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- BattleForce Setup
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-
- BattleForce is a ShareWare program. If you play the game and decide you
- like it, a contribution of $25 is requested. Those that contribute will
- become registered owners. All registered owners will receive a disk with the
- latest version of BattleForce. The disk will also include several support
- programs; Warrior, a character generator/update program; Factory, a mech
- building/repair program; HQ, a program to create your own Combat Orders for
- the game; and a Map Editor program. To register, send your contribution to:
- Ralph H. Reed
- P.O. Box 1497
- Eglin AFB, FL 32542
-
-
- GAME SETUP:
- Format and Install a blank disk. Copy the BattleForce ARC file onto the
- disk. CD to the disk and UnARC the file with "ARC e BattleForce". This will
- UnARC the file. Once you have the file UnARCed you will this file and three
- "ExecuteMe" files. These are used to set up your disk and rename files.
- They all assume the BattleForce disk is the current disk. Use the CD command
- to make the BattleForce disk the current disk if necessary. Before you start
- delete the BattleForce ARC file. This will give you more room on the disk,
- but make sure it isn't your only copy. The "Execute.1st" will create all of
- the directories that you need. The "Execute.2nd" file will rename all of the
- files and put them into the correct directories. The "Execute.3rd" file will
- copy certain Amiga files from a WorkBench disk into the appropriate
- directories on the BattleForce disk. This file assumes that the WorkBench
- disk is in drive DF0: and the BattleForce disk is in drive DF1:. If you are
- using any other configuration either transfer the files manually or modify
- the Execute.3rd file. Once you are done your disk should look like the
- "Listing" file. Now boot the disk, read the "ConfigEd_doc" file, and run the
- ConfigEd program to set up your configuration.
-
- HARD DRIVE SETUP:
- BattleForce multi-tasks and works fine on a hard drive. Copy all of the
- program files over too your hard drive. Make sure and keep the
- sub-directories. I put all my game file sub-directories in a directory
- called "gamefiles", but you can do it any way you want. When you are done,
- run the "ConfigEd" program and change all of the paths to match the way you
- have set up your drive. When you "Save" from the ConfigEd program it will
- create a file called "BattleForce.cfg" in the S: directory of your boot disk.
-
- All BattleForce programs use a wide variety of support files. It is
- important that the programs be able to FIND these files. The programs will
- look for images files in a subdirectory called "Images" on the boot disk. It
- will look for sound files in "SND", map files in "Maps", saved games in
- "Games", unit files in "Units", warrior and technician files in "Warriors"
- and mech files in "Mechs". In addition, it expects mechs to be subdivided
- into four classes of mechs, "Light" 20-35 tons, "Medium" 40-55 tons, "Heavy"
- 60-75 tons, and "Assault" 80-100 tons. If you create new mechs and put them
- in the wrong subdirectory some parts of the programs will have trouble
- finding your new mechs. To help you set up your disk ALL programs try to
- read a file called "BattleForce.cfg" in the S: directory of your boot disk.
-
- You can change the included config file with the included "ConfigEd"
- program. Make sure the paths are valid paths and correct. THIS IS VERY
- IMPORTANT. If the programs can not find the files they need they will not
- work. If a program can not find the config file it will default to just the
- subdirectory name on the boot disk. In addition, The config file will set
- some variables in BattleForce. Please read the ConfigEd_doc file.
-
- *** IMPORTANT ***
- The DEFAULT for BattleForce is NOT to save characters at the end of the
- game. For the ShareWare version this should NOT be changed. If you do you
- will eventually destroy the few warriors included with no way to repair them.
- If you are a Registered Owner you can change the default with the ConfigEd
- program.
-
- If you have any questions, bug reports or just want to talk about
- BattleForce, I can be reached on the Hobbit Hole BBS, one of the best in the
- southeast. Their number is (904) 243-6219 and they support 1200/2400/9600
- baud with 330 megs of Amiga files online.
-