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DARKLANDS (TM)
Program and Audiovisual copyright 1992-1993 MicroProse Software
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WHICH VERSION, WHICH UPDATE?
This updates version 483.06 to version 483.07.
You can identify your current version by starting DARKLANDS and
hitting the "Pause" key (on your keyboard) as soon as the dark gray
text box appears on the screen. This is the very first thing that
appears when the game loads. The gray box displays a produce code
number. 483.04 is version 4, 483.05 or 483.051 is version 5, and
483.06 is version 6.
In addition, you can also determine the version by the date of the
DARKLAND.EXE file on your hard disk. Files dated in August 1992
are version 4 or 5, files dated September 1992 are version 6.
If you have version 4 or 5, you cannot use this update disk. You
must first update to version 6. Contact MicroProse immediately to
get the version 6 update disk. Use that to update to version 6,
then use this disk to update to version 7. We recommend updating
from 4/5 to 6, then from 6 to 7, rather than reinstalling from
scratch using 483.07 disks.
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UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS
You will need about 2.5 MB of free hard disk space to perform this
update before you copy any files. A hard disk cache will speed up
the update process.
To update, first copy all the files from the update disk into
your MPS\DARKLAND subdirectory (or whatever subdirectory you
selected for the game during the original install).
Next type UPDATE and tap the ENTER key. The updating process may
take quite some time (possibly even one hour or more), depending
on the speed of your machine, its configuration (EMS and disk
caches help), and the specific version being updated. The computer
can perform the update unattended (i.e., you don't have to stay
and watch it!).
When the updating is finished, your files EXACTLY match the files
of version 483.07, as if you'd just installed them from the
distribution disks. You can now delete files UPDATE.EXE, PATCH.EXE
and PATCH.RTP, which frees about of half a MB of hard disk space.
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WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 483.07
Use the INSTALL program to view the new README.TXT file for
version 7 of Darklands.
The main difference is that you can now save the game at certain
times on certain battlefields. The README.TXT file provides all
the details.
There are hundreds of subtle differences, mainly where we fixed
obscure logic problems, art problems, etc. We also solved various
memory management problems that caused the game to corrupt or
crash.
Note that the current version of Darklands requires 176K of EMS
memory, rather than 64K. This is still less than the default amount
created by EMM386 (256K), so your current CONFIG.SYS or boot disk
will still work.
Although you can continue playing with old saved games, some minor,
subtle problems that might exist will persist (because they are
stored in the saved games). Therefore, we suggest you start a
new game for the "cleanest" possible operation.