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echo  GREAT NAVAL BATTLES VOL.2  GUADALCANAL 1942-43
echo
echo  version 1.1 6/8/94
echo
echo  The contents of this file, in order, include:
echo    - Game Clarifications and Additions
echo    - Game Hints
echo    - Additional Questions and Answers
echo    - Additional Technical Information
echo            - Vesa Drivers
echo            - Game Memory
echo            - Summary of New Command Keys
echo    - Directory of Ship Classes
echo
echo
echo
echo  GAME CLARIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS
echo
echo  Version 1.1 Clarifcations and Additions:
echo  Bug Fixes & New Features:
echo   1) Fixes most of the DOS4GW games crashes during game play.
echo   2) Fixed most mouse trail problems during game play.
echo   3) Increased Betty Bomber endurance, so as to reach
echo      Guadalcanal.
echo   4) Fixed crash bug in Japanese CS class ships damage screen.
echo   5) Improved turn rates for CA's and BB's.
echo   6) Added an option for the user to alter gunnery,
echo   torpedo and bomb damage. Check in "Controls" in the menu bar
echo   and look for the "Options" selection. The effects are as
echo   follows, "Gunnery": hits can be increased or set to normal,
echo   "Torpedo": sets U.S. torpedoes to historical dud rate or
echo   or no duds, "Bombs": damage can be increased or normal,
echo   "Aground": allows ships to run aground or turn off this
echo   feature in the game.
echo   7) Clarifaction: In the User's guide, page 2 under the heading
echo   "Autoexec.bat", please add a line to load the mouse driver.
echo   For example: LOADHI MOUSE.
echo   .
echo  GENERAL
echo
echo  1) If you experience a game crash,  reload your most recent save,
echo  go to the Memory Report in the Controls menu located at the top
pause
echo  menu bar, and record the numbers found there before calling
echo  SSI technical support.  These numbers will show the amount of free
echo  memory and will be a big help to tech. support.
echo
echo  2) IMPORTANT: Your game may slow down if you have too many map
echo  filters on. Filters like range circles or torpedoes will slow down
echo  the game, so turn them off to speed up the game.
echo
echo  3) We have included Gravis native modein the sound install menu as a
echo  courtesy to our users. We do not gurantee 100% compatibility because
echo  out testing revealed some intermittent problems.If you have problems
echo  using this card in its native mode, we suggest that you use the
echo  Sound Blaster emulation option in the sound install menu.
echo
echo  4) Currently in the game, computer will occassionally plot to close
echo  to land and may run some ships aground.  If you wish you can edit
echo  the GNB.bat file with your DOS editor and add the following command.
echo  Towards the end of the file look for the following:
echo
echo  gnbg.exe vesa480.dll
echo
echo  alter this command line to look like this:
echo
pause
echo  gnbg.exe vesa480.dll AGROUND
echo
echo  This allow ships to ignore portions of land while the task force
echo  moves. You still cannot plot thru islands but this will allow
echo  you to clip a corner or two.
echo
echo  4) If you manually plot the course for a bombard mission you must
echo  target the appropriate "X" in the waters off Guadalcanal.  The
echo  Japanese must target the blue (American) "X" and the Americans
echo  must target the red (Japanese) "X".  Likewise when you manually
echo  plot a supply run you must target the "X" that matches your side
echo  (red for Japanese and blue for American). REMEMBER that plot must
echo  end in close proximity to the appropriate "X".
echo
echo  5) Ship speed can be affected by the direction and strength of the
echo  wind.  Your task force will slow down if they are sailing against
echo  the wind.
echo
echo  6) Light carriers (CVL) will be listed as CV's in the game.
echo
echo  7) You can adjust the music volume by hitting the ALT 1 through
echo  ALT4 keys; you may also turn off the speech by hitting
echo  ALT- A.  You can use these keys only during game play.
pause
echo
echo  8) You can alter the delay time for messages by accessing the
echo  Controls menu and using the "Message" option.
echo
echo  9) When you select "smoke" for your task force, you will not see a
echo  graphical representation of the smoke (it slows down the game), but
echo  the effect do take place.
echo
echo  10) If a ship starts sinking while you are in Fast Mode you are
echo  dropped out of Fast Mode until the ship sinks and then Fast Mode
echo  resumes.
