
               DEFENDER OF THE EMPIRE SPACE COMBAT SIMULATION

                                 READ.ME FILE


CONTENTS:

    I) Support for Thrustmaster F-16 FLCS Joystick.

    II) Known Problems with Defender of the Empire.



I) Support for Thrustmaster F-16 FLCS Joystick.

  Defender of the Empire includes the .B50 and .M50 files needed to
  program THRUSTMASTER F-16 FLCS Joystick.  To program your THRUSTMASTER
  F-16 FLCS for use with TIE Fighter you must copy these files to the
  B50PROGS directory in your THRUSTMASTER directory (which is usually
  named TM).  To do this enter the following at the DOS prompt:

  COPY \TIE\*.?50 \TM\B50PROGS

  where TM is the directory where you installed the THRUSTMASTER software
  and TIE is the directory where you installed TIE Fighter.

  Before playing TIE Fighter you must program the F-16 FLCS Joystick.
  To do this you must use the software from THRUSTMASTER which was included
  with your F-16 FLCS Joystick.  Change to the directory where you installed
  this software, and enter TM.  For example:

  CD \TM
  TM

  assuming that TM is the name of the directory where your THRUSTMASTER
  software was installed.


II) Known Problems with Defender of the Empire.

  1) Problem with DoubleSpace and TIE Fighter's Boot Disk Maker.

    If you use DoubleSpace, the Boot Disk created by TIE Fighter's
    Installation Program mistakenly places the dblspace.bin line
    before the himem.sys line.  If you are using DoubleSpace, then
    after you make a boot disk for TIE Fighter, edit the config.sys
    file on the boot disk to switch the order of the dblspace.bin and
    himem.sys lines.  In other words,

    DEVICE=DBLSPACE.BIN
    DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS

    should be changed to

    DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
    DEVICE=DBLSPACE.BIN

    in the config.sys file on the boot disk.

  2) Shield indicator problems.

    On the EASY setting, the shield indicator will occasionally display
    the wrong levels for your shields.  Only the display is incorrect,
    your shields are unaffected.




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