XWCOOL for Xwing Fighter by LucasArts
                                Version 1.00
                        By: Ken "Stinger" Richardson
                        Copyright, 1994, ThrustMaster, Inc. ***
                             All Rights Reserved

     You have the permission of ThrustMaster, Inc. to distribute this 
TSR on any online service or BBS you choose.  You may NOT charge money 
for it, except as a reimbursement to you for actual mailing costs of 
disks and the cost of the disk itself.

***     ATTN:  This software is provided for and intended for use solely
by bonafide owners of original ThrustMaster equiptment.  All other us by     
non-ThrustMaster owners is a violation of the copyright.  ThrustMaster, 
We Offer Solutions - not just products.

     XWCOOL is a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program that will
work with the ThrustMaster FCS(PFCS) allowing you to program the Hat 
and Buttons 3 and 4 to any keystroke on the keyboard, (including 
SHFT/CTRL/ALT keys). You can also program "double-click" funtions to 
any button or hat position. For example: By default the Hat is 
programmed to switch between forward, back, right and left views 
depending on what direction you push it. If you push the Hat up twice, 
it will switch to something else.

     To program your FCS(PFCS), I supplied a small program called 
XWKEY.COM. This program will ask you to press which keystroke you want 
for each Hat position and Button. After you make your keystroke 
selections, it will write a file named XWCOOL.CFG. This file must be 
in the same directory as XWCOOL.COM when you load it. If XWCOOL can't 
find the XWCOOL.CFG file, it assumes you want to use the defaults and 
returns an error code.

     You MUST run XWKEY.COM the first time you use XWCOOL in order to 
configure the hat switch and two extra buttons.  XWKEY will step you 
thru the process and will create XWCOOL.CFG which XWCOOL will read 
when you run it.  Then, the only time you have to run XWKEY again is 
if you wish to change the assigned keypresses.

     If you have already configured your FCS(PFCS) hat and buttons 
previously, XWCOOL.COM will use those keypresses stored in XWCOOL.CFG 
so when you run it again you do not need to reconfigure the hat and 
buttons again unless you wish to change them.

     You must store XWCOOL.COM, & XWKEY.COM in the same directory you 
have the Xwing files in.  XWKEY will create XWCOOL.CFG and store it in 
that directory as well.

     No modification is required to the Host program. Simply run the 
XWCOOL program, or use LOADHIGH to load it into high memory. The first 
step is to calibrate your Hat. Just follow the on-screen instructions, 
this only takes a few seconds. Next XWCOOL will check to see if the 
XWCOOL.CFG file is available, if so it will program the Hat and 
Buttons. After XWCOOL is loaded it will automatically check to see if 
a Host is running. If a Host is running it will automatically "attach" 
itself. If a Host is not running, it will simply lay dormant in memory 
until it senses a Host. To Un-install XWCOOL, just execute the 
XWCOOL.COM program a second time. This will remove the TSR from memory. 

XWCOOL will work with the following programs:

XWING
XWING + IMPERIAL PURSUIT
XWING + IMPERIAL PURSUIT + IMPERIAL PURSUIT PATCH 1A (targeting fix)
XWING + IMPERIAL PURSUIT + IP PATCH 1A + BWING
XWING + IMPERIAL PURSUIT + BWING

XWCOOL will return the following ERRORLEVEL's for BATCH file processing:            
              
              ERRORLEVEL 1 = Configuration file not loaded
              ERRORLEVEL 2 = Calibration Error
        
     This utility is not supported by LucasArts in any way so if you 
experience any problems contact ThrustMaster via Compuserve in GAMDPUB,
(GO GAMDPUB), or via Internet at thrustmaster@checksix.com.

Summary procedure:

The FIRST time you use XWCOOL and any time you wish to change the keys
    that are assigned to the hat and buttons 3 and 4 on your 
    ThrustMaster (P)FCS:
 
 1. Run XWKEY and program the hat and buttons to produce the single or 
    double-press keys you want it to produce.  XWKEY will produce
    XWCOOL.CFG.

 2. Run XWCOOL (use LH XWCOOL) and it will ask you to calibrate.  Note, 
    you will not see the keypresses produced at the dos prompt since 
    XWCOOL will look for the host program (Xwing) first to be resident 
    in memory.  If it does not see it, it will remain dormant in memory 
    until you start Xwing.

 3. Run Xwing.
 
 4. Type XWCOOL again upon exiting Xwing and XWCOOL will remove itself
    from memory.
                                        
                                        
Any time after the first time you use XWCOOL, you only need to do the                                        
following if you do not want to first change the keys that you have
assigned to the hat and buttons 3 and 4 on your ThrustMaster (P)FCS:
                                        
 1. Run XWCOOL. Use LH XWCOOL.                                        
 
 2. Run Xwing.

 3. Type XWCOOL again upon exiting Xwing and XWCOOL will remove itself
    from memory.
                                        
How to create a batch file to load XWCOOL and run Xwing and unload XWCOOL                                        
upon exiting Xwing:

Using DOS' EDIT.COM, make a batch file that looks like this and store it
in the same directory you have the Xwing program files in:

lh xwcool
xwing
xwcool

Use SAVE AS from the File menu at the top in EDIT.COM to save the file
as something with a name you will remember - like - XW.BAT.



                                        
                                        -Enjoy!

                                         Ken "Stinger" Richardson
                                         &
                                         ThrustMaster, Inc


File list:
             XWCOOL.COM   - Padlock TSR itself. This file must be loaded 
                            before running Xwing - load it HIGH.
             
             XWCOOL.TXT   - This file.
       
             XWKEY.COM  - The "programming" program.