echo
echo  11) If your troops run out of supplies (0 supplies) you will be given
echo  automatic defend orders.  You can choose another option but when the
echo  battle report comes the computer will not let you attack and will
echo  place you in defend.
echo
echo  12) You will recieve one plane per plane type every day as
echo  reinforcements.  Carriers also replaces one plane per plane type
echo  while at sea.
echo
echo  13) Save games each take up 500K of disk space, so if you are
echo  low on disk space you may get a "Save File Failure" message.
pause
echo  Maintain a few megs of free space on your hard drive if you
echo  make lots of new saves.
echo
echo  NAVIGATION
echo
echo  1) There are two new orders in the Navigation Orders panel:
echo  "Manual" and "Tactical".  "Manual" allows you to manually set
echo  speed and course. "Tactical" allows the computer to run the ship
echo  during combat.
echo
echo  2) You cannot steer the ship by clicking on the rudder.  If you
echo  wish to manually direct the course of your task force you need to
echo  access the Navigation Panel and  set the orders (Set Orders command)
echo  to Manual.   Use the "Set Course" button to enter a new heading.
echo  This command also works with detached ships that are under
echo  tactical orders.
echo
echo  3) If you use the custom formation option, the computer will
echo  automatically sets up the flagship in the center.  You must arrange
echo  your task force in relation to the flagship.
echo
echo  4) Be careful not to make your custom formations too wide or they
echo  may have trouble in confined waters.
pause
echo
echo  TORPEDOES
echo
echo  1) The target readout for the torpedoes turns 180 degrees away
echo  from the target if a friendly ship is interposed between your ship
echo  and target ship.
echo
echo  2) Japanese torpedo mounts will try to reload during combat
echo  but they may not finish reloading until the ship is out of combat.
echo  American ships do not reload during combat.
echo
echo  3)  If you switch the Torpedo Control on the bridge to manual control
echo  it prevents the ship from firing torpedoes on its own.
echo
echo  4) When you manually fire torpedoes you should set the game speed
echo  to x1, otherwise the compute button does not update properly.
echo
echo
echo  AIR OPERATIONS
echo
echo  1) You can click directly on the map to send an airstrike to a
echo  suspected enemy position without a contact report. However the
echo  chance of the strike hitting a target is small, as the airstrike
pause
echo  really needs a contact report.
echo
echo  2) Your air strike missions are restricted by the shortest range of
echo  the planes involved.  If the contact is beyond the range you will
echo  not get a target.  Try resetting the strike without the planes with
echo  the shortest range.
echo
echo  3) You can only set search range and direction from the Air Ops
echo  screen (F5) of each ship or base. This option is not available from
echo  the Flag Bridge.
echo
echo  4) A base acts like the flag bridge of a carrier force.  You can
echo  launch CAP from the "Flag Bridge" of the base. All other air
echo  operations must take place in the Air Ops screen (F5).
echo
echo  5) "Scout" missions have been renamed "Search" missions.
echo
echo  6) The aircraft ranges listed when you ready an aircraft represent
echo  the operational range in nautical miles for a one-way trip.
echo
echo  7) The second speed listed in the Aircraft Briefing screens is the
echo  payload speed of the listed aircraft.
echo
pause
echo
echo  BASE OPERATIONS
echo
echo  1) The Flag Bridge screen also doubles as the base screen.
echo
echo  2) When you are on the "Base" screen, clicking on the Cargo button
echo  will list the current number of supplies and troops in that base.
echo
echo  3) When loading a ship a number will appear next to the name,
echo  indicating the number of hours it takes the ship to load. Once the
echo  ship has finished loading you will see an "L" next to the name.
echo  Also, when you fuel or repair a ship, you will see the number of
echo  hours to complete the fueling or repairs.
echo
echo  4) There has been a change in how fueling occurs for a ship at
echo  a base.  You can no longer select the amount, as the computer will
echo  automatically fuel the ship to 100% capacity.
echo
echo  Map Filters
echo
echo  The map filters have been rearranged to be more efficient and a
echo  couple of new filters have been added.
echo
pause
echo  1) Be careful when you use the Map filter option "Autocenter".
