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- Playing Air Warrior Online
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- Getting Online
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- Air Warrior III in its full, large-scale multiplayer online mode can
- be played directly from the web, employing a TCP/IP connection with
- your Internet Service Provider (ISP). All you have to do is connect
- to a web site that offers Air Warrior III. The program will launch
- directly from an Air Warrior III web based launch site.
-
- If you purchased Air Warrior III in 1997, the open online beta test
- may be active and you can fly online for free from the open beta
- site at http://www.bigweek.com.
-
- After all the new online features have been tested, Air Warrior III
- will be available from the GameStorm online game service at
- http://www.gamestorm.com.
-
- To launch Air Warrior III and play online with other players, you MUST
- launch the program from one of these launch web pages. DO NOT just run
- the executable from the Start Menu or double-click the airwar3D.exe
- file to play online.
-
- If You Have Problems Launching From the Web
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- Air Warrior III launches from the web using a special game launching
- program called klnch32.exe. It is a "helper application" that works
- with your browser to launch the game you want to play.
-
- In the vast majority of cases, the game installer will correctly
- install klaunch32.exe in your Windows folder, and automatically
- configure your browser to use it as a helper application.
-
- In some rare cases, however, this automatic installation fails. If
- you get an klaunch error message or if you are asked to download a
- "ticket" when trying to launch the game, use the instructions
- below to either confirm that klnch32.exe is correctly installed,
- or if it is not, configure it manually.
-
- If klnch32.exe is correctly configured in your browser, and you
- are still getting an error message on launch, check the readme.txt
- and the faq.txt files that came with the game installation for more
- troubleshooting information.
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- NETSCAPE
-
- 1. Start Netscape. In Netscape, select Preferences from the Options
- menu (General Preferences in Netscape 3.0).
- 2. Select the tab labeled Helper Apps. (Helper in Netscape 3.0)
- 3. Select the button on the Helper Apps screen labeled "Create New
- Type".
- 4. Enter application for the Mime type.
- 5. Enter x-klaunch for the Mime subtype.
- 6. Click OK for the Configure New Mime Type dialog.
- 7. Enter lch for the file extensions.
- 8. Select the radio button beside the action "launch the
- application".
- 9. Select the Browse button on the lower right corner of the
- helper app screen.
- 10. Browse to the Windows folder, locate the file klnch32.exe and
- select it.
- 11. Select the OK button on the Browse dialog.
- 12. Select OK at the bottom of the Preferences screen.
- 13. Select Save Options from the Options menu in Netscape (not
- necessary in Netscape 3.0).
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- INTERNET EXPLORER
- 1. Start Internet Explorer.
- 2. Select Options from the View menu.
- 3. Select the tab labeled "Programs".
- 4. Select the button on the Programs screen labeled "File Types".
- 5. Select the "New Type" button.
- 6. Type a description, such as "Kesmai Launch Files".
- 7. Type in a (any) file extension, such as "LCH"
- 8. Enter "application/x-klaunch" for the Content Type (MIME).
- 9. Click the New button to create a new "action".
- 10. Type "open" for the action name.
- 11. Browse to the Windows folder and
- select "KLNCH32.EXE"
- 12. Click "OK" to close the New Action dialog.
- 13. Click "OK" to close the Add New File Type dialog.
- 14. Click "OK" to close the File Types dialog.
- 15. Click "OK" to close the Options dialog.
- 16. When you click on the Play link/button on the web page, MSIE will
- ask you whether you want to save the file to disk, or open it.
- Choose open.
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- Air Warrior is a registered trademark of Kesmai Aries Ltd
- (c) 1996-1997 Kesmai Aries Ltd. All rights reserved.
- All other trademarks are property of their registered owners.