Fighter Wing Version 2.0: What's New? The 2.0 upgrade includes following: 1. Faster performance across the board, thus making the game much more responsive in Medium and High Resolution graphics modes. 2. Corrected VESA mode video problems for the Tseng Labs chipset, and the ATI Xpressions, ATI Mach 64 and Diamond Stealth graphics cards. Note: Diamond Viper owners please read FW Fact Sheet below for more information. 3. Added options to reduce the amount of terrain detail and/or reduce the video window size for optimum dogfighting performance. (Users may display actual frame rate values on the screen in order to compare/contrast performance under each of these display conditions.) 4. Corrected incompatibility problems with specific PCI local bus architectures which caused slow game performance. 5. Added "virtual cockpit mode" which offers multiple views from the cockpit. 6. Improved NETBIOS network gameplay performance and added IPX network support. 7. Corrected performance problems with Modem gameplay. 8. Added an option to replace "in-flight" music with engine noise. Note: If this option is desired, the user must be sure to reconfigure the Music setting in the Setup program. New Keyboard Controls for Fighter Wing Version 2.0 Ctrl+F1 - On/Off one color of terrain Ctrl+F2 - On/Off Gouraud shading of terrain Ctrl+F3 - On/Off towns on the terrain Ctrl+F4 - On/Off bitmaps on the terrain Ctrl+F5 - Switch between method of screen redrawing (for FULL-SCREEN "No HUD" display mode only) Ctrl+F6 - On/Off frame rate values display (Frame rate = the value displayed on the screen divided by 10) "/" - On/Off Engine Noise (Engine Noise "Y" option must be selected for Music in the Setup program.) Ctrl+ "-" - Decrease screen size for medium and high resolution Ctrl+ "+" - Increase screen size for medium and high resolution Ctrl+Alt+"+" - Restore maximum screen size F9 - Virtual cockpit mode The following are numeric keypad controls for the virtual cockpit: 1/End - Look to the left 3/PgUp - Look to the right 7/Home - Look up 9/PgUp - Look down Note: The mouse may be used to control the pilot's view while in virtual cockpit mode. (Users may steer their plane with the joystick or keyboard while using the mouse to control the view in the cockpit.) FIGHTER WING Version 2.0 Fact Sheet 3/22/95 Compiled By Marlo Casabar System Requirements: 386/33 or higher CPU DOS 5.0 or higher 100% Microsoft compatible Mouse 100% VESA compatible Video card 400 KB Free Conventional RAM Double-Speed CD-ROM RAM: 4 MB Total RAM - Need to create an 8000KB Permanent Swap File 8 MB Total RAM - No swap file is required Hard Drive Space - 25 MB Sound Cards: SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster 16, SoundBlaster AWE32, Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Modem - 9600 BPS or higher Network - Any LAN with NETBIOS or IPX Fighter Wing uses a DOS extender to load the game. This extender can conflict with MS-DOS's EMM386. It is recommended that you create a special boot disk to run this program. The majority of problems with loading Fighter Wing can be solved by creating a boot disk. The CD-ROM version has a make boot option built onto the CD. Goto the MAKEBOOT directory on the CD and type MAKEBOOT. To make a boot disk manually: 1. Place a new diskette into your A drive 2. At the DOS prompt, type FORMAT A: /S 3. After the disk has been formatted, you will need to create the startup files for the disk. You can create these files using the DOS Editor. The following is the recommended configuration for your boot disk. Config.sys: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=LOW FILES=40 BUFFERS=40 STACKS=9,256 DEVICE=C:\\ SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P /E:512 Autoexec.bat: @ECHO OFF C:\\ C:\\MSCDEX.EXE .... C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE C /X C: CD\FWING FWING Once your boot disk has been created with these files, you will have to start your computer with this disk in the A drive in order to run the game properly. COMMON ERRORS: Error: EMM has detected error number xx Answer: EMM will conflict with the DOS4GW extender. Create the boot disk with the recommended startup files listed above. Error: VESA support is not available Answer: If you have the CD-ROM version, you can load UNIVESA from the CD-ROM prior to running FWING. If you need this file, it can be downloaded from our BBS (214) 702-8641. Error: You see the opening sequence, but at the Choose Pilot Screen, your screen is color is jumbled or your mouse leaves 'trails' that erase the screen. Answer: If you have the CD-ROM version, you can load UNIVESA from the CD-ROM prior to running FWING. If you need this file, it can be downloaded from our BBS (214) 702-8641. Error: Computers using the Diamond Viper VLB card still have VESA problems. Answer: The Diamond Viper VLB Card needs to load a special driver. To do this you will need to run VPRMODE VESA in the directory that has your viper files, most commonly, C:\VIPER Error: You continue to get an error message stating that your system is not VESA compatible. Answer: Your video card is either not VESA compatible or UNIVESA is not able to correctly identify your video card. Contact the manufacturer of your video card for VESA driver. MULTIPLAYER SCENARIOS: Fighter Wing allows up to 16 players on a network and playing via modem or serial cable. In order for this to properly work, you will need to have different serial numbers, i.e. two copies of the program. Merit Studios has the following multiuser discount. Six Players Total - $50 Eleven Players Total - $75 Sixteen Players Total - $100 The following steps should help in setting up multiplayer scenarios 1. Each Player selects MultiPlayer Scenario 2. On a Network, one player selects HOST, the others select Non-Host. Via Modem, the CALLING PLAYER is the NON HOST!!!! After these selections are made, HOST will control the setup. 3. Host will select the MultiPlayer Scenario 4. Host will select TEAMS. (If needed, teams can be added) When teams are selected correctly, they will appear at the top in GREEN, i.e. TEAM ONE VS TEAM TWO 5. Host and Non-Host will receive the SELECT PILOT SCREEN. Individuals will select a pilot and join a team. 6. All players will receive the MISSION DESCRIPTION SCREEN. Press OK when finished reading this screen. 7. All players will receive the SELECT PLANES SCREEN. When player has selected plane, press OK. 8. All players will receive the SELECT WEAPONS SCREEN. Select your loadout and press OK. 9. Each player will then show PREPARING TERRAIN. After the program will show the SELECT PILOT SCREEN and will prepare the players for the upcoming game. When each player's name turns RED, the game will begin.