echo  You will be unable to move the map position from the chosen ship or
echo  task force.
echo
echo  2) There are two new map filters. The first is "Range Circles"; which
echo  sets a series of circles in 250-mile increments around the base or
echo  task force. This can be a useful option for planning airstrikes.
echo  The second new filter is the "TF Plot Times"; which will displays
echo  the time in days, hours, and minutes to reach each way point in your
echo  plot.
echo
echo
echo  DAMAGE CONTROL
echo
echo  1) During combat your damage control crews are less effective.
echo  The fastest way to repair a ship is to get out of combat.
echo
echo  2) As long as one of the Main Gun Directors is functioning, your guns
echo  should be able to fire at will.
echo
echo  3) Damage to your ship's shaft or rudder reduces the ship's
echo  speed to zero and prevents it from turning.
echo
pause
echo
echo  SUPPLIES
echo
echo  1) During unloading of a Supply Run, each ship unloads up to
echo  50 troops and 500 supplies per hour.
echo
echo  2) The formula for supply consumption is determined by multiplying
echo  the number of troops by the combat option (defend=1, probe=2,
echo  attack=3, offensive=4) and dividing by five. For example, 1000
echo  troops on a probe mission would use the following supply
echo  (1000 x 2 = 2000/5 = 400 tons of supply used). The final number
echo  has some random variation applied after the calculation, so the
echo  number obtained should be consider an approximation.
echo
echo
echo  TRANSLATION OF JAPANESE SPEECH
echo
echo  JAPANESE                        ENGLISH
echo
echo  Tekikan Hakken                  Enemy spotted
echo
echo  Gyorai Hakken                   Torpedoes spotted
echo
pause
echo  Tekikan Gekichin                Enemy ship sinking
echo
echo  Meirei Dentatsu                 We are transfering command, sir
echo
echo  Honkan Gekichin                 Our ship is sinking
echo
echo
echo  GAME HINTS
echo
echo  SUPPLY RUNS
echo
echo  The Japanese player must be very careful planning and running Supply
echo  Run missions. These are critical to the Japanese in the campaign
echo  game. As the Japanese player you face a major problem running
echo  against U.S. air power in Henderson Field and from the U.S. carriers.
echo  In order to survive your missions must arrive at Guadalcanal during
echo  the early evening so that your ships can unload and retreat before
echo  the Allied air power can strike. Create a task force of destroyers
echo  and cruisers and load them with supplies. Run the task force down
echo  and hide in the slot. The "slot" itself begins around 300 miles
echo  northwest of Guadalcanal. It will take you at least a day or two
echo  before you reach the "slot". If you arrive early in the morning or
echo  late afternoon, stop your TF and wait. The best time to go down the
pause
echo  slot is around 1400 hrs (2:00 PM) and go at full speed, so that
echo  you should make it to Guadalcanal by 2200 hrs (10:00PM). By this
echo  method you can avoid U.S. airstrikes from Henderson; however, if
echo  there are U.S. carriers around, you may have to modify your schedule.
echo  Note that the Japanese transports only move at approximately 15 knots,
echo  so if they are a part of the task force you will have to change your
echo  tactics.
echo
echo  TORPEDO ATTACKS
echo
echo
echo  The torpedo attack is one of the more difficult skills to master in
echo  the game. A lot depends on timing and luck.  It is difficult to hit
echo  a moving ship and if you are American, the chances of your torpedoes
echo  hitting something and actually working are very slim. The best way
echo  to hit a ship with torpedoes is to launch several waves at the target
echo  ship but at different angles.  What you want to do is force the
echo  target ship into a position where it cannot avoid the torpedoes.
echo  You can detach a destroyer or two and send them around the flank of
echo  the enemy Task Force and have them launch torpedoes.  Your main force
echo  should then launch another wave from the opposite side. You can
echo  also plot your Task Force for a torpedo run in one direction, then
echo  turn sharply and launch a second set on the new plot.
pause
echo
echo  CAMPAIGN GAME
echo
echo  The main goal of the campaign game is not just to sink a lot of enemy
echo  ships, but to maintain a hold on Guadalcanal. If your base runs out
echo  of men, it will fall to the enemy. With this in mind, the control of
echo  the seas around Guadalcanal becomes important, as the side who can
echo  dominate the seas can best resupply its bases on Guadalcanal.
