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Ubisoft Entertainment
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII
Version 1.01

Table of Contents:

I. General Information
II. Updates and Fixes for the PC release version 1.x
III. Technical and Customer Support

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I. *** General Information ***

1. The minimum system requirements for running Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII
are:
Supported OS: Windows� XP
Processor: 1.4 Ghz class processors
RAM: 256 MB RAM
Video Card: nVidia GF3 / ATI 8500 with 64 MB RAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c compatible
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Optical device: CD-ROM 12x or faster or DVD-ROM 2x or faster
Hard Drive Space: 6GB free space
Peripherals Supported: mouse, keyboard,
Multiplayer: LAN or Internet Connection

2. The recommended system requirements for running Blazing Angels Squadrons of

WWII are:
Supported OS: Windows� XP
Processor: Pentium IV 2GHZ /AMD ATHLON 2Ghz or better
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: nVidia 6800 / 7800 or ATI 1800 / 1900 with 256 MB RAM DirectX 9.0c
compatible
Sound Card: DirectX9.0c compatible
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
Optical device: CD-ROM 24x or faster or DVD-ROM 2x or faster
Hard Drive Space: 6 GB free space
Peripherals Supported: mouse, keyboard, headsets, joysticks, gamepad
Multiplayer: Broadband Internet connection

3.SETTINGS APPLICATION
The settings application starts automatically when you launch the game for the
first time. This settings application lets you modify your Graphics, Sound
settings or customize the controls. This is easily done by accessing the
appropriate tab of this application.
If you want to launch the application at any time you can do so from the Start
menu � All Programs � Ubisoft � Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII.
- Graphics Settings tab: you can change your resolution and refresh rate settings
to either increase the visual quality or the overall game performance. You can
also make the game run in window mode by enabling the windowed checkbox.
- Sound Settings tab: you can choose which sound card you will use in the game.
- Advanced Settings tab: you can change the landscape and water detail level,
object and sky resolution as well as the view distance in order to improve your
graphic quality or overall performance of the game. You can also enable
multithreading and disable the input from your gamepad/joystick. You can also set
the language in which the game will run.
- Player 1 Control Settings: Customize the controls for keyboard, gamepad or
joystick for player 1 in split screen mode. You can also choose to enable the use
of your mouse (default 2) for this player.
Note: These are also the controls for the single player mode.
- Player 2 Control Settings: Customize the controls for keyboard, gamepad or
joystick for player 2 in split screen mode. You can also choose to enable the use
of your mouse (default 2) for this player.
- Online: you can create an online account for playing Blazing Angels online.

You can also change the graphic and advanced settings by choosing one of the three
presets: Low, Medium or High to either increase the visual quality or the overall
game performance.

4.The first thing to do is to create your own profile which is how you will appear
in Campaign and Lan games. The profile contains information such as your name,
your campaign advancement, the number of planes you have unlocked, and your
rewards and stats.
Warning: The profile name is NOT used in online games. To play online, you need a
Blazing Angels Online account, and you�ll be recognized by your gamertag, not your
game profile.

5.MAIN MENU

Campaign: Lead the Blazing Angels in the fiercest air battles of the WWII. This
game mode is the �meat� of the single-player Blazing Angels experience.
Standalone: Not in the mood for a full-fledged mission? Try this game mode, which
contains three different challenges � a mini campaign, an arcade-style dogfight,
and an ace duel.
Multiplayer: Face your friends online or on a Local Area Network (LAN).
Player Profile: Manage your profiles.
Player Status: Check your stats, scores, and rewards. Your hangar and trophy room
are here as well.
Options: Customize the game experience, including music and video.
Quit: Exit the game.

6. Multiplayer: Face your friends online, in Split-Screen, or on a Local Area

Network (LAN).

7. Split screen: In the creation screen for the split screen mode the text "Press
START to join" is present. If you want to play with the keyboard you must press
the SPACE key.

8. Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII uses Bink Video. Copyright (C) 1997-2006 by
RAD Game Tools, Inc.

9. Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII uses Starforce security technology. The

Starforce drivers will be installed with the game and will also be uninstalled
together with the game.
Note: When you uninstall Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII you will also uninstall
the Starforce protection drivers.
10. For users of Windows XP: to install Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII, you must
have administrator privileges on your computer system. Otherwise, the installation
will fail.

