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- WC4PATCH for Wing Commander IV : The Price of Freedom
-
- (C) 1996, Origin Systems, Inc.
- Written by Anthony L. Sommers (support@origin.ea.com)
-
- DISCLAIMER : Origin Systems, Inc. shall not be responsible for the
- usage of this patch, in whole or in part. In no event will Origin
- Systems, Inc. or the author of this patch be liable for any damages
- resulting from the use or misuse of this patch. Use at your own risk.
- The document included with this patch may not be reproduced in any
- manner without the written consent of the author.
-
-
- About WC4PATCH
- --------------
-
- WC4PATCH was written to address 16-bit SVGA palette problem found
- with video cards using the S3 Vision 968 chipset and the IBM RGB524
- RAMDAC. Cards we know Wing Commander IV has a problem with include
- the Hercules Graphite Terminator Pro 64 PCI and the STB Velocity PCI.
-
- WC4PATCH verifies that the original executable (found on disc 1 of
- the release version) is used. If it does not work, try copying the
- WC4.EXE file from disc 1 into the Wing Commander IV directory.
-
-
- Installation of WC4PATCH
- ------------------------
-
- 1) Change to the directory where WC4PATCH.EXE was extracted.
-
- 2) Copy the WC4PATCH.EXE file to the C:\WC4 directory, or
- the directory used to install the game, i.e. :
-
- COPY WC4PATCH.EXE C:\WC4 [ENTER]
-
- 3) Type WC4PATCH and press [ENTER]. The patch will let you
- know if it successfully updated the game. It should say :
-
- "Wing Commander IV 1.04F successfully updated! -ALS"
-
- 4) Try to run the game (using WC4). The odd colors should
- now be normal!
-
- 5) Enjoy [16-bit SVGA]! :)
-
-
- Uninstallation of WC4PATCH
- --------------------------
-
- To remove this patch, just recopy the WC4.EXE file from disc 1
- into your Wing Commander IV directory, i.e. :
-
- COPY D:\WC4.EXE C:\WC4 [ENTER]
-
-
- Notes
- -----
-
- * If 16-bit video works perfectly, it is recommended that
- this patch is not used.
-
- * Check out the WC4 Technical Help File (WC4HELP.TXT)!
-
- Origin BBS : 512-346-2227
- Internet : www.ea.com/origin.html
- ftp.ea.com /pub/patches/wc4help.txt
-
- * Thanks to Armond Bruno for discovering the cause of the
- problem! Thanks to Jason Yenawine for letting me know what
- needed to be fixed! Thanks to Hercules for providing
- a Graphite Terminator Pro 64 PCI card for testing!
-
-
- Technical Support
- -----------------
-
- If you are having trouble installing this patch, please feel
- free to contact our Technical Support department. See
- Install Guide for further information.
-
-
- -ALS
-
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