echo
echo  For the Japanese the first campaign will be a difficult one, as you
echo  are initially facing a larger American force. Until you get your
echo  carriers into play, lay low and stick to night missions. Use your
echo  Betty bombers to harass the American TF's off of Henderson Field. If
echo  you can sink transports, you will find that it helps in the long
echo  term. One of the strengths for the Japanese is the ability to use
echo  destroyers as transport.  The destroyer's speed allows them to avoid
echo  the enemy air by arriving, unloading, and leaving before daylight.
echo
echo  As the Americans, use your initial advantage to make multiple supply
echo  runs and bombardment missions before the Japanese carriers show up.
echo  In night battles be careful of the Japanese torpedo attacks as one
echo  hit could sink a cruiser.  Use Henderson Field to your advantage;
echo  remember to transfer some PBY's there so you can launch search
pause
echo  missions.  Protect your carriers; as each carrier could be worth
echo  as much as 70,000 points, and losing one or two of them will cost
echo  you the game.
echo
echo  ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
echo
echo  Q: Why are there two Name options under Aircraft when the map filters
echo  are displayed?
echo
echo  A: The map filters have been modified from the form shown in the
echo  user's manual. The first Name option is under the formation heading
echo  and when toggled on displays the names of overall flight formations.
echo  The second Name option displays the names of individual planes
echo  when they are making their attack runs and performing their search
echo  missions.
echo
echo  Q: Why am I unable to transfer ships from Truk to Rabual or vice
echo  versa?
echo
echo  A: Historically, both of these bases were separate commands in the
echo  Japanese Navy and did not transfer ships to each other.
echo  If you wish to move some ships to another base, you can avoid the
echo  separate command issue by using the "Return to Base" order when you
pause
echo  have completed a mission.
echo
echo  Q: Why do I receive land combat reports, that indicate zero
echo  casualties?
echo
echo  A: Most likely both you and your opponent are in defensive mode,
echo  therefore you have no losses.
echo
echo  Q: Why do I receive contact reports that are not listed in my
echo  Target Selection menu?
echo
echo  A: Your search planes have a much long range than your strike
echo  planes (Kates, VALs, Avengers, etc.).  The contact will not be listed
echo  as a target until your strike planes come within a reasonable range
echo  to hit the contact.
echo
echo  Q: Why do B-17s and Bettys seem to do very little damage to Henderson
echo  or Guadalcanal?
echo
echo  A: Neither of these two planes was very useful in land bombing roles
echo  in this campaign.  First, Henderson Field was very difficult to
echo  damage by bombs alone, and second, bombing at high altitudes often
echo  resulted in very inaccurate bombings.
pause
echo
echo  Q: Why doesn't my task force move even after I set a plot for it?
echo
echo  A: Since you are in manual mode you need to set the speed for your
echo  task force (it is probably at 0).
echo
echo  Q: Why do my search planes turn around at 4:00PM and head home.
echo
echo  A:  It is because at that time the pilots know they need to head
echo  back before sunset. Make sure you launch your air formations early
echo  enough to allow them time to do their missions.
echo
echo  Q: Why did my air strike go after a secondary target close to the
echo  original target I selected?
echo
echo  A: The pilots have a tendency to attack the first thing they see.
echo  This happened quite often in the actual battles.
echo
echo  ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION
echo
echo  VESA Drivers
echo
echo  What exactly is a VESA driver? Good question. The VESA driver itself
pause
echo  is a small program which loads into memory and interacts with your
echo  video board. This little program (in conjunction with your video
echo  board) is then is able to display resolutions such as 640x480,
echo  800x600, and 1024x768, all using 256 glorious colors. This enhanced
echo  resolution can be used to great effect in many ways. A VESA driver
echo  is also a driver which follows standards set by the Video Electronic
echo  Standards Association. This Association is responsible for setting
echo  and supporting industry-wide video graphics standards for the benefit
echo  of end-users.
