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- DARKLANDS (TM)
- Program and Audiovisual copyright 1992-1993 MicroProse Software
-
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- WHICH VERSION, WHICH UPDATE?
-
- This updates versions 483.05, 483.051 or 483.06 to version 483.07.
-
- You can identify your current version by starting DARKLANDS and
- hitting the "Pause" key (on your keyboard) as soon as the dark gray
- text box appears on the screen. This is the very first thing that
- appears when the game loads. The gray box displays a produce code
- number. 483.04 is version 4, 483.05 or 483.051 is version 5, and
- 483.06 is version 6.
-
- In addition, you can also determine the version by the date of the
- DARKLAND.EXE file on your hard disk. If the file is dated August 4.
- 1992 it is version 4. A date later in August is version 5, and a
- date in September is version 6.
-
- If you have version 4, you cannot use this update disk. You must
- first update to version 6. Contact MicroProse immediately to get
- the version 6 update disk. Use that to update to version 6, then
- use this disk to update to version 7.
-
- If you have version 5, version 5.1 or version 6 you can use this
- disk to update to version 7.
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- UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
-
- You will need about 4.9 MB of free hard disk space to perform this
- update before you copy any files. A hard disk cache will speed up
- the update process.
-
- To update, first copy all the files from the update disk into
- your MPS\DARKLAND subdirectory (or whatever subdirectory you
- selected for the game during the original install).
-
- Next type UPDATE and tap the ENTER key. The updating process may
- take quite some time (possibly even one hour or more), depending
- on the speed of your machine, its configuration (EMS and disk
- caches help), and the specific version being updated. The computer
- can perform the update unattended (i.e., you don't have to stay
- and watch it!).
-
- When the updating is finished, your files EXACTLY match the files
- of version 483.07, as if you'd just installed them from the
- distribution disks. You can now delete files UPDATE.EXE, PATCH.EXE
- and PATCH.RTP, which frees about of half a MB of hard disk space.
-
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- WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 483.07
-
- Use the INSTALL program to view the new README.TXT file for
- version 7 of Darklands.
-
- The main difference is that you can now save the game at certain
- times on certain battlefields. The README.TXT file provides all
- the details.
-
- There are hundreds of subtle differences, mainly where we fixed
- obscure logic problems, art problems, etc. We also solved various
- memory management problems that caused the game to corrupt or
- crash.
-
- Note that the current version of Darklands requires 176K of EMS
- memory, rather than 64K. This is still less than the default amount
- (256K) created by EMM386, so your current CONFIG.SYS or boot disk
- will still work.
-
- Although you can continue playing with old saved games, some minor,
- subtle problems that might exist will persist (because they are
- stored in the saved games). Therefore, we suggest you start a
- new game for the "cleanest" possible operation.
-