***************************************** * Operation: Fighting Tiger * * * * Release version 3.01.1 * * 10/12/92 * ***************************************** INTRODUCTION This patch disk updates Operation: Fighting Tiger to version 3.01.1. The update includes a new installation program, the necessary patch files, a backup installation batch file and a batch file for creating a boot disk for Packard Bell computers (as well as a few other, auxiliary files). This update can only be used if you have already purchased Operation: Fighting Tiger. It will update Falcon 3.01 (dated 8/21/92) to Falcon 3.01.1 (dated 10/2/92). If you purchased the later version of Operation: Fighting Tiger, you do not need to perform the update since that version already contains the changes. CONTENTS: UPDATING OPERATION: FIGHTING TIGER METHOD ONE METHOD TWO ALTERNATE INSTALLATION PACKARD BELL COMPUTERS CHANGES TO OPERATION: FIGHTING TIGER MANUAL ADDENDUM --------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATING OPERATION: FIGHTING TIGER There are two ways of carrying out this update. METHOD ONE: If you have already installed Operation: Fighting Tiger, you can update the game by copying the files PATCH.EXE and PATCH.RTP to your Falcon 3.0/Operation: Fighting Tiger directory and then typing "PATCH" while in this directory. METHOD TWO: You can also use the new install program included with this patch to both install Operation: Fighting Tiger (Falcon 3.01) and update the game to version 3.01.1. In this case, the patch files must be on the same size floppy disk as your Operation: Fighting Tiger program disks. (If you have downloaded the patch from a BBS, you must copy the installation and patch files to the correct size floppy disk before continuing.) To install, insert the patch disk into a floppy drive, type "A:" or "B:" to change the directory to your patch disk and then type "INSTALL". If Operation: Fighting Tiger is not already installed, you will be prompted to insert your Operation: Fighting Tiger program disks. (It is always prudent to make backup copies of your original disks before doing anything else.) Once it has finished converting Falcon 3.0 to Falcon 3.01, the installer will then update the game to version 3.01.1. If Operation: Fighting Tiger is already installed, the install program will just skip the first step and proceed immediately with the update. ALTERNATE INSTALLATION: As a backup method of installing Operation: Fighting Tiger, the batch file INSTOFT.BAT is also included with this update. This batch file will only install Operation: Fighting Tiger. It will not perform the update. To use the batch file, copy INSTOFT.BAT to your Falcon 3.0 directory, type "INSTOFT" and follow the onscreen instructions. You will be prompted to insert your Operation: Fighting Tiger program disks. Use METHOD ONE, above, to complete the update. PACKARD BELL COMPUTERS Running Operation: Fighting Tiger on a Packard Bell computer may require a change in your CONFIG.SYS file to avoid an EMS conflict between the video BIOS and the EMS page frame at address E000. It is recommended that the EMS page frame address be set to D000. The following line, for example, will set the EMS page frame address properly for the EMM386 memory manager: DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 1024 RAM FRAME=D000 If you are not sure how to do this for your expanded memory manager, consult your DOS and expanded memory manager manuals for instructions. Our Customer Support representatives are also available Monday-Friday, 9am- 5pm Pacific time at our Customer Support number. If you are using DOS 5.0 and the EMM386 expanded memory manager, you can use the batch file BOOTPACK.BAT to create a special boot disk for your Packard Bell computer. Booting your system with this disk will configure your computer to avoid the address conflict. The BOOTPACK.BAT file is compressed inside the patch file. When you run the patch, BOOTPACK.BAT will be expanded and copied to your Falcon 3.0 directory. You will also need a formatted disk that fits your drive A to use as a boot disk. Simply type "BOOTPACK" from your Falcon 3.0 directory and then follow the onscreen instructions. To use the boot disk, insert the disk into drive A and reboot (or turn on) your computer before playing Falcon 3.0. NOTE: If you want to use your mouse with this boot disk carry out the following steps: 1.Edit the boot disk AUTOEXEC.BAT file with any text editor and remove the letters "REM" from the line: REM LOADHIGH MOUSE. 