                Bug fixes and improvements in Flanker patch 1.03
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A. Please, check sizes, dates and times of the files for Patch 1.03:

FS       LBB       198 691  09.02.96  16:32 FS.LBB
FSIM     LBB       444 416  09.02.96  18:10 FSIM.LBB
SHPLIB   LBB     1 395 215  16.01.96  16:24 SHPLIB.LBB
SW05     IMG       301 725  09.02.96  15:30 SW05.IMG
SW06     IMG        90 308  09.02.96  15:30 SW06.IMG
SW07     IMG        94 516  09.02.96  15:31 SW07.IMG
SU27     EXE       438 272  09.02.96  17:34 su27.exe

SU27FLCS B50           370  09.02.96   9:44 SU27FLCS.B50
SU27WCS2 ADV         2 679  08.02.96  19:12 SU27WCS2.ADV
SU27WCS2 MDF         2 472  08.02.96  19:12 SU27WCS2.MDF

B. Please, delete your old file SU27.INI since it is incompatible with the
   new version of the Mission Editor (1.03).  The new file will be created
   automatically once you press OK in the Preferences dialog box.


MISSION EDITOR

1. Preferences: the OK button now saves all the pages not only the current
   one.

2. Check the Rearview Mirrors tick box in the Details page to enable the
   mirrors (no mirrors by default). Note that using the mirrors may slow
   down the operation of the program a little bit.

3. The Other page in the Preferences property sheet allows you to
   enable/disable the autoswitching to resolution 640x480x256 when running
   the simulation module.

4. The Debriefing feature now works properly. (In patch 1.01/1.02 it didn't
   show the data at all).


FLIGHT MODULE

1. Requestor boxes now show up in proper resolution.

2. Missiles don't "pass through" and explode behind objects any more.
   (Kh-35 and Kh-31, in particular)

3. With the keypad keys, use CTRL rather than SHIFT to increase the
   rotation speed 4 times in external views.

4. Rearview Mirrors (see above). The following additional files are
   required in Flanker's home directory:

    SW05.IMG
    SW06.IMG
    SW07.IMG

5. No more problems with deploying flaps, gear, CapsLock, etc.  Please,
   find attached the "correct" files for the Thrustmaster WCSII and F-16
   FLCS joystick SU27WCS2.ADV, SU27WCS2.MDF, and SU27FLCS.B50. Use them as
   examples to adjust your own joystick configuration files.

   Note that some commands (Tab, CapsLock, W, and other) in these files
   require specifying a code when depressing the corresponding key and when
   releasing it. Such commands should generate the Right Shift code prior
   to the required action itself. For example,

      BTN 3   /P /N RSFT ToggleLock   /R /N ToggleLock

   Here, when you push the Lock-On button it generates Right Shift
   (RSFT) then the command itself (TAB). Upon release, this button
   generates only the TAB code.

6. New key:  0 = BackSpace = CapsLock


Again all bugs etc please e-mail them to me on nsoane@mindscape.com 

Thanks,

Neil Soane
Technical Services Manager
Mindscape (UK)