readme.txt This file describes the changes included with this patch 1.07. For an explanation of the modifications included with v1.07 scroll to the bottom of this file. Rename your current 688HK.exe (French=688HKF.exe, German=688HKG.exe) file. Extract the new v1.07 executable into your installation directory. Patch History ================================================================ V1.07 (Released to the public) ------ This patch includes all previous patches (real and beta). Anyone installing this patch should understand that 3D will be disabled by default and to reactivate it requires editing the new 688I.ini file to read Disable3DScreenCompletely No This patch was tested by the Seawolves and we would like to especially thank Neal Stevens, J.D. Hannah and Andreas "VADM Jones" Larsson who were our contacts during it's release. - set the 3D to off by default in the INI file. (i.e. Disable3DScreenCompletely Yes) - now support two command line arguments for helping people find sound card related issues. -nosound -nomusic The use of both command line arguments in the 688(I) shortcut will disable all soundcard access completely. This can help a user determine if it is soundcard or videocard issues that is causing 688(I) to not start. Very helpful with new operating systems like Win2000 which may not have complete drivers. V1.062 (Beta 2 of v1.07...not intended for use by public but released to the online groups for testing) ------ This BETA patch includes all previous patches. - Fixed issues found in testing of v1.061 V1.061 (Beta of v1.07...not intended for use by public but released to the online groups for testing) ------ This BETA patch includes all previous patches. - Hot key switching to disabled screens after death should be fixed - Host's INI settings should be propagated to clients. This bug was introduced in v1.06. V1.06 (Released to the public; immediately superceded by v1.07) ------ This patch includes all previous patches including the realism patch. This patch was requested by the online groups to minimize cheating during multiplayer games. Players with this patch will only be able to multi-play against other people with the patch. Players without the patch will not appear in the connection screen. In order to verify the version number of your 688(I) executable. Right-click on the 688_HK.exe, 688_HKF.exe(French), or 688_HKG.exe(German) in explorer and choose "Properties". Under the "Version" tab, the File Version should read 1.06. A new support file named "688HK.ini" will be created. This file is a typical INI file that helps the player disable some of the game cheats. The player must edit this file using Notepad or some other text editor before running 688(I) for these changes to affect the game. There is no way "in-game" to modify any of the following options. The INI file contains: ---------------------- [MultiPlayer] .Disable3DScreenCompletely Yes .DisableAllExpertCrew Yes .DisableExpertSonar No .DisableExpertTMA No .DisableExpertFireControl No .DisableAllCheats Yes .DisableOSInvulnerabilityCheat No .DisableLoweredDetectabilityCheat No .DisableEasyThreatDetectCheat No .DisableSuperSpeedDepthCheat No .DisableRubberMastCheat No .DisableInfiniteWeapsCheat No .Disable3DShowAllCheat No --------- Each one of the cheats from the 688(I) options screen is capable of being disabled by the corresponding INI file option. Also, "DisableAllExpertCrew" and "DisableAllCheats" are easier methods to disable a number of related cheats. For example, if "Yes" is next to the INI field "DisableAllExpertCrew" then the following three INI fields will also be set to "Yes" when the program runs. The field "Disable3DScreenCompletely" will disable the player from accessing the 3D screen completely. V1.05 (Intended for release to the public) ------ This patch includes all previous patches including the realism patch. Players with this patch will only be able to multi-play against other people with the patch. Players without the patch will not appear in the connection screen. In order to verify the version number of your 688(I) executable. Right-click on the 688_HK.exe, 688_HKF.exe(French), or 688_HKG.exe(German) in explorer and choose "Properties". Under the "Version" tab, the File Version should read 1.05. V1.04 (Never released to the mass audience) ------ This patch includes all previous patches including the realism patch. First, is the random placement of objects in scenarios, which was believed to be fixed by the previous patch, is now actually fixed. This actually makes the scenarios more "dynamic". The second bug was a problem running on nVidia RIVA based video boards (with hardware acceleration on) is now fixed. The game should be fully functional on such platforms. v1.03 ------ skipped V1.02 (Never released to the mass audience) ------ Fixes a bug in the towed array. Unable to designate new contacts from broadband after 4 trackers assigned. V1.01 (Released to the mass audience) ------ Use realistic turn rates. Rudder will be set to 10 degrees for ordered course changes unless ordered via the rudder indicator. Turn rate (in degrees per second) will be calculated using rudder angle times speed in kts times a constant (0.022). Use realistic torpedo reload times. Time to load from an empty tube will be 8 minutes. Time to unload a tube will be 10 minutes. Fire control display of the torpedo uses a ‘blue’ acoustic cone until the torpedo goes active at which point the cone is drawn as ‘red’.