                        FLEET DEFENDER: F-14 TOMCAT
                                 2/25/94
                           Release Version: 1.0
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             Thank you for buying FLEET DEFENDER F-14 TOMCAT.

                             MicroProse, Inc.
                           180 LakeFront Drive
                          Hunt Valley, MD 21030
                   Customer Service:   (410) 771-1151
              MPS BBS: (410) 785-1841  (1200-19,200),n,8,1



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Memory Limitations
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If your system does not have enough EMS to fully run Fleet Defender,
some features will not be loaded.  The following items could be excluded
depending on your memory situation.

1.  No Digital Speech
2.  No Textures on Ground Objects
3.  RIO heads will not move
4.  Some ships/aircraft may not have textures


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The following keyboard controls were not documented in the FD manual.

Shift F  - (F-14 Formation Lights) - Toggles illumination of F-14
           formation lights.

U key   -  (Uncage SideWinder) - "Uncage Sidewinder" will "uncage" the
           Sidewinder seeker head from the radar lock.  The U key can
           be used to cycle thru any available heat sources. The seeker
           head indicator that is displayed on the HUD will stop nutating
           about the radar lock diamond and will nutate around the
           center of the HUD.

Shift U -  (Cage SideWinder) - "Cages Sidewinder" will "cage" the
           Sidewinder seeker head to the radar.  You will observe the
           seeker head nutating about the radar lock diamond.

Shift B  - (Toggles Message Alert) Turns ON/OFF audible alert (BEEP) when a
           new message is displayed to the bottom of the screen.

Shift W  - (Toggles Water Texture) Turns ON/OFF texture mapped water.

Keypad 8 - Not Available.


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Controller Information
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The ThrustMaster download files (.ADV) have been included in the THRUSTMS
sub-directory.

Notice to ThrustMaster users using the MARK II WCS in analog mode:
When you use the landing cheat key (E KEY), you must regulate the
throttle setting manually.  FLEET DEFENDER will normally adjust your speed
automatically for your position in the landing pattern when using the
E key.

When you download the ThrustMaster files into the Mark II WCS, press button #1
to "wake up" the processor before proceeding into the flight portion of the
game.


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Misc. Information
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1.  When selecting a new squadron, the default campaign is Oceana.  Make
    sure you select the desired campaign after selecting a new squadron.

2.  When changing from Oceana to a regular campaign, make sure that you
    turn training mode off in the difficulty screen.

3.  Click the OTHER button in the Rio map or briefing map to see the flight
        path of escorted planes.

4.  To add a Fleet Defender icon to the windows desktop, you must:
        (a) be running in Windows,
        (b) run the f14-2win.exe, either by double-clicking on the file
            from File Manager; or explicitly from the Run selection of the
            main Windows menu.
        This will add a Microprose program group with the Fleet Defender icon
        to the main desktop.

        To then launch Fleet Defender from Windows, double click on the Fleet
        Defender icon.

        Fleet Defender runs as a full screen DOS .pif under windows, not as a
        windows application.

5.  If you are launching from Catapult 4 (the leftmost waist catapult), 
    applying full back stick before takeoff will cause you to crash 
    into the deck. Do not apply back stick until well clear of the deck.

6.  By position, the medals on the Medal Screen are:
                       Navy Cross
   
            Silver Star          Distinguished Flying Cross

        Air Medal          MOH        Navy Commendation Medal

           Purple Heart          National Defense Service Medal



Manual Mistakes
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1.  Some degree symbols may appear as an extra zero.

2.  Roll Rate is not available on the Difficulty Screen.



Boot Disk
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1.  DoubleSpace - If you are using DoubleSpace, you must put the following
        command lines in the Config.Sys file:

        Device High = C:\Dos\Dblspace.sys /Move

2.  Packard Bell - In the past, some Packard Bell and PSI users have reported
        lockups when using the bootdisk.  If this occurs, go into the config.sys
        and remove all characters after the word RAM on the EMM386 line and put
        put the word #2048.


Additional Game Credits
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Jim Hendry - QA
John Dugan - Thanks for cool windows install
