light Cruisers, and the British "Light"
echo  Cruisers were sometimes bigger than their Heavy Cruisers. We didn't
echo  think it was necessary to make that distinction. In the Pacific game,
echo  we will have Light, Heavy and Light AA categories.
echo
echo  What is the "Captain's View"?
echo  -----------------------------
echo      All of the Stations comprise the Captain's View. At one time we
echo  had a consolidated screen, but we took some of the information and
echo  moved it to the Fleet Screen making a consolidated screen seem too
echo  redundant.
echo
echo  Why did I get a "Fire Spreads" message on my undamaged ship?
echo  ------------------------------------------------------------
pause
echo      Even though a shell does not penetrate the ship, it can still
echo  damage and set fire to structures on the ship, like secondaries.
echo
echo  Where are the troop convoys mentioned in the manual?
echo  ----------------------------------------------------
echo      Originally, we wanted to have separate Merchants, Oilers, and
echo  Troop Transports (the graphics were even done.) However, space
echo  limitations forced us to not add these ships and turn all convoys
echo  into Generic Convoys.
echo
echo  How do you use your Base planes for Recon, Patrol?
echo  --------------------------------------------------
echo      You don't. The computer automatically sends out your search
echo  planes for you. The only planes you control are the attack planes.
echo
echo  Why aren't there fire and near miss graphics in overhead view of the
echo  game?
echo  --------------------------------------------------------------------
echo      Although done, there was not enough memory to fit these elements
echo  into the game.
echo
echo  Why are my ship graphics not as good as the ones on the box?
echo  ------------------------------------------------------------
pause
echo      I have heard this question a couple of times and have concluded
echo  that the people who have this problem are running the non-EMS version
echo  of the game. The non-EMS version of the game uses a separate smaller
echo  (and much less detailed) version of all of the ships (PS. the game
echo  runs much slower.) If the version number does not have an E after
echo  it, you are NOT running the EMS version of the game. Refer to the
echo  User's Guide to get the EMS to work. Also, the slower the machine,
echo  the less 3D graphics the computer displays. This is done for speed.
echo
echo  What is "SHADOW" and how does it work?
echo  --------------------------------------
echo      Unfortunately, there are actually three different types of
echo  "SHADOW" in the game. One is in the Admiralty view, second is the in
echo  the Fleet view and the last is in the Air Ops Station. They are not
echo  related. "SHADOW" in Admiralty means, "Set this TF to follow the
echo  enemy TF, so that you can keep an eye on it instead of fighting it."
echo  In the Fleet view it means, "Mirror the actions of the enemy ship,
echo  based upon the offset that you chose with the marker." In the Air Ops
echo  Station it means, "Follow the selected enemy ship and feed gunnery
echo  information to our ship." There are no restrictions on the use of
echo  "SHADOW" in either of the combat stations, but there are restrictions
echo  in the Admiralty view. The Germans and British convoys cannot
echo  "SHADOW". You also must be as fast or faster than the enemy TF to
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echo  "SHADOW" it.
echo
echo  How does the ship's gunnery system work and what does the hit percent mean?
echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo      The hit percentage number presented on the main gunnery screen
echo  seems to have caused some confusion because of its inaccuracy. The
echo  usual following comment is "Why can't the number be an accurate
echo  estimate of the guns chance to hit the target?" The following
echo  discussion will attempt to address this question by giving some
echo  insight into the game's gunnery system.
echo
echo      The current number is calculated by using the most significant
echo  factors and really gives a relative guide to gunnery accuracy, 1
echo  percent obviously being a poorer shot than 15 percent. The actual
echo  percentage is quite accurate in the middle range bands but breaks
echo  down at extreme long or close ranges. The lower the number the more
echo  the player must search for ways to improve his positive gunnery
echo  factors and minimize his negative factors. (list of these factors
echo  is included later)
echo
echo      The problem stems from the use of a simulation system for the
echo  gunnery rather than the more traditional wargame approach. In the
echo  traditional system the firing ships salvo is modified by the
pause
echo  appropriate factors and the result is a number of hits or the chance
echo  of a single hit. This approach is used in games with turns covering
echo  perhaps 15 seconds to a minute and produces good statistical results.