echo
echo  Why is this driver needed? The driver is necessary since the original
echo  VGA standard (introduced in 1987) set 320x200 as being the highest
echo  resolution available. Video board companies soon upped the ante with
echo  higher-resolution VGA boards (also knows as Super VGA, or SVGA,
echo  boards) and quickly found a need to make these boards compatible with
echo  each other. Hence, the VESA association was formed to set standards
echo  for these boards. We should note here that every video board company
echo  has its own VESA driver, and that a VESA driver made for one video
echo  board does not necessarily work with another.
echo
echo  Great Naval Battles II uses a high-resolution 640x480x256 mode in
echo  order to more accurately depict the detail of naval combat.
echo  Obviously, in order to reap the benefits of this higher resolution,
pause
echo  you need to install the VESA driver before playing the game.
echo
echo  Our installation program tries to identify the video board you are
echo  using, and installs the appropriate VESA driver in the GNB2.BAT file.
echo  Running the game by typing GNB2 and pressing Enter/Return should work
echo  for the majority of users.
echo
echo  However, some video boards may not be detected by the installation
echo  program, or the VESA driver used may not work with your board. If you
echo  have trouble running the game with the GNB2 command, try
echo  typing START2 and press Enter/Return. The START2.BAT file includes
echo  a universal VESA driver that should work with most video boards.
echo
echo  One other option you may wish to consider is installing your VESA
echo  driver in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it is always available upon
echo  boot-up. To do this, you will need to know the location and name of
echo  the VESA driver for your video board. Add the complete path and
echo  filename for the driver as a line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file using
echo  the EDIT command. As an example, we have included an AUTOEXEC.BAT
echo  with an Orchid VESA driver installed. Note that you may need to
echo  refer to your video card manual and DOS manual for additional
echo  information.
echo
pause
echo
echo  Example AUTOEXEC.BAT
echo
echo  PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\MOUSE;C:\UTIL
echo  C:\UTIL\ORCHDVSA
echo  PROMPT $P$G
echo
echo  Note: This examples assumes the VESA driver resides in the UTIL
echo  directory.
echo
echo
echo  GAME MEMORY
echo
echo  Great Naval Battles Vol.2  requires a large amount of extended
echo  memory in order to run.  This game does not use expanded memory,
echo  it is very important that you do not use EMM386.sys in your
echo  CONFIG.SYS file in your computer. This game needs at least 3,080,192
echo  bytes of extended memory in order to run.
echo
echo
echo  SUMMARY OF NEW COMMAND KEYS
echo  ALT 1 - ALT 4   Change Music Volume
echo  ALT A           Turn Speech ON/OFF
pause
echo  PAGEUP/DOWN     Page up/down the ship list in a task force or base.
echo
echo  DIRECTORY of SHIP CLASSES
echo
echo  JAPANESE SHIPS
echo
echo  BB's
echo
echo  NAGATO CLASS
echo    Mutsu
echo
echo  KONGO CLASS
echo    Kongo, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna
echo
echo  YAMATO CLASS
echo    Yamato
echo
echo  CV's
echo
echo  JUNYO CLASS
echo    Junyo, Hiyo
echo
echo  RYUJO CLASS
pause
echo    Ryujo
echo
echo  SHOKAKU CLASS
echo    Shokaku, Zuikaku
echo
echo  ZUIHO CLASS
echo    Zuiho
echo
echo  CS's
echo
echo  CHITOSE CLASS
echo    Chiyoda, Chitose
echo
