Cobra Gunship DOS/Win95 Information

REVISION HISTORY

1.3.2 - 12 May 1998

Stability improvements.

1.3 - 30 January 1998

Added three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal, and Hard.
Revised mission 26 to prevent a rare crash on some DOS machines.
Fixed a minor bug which caused a crash if a bridge blew up with multiple vehicles on it.
Choppers now occasionally leave cash when you destroy them.
Added some frequently asked questions to the Troubleshooting section.
Fixed a bug which resulted in very faint audio on old SoundBlaster Pro cards.

1.2 - 5 December 1997

IMPORTANT: Fixed a copy-protection related bug which could result in loss of data.
Fixed a serious bug which prevented external maps from being playable.
Now shows the correct version number in the main menu.
Minor gameplay tweaks to make early levels a little less frustrating.
The program no longer quits if you have a sound card installed but no BLASTER string set.
Numeric keypad now really does work.

1.1 - 18 November 1997

Removed the confusing default text from the registration menu.
Fixed minor bug that exited if a previously installed device was removed.
Numeric keypad now works in the text entry widgets.
Added TROUBLESHOOTING section to the README.

1.0 - 14 November 1997

Initial release

TROUBLESHOOTING

If you are running the game from real DOS (not from Win95 or a Win95 DOS prompt), you may want to have a DOS mouse driver. If you don't have one, try this Generic Mouse Driver.

Q: The cool weapon I just purchased disappeared.
A: Your chopper can hold more than one kind of primary and secondary weapon at a time. You may switch between purchased weapons by using the weapon selection keys. You currently have one of your inferior weapons selected.

Q: I just failed a mission and now the only available mission is Mission 0.
A:You need to save your games explicitly from the Main Menu. Your game is not automatically saved after you successfully complete a mission. After all, you might discover that you really should have collected more cash on Mission 16. When you fail a mission, you then load your previously saved game to resume where you left off.

Q: I bought a serial number, but when I try to register the game, it won't accept my name and serial number
A: If you are using Gunship 1.0, make sure that you backspace over the "(NAME)" and "(SERIAL #)" values that are preset in the fields. If you still have problems, this means that you have typed in the name or the serial number wrong. REALLY. The program will tell you which is mistyped. Check it carefully, and you'll find a mistake. Make sure that your name is exactly right, meaning that you didn't add a middle initial, or enter anything different from the name you registered.

Q: When I run Cobra Gunship, I get an "X-DEV" screen which tells me that my video card does not have the VESA 1.2 BIOS.
A: Either your video card does not have the VESA 1.2 (or later) BIOS built in or your system does not support running Cobra Gunship from within a DOS window. First try running Cobra Gunship from a full-screen DOS prompt. If the problem persists, you may need to update your video drivers. There are drivers for most video cards which will bring them up to date. Check the web site of your video card manufacturer. We also have a collection of common video drivers at:

http://www.elys.com/software/vesa
NOTE: Elysium Digital, L.L.C. provides these files as a free service, with no implied warranties of any kind. By downloading a file from here, you acknowledge that you are using it at your own risk, and that Elysium Digital, L.L.C. cannot be held responsible for any damage that it might cause.

If you can't find a VESA driver in either place, try Scitech Display Doctor at:

http://www.scitechsoft.com

Q: The game's graphics seem to be crunched into the top half of the screen.
A: Either your video card does not have the VESA 1.2 (or later) BIOS built in or your system does not support running Cobra Gunship from within a DOS window. See the answer above for instructions to resolve this problem.

Q: I'm not getting any sound and I have a sound card installed.
A: Cobra Gunship requires a SoundBlaster-compatible sound card in order to play audio. If you run the game from DOS (not from Win95), your BLASTER environment string must be properly set. See your sound card documentation to find out how to do this if it is not already done. If you run Cobra Gunship from Win95 (even if it is from a DOS prompt), you don't need to do this manually.

Q: What do I do with this .zip file?
A: You need to use PKUNZIP™, available from:

http://www.pkware.com/shareware/pkz250dos.html

Updated Wed Jun 17 11:21 EDT 1998