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T O R N A D O M A P F A X M A C H I N E (TMF)
(c) 1996-98 Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein
Repkestr. 26
59368 Werne
Fed. Rep. of Germany
Version 1.07
M A N U A L
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Read carefully before installing TMF!
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0) Tornado versions supported
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TMF was tested on both European and US versions 1.0 ... 1.0e of Tornado.
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CD-ROM versions: because TMF requires you to rename one or two files
of the TORNADO files, installing TMF for CD-ROM based
TORNADO installations is different than that for
hard disk based installations. Read the file README.CD
for further information.
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0.5) NVG & Snow Bonus
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This version of TMF also contains a Night Vision Goggles patch as a bonus.
You will only be able to use this feature if you also install TMF.
The night-vision-goggles patch will simulate NVG (helmet mounted devices
that enhance night vision). See the file manual.nvg for details.
Inspired by an idea by Eric Joiner, I also implemented a "snow simulation"
option for the European Warzones. If you turn this option on, you will see
that the ground, the trees and some buildings are covered with 'snow'.
1) What is TMF ?
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TMF is a set of programs to be used with the TORNADO flight
simulation by DI. TMF will allow you to print screencopies
of the Tornado Mission Planner's screens to a printer without
having to leave Tornado. This can be used to print maps that
contain information about the mission you have just designed
with the Mission Planner, like the flightpaths of the involved
Tornados, enemy AAA and SAM positions, roads (emergency landings!)
etc. Real pilots carry maps in transparent pockets attached to the
upper trouser legs of their G-suits (those are called kneepads,
I think). Now you can do about the same!
Application of paper maps:
In flight:
1) as a backup for the computerized maps you can use with the
navigational displays inside the cockpit (in case those are
shot to pieces)
2) as a help to evade enemy threats (the on-board maps don't show
enemy AAA and SAM positions)
3) as a help to find protection by friendly forces in case you are
chased
4) to better identify individual targets in 'target rich' areas,
especially for LBG attacks ("On what side of the runway is the
command bunker I wanted to hit??")
5) to find targets of opportunity in case you have 'payload' left
after attacking all pre-planned targets.
Outside the cockpit:
1) to better evaluate the progress of a campaign: you can
compare 'Day ' and 'Day ' maps.
2) to impress friends: "there I was, flying this extremely
dangerous mission ..." :-)
2) Why not use Graphics.com that comes with MS-DOS ?
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For black & white printers, graphics.com does a poor job
mapping different colors of Tornado Mission Planner maps
to shades of gray. But if you have a color printer supported
by graphics.com, you should give graphics.com a try. TMF does
not support color printers!
3) Hardware and Software Requirements
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Software:
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Tornado (version 1.0 - 1.0e)
MS-DOS 5.0 or higher
about 5 KB free conventional memory in addition to TORNADO's
memory requirements (Version 1.0e requires about 600KB)
Hardware:
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-AT 80386,i486 or higher
-VGA graphics card
-mouse
-about 1MB free disk space to run Tornado plus
154kB free disk space for every map you want to save
- NEC P2200 or compatible 24 pin printer (like the EPSON LQ 1500)
or
HP Deskjet, HPLaserJet or compatible PCL level 3 (or higher)
printer.
Other printers require that you write a printer configuration
file (see 5.1).
4) Installation
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The following installation requires that a few files of the TORNADO
distribution files are renamed. If you run TORNADO on a CD-ROM, you can't
rename the files on the CD-ROM. For an installation guide for CD-ROM based
TORNADO installations, read the file README.CD first.
You should unpack all the files in the TMF archive to your Tornado directory
(the directory with the LOG, AMP and FLIGHT subdirectories on your hard disk).
You can install TMF either automatically or manually. To install
automatically, just execute TMF_INST.EXE.
To install the package manually, do the following:
1) Make sure you really copied all the TMF files to the Tornado directory.
2) make back-up copies of the files
FLIGHT\FLIGHT.EXE
FLIGHT\DESERT.EXE (if present)
3) rename FLIGHT\FLIGHT.EXE to FLIGHT\FLIGHT_.EXE
rename FLIGHT\DESERT.EXE to FLIGHT\DESERT_.EXE (if present)
It is absolutely essential that the new filenames are the old
filenames plus an underscore '_' character at the end.