echo  CS MARU CLASS
echo    Kamikawa Maru
echo
echo  NISSHIN CLASS
echo    Nisshin
echo
echo  CA's
echo
echo  TAKAO CLASS
echo    Chokai, Takao, Atago, Maya
pause
echo
echo  FURUTAKA CLASS
echo    Furutaka, Kako
echo
echo  AOBA CLASS
echo    Aoba, Kinugasa
echo
echo  NACHI CLASS
echo    Myoko, Haguro
echo
echo  MOGAMI CLASS
echo    Suzuya, Kumano
echo
echo  TONE CLASS
echo    Tone, Chikuma
echo
echo  CL's
echo
echo  YUBARI CLASS
echo    Yubari (not in manual, appears in ship briefings list)
echo
echo  TENRYU CLASS
echo    Tenryu, Tatsuta
pause
echo
echo  SENDAI CLASS
echo    Jintsu, Sendai
echo
echo  NAGARA CLASS
echo    Nagara, Yura, Isuzu
echo
echo  DD's
echo
echo  KAMAKAZE CLASS
echo    Asakaze, Oite, Yunagi
echo
echo  MUTSUKI CLASS
echo    Uzuki, Mochizuki, Yuzuki,  Mutsuki, Yayoi
echo
echo  SHIRATSUYU CLASS
echo    Kawakaze, Umikaze, Suzukaze, Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasume,
echo    Samidare, Harausme, Yudachi
echo
echo  KAGERO CLASS
echo    Arashi, Kagero, Maikaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, Hamakaze,
echo    Hagikaze, Tanikaze, Kuroshio, Oyahio, Hatsukaze, Yukikaze,
echo    Hayashio, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Nowaki
pause
echo
echo  HATSUHARU CLASS
echo    Yugure, Ariake
echo
echo  ASASHIO CLASS
echo    Natsugumo, Minegumo, Asagumo
echo
echo  FUBUKI CLASS
echo    Sazanami, Oshio, Shirakumo, Asagiri, Yugiri, Amagiri,
echo    Akebono, Uranami, Shikinami, Ayanami, Fubuki, Shirayuki,
echo    Hatsuyuki, Murakumo, Isonami
echo
echo  AKATSUKI CLASS
echo    Akizuki, Akatsuki, Ikazuchi, Inazuma
echo
echo  YUGUMO CLASS
echo    Makinami, Naganami, Yugumo, Akigumo, Kazegumo, Makigumo
echo
echo  MINEKAZE CLASS
echo    Hakaze, Akikaze, Tachikaze
echo
echo
echo
pause
echo  ALLIED SHIPS
echo
echo
echo  BB's
echo
echo  NORTH CAROLINA CLASS
echo    North Carolina, Washington
echo
echo  SOUTH DAKOTA CLASS
echo    South Dakota
echo
echo  CV's
echo
echo  LEXINGTON CLASS
echo    Saratoga
echo
echo  YORKTOWN CLASS
echo    Enterprise, Hornet
echo
echo  WASP CLASS
echo    Wasp
echo
echo  CVE's
pause
echo
echo  LONG ISLAND CLASS
echo    Long Island
echo
echo  CA's
echo
echo  NEW ORLEANS CLASS
echo    New Orleans, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Astoria, Quincy,
echo    Vincennes
echo
echo  PORTLAND CLASS
echo    Portland
echo
echo  PENSACOLA CLASS
echo    Salt Lake City, Pensacola
echo
echo  NORTHAMPTON CLASS
echo    Chester, Northampton, Chicago
echo
echo  AUSTRALIA CLASS
echo    Australia
echo
echo  CANBERRA CLASS
pause
echo    Canberra
echo
echo  CL's
echo
echo  BROOKLYN CLASS
echo    Boise, Helena
echo
echo  ATLANTA CLASS
echo    Juneau, Atlanta, San Juan
echo
echo  PERTH CLASS
echo    Hobart
echo
echo  DD's
echo
echo  PORTER CLASS
echo    Phelps, Balch, Selfridge, Porter
echo
echo  FARRAGUT CLASS
echo    Dewey, Hull, Farragut, Macdonough, Worden, Dale
echo
echo  BENHAM CLASS
echo    Benham, Ellet, Wilson, Lang, Sterett, Stack
pause
echo
echo  BENSON CLASS
echo    Grayson, Gwin, Aaron Ward, Farenholt, Laffey, Monssen,
echo    Buchanan, Lansdowne, Duncan, McCalla, Lardner, Meredith
echo
echo  BAGLEY CLASS
echo    Maury, Patterson, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Jarvis, Bagley,
echo    Blue, Helm, Henley
echo
echo  MAHAN CLASS
echo    Preston, Mahan, Lamson, Conygham, Shaw, Cushing, Smith
echo
echo  SIMS CLASS
echo    Hughes, Anderson, Russell, Morris, Mustin, O'Brien
echo
echo  FLETCHER CLASS
echo    Nicholas, Fletcher
echo
echo
echo
echo
echo
echo
pause
echo  J.Young
echo
echo