2. Copy your mouse driver (MOUSE.COM) from your hard drive to the boot disk. CHANGES TO OPERATION: FIGHTING TIGER 1. Some Operation: Fighting Tiger owners have had difficulty with the installation program included with the original release. A new installation program is included with this update which will both install the game from your Operation: Fighting Tiger program disks (preferably backup copies) and update version 3.01 to version 3.01.1. (See the UPDATING OPERATION: FIGHTING TIGER section above, which describes the new installation.) 2. On some systems, Operation: Fighting Tiger would crash before even reaching the title screen. The update will correct this problem for all systems except some Packard Bell systems. Packard Bell owners might have to either use a special boot disk or alter their CONFIG.SYS file to run Operation: Fighting Tiger. (See the above section on Packard Bell computers.) 3. The requirements for successfully completing an Escort mission have been eased. Now you are only responsible for getting the escorted bombers, strike or cargo aircraft to their destination. 4. The flight characteristics for heavy aircraft, like the B-52 and C-130, have been improved. They will fly more realistically and will no longer crash on landing (assuming, of course, that they are undamaged before attempting to land). 5. Buildings in Red Flag can now be damaged. 6. The MiG-31, the Mirage 2000, the Jaguar and the UMF can now be assigned to enemy flights in Red Flag. 7. PC speaker sounds have been fixed. 8. When playing Allied Comms. in the Kurile Islands theater, ships will now appear on all connected machines, not just the Caller. 9. In the Kurile Islands theater, you will no longer be assigned missions which require you to violate the Rules of Engagement. (You can still be assigned missions which are merely difficult to accomplish under ROE.) 10. The Supply Status display of the campaign Report Screen now lists the AIM-9R and the AGM-84. 11. The Padlock Status Window will now display "Alamo" instead of "Aphid" when an active-radar-guided missile is padlocked. MANUAL ADDENDUM Pg. 7 -- Parts List If you have purchased the 3.5" version of Operation: Fighting Tiger, you should find one 1.44MB disk and one 720K disk (not two 1.44MB disks) in the package. In addition, you should also find a Disk Exchange Coupon for exchanging 5.25" disks for 3.5" disks or vice versa. Pg. 9 -- More weather The overcast cloud layer will appear when the weather report or forecast lists the weather as "OVERCAST" not "CLOUDY." (Remember that weather reporting is not an exact science.) Pg. 75 -- Rules of Engagement: Violations and consequences Violating the rules of engagement may make subsequent missions more difficult because the enemy will become more aggressive. Page 82 -- Escort strike or bombers The requirements for this mission should read: * Provide both fighter escort and SEAD support to ensure that the strike aircraft reach their destination. * You must fly within 10 nm of the target waypoint. * At least one F-16 must survive the mission. Pg. 83 -- Ground Strike The mission title "Ground Strike" is missing from the top of the page. Pg. 98 -- Using the Harpoon missile and SEA radar Ship targets can be identified in two ways: 1. The radar return of a surface vessel is displayed on the REO as a green blip with one of three intensities: bright green, medium-bright green or dim green. The intensity of the return relates to the displacement of the ship. Refer to the Reference Section of the Operation: Fighting Tiger manual to determine the displacement of the assigned target ship. 2. View the formation of the enemy ships using the Map zoom function on the Mission Planning screens. The formation will not change significantly during the mission. The position of friendly ships is marked on the campaign maps with a blue icon. Enemy ships are marked with red icons. On missions, you will never find a friendly ship anywhere near an enemy task force, so identifying ships as friendly or hostile should not be a problem. Pg. 118 -- SA-2 Guideline The SA-4 will not appear in Operation: Fighting Tiger. Instead, the SA-2 has been deployed in the permanent SAM sites. Check the Report Screen in the game for the performance specifications of the SA-2.