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Strike Fighters: Project 1 v12.25.03
Readme File
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1. Changes and Fixes
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v12.25.03
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* Multiplayer module has been completely re-written to provide more reliable experience over the internet. For best result, please make sure to upgrade your DirectX/DirectPlay to the latest version, and apply the latest service pack to your Windows OS.

* Fuel gauge has been added to A-4E cockpit, replacing the secondary engine RPM gauge on the lower left part of of the instrument panel.

* Missiles now self-destruct and explode when they miss their target.

* Cockpit reflection has been removed from 16-bit rendering mode.

* Six new services have been added: Austrian Air Force, Swiss Air Force, Bulgarian Air Force, Hungarian Air Force, Royal Malaysian Air Force, and Republic of Singapore Air Force.

* Desert terrain has been flattened out a bit, especially near the coast, to reduce some of the tearing that was visible.

* Some of the environmental effects have been enhanced. In particular, specular highlight from the sun has been increased, twilight transition effect have been improved, and the moon has been added to night mission.

* User hitting Alt-Tab while connected to a multiplayer game now simply disconnected you from the game instead of causing the multiplayer session to be unstable.

* F-4B Phantom II and A-4E Skyhawk's external models have been changed to reflect their initial configurations better.

* The game no longer utilizes hardware T&L, this should resolve many of the performance issues it had with ATI Radeon graphics cards. If you're using ATI card, we recommend using Catalyst 3.7 or earlier for best result.

* Layered water effect has been disabled to allow video cards without z-buffer bias capability to render distant ships at correct height.

* When Weapons option is set to Hard, radar-guided missiles are now much less likely to guide toward its target when launched within minimum range, and they are also much more likely to lose track of low-flying target due to ground clutter.

* AI landing routine has been tweaked to line-up more straight with the runway.

* Mk.20 Rockeye cluster bomb effects has been added. Please note that Rockeye is not available until its 1968 service entry date.

* SA-2 Guideline SAM missile now discards its primary booster stage.

* Two improved Soviet heat-seeking missiles - AA-2 Atoll-D and AA-8 Aphid-A - have been added. They are only available after their service entry date of 1973 and 1975 in a prolonged campaign.

* Maximum number of weapon stations allowed on a single aircraft has been increased from 16 to 32.

* Hitting jettision external stores (Ctrl-J) while an air-to-ground weapon is selected no longer causes the game to CTD.

* Having add-on weapons on the WeaponData list without having proper 3D graphics model (LOD) files no longer crashes the game. These weapons will be not visible, but will function normally otherwise.

* Time-fuzed anti-aircraft ("Flak") effect has been added. 57mm cannons on ZSU-57-2 are equipped with this type of fuze.

* Multiplayer Co-op Recon mission always resulting in mission success immediately upon launch has been fixed.

* Problems with collision box for O-1E and Su-7 have been fixed. Please note that the old decal positions for Su-7 will no longer be correct.

* Taking of screenshots is now limited to only once a minute (60 seconds) while playing in a multiplayer session. This is adjustable in host's Options.ini file.

* Debriefing for multiplayer co-op mission is now displayed correctly.

* Debriefing Screen flickering on some video cards has been fixed.

* Game no longer requires separate entry in SoundList.ini for different aircraft engine sounds. Unique sound for each aircraft can now be added by simply specifying their filename in the *_data.ini.

* Lobby launched multiplayer game no longer return to Main Menu screen when disconnected, it will now completely exit the application when the game is over.

* Ejecting in a multiplayer game will no longer exit to the debriefing.

* Multiplayer Dogfight kill record is no longer reset when you press Refly after exiting to debriefing.

* F-4E's Radar Warning Reciever now works correctly in multiplayer games.

* Multiplayer Dogfight host not seeing airfields and other ground objects is fixed.

* Multiplayer notes section of this Readme.txt has been edited to include the maximum number of player (-m) and password (-p) options. And the default max player, if this parameter is not specified, has been changed from 0 to 16.

* Bomb-bay door opening/closing animation has been added to the bombers. Player controlling a bomber must now open bomb-bay doors (ctrl-O) before bombs can be released.

* Bombs and rockets can now leave craters upon impacting the ground.

* Campaign supply logic has been changed to make weapons more readily available.

* Campaign engine not upgrading the player aircraft correctly has been fixed.

* When loading saved campaign file, campaign engine no longer generates errorneous mission against non-existing target.

* Campaign's targeting priority has been changed to create more randomized target list.

* Wingman not attacking strike target on a Campaign mission has been fixed.

* Mk.82 Snakeye retarded bomb has been added, and the game now supports weapon release animation.

* R and Shift-R no longer crash the game after TACC has given vector to enemy aircraft speech.

* Aircraft inertia has been reduced.

* Additional weapons attachment types have been added, please see the new WeaponEditor for complete list.

* Loadout screen displaying incorrect ammo weight has been fixed.

* In-flight text fonts are now scaled better for different resolutions.

* Force Feedback support has been added.

* Special effects have been better optimized to run better on lower-end machines at lower detail settings.

* Improved support for Matrox Surround Gaming has been added. Please visit their website at

http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/surrgame.cfm

for more info on Matrox Surround Gaming.

* Added support for the latest version of the NaturalPoint trackIR GX software. Please visit their website at http://games.naturalpoint.com to download the latest version.