BOEING B17G
ETO 1944-1945
by Alan Hutchins
Resolution 512x512

This mod is an attempt at injecting greater realism into the stock Jane's B17 model and
upgrading it from the B17E to the correct variant B17G for the time period covered by the 
simulation.

In an effort to enhance realism, I have added a flying crew of 9 men, the usual 10th crew
member not included in this mod being the ball-turret gunner who would not be visible in his 
normal flight position. I have also made the cockpit and gun-turret transparencies completely 
translucent. Lastly, I have added the chin-turret that was common to all B17F and B17G models 
which were in service in the ETO during 1944-1945.

I have embodied some fairly gory damage effects in this mod (viewable only in close-up!) and 
hope to further incorporate yet more realistic smoke and damage effects in a future update of 
this mod.

Before installing this, or any other, custom modification, you are advised to take a backup
your original ww2.sqs archive. 
 
Extract the contents of this archive to the WWII Fighters\Data directory.  Assuming the
default installation, this is: C:\Program Files\Jane's Combat Simulations\WWII Fighters\Data

The files will be extracted to a new directory WWII Fighters\Data\B17CREW.
Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the WWII Fighters\Data\B17CREW directory.

This modification includes some high-resolution (512x512) textures and so should only be installed
on computers with video cards that support high-resolution graphics.
  
WARNING: attempting to install high-resolution textures on a system with a video card which 
does not support them may cause the game to crash.

To install, double-click on the B17CREW.bat icon. This will open up a DOS session and the 
installation will proceed in this window.  When the installation is complete, a message saying 
"DONE...CLOSE DOS SESSION" will be displayed in the window.  Close the DOS session by clicking 
on the X close button in the top right corner of the window.

Installation is now complete.

Alan Hutchins
Perth, Western Australia
April 2005



