iM1A2 ABRAMS
                          America's Main Battle Tank
 
                           Designed for Windows 95
    
                 Copyright (c) 1996 by Interactive Magic, Inc.
                              All Rights Reserved.

        This product is being developed by Charybdis Enterprises, Inc.

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                         *** Version 0.51 Release ***

                                June 20, 1996

 This is a pre-Alpha demonstration version of the iM1A2 Abrams simulator
 product.



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 Installation

 Select Start/Run... and select 'setup.exe'.  Follow the instructions
 given in the setup program.



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 Running the Game

 To run the game, simply double-click on the Abrams icon in the Abrams 
 folder.

 After the introduction screens, select 'QuickStart' to begin the 
 simulation.  The player begins in the Tank Commander's position.

 Note: The demonstration requires 16MBytes of RAM and a Pentium-class
       processor.  The final version of the product will run in 8MBytes
       of RAM on a high-speed 486 with reduced detail levels and/or
       320x240 resolution displays.



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 Missions

 The demonstration version of the product contains a single mission and
 terrain set to reduce the space requirements.  The final version will have
 over 75 terrain sets.



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 Screen Capture

 The Print Screen key in Windows will cut a bitmap from the current window
 image to the clip-board, which can then be pasted into a paint program.
 Unfortuanetly, different paint programs will each have a different result
 in image quality and coloring.  It is also unclear that this feature will
 work correctly with Microsoft's DirectDraw.

 Therefore, a custom screen 'snap-shot' routine has been implemented.
 To use this feature, press Ctrl-K and a SNAPXXXX.BMP file will be created
 in the Abrams directory from the currently displayed screen.  The BMP
 files will be numbered in seqence from 0000 to 9999 automatically (if
 a BMP file already exists, then that number will be skipped and the
 next available number will be used).

 Note: This will not capture images from the opening animation since
       Microsoft's AVI system is active.  The clip-board may be
       successful at capturing animation frames.



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 Release Notes

 The AIs are still under development and are therefore disabled in this
 demonstration version.

 The damage model is always in 'Arcade' mode and does not yet take into
 account armor location, ammunition type, or special armor effects.

 Barrel stabalization and superelavative firing is not yet implemented.
 Lazing a target computes the correct distance, but has no effect on the
 firing of the main gun.

 The support unit interface is still under development.

 Reverse gear is not yet implemented for the vehicles.

 Battlefield smoke generators and grenades are not yet implemented.



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 Improvements

 o Campaign, Dossier, Multiplayer, and Single Mission modes will be
   fully implemented.

 o Squad-level AI will move formations togther and coordinate attacks based
   on actual combat doctrines.

 o Weapon systems for the various vehicle types will be fully implemented
   for use by the squad-level AI.

 o The cockpit artwork is being retouched to provide a more 'grimy' feel
   as well as a few minor improvements to the layout.  The MFD displays
   will be expanded.

 o Animated textures for tracks, wheels, etc.

 o Visual effects for smoke, explosions, hazing, water, etc. will be
   added.

 o Realistic damage model and terrain type effects on top vehicle speed.

 o Optimizations for memory use and performance, including levels of
   detail for the 3D models, a reimplemented terrain system, and 320x240
   resolution support is planned for the final version.

 o A variety of digitized speech samples for each of the tank positions
   as well as the commanders of other supporting formations will be
   integrated.

 o Controls for realism and detail settings will be added to the
   configuration along with enemy and friendly troop quality settings.

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