                    Front Page Sports:Football Pro
                           BETA VERSION

This is the READ.ME file for Football Pro.  All of the information
contained in this file applies to the old football version and should
be updated before we ship this version.

"Subdirectory" in the following notes refers to the hard drive subdi-
rectory where Front Page Sports:Football Pro is located.  If you followed 
the installation procedure and made no changes, this directory will be 
C:\DYNAMIX\FBPRO.  Files that are not specifically identifed as being 
in a subdirectory can be assumed to be in this subdirectory.

Version 1.01 Release Notes

I.    INSTALLATION NOTES

   Hard Drive Space Requirement  
    
      During installation you must have at least 10Mb of free space on 
      your hard disk to enable the decompression of the game files. Once
      installed, Front Page Sports: Football Pro will take up 9Mb of
      space on your hard drive, as described in the manual.

      Users of disk compression utilities, such as Stacker or SuperStor,
      will require a minimum of 12Mb of free storage space during the
      installation procedure and possibly as much as 22Mb free, depend-
      ing upon the hardware/software configuration of the system.  After
      installation, the program will occupy  approximately 7Mb of hard
      disk space.

      Each additional league created will increase the amount of hard
      disk storage used by the program.


   Hard Disk Controller Cards with Memory Cache
   Disk Caching Utilities

      If you are using either of the caching systems listed above, you 
      may experience some difficulties in running the program after 
      installation.  If problems do occur,  we suggest you try reinstall-
      ing the program with the caching systems disabled during the 
      installation process. Front Page Sports:Football Pro should run
      with caching active after installation is complete. 

      As an alternative to disabling caching, you may also try using the 
      following Manual Installation Procedure.

   
   Manual Installation Procedure

      If you are experiencing problems with the Front Page Sports:  
      Football Pro INSTALL program, the following instructions will allow 
      you to manually copy the game to your hard disk drive.

      NOTE:  The following instructions should be used only as a last 
      resort.  Try creating a Football Boot Disk first.  Start the 
      INSTALL utility and choose the "Make bootable floppy disk" option.
      After creating the Boot Disk, reboot your computer and run the 
      Football Pro INSTALL program.  If the INSTALL program continues to 
      fail, use these directions to manually copy the game to your com-
      puter's hard disk drive.
    
      1) Check your hard disk drive to confirm that you have at least 
         12Mb of disk space available (17Mb or more if you are using a 
         disk compression utility such as Stacker).  Run the "CHKDSK" 
         utility to verify "bytes available on disk".

      2) Create a DYNAMIX directory on your hard disk's root directory 
         and a FBPRO subdirectory in that DYNAMIX directory.  
         Copy all the files from each disk into the \DYNAMIX\FBPRO 
         subdirectory.

      3) Go to the \DYNAMIX\FBPRO directory on your hard drive.

      4) From the \DYNAMIX\FBPRO directory, type in the following
         commands:

         MD TTM
         MD STOCK
         MD CUSTOM
         MD BOOKS
         MD LTAPES
         MD XTAPES

      5) Now type:
         UNCHUNK RESOURCE.000 .

         NOTE:  This statement assumes you are installing your game on
         your C drive.  If you are installing on a different drive, then
         substitute the appropriate letter of your drive for the C: in 
         the above statement.

      6) Use UNCHUNK again on the remaining files by typing the following
         commands:

         UNCHUNK RESOURCE.001 .
         UNCHUNK RESOURCE.002 .
         UNCHUNK RESOURCE.003 .

         NOTE:  Be sure to UNCHUNK these resource files in numerical 
         order.  If you make a mistake, or if the UNCHUNKed files are in 
         the wrong order, you will need to erase all of the files from
         the \DYNAMIX\FBPRO subdirectory and follow steps 2 through 5 
         again.  Each command will take several minutes to complete.  
         Wait until the computer is completed with each operation before
         typing each new line.

      7) After all resource files have been UNCHUNKed, run the INSTALL 
         program from the \DYNAMIX\FBPRO subdirectory by typing 
         INSTALL at the FBPRO prompt.  Check to confirm that the sound
         and music settings are correct.  Choose "ACCEPT THESE CHOICES"
         from the options in the program.  Follow all other prompts as 
         they appear.

