CONVERT by Richard A. Howard [71553,2544]

What it is...

CONVERT is a Falcon 3.02/MiG-29 1.0 utility that will modify your old
Falcon 3.01.1 squadrons to work with Falcon 3.02.  I have too
much time invested in my squadrons to just let them go into magnetic heaven.

What it ain't...

It ain't hard a'tall.  I am going to give step by step instructions and 
I trust you will follow them.  If not, no harm done, you'll just have to 
run the F30RESET.EXE utility that came with your copy of MiG-29 1.0 and 
start over.

If you have already installed MiG-29 1.0 or updated to Falcon 3.02 and
neglected to save your squadrons, then you are out of luck.  Sorry.
However, if you DID remember to save your squadron files to another disk
then good for you.

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CONVERSION TECHNIQUE:
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STEP 1:  
Copy all of the Falcon 3.01.1 squadrons you wish to modify to a floppy disk 
(or wherever you wish) by typing:

COPY SQUAD0.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD4.SQU A:

The previous example means you want to modify two specific squadrons.  

You could type:

COPY SQUAD0.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD1.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD2.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD3.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD4.SQU A:
COPY SQUAD5.SQU A:

which means you want to modify all six squadrons.

If you aren't sure which squadrons to modify, then modify them all!
That way, you can selectively deactivate the ones you don't want in 
Falcon 3.02.
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STEP 2:
Install MiG-29 1.0 or update Falcon 3.01.1 to 3.02

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STEP 3:
Copy your old squadrons into the Falcon 3.02 directory.  Make sure you still
have them backed up on another disk.

With CONVERT.EXE in your path or in the Falcon 3.02 directory type:

CONVERT SQUAD0.SQU

This will convert SQUAD0.SQU ONLY!  You must CONVERT each file individually.

Example:

CONVERT SQUAD0.SQU
CONVERT SQUAD1.SQU
CONVERT SQUAD2.SQU
CONVERT SQUAD3.SQU...

until all squadrons are modified.

IMPORTANT!
ONLY MODIFY A SQUADRON ONCE!

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STEP 4:
Enter Falcon 3.02.

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STEP 5:
Change Theatres on every modified squadron, then go to the ready room
and look at the pilot information to make sure everything is correct.

Do this on all modified squadrons so Falcon 3.02 can update the squadron
files.  The old files are 2701 bytes, whereas the new files are 2703 bytes.
Falcon 3.02 will update them properly after CONVERT does it's thing.

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IF YOU GET MIXED UP OR MAKE A MISTAKE AND CONVERT A SQUADRON TWICE:
Type:

F30RESET.EXE 

in the Falcon 3.02 directory to clear all the garbage and start
over.

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Address specific questions to Richard A. Howard [71553,2544].
