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Notes on UPGRADING from a previous release of HOWITZER
(0.93beta or earlier):
* Howitzer handles fonts differently. This was necessary to
support multiple resolutions. You can delete ROMAN10.FNT from
your Howitzer directory, and replace it with FIXED5X7.FNT and
FIXED7X8.FNT (supplied with 0.94beta and up).
(0.90beta or earlier):
* Howitzer now uses a graphics library which only runs if a VESA
interface is present. Some older graphics cards don't have this
support built-in, and need to have a driver loaded first. (For
example, my Video 7 VRAM-II card needs to have a TSR called v7vesa.com
loaded.) This driver will probably be in the same directory or disk
as any other utilities that came with your video card.
If you don't have a VESA driver, you can use UNIVESA, which is
provided with Howitzer. It should work with all common video cards.
If you can't get it to work on your card, contact me via E-mail and I'll
try to connect you with a VESA driver that will work on your system.
(0.83beta or earlier):
* You can safely unpack the new version of Howitzer in your
old Howitzer directory - nothing important will be overwritten.
* The format of HOWITZER.INI has changed. It's now much more
readable, but completely incompatible with older versions.
You should delete your old HOWITZER.INI before running the
new version of HOWITZER.
* Registration datafiles from older versions of Howitzer work
just fine with the new version. Make sure Howitzer and the
datafile are in the same directory; this copy of Howitzer
will then enable all cheat features.
* Read the documentation! A _LOT_ has changed since 0.84beta.
* 0.90beta will NOT expire after a certain date.