The "patch" you have just downloaded is a program that will update your copy of Flight Commander 2 (version 1.0 or 1.01 or 1.02) to version 1.03.
INSTRUCTIONS:
After backing up your original Flight Commander 2 program (just for safety's sake) double click on the "FC2 --> v1.03 patch" file and a window will appear. Click on the "patch" button. A file dialog will appear. Find the copy of Flight Commander 2 (v1.0 or 1.01 or 1.02) that you wish to update, and then click the Patch button. That's all there is to it!
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Version History for Flight Commander 2 by Big Time Software, Inc.
April 12, 1995
*** Macintosh version ***
1.03
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* Altitude (when shown) is now shown in the lower right corner of the aircraft silhouette instead of replacing the silhouette as before. So now you can see an aircraft's facing and altitude simultaneously.
* The afterburner now automatically switches off if you lower the throttle below 100% power.
* The USAF in Vietnam may now use the F-4E Phantom.
* Canada may now use the F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre.
* The F-105D Thunderchief can now carry 2 AIM-9B Sidewinders.
* The Su-25 can now carry the AA-11.
* Pakistan can now use the F-86 Sabre with AIM-9B missiles (as Taiwan can).
* Data Library: various minor corrections
* Version number (1.03) now shows in the About Box.
* Several aircraft missile-carrying capacities have been changed:
Su-27: 10 Su-35: 12 Mirage 2000-5: 6
Kfir C7: 4 F-20: 6
* BUG FIX: Fixed a cross-platform play-by-email incompatibility that sometimes occurred when sending email from PC to Macintosh.
* BUG FIX: Program no longer crashes if you quit campaign from pilot selection screen.
* BUG FIX: Sometimes F-5A was referred to as F-5E. Corrected.
* BUG FIX: Airbase munitions in campaigns are correctly depleted as used.
1.02
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* Program release on CD-ROM.
* Computer pilots (and wingmen) handle RHM guidance better than before.
* Play-by-email (PBEM) files now "remember" where the screen was centered, so the player who jumps right to the Action Phase will get a better opportunity to see the action.
* BUG FIX: On-disk battle scenarios can now be played by email (PBEM) correctly.
* BUG FIX: Air-to-air missiles were flying for one more turn than their fuel should have allowed. This has been corrected.
* BUG FIX: A Harrier jet can no longer glide indefinitely when its engine has been knocked out.
* BUG FIX: The copy-protection system was designed to shut itself off after a few games in which the player entered the correct information from the manual. In some instances this did not occur, however. This was a bug and has been fixed.
1.01
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* Game in progress is now saved at the end of each turn to a file titled "FC2 Auto-Save File". This autosave file will be placed in the same folder as the Flight Commander 2 application.
* The dialog windows that will appear during your play-by-email (PBEM) game are different (and simpler) than the ones described in the manual, although the general sequence of events is the same. Saving and restoring games in the middle of PBEM games also requires a brief explanation. Saved game files and email files are different. For this reason, to restart a PBEM game, use the "Load Play-By-EMail Game File..." menu item from the File menu.
* BUG FIX: Play-by-email games no longer crash when game is resumed from email files.
* BUG FIX: Clicking on the view button for aircraft with no radar no longer causes an error.
