B-MANAGER UTILITY FOR X-WING
                            v. 5.1

              FOR USE WITH VERSION 1.2 OF XWING
                     (B-Wing add-on disk)

Summary of changes:  The manager has been totally redone
to allow it to work with the "B-Wing" add-on disk.  
This is version 1.2 of the XWING game.  If you have any 
questions as to what version of XWING you have, just 
press ALT-V during flight.
Saved ship modules are named with an ".BM1" extension to
differentiate them from the ".XF4" extension used with
FIXES FROM BETA version:  Fixes TOD mission bug, fixes
front shield/rear shield bug, fixes small bug with BWING
menus (couldn't choose value of 7 and 8 on two menus).

XMANAGER 4.0.
This version will not work with any other versions of X-Wing.
You must have the B-Wing installed to utilize it.  Further,
this program will probably NOT work if/when LucasArts releases
either a patch, or another add-on disk.  C'est la vie!

*********** To Summarize:   *******************************
If you only have XWING (ver 1.0), you need XMANAGE2.
If you have the Imperial Pursuit disk (ver. 1.1), you need
XMANAGE3.
If you have the Imperial Pursuit disk with targeting patch,
(ver. 1.1a) you need XMANAGE4.
If you have the B-Wing disk installed, you need BMANAGE5.

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                 by Gregory M. "Sturmer" Smith
                   
                        IMPORTANT!!!!
1.  To use this program, you must do three important things
    first:

    A. Ensure you have the "B-Wing" add-on disk
       installed.  If not, you need to
       have a different XMANAGER.  See above.

    B. Make a backup copy of BFLIGHT.OVL.  This is a file
       contained in the main \XWING subdirectory. You must
       name this backup copy BFLIGHT.ORI.  The DOS command for
       this would be "COPY BFLIGHT.OVL BFLIGHT.ORI"

    C. Make a backup copy of VGA.PAC.  This is a file
       contained in the main \XWING subdirectory. You must
       name this backup copy VGA.ORI.  The DOS command for
       this would be "COPY VGA.PAC VGA.ORI"

       Next, simply copy the file "BM.EXE" into the \XWING 
       subdirectory.  When you wish to use it, exit the game 
       and type "BM".  That's all there is to it.

2.  This is a Freeware program designed to ease some of the
    frustration of playing LucasArts' game "X-Wing" and to
    provide many more optional spacecraft and environments.
    As you may be aware, the game allows you to revive
    pilots, but at the cost of all Tour Of Duty points.
    Also, the game is frustrating in that one cannot advance
    to the next mission without 100% success in the current
    mission.

3.  This utility will allow you to do the following things:

    a. PILOT MANAGER - View a listing of all pilots, then
    revive any dead or missing pilots without loss of points.
    It will then give you the option of changing the current
    Tour of Duty and mission of that Tour.  You can therefore
    "skip ahead" and play missions previously denied to you.
    Or, you can go back and replay a mission.  Your high
    scores will not be lost by skipping back and forth.
    The option to change missions is also available to
    "healthy" pilots.
    You may also award any medal, rank or skill level to a
    pilot, INCLUDING a new medal, the "Talons of Hoth" which
    is for the B-Wing tour of duty.

    b. SHIP MANAGER - As you may be aware, the game only
    allows you to fly one of three different ships.  No
    more!!!  This utility will allow you to custom design
    your own fighters.   There are literally thousands of
    variations waiting to be flown.  You can also customize
    enemy ships to fly against.
    This section will allow you change the following
    characteristics of your ships:
    KTU, speed, RU (armor) factor, front shield strength,
    rear shield strength, rate of pitch, rate of roll (which
    includes rate of "spin"), acceleration, type of missile
    (proton or concussion), number of missiles, 2nd missile
    rack, laser color (red or green), type of lasers (Y-
    wing).  Custom designed ships can be saved as a package
    under the MODULE MANAGER option.

    c. VISIBLE SPECTRUM MANAGER - Allows you to change the
       colors of all weapons, and also gives you options to
       change the "environment" so as to be able to fight
       inside a gas nebula, etc.

    d. MODULE MANAGER - Allows you the ability to save many
       "Modules."  Basically, if you change a series of
       ships, or design a ship you want to be able to fly
       again without "recustomizing,"  you can save all the
       changes made with the ship manager in a Module.  You
       then will have the option of loading this saved group
       of modified ships on demand.  The modules are saved as
       a file called "filename.BM1" and are only about 4000
       bytes in size.  (a big improvement from XMANAGE1!!!)

4.  This is a freeware program.  It was written in Turbo C++
    and took considerable effort.  
   
    PLEASE NOTE:  Use this program at your own risk.  Lucas Arts 
is in no way connected with this program, and cannot help you with
any technical problems.  This program is offered for free completely
on an "as is" basis.  Any problems arising from its use are
strictly the user's own.

    May the Force be with you!

(with X-wing, you need it!!!) <Grin>        -gms


Star Wars, X-Wing and all elements of the game fantasy are
registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd.

I am hereby declaring all previous versions of XMANAGER to
be "Freeware" to be used freely, at the user's own risk.

This program is freeware, and I encourage it being uploaded
to any and all bulletin boards as long as the contents of
this archive are not altered in any way. (Not to preclude the
addition of local BBS advertisement files).
It should contain the following files:
BM.EXE
README.BM