echo  The problem with this system when applied to a real time simulation
echo  is mostly connected with shell flight time. At extreme range a shell
echo  takes over 60 seconds to reach its target. The target ship can travel
echo  considerable distance in that time and this is usually factored into
echo  wargames by crew quality and other judgement type variables. In a
echo  simulation the player takes the role of the ships commanding officer
echo  and should have the ability to react to enemy gunnery in the same way
echo  that real naval officers did. The other problem often caused by the
echo  wargame approach is that it must use special rules to calculate
echo  whether a salvo will hit other ships in the area of the target ship.
echo
echo      The solution used in GNBNA was to simulate the mechanisms
echo  actually used and allow the player the greatest possible influence on
echo  the factors which affect gunnery. The process of firing main guns at
echo  distances up to 20 miles starts with estimating several factors about
echo  the target ship: its speed, course and range. The ship is equipped
echo  with various types of equipment to determine these factors. These
echo  estimates are fed into a simple computer along with details of the
echo  ships speed and course and a firing solution is prepared. This is
echo  translated into specific gun elevations and directions. The usual
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echo  process included several spotting salvos of only one gun per turret
echo  staggered over time to provide more data on range.
echo
echo      GNBNA calculates the same estimated numbers by using the quality
echo  of the individual ships equipment and applying random factors
echo  appropriate to the level of information the firing ship would have.
echo  The result of all of these calculations is the location of the enemy
echo  ship when the shells will get there (remember shell flight times can
echo  be up to a minute). The salvo is then fired at that location, the
echo  salvo will scatter depending upon the range and individual shell
echo  manufacturing differences, the result is an impact area along the
echo  path of the shells. The first few salvos at long range will probably
echo  be off-target but the gunnery system will adjust and refine its
echo  estimates. The chances of hitting the target ship is therefore mostly
echo  based on this estimating process. However, if the target changes
echo  course/speed he may not be at the predicted position. The shells
echo  scatter during flight and are individually plotted on the ocean and
echo  then this position is compared to ALL ships to see if they are hit.
echo
echo      The simulation of the gunnery process allows for detailed
echo  implementation of factors affecting gunnery and produce realistic
echo  results. The factors affecting gunnery are discussed below. The
echo  problem of the hit percentage number can now be seen, the computer
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echo  cannot predict the actions of the enemy ship and therefore cannot
echo  give more than a approximate chance of hitting.
echo
echo  Gunnery factors.
echo
echo  1. Enemy course/speed change.
echo
echo  The enemy course/speed change will really only be significant at
echo  longer ranges because of the shell flight time factors discussed
echo  above.
echo
echo  2. Number of spotting salvo's fired at same ship.
echo
echo  The spotting salvo's give much better feedback to the estimating
echo  process than do other salvo types and therefore produce an accurate
echo  firing solution quicker, however they also scatter shells over a much
echo  greater area and reduce the chances of any single shell impacting the
echo  target ship. It is best to switch to Full fire once the shells are
echo  landing closely around the target ship.
echo
echo  3. Number of non-spotting salvo's fired at same ship.
echo
echo  Non-spotting salvo's are more difficult to estimate and therefore
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echo  will reduce the accuracy of the firing solution after several have
echo  been fired, therefore once shells stop falling around the target ship
echo  switch back to spotting.
echo
echo  4. Number of shells in salvo.
echo
echo  The number of shells fired with an accurate firing solution
echo  determines the number of hits that are possible, ships with more guns
echo  will probably get more hits, a simple factor but often overlooked.
echo
echo  5. Number of ships firing at same target.
echo
echo  If more than one ship is firing at the same target, this will degrade
echo  the accuracy of all the firing ships. The gunnery officers cannot
echo  determine which shells are from which ships and therefore produce
echo  less accurate estimates. If the ship has a spotting plane in the air
echo  and a working radio, the ship being shadowed by the plane will be
echo  targeted without the multiple ship penalty.
echo
echo  6. Firing ship under fire.
echo
echo  If the firing ship is under fire, it will not be able to fire as well
echo  because the gunnery officers may not be able to spot splashes etc.
