 19 January 1995   I This is version 1.10[beta2] of Fly8, a flight simulator which I wrote. It H can be freely distributed in the spirit of the GNU copyleft. It includes the full sources.    It is available for FTP from  9 	csc.canberra.edu.au [137.92.1.1]	/pub/ise/eyal/fly8/beta      What's new in 1.10:  -------------------   K Not much has changed since 1.09 except for some new supported environments:   H - Windows/WinG now available. It is much faster than the standard win3.12   version which I consider too slow to be usefull.  L - Unix/X11/shm supported. This is rather faster than the standard X11 driver,   and should prove of benefit to many users.  K - Linux/svgalib now supported - this is the fastest unix version yet and is 7   on a par with the msdos direct video driver (grfast).   M - joystick button support was upgraded and will handle such things as TM/FLCS 
   gracefully.   C - msdos networking was extended to cooperate with the unix version.      The files are: --------------  9 Each binary package is complete and needs no other files.     8 [Some binaries may be missing... use the sources please]     fly8.txt 	This file   # fly81101.zip	sources: all platfroms , fly81102.zip	sources: special msdos support.= fly81103.zip	msdos: objects for the asm modules (*.qc, *.b3).   & fly8110d.zip	binaries: msdos (visualC)$ fly8110j.zip	binaries: msdos (djgpp) fly8110w.zip	binaries: mswin3 $ fly8110g.zip	binaries: mswin3 (WinG). fly8110l.tgz	binaries: Linux (X11 and svgalib)$ fly8110s.tgz	binaries: Sun Sparc/X11     Linux  =====   N The Linux version expects a joystick driver (if you want to use the joystick).J A driver is provided in the UNIX/js directory of the source release. It isF a loadable module so there is no point is releasing it in binary form.     msdos  =====   % The msdos port needs at least a 386!.   D It works with microsoft (qc, c7, vc1 (c8)), Borland (c2, c3, c4) and DJgpp.    F After unpacking the binaries the game should be playable. However, youE should review the contents of the fly.ini file and adjust it for your H environment. For example, the msdos defaults to run at 640x350 (which isF bad and slow) and you will want to switch to something like 800x600 orE 1024x768 (or better if you got the memory) using the 'grfast' driver. D You may also wish to change the pointing device to joystick or mouse2 (depending on what is available on your platform).  L The msdos port includes a modified graphics driver which may not work on allF machines. I will try and help but, real problems can only be solved by1 someone with access to your type of video system.   K A new program, the 'univbe' driver has been out for a while and it provides M support for most video cards. However, it is shareware, so I cannot bundle it K with my free game. If enough people start using the univbe and will ask for 5 a driver that uses it then I should be able to do so.      msdos/DJgpp  ===========   K There are two internal graphics drivers, grdj and grasm. The first one uses I the standard graphics library that comes with DJgpp. The second is my own I asm level rewrite which is faster and supports double buffering. You need K an ET4000 card or a VESA VBE compatible driver to use grasm. Have a look at  the readme and at fly.ini.     Regards + 	Eyal Lebedinsky	(eyal@ise.canberra.edu.au) 