NOFLICK.EXE
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Copyright (C) 1998 Neil Park, OzPack Australia.  All Rights Reserved.

               This program is FREEWARE ONLY.  

GENERAL INFORMATION
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This program removes the flickering night-lights from FS95/FS98 texture 
Files. On removal of the Flicker, the original files are backed up. This 
allows the user to restore the original files that contain Flicker if 
necessary.

For use with:  Microsoft Flight Simulator version FS95 or FS98.

Requires : Windows 95 and Flight Simulator 95 or 98 or both.

NOTE: This program will NOT run under Windows 3.Xx even if Win32s is 
      installed.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
                A. FILE MANIFEST
                B. INSTALLATION
                C. USING THE PROGRAM
                D. CREDITS
                E. COPYRIGHT and REDISTRIBUTION TERMS
                F. WARRANTY



A. ARCHIVE MANIFEST
   
NOFLICK.ZIP contains 3 files as follows:

READFLIK.TXT	You're reading it.
NOFLICK.EXE     The main program.
FILE_ID.DIZ     ZIP Identification


B. INSTALLATION

This program has no dependencies other than Windows 95 (or Windows NT) and 
Flight Simulator 95 or 98.

It can be installed to any directory or floppy disk and will run correctly
from these locations.

As there are no Dependencies other than the Windows 95 or Windows NT 
operating system this program is completely self contained and does not 
rely on any 3rd party products or runtime libraries (hence its small size).

To install the program unzip NOFLICK.EXE to a Directory/Folder of your 
choice. Using Windows Explorer or another disk browser program, navigate 
you way to the program, select it and run it (double click on it in 
Explorer to run). That's it.

If you wish to add a shortcut (icon that points to the location of the 
program for launching), please take the following steps:

1 - On empty portion of main Win95 screen, click right mouse button.
2 - Select "New" and then "Shortcut".
    This activates "Create Shortcut" wizard.
3 - Browse for folder/directory wherein NOFLICK.EXE program is installed.
4 - Select "NoFlick" program name.
5 - Click "Open", click "Next", click "Finish"
The new icon will appear and may be dragged to where you wish.


C. USING THE PROGRAM
When you launch NOFLICK.EXE, the program will read the Windows Registry to 
establish where FS95 and FS98 are installed.

If FS95 is not found in the registry, the Buttons on screen that relate to
FS95 will be disabled.

If FS98 is not found in the registry, the Buttons on screen that relate to 
FS98 will be disabled.

PROBLEMS WITH FS95 LOCATION
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If the FS95 buttons have been disabled but you know that FS95 is installed 
on your system you can manually find the FS95 directory by clicking in the 
menu bar on View/Manually Locate FS 95 Directory ...
This will launch a common Dialogbox to enable you to browse your way to the 
FS95 Directory. 
When using this option PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SELECT THE FS95 ROOT DIRECTORY
AND NOT ANY SUBDIRECTORIES UNDER FS95!. After selecting the FS95 Directory 
the FS95 Buttons will become enabled, allowing you to convert the FS95 
textures.

REMOVING THE FLICKER
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Click on the "Remove FS98 Flicker" button (if applicable) or the 
"Remove FS95 Flicker" if applicable to remove the Flickering night lights.

After clicking on either one of the above Buttons a dialog box will appear 
that provides the following options:
	- A list of texture files known to have Night Light Flicker.
        - A button to add textures to the list.
        - A button to remove textures from the list 
          (available only if a texture file in the list is highlighted).
        - A display Backup Path ... button to show your where the backed up 
          textures will be placed by the program.
        - A Remove Flickering Night Lights Button. This will begin the 
          conversion process.

To remove the flickering night lights, click on the Remove Flickering Night 
Lights Button.
When finished, the program will display a Messagebox indicating that the 
program has completed its task and a green tick will appear next to the 
Remove Flickering Night Lights Button.


RESTORING ORIGINAL TEXTURES
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To restore the original textures (with Flicker), click on either the 
"Restore FS98 Flicker" Button or "Restore FS95 Flicker" as applicable.

That's it.!


D. CREDITS
   
The author (Neil Park) wish's to record his thanks and appreciation to the 
following persons for their contribution to the development of this program:

 * My wife for putting up with me spending countless hours sitting in 
   front of a computer screen (even when on Holidays). 

 * John Blackie (OzPack), for his advise about Flight Simulator Palettes 
   and textures.

 * David Kings (OzPack), for his untiring commitment to OzPack, maintaining 
   an excellent Web Page and keeping me on my toes. 

 * Tom Monnone for first suggesting a need for this program, program 
   design and untiring quality control and testing. Without Tom, the 
   author acknowledges that this program would not have been created.


E. COPYRIGHT and REDISTRIBUTION TERMS

NOFLICK.EXE is (C) 1998 Neil Park, OzPack Australia, All Rights Reserved.  

NOFLICK.EXE and NOFLICK.ZIP are FREEWARE and:

*  MAY NOT BE sold.

*  MAY NOT BE uploaded to, nor archived in, BBSs which charge file download 
   fees.

*  MAY NOT BE uploaded to, nor archived in, BBSs which are partly or wholly 
   beneficially owned or operated by a commercial enterprise which is engaged
   in the sale of computer hardware or software. 

*  MAY NOT BE redistributed with computer hardware or software for which 
   money is charged.

*  MAY NOT BE redistributed by a commercial publisher in any form or under 
   any pretext. This prohibition includes but is not limited to floppy 
   disks and CDROMs distributed with magazines or books.

*  MAY NOT BE redistributed on floppy disk, CDROM, nor in any other printed 
   or electronic storage form for which money is charged, nor as part of a 
   package for which money is charged. This prohibition includes but is not 
   limited to any form of redistribution for which any type of materials or 
   handling fees are charged.

*  MAY NOT BE disassembled, decompiled, decomposed, nor reverse engineered.

Subject to the exclusions listed above, NOFLICK.EXE and NOFLICK.ZIP may be 
uploaded to BBSs and otherwise redistributed on a FREEWARE basis provided 
that the original NOFLICK.EXE AND associated files are not modified in 
any way.

THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS to the redistribution terms stated above.



F. WARRANTY

Great care and effort has gone into the production of this program. However 
the authors accept no liability whatsoever with regard to its use. This 
product is distributed as is and does not carry a guarantee of any sort as 
to its accuracy or completeness.

The authors make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including 
without limitation any warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. 
The authors shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, 
special or consequential arising from suggestions in this document and 
from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user.



Neil Park's e-mail address is:      nello@projectx.com.au

OzPack Web page 	            www.ozpack.pcsa.net.au
OzPack E-mail 	                    ozpack@pcsa.net.au


THIS SOFTWARE IS FREEWARE ONLY.

Copyright (C) 1998 Neil Park, OzPack Australia.  All Rights Reserved.

