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- Notes on UPGRADING from a previous release of HOWITZER
-
- (0.93beta or earlier):
-
- * Howitzer handles fonts differently. This was necessary to
- support multiple resolutions. You can delete ROMAN10.FNT from
- your Howitzer directory, and replace it with FIXED5X7.FNT and
- FIXED7X8.FNT (supplied with 0.94beta and up).
-
- (0.90beta or earlier):
-
- * Howitzer now uses a graphics library which only runs if a VESA
- interface is present. Some older graphics cards don't have this
- support built-in, and need to have a driver loaded first. (For
- example, my Video 7 VRAM-II card needs to have a TSR called v7vesa.com
- loaded.) This driver will probably be in the same directory or disk
- as any other utilities that came with your video card.
-
- If you don't have a VESA driver, you can use UNIVESA, which is
- provided with Howitzer. It should work with all common video cards.
- If you can't get it to work on your card, contact me via E-mail and I'll
- try to connect you with a VESA driver that will work on your system.
-
-
- (0.83beta or earlier):
-
- * You can safely unpack the new version of Howitzer in your
- old Howitzer directory - nothing important will be overwritten.
-
- * The format of HOWITZER.INI has changed. It's now much more
- readable, but completely incompatible with older versions.
- You should delete your old HOWITZER.INI before running the
- new version of HOWITZER.
-
- * Registration datafiles from older versions of Howitzer work
- just fine with the new version. Make sure Howitzer and the
- datafile are in the same directory; this copy of Howitzer
- will then enable all cheat features.
-
- * Read the documentation! A _LOT_ has changed since 0.84beta.
-
- * 0.90beta will NOT expire after a certain date.
-
-