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echo  because of obscuring water-spouts thrown up by enemy gunnery.
echo
echo  7. Director quality.
echo
echo  The director quality is an abstraction of the firing ships gunnery
echo  estimating/control system and governs the speed at which an accurate
echo  solution is gained.
echo
echo  8. Firing ship rudder position/listing.
echo
echo  The sharper the firing ship turns, the more impact it has on the
echo  gunnery systems (usually mounted high on the ship and therefore
echo  affected by listing/turning).
echo
echo  9. Radar.
echo
echo  Radar became available during the period of the game and allowed much
echo  quicker estimating, thereby reducing the estimating process
echo  considerably.
echo
echo  What does a spotting plane do?
echo  ------------------------------
echo      A spotting plane does a variety of things in regards to gunfire:
pause
echo  It speeds up the target refinement process, it increases the time
echo  that the guns can remain firing without getting out of sync, and it
echo  negates the "number of ships firing at the same target" penalty.
echo
echo  How do "NRRW" and "WIDE" work?
echo  ------------------------------
echo      "NRRW" makes a tight spread of shells that can be useful at close
echo  ranges, if you have a good range on a target. "WIDE" makes a wide
echo  spread that can be useful at very long ranges and can be used to hit
echo  multiple ships if the ships are close together.
echo
echo  Does the computer use "NRRW" or "WIDE"?
echo  ---------------------------------------
echo      Yes, it does. However, it only does it when it is absolutely sure
echo  that the setting will work better than "FULL".
echo
echo  Why does the Main Gun stop firing when the Fore or Aft Ammo runs out?
echo  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
echo      Due to the way that targeting is determined, the computer cannot
echo  fire a Broadside with one of the sides out of ammo. If you switch to
echo  FORE or AFT and then pick a target, the guns will fire again.
echo
echo  How do you use the Torpedo Station?
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echo  -----------------------------------
echo      Torpedoes can be fired from this screen using two methods. First,
echo  you can look at where you want to fire the torpedoes, guess the point
echo  where you wish to fire, and then set the direction using the
echo  PORT/SRBD and FA(firing angle) settings, set the number, the spread
echo  size and the running time(if it has multiple ranges) of the
echo  torpedoes, and then fire. Or you can use the Targeting computer to
echo  give you an estimate of the proper firing angle to the target you
echo  have selected, and then set the FA, torpedoes and fire.
echo
echo  Is there a minimum range for torpedoes?
echo  ---------------------------------------
echo      Yes. It is about 1000 yds. or 80 seconds running time.
echo
echo  What do the convoy names mean?
echo  ------------------------------
echo  Name    Route           Name meaning
echo
echo  HX      USAUK           Homeward Bound from Halifax
echo  OB      UKUSA           Outward Bound from USA
echo  HG      MEDUK           Homeward Bound from Gibraltar
echo  OG      UKMED           Outward Bound to Gibraltar
echo  PQ      UKUSSR          No meaning
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echo  QP      USSRUK,         No Meaning
echo  SL    AFRICAUK,    Homeward bound from Sierra Leone
echo  OS    UKAFRICA,    Outward bound to Sierra Leone
echo
echo  How does scoring work?
echo      In the combats:
echo          Greater than 500  is a DRAW
echo          500-1999  is a TACTICAL VICTORY
echo          2000-4999  is a MAJOR VICTORY
echo          5000 or Greater  is a DECISIVE VICTORY
echo
echo  The points for each ship are generated by the number and type of
echo  guns, armor, radar, fire control, engines, etc. Damage points are
echo  determined by the systems that have been destroyed during the combat.
echo  If a ship is destroyed, you get all of the points.
echo
echo      In the campaigns/operations:
echo          BRITISH POINTS / GERMAN POINTS
echo          Greater than 1:1  is a DECISIVE GERMAN VICTORY
echo          1:1 to 3:1  is a MARGINAL GERMAN VICTORY
echo          4:1 to 7:1  is a MARGINAL BRITISH VICTORY
echo          8:1 or Greater  is a DECISIVE BRITISH VICTORY
echo
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echo  The British get 10 points for every non-scattered convoy that arrives
echo  at its destination. The Germans get 120 points for each merchant that
echo  is sunk. And both sides get their combat points.
echo
echo  Changes to Scoring system from v1.0: Merchants are now worth 20
echo  percent more points to the Germans, and corrections to the ship point
echo  calculations result in new values to all ships.
