2 January 2000
The Beta Test of the next Advanced VCR® version will start sooner.

Current version: 1.50 build 000 of 21 Oct. 1998

News
Now Advanced VCR is compatible with HOST999 3.22.024.003 or higher.

Changes
Nothing.

Bugs fixed
Nothing.

Description
Advanced VCR Viewer pack contains programs designed to enhance the VCR.EXE program that comes with VGA Planets 3.x for DOS. The programs included are:

Advanced VCR Viewer - VCR.EXE
This program allows viewing both Advanced VCR style and standard HOST.EXE style battles.

Image Rotate program - ROTATE.EXE
This program allows to modify the rotation direction of every ship image for use in VCR.EXE. If you find that VCR displays a ship image in a wrong direction, you can run this program to create a ROTATE.DAT file that VCR.EXE reads to displays ships correctly. You must put the ROTATE.DAT file in the same folder as VCR.EXE.

Advanced VCR Simulator - AVCRSIM.EXE
This program allows simulating battles. Both Advanced VCR style and Standard HOST style can be simulated. To view the battles you need the Advanced VCR Viewer. This Advanced VCR Simulator works with Advanced VCR Viewer version 1.30 build 000 or higher.

a AVCR.PLN file localized with selected language.

a ROTATE.DAT file for use with the standard RESOURCE.PLN file that comes with VGA Planets 3.x for DOS.

two text files explaining how use the above programs.

Software requirements
Advanced VCR Viewer was developed for Advanced VCR and Tim Wisseman HOST.
Advanced VCR Viewer offers a limited support to Portable HOST generated battles:
if a PHost generated battle is found, VCR will try to run "PVCR.EXE" (part of Portable HOST distribution) to view the battle. If PVCR.EXE is not found, VCR shows a message on screen. You can still view PHost battles in VCR, but probably with different results.

Advanced VCR Viewer distribution
This software may be used at no charge and may be distributed freely but must always be distributed unmodified and as a unit with all files present, including this file.

You are NOT allowed to decompile, disassemble or modify by no means the software contained in this distribution.

Screenshots
Clic to enlarge the images.

VCR.EXE - The main window. Here you browse all your battles.

VCR.EXE - The View window with a battle in progress.

AVCRSIM.EXE - The main window. Here you can insert, change
and delete all the objects (ships, planet or base) of your simulation.

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