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Pro Utilities for Falcon 4.0		W95/98/Me                  
README.TXT 
Copyright (c) 2000 Widcats Squadron					          
January 2001


version 1.2

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What's new ?
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- Corrected bug which prevent you from launching Falcon4 with a shortcut
- Corrected minors bugs (in the process of modifying parameters)
- Hostidx test now is full functionnal
- G parameter will not go up to 4 (Thx Tex ;) )
- New procedure to define default path of Falcon4
- Ability to modify the default path in case of reinstall of Falcon4 in a different directory than the previous one.


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What's this software ?
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Pro Utilities was created in the aim of easing the change of the parameters
of Falcon 4.0 and launching several different versions without having to
drive in the register to manually modify the keys.

Pro Utilities works with all version of Falcon 4.0.

Of course you can use it to launch only one version of Falcon4 ;-)

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Web information
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The lastest version will be available at http://mgf.free.fr/ProUtilities/
You can find it also at F4 Community web site (http://f4c.krawall.de), section "Utilities".

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What is it doing ?
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Pro Utilities modifies on the fly the register of Windows, allowing you
to launch several versions of Falcon 4.0 you could have on your HD.

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And if a Falcon 4.0 crash occured ?
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If so, don't panic ;-) Pro Utilies was created with a two levels safety :

1 -> the register is systematically saved when you launch Pro Utilities 
for the first time. It's named "sauvegarde.ini" and located in the base
directory of Pro Utilities.

2 -> if the crash occured when you're playing, two cases could happen :
you need to reboot or not. In these two cases, Pro Utilities will detect
the crash ! If you need to reboot, after rebooting and BEFORE playing
again, launch Pro Utilities ! If rebood isn't needed, just relaunch 
Pro Utilities. It will automatically restore your register as it was 
before you play.

WARNING : you MUST launch Pro Utilities after a Falcon or computer crash !!

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How to install and use Pro Utilities  ?
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First install it in the directory of your choice (follow setup instructions).

Then, launch it and select the default path of Falcon4.
Then, create a new profile "F4-online" (for example) by 
clicking on the button "Add". Then select the options, texel, hostidx, 
parameters ... Right now, you're ready to play ! All parameters and options are automatically saved for each profile.

Launch Falcon 4.0 by clicking on the button "Launch Falcon 4.0". That's easier as this ! :-)

WARNING : Pro Utilities MUST be running when you play !! 

After flying and exiting Falcon 4.0 , you can quit Pro Utilities.

If you reinstall Falcon4 in a different directory than the one you selected before, go to the option menu, click on "F4 default directory" and designate the new path.

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Known bugs and limitations.
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1 -> texel value MUST be selected in ALL profiles. This minor bug will be corrected in the next version.

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DISCLAIMER
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We can't be responsible for any damage this software ... blablabla :-)


Happy flyings with Pro Utilities :-)

website : http://wildcats.squadron.free.fr (click on Wildcats to enter
 ... we forgot to add an automatic loader ... :-) )

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