echo
echo
echo
echo
echo  4. IBM  Version 1.0 Notes
echo  =========================
echo  September 22, 1992
echo
echo      Enclosed are the final notes listing changes and new features for
echo  the game:
echo
echo  1) This is NOT a Windows game! If you use Windows, we recommend that
echo  you run this game from outside of Windows. If you still want to run
echo  this game, set your .PIF file for 100 percent usage and make sure you
echo  have SMARTDRV.SYS loaded. It would also help to have at least 4 Meg
echo  of RAM on a 386/40 or a 486/33. We make NO guarantees that this game
pause
echo  will run under Windows.
echo  Note:  SMARTDRV.SYS will help the speed of this game even without
echo  Windows.)
echo
echo  2) There are two memory profiles for this game, the EMS and NOEMS
echo  versions. This program auto-senses which version is appropriate for
echo  your machine. If the program cannot sense your EMS or thinks you have
echo  EMS when you don't, you can override the program by typing GNBNA EMS
echo  [Enter] for the EMS version or GNBNA NOEMS [Enter] for the NOEMS
echo  version.
echo
echo  3) If you wish, you can avoid the introduction by typing GNBNA386
echo  [Enter] instead of GNBNA.
echo
echo  4) Some of the ships don't exactly match the manual. The following
echo  differences have been made to the game
echo
echo      a) There is only one ship type for each class. Therefore, any
echo      aberrations listed in the manual are not in the game. For
echo      instance, the Tirpitz will have no torpedoes, but the Gneisenau
echo      will have torpedoes.
echo
echo      b) There is only one Carrier type in the game. It has a speed of
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echo      30 knots, can hold 12 airplanes, is 660 ft. long, and has no main
echo      or secondary guns.
echo
echo      c) The number of airplanes may not match the number of planes
echo      listed in the manual. This is due to inconsistencies between the
echo      number of possible airplanes vs. the number of operational
echo      airplanes.
echo
echo      d) All of the ship lengths in the game are in 30 foot increments,
echo      so they may not match the manual.
echo
echo      e) The improved Z class German destroyer has 5, not 4 guns. The
echo      foreward turret has 2 guns.
echo
echo      f) There is an armor listing for secondaries on the Hood. Since
echo      there are no secondaries, this is an error.
echo
echo      g) We are not using casemate guns in the game. They had poor
echo      angles of fire, were highly slow and inaccurate, and could not be
echo      used in rough weather. The British during the war removed most of
echo      the casemate guns on the few ships that still had them.
echo
echo      h) The Hipper class secondary guns have not been included in the
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echo      game. This is because they were, in reality, AA guns and did not
echo      carry the proper ammo or have the proper fire control to shoot at
echo      ships.
echo
echo      i) The Nelson class battleship does not have the two foreward
echo      below waterline torpedo tubes. They were only used once and were
echo      an abysmal failure. (Battleships cannot be maneuvered like a
echo      submarine.)
echo
echo      j) The Renown class battlecruiser does not have secondaries for
echo      the same reason as the Hipper class.
echo
echo      k) We removed the "E" class cruiser. There were only 2 ships, and
echo      they were old and not very useful in ship combat. (Plus, the
echo      British have plenty of ships.)
echo
echo  5) Certain menu options are unavailable to the German player during
echo  the campaign. All menus options that involve Convoys and Patrols
echo  cannot be selected.
echo
echo  6) The ports, "Hull" and "Wilhelmshaven" from the map on the back of
echo  the manual are not used by the game.
echo
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echo  7) Patrol and Escort Pool ships may only be added to or removed from
echo  Scapa Flow and there is no delay in adding to or removing ships.
echo
echo  8) If a ship is released from Escort or Patrol duty due to damage or
echo  effectiveness, they will appear in Liverpool.
echo
echo  9) "Refuelling" Task Forces will not rearm Task Forces. You must
echo  "Disband" a TF at a base in order to rearm a ship.
echo
echo  10) You will recover one point of effectiveness of every ship in port
echo  with an effectiveness of 70 percent or better per day. This will not
echo  repair damage, but will get your ships and crews up to fighting trim.
echo
echo  11) "Repair" fixes damaged ships and ships with effectivenesses of
echo  under 100 percent. The number refers to the number of days until the
echo  ship is repaired.
echo
echo  12) Repairs will take a minimum of 20 days.
echo
echo  14) All repair and effectiveness gains occur once a day.