11. In order to play Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII online:

Your local firewall (or your NAT one) must permit the access to all of the
destination ports, UDP protocol.
Your local firewall (or your NAT one) must permit the access on the destination
ports 3074 and 3075, TCP protocol.
The 20001(UDP), 20002(TCP), 20003(UDP), 20004(UDP), 20050(UDP), 20080(UDP),
20100(TCP) ports must be open and if you are behind a NAT they must be forwarded
toward your system.

12. Compatibility Issues

Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII was tested on a wide range of CPUs, as well as
over different 30 video cards and over a dozen different sound cards.No
incompatibility issues where found.
*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release

ATI Radeon: 8000 series, 1800 series, x850 series and x800 series
nVidia: GF3 series, GF 4 series, GF4 series (GF4 MX), GF 5 series, GF 6000 series,
GF 7000 series

13. Known issues

- If you have two XBox 360 controllers connected at the same time the vibration
will not work
- Some random crashes may appear when running a screen capture program on the
background.
- It is not advised to unplug your controller while playing

14. Drivers
To avoid any compatibility problems, always update your graphic card drivers to
the most recently available versions.
For GeForce cards, go to www.nvidia.com <http://www.nvidia.com>. The latest
drivers available at the moment of writing were 77.72 for Windows XP. For Radeon
cards, go to www.atitech.com <http://www.atitech.com>. The latest drivers
available at the moment of writing were Catalyst 5.7 for Windows XP.

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II. Updates and Fixes for the PC release version 1.01

1. Various text in the menu system was edited and fixed.

2. Increased time-out on the "connecting" page to 30 seconds.
3. Fixed: Bug with the On-line Game Finder feature.
4. Synchronized the aircraft flying and mission start sequence.
5. Made improvements to enhance performance of game-pad controllers.
6. Fixed: Results page for "Squad Bombing Run" missions now show "wins" by
the Blue Team properly.
 7. Fixed: Respawn limits now function correctly in "Squad Capture Base"
missions.
8. Fixed: Issues that didn't allow the player to properly complete the
mini-campaign are corrected.
9. Fixed: "Squad Capture Base" missions now function properly in all cases.

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III. *** Technical Support ***

If you experience any problems with the Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII, before
you contact Technical Support, please make sure that you can outline the procedure
by which you experienced your problem. Try to be as specific as possible when
describing EXACTLY what happened. What were you trying to do when (and before) the
problem occurred? What type of hardware does your computer have? What version of
Windows is it running? What other programs, if any, were running at the time?
These are all potential questions that Technical Support might ask you, and your
ability to answer these questions will greatly increase the likelihood that your
problem will be resolved. Thank you.
Also a good information source is www.blazing-angels.com.

The protection system may interfere with some firewall programs (As a result the
system may stop responding). Please visit http://www.star-
force.com/protection/users/ to get the latest drivers.

Technical Support

Before contacting Ubisoft�s Technical Support Department, please first read

through this file. Also browse through our FAQ listings or search our support
database at our website, http://support.ubi.com. Here you will find the most
recently updated information since the game�s release.

Also please make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements, as
our support representatives will be unable to assist customers whose computers do
not meet these criteria.

Whenever you contact the Technical Support Department, please include the
following information or have it available if you are calling:

� Complete product title (including version number).

� Exact error message reported (if applicable) and a brief description of the
problem you�re encountering.
� Processor speed and manufacturer.
� Amount of RAM.
� Operating system.
� Video card that you are using and amount of RAM it has.
� Type of sound card you are using.

Support Over the Internet

This is the best way to find answers to common issues seen with our games. Our
Frequently Asked Questions list is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and
contains the most up-to-date Technical Support information available, including
patches that can be downloaded free of charge. We update the Support pages on a
daily basis, so please check here first for solutions to your problems:
http://support.ubi.com/.

Contact Us by Webmail
Due to high volumes of spam, viruses, and other non-support-related contacts, we
no longer offer support via standard email. However, we do provide something
better, webmail. By taking your questions directly through our website, we have
completely eliminated all spam contacts. As a result, we are able to respond to
your questions much quicker than we could through standard email. To send us a
webmail simply log into our site at http://support.ubi.com/.

From this site, you will be able to enter the Ubisoft Solution Center, where you
can browse through our lists of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), search our
database of known problems and solutions, and send in a request for personal
assistance from a Technical Support representative by using the Ask a Question
feature on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

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