      8) Exit the INSTALL program and try running Football.  If the
         game works correctly, delete all resource files (RESOURCE.000-
         003).  Consult your DOS manual for information on how to 
         accomplish this step if you need further assistance.

      If you continue to experience any problems, or if you have any 
      questions concerning any of the above steps, our technical support 
      team will be more than happy to assist you.

II.   SOUND CARD NOTES

   SoundBlaster Users without Extended Memory
    
      If you are using a SoundBlaster card on a machine that does not 
      have extended memory, you must have 590,000 bytes of free RAM.  To
      check this, use the DOS command MEM, and look for the "Largest
      Executable Program Size:".

   Pro Audio Spectrum Users using Boot Disks

      If you are using the Pro Audio Spectrum card and a Boot Disk 
      created by the INSTALL program, you may need to add the following
      line to the CONFIG.SYS file on the Boot Disk:

      DEVICE (or DEVICEHIGH)=C:\PROAUDIO\MVSOUND.SYS

   Gravis Ultra Sound Users
    
      If you are using the Gravis Ultra Sound card and are experiencing 
      problems with digitized sounds during League or Exhibition Games
      or in Practice, run the INSTALL program again, and select "AdLib"
      as your sound card.

      If you have both the Gravis Ultra Sound card and a Joystick Con-
      troller Card (or "Game Card"), you must plug the joystick into the
      joystick controller card for proper joystick response.

Version 1.00 Release Notes

I.    COACHING PROFILES & GAME PLANS

      Stock Coaching Profiles and Game Plans are located in the STOCK
      subdirectory off of \DYNAMIX\FBPRO.  All of the stock coaching
      profiles are general profiles.

      
II.   TRADING FILES

There are some types of files you might like to trade with others who
have purchased Front Page Sports: Football -- Highlights, Leagues, and
Exhibition Plays or Game Plans.

  
   Highlights 
    
      Highlights are kept in the XTAPES and LTAPES subdirectories.  
      XTAPES contains highlights that you have saved in Practice or 
      Exhibition games. LTAPES holds highlights from League games. The 
      Highlights files are named VCR.1, VCR.2, VCR.3, VCR.4, and VCR.5, 
      corresponding to the slot they are saved into on the Save High-
      lights dialog box.

      If you want to copy highlights of a League game,  go to the Box
      Score for that game and Show Highlights first. This puts the high-
      lights for that game into the VCR.* files.
    
      To give highlights to a friend, copy the VCR.? file for the
      highlight into your friend's XTAPES directory. You may view them by
      going to Practice from the Play Editor.

      EXAMPLE:  To copy the third highlight in your Exhibition highlights 
      directory to a floppy disk, change to the XTAPES directory and 
      type:
                             COPY VCR.3 A:  <Enter>

                               
   Leagues
    
      All files associated with a league are automatically created with
      the same eight-character filename that you typed in when you orig-
      inally created the league, so to copy all the files you need, just
      type COPY <filename>.*.

      EXAMPLE:  To copy a league named MYLEAGUE to a floppy disk, change
      to the directory that contains the league and type:
                           COPY MYLEAGUE.* A:  <Enter>

      NOTE:  This copies only league and team data and all players and 
      statistics, not plays or game plans.  


   Exhibition Plays/Game Plans
    
      When you save a play, it is normally saved to the CUSTOM subdirec-
      tory.  If you want to give a play or plan you've designed to a
      friend, you can use the normal DOS command to copy it.  
        
      You can also use the COPY command to copy game plans. Inside each
      game plan, the plays are listed by their filename, including the
      path relative to where the game plan is saved.  If you copy a game
      plan to a friend's hard drive, make sure that you put it into the
      same subdirectory that it appeared on your hard drive, AND make
      sure to copy any custom plays in the game plan to the same subdi-
      rectory in which they appeared on your hard drive.


III.  ADDITIONAL COMMAND KEYS

Two command keys have been added for use during games.  <O> forces the
camera to stay behind the offense.  <D> forces the camera to stay be-
hind the defense.


Front Page Sports:Football Pro
Copyright (c) 1993 Dynamix, Inc.
