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HOW TO MAKE A NEW DEMO FOR AFT
By Rus Phillips December 23, 1987
After messing around with Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight
Trainer (AFT) for a while, I have discovered how to make new demo
files. In the following document I will explain how this is done.
You will need a copy of Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight
Trainer. This program was formerly known as Chuck Yeager's
Advanced Flight Simulator (AFS). AFT/AFS is a flight simulation
game for the IBM PC and compatables, and the Commedore 64. I will
only attempt to explain how this works on the IBM version. You
should be fammiliar with MS-DOS and with AFT before you try to do
this.
First, let's take a look at the demo file. AFT keeps its
demo in a file called DEMO0.FI2. This birngs me to an interesting
feature of AFT. AFT has a feature which can "record" your
flights. It uses this feature when you have the flight recorder
on, when you are recording a stunt or a flight lesson, or when
you place above 5th in a race. The recordings are saved in binary
files. When the filght recorder is on, AFT saves the filght in a
temporary file. When you record a stunt, AFT will save the flight
in three files called *.st1, *.st2, and *.st3, where the
astrerisk represents the name of the stunt. It saves flight
lessons in a file called *.fi1, *.fi2, or *.fi3. A file with the
extension *.fi1 would be a basic lesson, *.fi2 would be advanced,
and *.fi3 is aerobatic. For races, AFT will save the filght paths
of the top five finishers. These files are *.1 - *.5, with the
asterrisk representing the name of the race.
In the same way, AFT saves its demo file in a file called
DEMO0.FI2. The demo file is in the same format as a flight
lesson.
Here's how to make a new demo file. First, use AFT to
record a flight lesson. To make things easier, you should record
it as an "advanced" lesson. As an example, let's say that we
record a flight lesson simply called "lesson." Once the lesson
has been recorded and we exit AFT back to DOS, we will find that
there is a new file called LESSON.FI2. Now we will need to do
some moving files around.
First, we will need to rename the old demo file that came with
the AFT disk. Type:
A>REN DEMO0.FI2 DEMO.BAK
Now, to make the new demo file, type:
A>REN LESSON.FI2 DEMO0.FI2
That's all there is to it! If you now enter AFT and select the
demo, whatever you recorded will be replayed. If you want the old
demo back, simply type:
A>REN DEMO0.FI2 LESSON.FI2
A>REN DEMO.BAK DEMO0.FI2
That will bring back the old demo and make the one you made back
into a flight lesson.
If you figure out anything more about demo files, or if you
figure out anything else about AFT, please tell me! Also, feel
free to send me any comments, suggestions, or complaints. Having
someone take the time to send me a comment (or even a complaint),
really makes my day. I have programmed new airplanes for AFT,
have posted new stunts, and am going to post some new races soon.
Ask me about them if you are interested.
If you have any comments or questions, I can be contaced at
the following address.
Rus Phillips
608 Falmouth Dr.
Fredericksburg, Va. 22405
Telephone: (703) 371-3191
GEnie information exchange adress: CPHILLIPS
LICENSING:
This file is intended for non-commercial, public domain
use, and may be used copied, and distributed subject to this
licence. The file is supplied "as is" and without any warranties,
express or implied, including fitness or suitability for a
particular purpose. This file may not be sold.
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer, and Advanced Flight
Simulator are trademarks of Electronic Arts.
MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft corporation.