echo
echo  15) The magnification numbers in the lower left of the Flag Bridge and
echo  Tactical View screens refer to the number of miles vertically(V:) and
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echo  horizontally(H:) displayed.
echo
echo  16) If a German TF is being "SHADOWED", it cannot engage convoys.
echo
echo  17) The wind speed will affect the maximum speed of a ship in tactical
echo  combat. The gauge will not change, but you will not be able to speed
echo  up past a certain speed.
echo
echo  18) The "Ship" switch in the "Circle" menu turns on the active ship's
echo  range circles. If you switch to another ship, it still only shows the
echo  circles from the previous ship.
echo
echo  19) When fighting merchant convoys. Even though the convoy list might
echo  show as many as 20 merchant ships, the combat will only have from
echo  seven to ten merchant ships.
echo
echo  20) On the Flag Bridge and the Tactical Map, the colors on the screen
echo  mean different things:
echo      Blue - German ships/planes.
echo      Red - British ships/planes.
echo      Lt. Cyan - Hvy. Caliber (11"-16") shell splashes.
echo      Cyan - Med. Caliber (8") shell  splashes.
echo      Lt. Magenta - Lt. Caliber shell splashes.
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echo      Lt. Grey - Torpedoes.
echo      Dk. Grey - Smoke.
echo      Lt. Blue - Returning German planes.
echo      Lt. Red - Returning British planes.
echo      Yellow Flashing Icon - Ship has been hit.
echo
echo  21) Torpedoes travel for 80 seconds before they arm.
echo
echo  22) The German torpedo chart on p. 74 on the manual is missing the
echo  following: GVIIaT1 (Long) 15300/30.
echo
echo  23) When selecting ships in the campaign game, click in the ship name.
echo
echo  24) On p.29, West of Newfoundland is actually East. (OK, you got us.
echo  The combat doesn't actually happen on land.)
echo
echo  25) On p.30, West of Montevideo is actually East. (OK, we were having
echo  problems with east and west that day.)
echo
echo  26) The Status Report shows the undamaged version of each ship.
echo
echo  27) If the German player runs out of capital ships during a campaign
echo  game, the game will end and the player will only get one-half of the
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echo  points he actually earned during the campaign.
echo
echo  28) If you have Scout or Attack planes in the air, you must recall
echo  them before the end of combat or you will lose them.
echo
echo  29) There are four new scenarios not documented by the manual:
echo
echo      Denmark Straits with Cruisers - This is the Denmark Straits battle
echo      with the Norfolk and Suffolk added in the battle.
echo      (The British get an added punch, maybe)
echo
echo      Best Tradition of the Service - Coming out of a fog bank, the
echo      Glowworm has accidentally stumbled across the Hipper.
echo      9:57AM     Beaufort Scale: 8     Range: 1000yds.
echo      (This is a quick one folks)
echo
echo      Convoy HX-106 - This is a hypothetical battle of the Sharnhorst
echo      and Gneisenau ecountering a convoy escorted by the Ramilles and
echo      two "E" class destroyers.  10:30AM     Beaufort Scale: 3 (Try out
echo      your convoy killing tactics or practice defending convoys)
echo
echo      Old vs. New - Another hypothetical battle pitting the Sharnhorst
echo      and Gneisenau against the Renown and three "H" class destroyers.
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echo      12:30AM     Beaufort Scale: 8
echo      (Coordination between the big ship and the destroyers is crutial)
echo
echo
echo
echo  Additional Testers:
echo      Don McClure
echo      Matt Vella
echo
echo
echo  Final Notes:
echo
echo      If the game should crash for any reason, REBOOT the machine.
echo  The sound driver doesn't clean up after itself if the game crashes.
echo
echo      We have included a text file called TUTORIAL with the game. The
echo  tutorial goes step-by-step through playing the "Gunnery Practice"
echo  scenario and the "Operation Rheinubung" campaign games.
echo
echo      We hope you enjoy playing this game as much as we had making it.
echo  As we work on the scenarios and the scenario builder, we will
echo  continue to work on improving the system. If you have any comments or
echo  suggestions, write to me, Ken Humphries c/o Strategic Simulations,
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echo  Inc., 675 Almanor Ave., Suite 201, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Watch out for
echo  those torpedoes...
echo
echo
echo  ---Ken
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