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- Longbow Gold Patch Text File
-
- Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow Gold v1.04F
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-
- (C) 1997, Origin Systems, Inc. This document may not, in whole or part,
- be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any
- electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent, in
- writing from Origin Systems, Inc.
-
- Origin Systems, Inc. believes the information contained in this
- document is accurate and reliable. Origin Systems, Inc. reserves the
- right to update this manual at any time and without notice.
-
- To find out the latest information about AH-64D Longbow, check out our
- Internet Web site http://www.janes.ea.com
-
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- To print a hardcopy of this file, at the DOS prompt, change to the
- directory where this file is and type :
-
- PRINT PATCH.TXT [ENTER]
-
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-
- I. Fixes
- II. Installing the patch
- III. DXSETUP
- IV. Customer Service/Tech Support
-
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- I. FIXES
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-
- 1. Skipping/Garbled Speech: Some users have reported the in-flight
- speech would skip or sound garbled. This has been corrected.
-
- 2. Movie Player: On some machines the movie player could occassionally
- lock up, skip, or crash to the desktop. The movie player has been improved
- to reduce the occurence of these issues.
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- II. INSTALLING THE PATCH
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-
- NOTE: If the hardware on your machine is not DirectX cerified you
- may experience a decrease in performance after installing the patch.
- See the next section, DirectX and DXSETUP, for information on how to
- check whether or not your hardware is certified.
-
- Copy The file LBG104e.EXE into the Longbow Gold directory (default is
- C:\JANES\LBGOLD). Goto the MS-DOS prompt and change into your
- Longbow Gold directory. Type LBG104E and press [enter]. The patch will
- extract itself. Then type PATCH and press [enter]. It will update
- the appropriate files.
-
- You should receive a message indicating success. After the patch
- has been correctly installed, press ALT-V when you are within the game.
- If it reads AH-64D Longbow Gold v1.04F, the patch is correctly installed.
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- III. DIRECTX AND DXSETUP
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-
- What Is DirectX?
-
- Microsoft DirectX is a programming language extension that is available
- with the Microsoft Game Software Development Kit (SDK). DirectX
- components include DirectDraw, DirectInput, DirectPlay, and DirectSound.
- DirectX provides tight integration between applications, hardware and
- graphics accelerators for maximum graphics performance and easy customer
- installation. DirectX drivers do this by providing software developers
- with a native Windows-based programming alternative to the older
- MS-DOS-based display and sound specification.
-
- DXSETUP:
- To check if your hardware is DirectX cerified, do the following.
-
- 1. Insert Longbow Gold CD #1 (exit the Origin Gateway)
- 2. Double-click My Computer.
- 3. Right-click on the CD-ROM disc icon.
- 4. Click Explore.
- 5. Double-click the DirectX folder.
- 6. Double-click DXSETUP.EXE.
-
- NOTE: The audio system has been adjsuted to take better advantage of
- DirectX's DirectSound. If your Audio drivers are listed with
- No Hardware Support, you may find your performance will decrease if
- you install the patch.
-
- If you find that your performance does decrease after installing the
- patch, copy out the ROSTER.DAT file (your savegames) from the Longbow Gold
- directory. Then uninstall and reinstall the game. Finally, copy the
- ROSTER.DAT file back into the Longbow Gold directory.
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- IV. Customer Service/Tech Support
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-
- If you have any trouble or questions please feel free to contact us
- in any of the following ways:
-
- ORIGIN Phone Tech Support: (512) 434-HELP (512) 434-4357
- 9-5 C.S.T Hours subject to change.
- ORIGIN FAX Tech Support: (512) 795-8014
- Fax's will be responded to by fax - please include a fax
- number.
- ORIGIN Internet Tech Support: support@origin.ea.com
- ORIGIN Internet FTP Site: origin.ea.com
- ORIGIN Tech Support Mailing Address:
- ORIGIN Systems
- C/O Customer Service
- 5918 West Courtyard Drive
- Austin, TX 78730-5036
-
- * AH-64D Longbow Web Site:
-
- To find out the latest information about AH-64D Longbow, please check
- out our Internet Web site:
- http://WWW.janes.ea.com
-
- * Janes Combat Simulations:
-
- http://www.janes.ea.com
- or
- http://www.janes.com/janes.html
-
- * Customer Support around the world:
-
- You can also reach our other Customer Service departments located
- globally. Please consult the list below for the nearest office to your
- locations.
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- EAUK:
- Electronic Arts Ltd
- PO Box 835
- SLOUGH
- SL3 8XU
- ENGLAND
-
- Telephone: 01753 546465
- EA UK Internet Tech Support: uk-support@ea.com
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-
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