Front Page Sports: Football Pro '97  V1.1 Release Notes.

How to use this patch:

1.  Copy the patch executable file into the location where you have 
    installed the game.

2.  Double click on the FB97_11 icon.

3.  Click on "OPEN".

4.  Click on "YES" to begin the update process.

The following items have been addressed with this patch:

- Full Screen Arcade play

   The arcade can now be set to run in full screen mode.  When full screen
   mode is enabled the game will automatically stretch the onfield display
   to fit the current windows resolution.  In higher resolutions (1024x768 
   and up) you may experience some loss in game performance.  Higher color 
   settings (more than 256) will also negatively impact game performance.  
   We recommend that you set windows to 256 color mode prior to playing 
   Football Pro '97.

   To enable full screen mode edit the setup.ini file found in 
   SIERRA\FBPRO97 to include the following line:

   Screen=Full

   Note:  The SETUP.INI file is case sensative so you MUST type the line
          in exactly as it is shown above.

- Dual Joysticks in a head-to-head game
   
   You should now be able to play head to head games using two joysticks
   on a single computer.

- CD roms greater than H:

   Small install will now read the CD properly when the CD-Rom drive
   letter is set to letters greater than H:

- Non-black rain

   The "acid" rain problem has been fixed.  The rain drops will now appear
   as transparent instead of black.

- Selected play highlighted unless in head-to-head play

   On the play call screen when you click on a play diagram with either the 
   mouse or the joystick, a highlight box will appear around that play.  
   However, this only occurs in single player games.  The highlight will 
   NOT appear when two players are playing a game on a single machine.

- Pro Bowl conference AFC/NFC switches

   Pro Bowl teams will now have the correct players on each conference.

- Move the mouse pointer out of the way during a play

   The mouse pointer will automatically be moved out of the way when exiting
   from the play call screen to the on field view.

- Printing of Pro Bowl rosters

   You can now print Pro Bowl rosters.

- Default Dynamix league data fix (now is a 30 team league)

   There was a data error in the Dynamix league that prevented you from
   being able to play games with two of the teams.  The data problem has been
   fixed.

- Printing of Hall of Fame and Awards

   Hall of Fame and Awards screens can now be printed.

- Pro Bowl team colors fixed

   During Pro Bowl games, the team colors were incorrect.  The team colors
   are now fixed.

- Proper display of QB passing yards greater than 32000

   Quarterbacks with passing yards greater than 32000 were appearing to lose 
   yards as their careers progressed.  This problem has been addressed.

- Hard to read statistics and roster screens
  
   On statistics and roster screens the background color was too bright
   to read the text easily.  The background color has been changed from 
   light blue to a dark blue.

- Left/Right arrows adding garbage characters when editing 

   No garbage characters are added while using the arrow keys to edit.

-  Too difficult to call plays with double click.

   Should be easier to double click to select plays from the play call 
   screen.

- Fixed problem with trading the last player in the list	

   There was a problem when trading the last player in a list.  The problem
   has been fixed.

- New League not retaining Uni # Colors/plans/profiles

   There was a problem when creating new leagues from existing leagues, the
   team data for jersey colors, game plans and coaching profiles was not
   being transferred over to the new league.  This problem has been fixed.
 
- MultiPlayer file transfer progress bar 

   A status bar will now appear when starting multiplayer games over a modem
   or network.  The status bar will show file transfer progress.

- Printing problems in the Play Editor

   Some printers were having problems printing play diagrams.  You should
   now have no difficulties printing play diagrams or coaching profiles.

- Annoying single click game plan problem in Play Editor

   A double click is now required on a game plan mini diagram to bring
   up the load play window.  This should make game plan and coaching 
   profile creation easier.

- Quick plan creation with subdirectories

   You should now be able to use the Quick Plan feature to create game 
   plans with custom plays in subdirectories below the custom directory.

- Changing field goal range in coaching profile not saving

   You can now edit and successfully save the field goal range in coaching
   profiles.


Full Arcade play has now been enabled for modem and lan play.  There are
some issues remaining that we are continuing to work on.  These issues
should be resolved with the next patch release.  If you run across a 
problem while using this patch please post a note to the stadium forum
on the sierra web page.


