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Welcome to ATF VINTAGE.

Following is the readme of the toolkit and the details about the tons of things you can do with it in the game. ENJOY!

ATF ToolKit v1.2

ATF ToolKit copyright (C) 1996-7, David C. Maschino

1. OVERVIEW

The purpose of the program is to allow you to configure aspects of Electronic Arts/Jane's ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighters) simulation which are not available in the standard program. Custom missions can now have that "personal" touch. Some of the many functions of the registered version of the ToolKit follow:

AIRCRAFT:

Modify weights

Allow selecting any aircraft from within the ATF Pro and Quick

Mission screen lists

Assign HUDs to any of the aircraft

Add/Change aircraft hardpoints, including type and quantity of stores

Change aircraft performance, including engine thrust and agility

Change damage information

Create new aircraft!

OTHER VEHICLES / SCENERY:

Add/change ordnance information (Vehicles only)

Change damage information

Create new vehicles!

WEAPONS:

Change gun burst and delays between shells

Change projectile speeds/manueverability

Change missile hit percentages

Change targeting ranges

Change damage inflicted

Create new weapons!

RADAR:

Change RWS/TWS ranges and coverage

Change lookdown and all-aspect parameters

ECM:

Change chaff/flare quantity

Change jamming parameters

MISSIONS:

Export internal mission and mission text files

View / create mission text

View mission objects and their Mission Objectives, Wing

assignments, and Nationalities.

GRAPHICS:

Export and modify pilot graphics, nose/tail art, aircraft icons,

object textures, HUD graphics, etc.

SOUND:

Export and import in-flight voice, sound, and music effects

PILOTS:

Change pilot specs, including missions completed and active status

Change campaign stores and aircraft inventory

View complete mission statistics.

Plus: A whole lot more!

The ATF ToolKit has an easy to use Windows interface which operates in Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows '95. The ToolKit will work with all ATF versions (including the 1.14 patch). Multiple project folders allow you to maintain groups of custom changes - perfect for advanced mission creation. You won't believe what you will have the power to do. Custom missions will never be the same!

Please see the Help file for registration details.

2. PREREQUISITES

The ToolKit runs in Windows/Windows for Workgroups 3.1 or Windows '95. It was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic V3.0 within Windows '95, and is best used with an 800 x 600 screen resolution configured to

display 256 or greater colors. Other display configurations may result in poor graphics rendering or screens that are difficult to read. It is strongly suggested that you not use the ToolKit in 640x480 mode or with Large Fonts selected.

Jane's ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighters) CD is required to use the ToolKit. The utility is designed to work on all known versions of ATF up to (and including) the NATO add-on. Some music files are not available if you used the MIDI installation of ATF. If you haven't tried Digital sound yet, I really recommend it. It's pretty kewl!

Hard disk space requirements vary, but you will need at least 15 MB

free for the performing the installation (this drops to about 7 MB total

used by the ToolKit after you erase the installation files from the temporary directory) and between 10 MB and 40 MB additional depending on how many projects and custom items you develop over time.

3. INSTALLATION

Just unzip the ATFTK.ZIP file (into a temp directory is best, since

the installation files are copied and you will probably want to delete

them after installation). From Program Manager (not File Manager)

click File..Run (or click on the Start button in Windows '95). Run the

TKSETUP.EXE program.

NOTE: Make sure you don't have any other programs running

when you perform the install. In some cases where Visual Basic

programs are running, the Setup program can fail. It's also a

good idea to temporarily disable any active screen savers you

might have until after the installation is complete.

During installation, you will be prompted for the Source Directory.

This will default automatically to the directory where you ran the

TKSETUP.EXE program from, and changes should not be necessary. Just press continue to move on.

The ToolKit setup program will need to know where the ATF program has been installed. Type in the full path name of this location when prompted (default = C:\JANES\ATF).

The ToolKit setup program will also need to know where you want to install the ToolKit files. By default they get installed in a \TOOLKIT directory in your ATF install directory path. But you can change this to install the ToolKit to another directory or drive if desired. Type in the

fuill pathname of this location when you are prompted (default = C:\JANES\ATF\TOOLKIT).

You will be given the choice to have a ToolKit group added to Windows

(recommended). After the installation is complete, the ToolKit is

ready to run.

4. CAVEATS

Included in the install files are the following system files which get put into the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM (or wherever you have Windows nstalled) directory:

VBRUN300.DLL

CMDIALOG.VBX

COMMDLG.DLL

SETUPKIT.DLL

VER.DLL

DFINFO2.VBX

SS3D.VBX

SS3D2.VBX

SS3D3.VBX

GRID.VBX

PKWDCL.DLL

While there should not be any problems, Visual Basic developers may

want to backup the listed files if they already exist on your system and restore them after the install. In any case, the install program should not overwrite any more recent versions of these system files.

Direct inquiries to:

ATF TOOLKIT

c/o DAVID C. MASCHINO

2387 ROLLINS ST.

GRAND BLANC, MI 48439

or on America Online: E-mail to DuoSoft ([email protected])

Advanced Tactical Fighters copyright (C) 1996 Electronic Arts

Advanced Tactical Fighters is a trademark of Electronic Arts

DISCLAIMER - Please read:

NEITHER DUO SOFTWARE OR THE USNF TOOLKIT ARE IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED,

ENDORSED, APPROVED, SUPPORTED, ETC. BY ELECTRONIC ARTS, INC. (EA).

THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT

WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. THE USER MUST BEAR THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. DUO SOFTWARE IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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