4) make sure these files are really renamed! Otherwise, they will
be overwritten during the next step and TORNADO won't work
anymore (that's why I recommend making backups of flight.exe &
desert.exe)
5) copy the file FL.EXE of this package to the file FLIGHT\FLIGHT.EXE
*and* to the file FLIGHT\DESERT.EXE
after doing this, the FLIGHT subdir. must contain the following files
name size comment
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FLIGHT_.EXE big was FLIGHT.EXE, part of TORNADO
FLIGHT.EXE small was FL.EXE, part of TMF package
for TORNADO versions 1.0d -1.0e, also:
DESERT_.EXE big was DESERT.EXE, part of TORNADO
DESERT.EXE small was FL.EXE, part of TMF package
6) that's all
5) De-Installation
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I hate programs that can only be deinstalled by re-installing
the original program. Therefore, de-installing this package is easy:
0) if you have installed the NVG patch, you should reverse that patch first
(see the file manual.nvg) for instructions).
1) Remove the files *.pcf, tmf.exe, tmf.ini and tsg.exe from
your TORNADO directory.
2) copy the file FLIGHT\FLIGHT_.EXE to the file FLIGHT\FLIGHT.EXE,
overwriting the latter file.
if present, also copy the file FLIGHT\DESERT_.EXE to the file
FLIGHT\DESERT.EXE.
3) Make sure the files in step 2) were copied correctly.
The files FLIGHT\FLIGHT.EXE and (if present) FLIGHT\DESERT.EXE
must be about 570KB to 610KB long (depending on the version of Tornado you
are using), otherwise step 2 failed.
4) remove the files FLIGHT\FLIGHT_.EXE and FLIGHT\DESERT_.EXE (if present)
5) finished!
NOTE: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS UNINSTALL TMF BEFORE APPLYING A PATCH TO TORNADO.
TMF IS NOT VERY VERSION-DEPENDENT, I EXPECT IT TO WORK WITH ANY
FUTURE PATCH OF TORNADO (IF THERE WILL BE ANY ADDITIONAL PATCHES)
5) How to use TMF?
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This is how to use TMF:
Before starting TORNADO, execute TSG.EXE. This is a memory-resident
program and will stay in memory until you reboot your computer.
(Therefore, I strongly recommend that you reboot your computer
immediately after you exit from TORNADO).
After executing TSG.EXE, start TORNADO.
NOTE: TSG will use about 4KB of conventional memory, so you have to make
sure that you have at least 604 KB free conventional memory. This
should not be too difficult. Note that TORNADO does not require or
support EMS memory, so you can configure your memory manager (EMM386,
QEMM, ...) NOT to provide EMS memory services. This means that you
don't need an EMS "Page-Frame". Not allocating a Page-Frame frees
lots of 'upper memory' that you will be able to use for device drivers
etc. that can be loaded into upper memory.
Inside the Mission Planner, prepare a map you want to print, and
when ready, press the 'Prt Scr' key (usually next to SCROLL-LOCK).
Wait for a 'beep' (this takes about 1 to 5 seconds).
If you hear the 'beep' immediately after you pressed the Print-key,
TSG refused to dump the screen because of lack of free diskspace.
To ensure proper operation of TORNADO, TSG requires about 1.154 MB
of free disk space on the current drive for dumping a screen to a BMP file.
You can dump several screens as long as there's sufficient free disk
space available, the maps will be saved to different files.
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If you don't have a soundcard and selected 'PC Speaker' as a sound
device, please turn the Music feature off for both aesthetic and
technical reasons: the speaker 'music' and TMF's 'beep' may interfere
with each other.
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If you want to print the map(s) written to disk, select the 'Review'
field of the options menu.
Instead of the Review Feature, you will now see the user-interface
of TMF. First you will have to click on the "OK" Button in the
message box.
The User-Interface was written with BORLAND C++ TurboVision and
should be quite self explaining.
At the top of the screen, the main menu bar has at least one entry: FILE.
You can open this menu by clicking on FILE or by pressing ALT-F.
The File Menu comprises the following functions:
1) About: Display copyright information
2) Open : Display and print maps
3) Change Dir: Change the working directory
4) Delete: delete a BMP file
5) Printer Setup: Select a Printer Configuration File and output device
6) Mode: Select European Scenario or Desert Storm Scenario Mode
7) Save Config. : Save the name of the printer configuration file
to be used as a default
8) Exit : leave the program. You will then enter the Review
screen of Tornado.
9) Quick Exit: leave the program and go back directly to the mission
planner
If TMF finds the file NVG.INI in the directory where it is installed, then
the menu bar will have additional "Snow" and "NVG" entries used to configure
the snow- and NVG-features. See MANUAL.NVG for further information on these
features.
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N O T E F O R OS/2 A N D MS-WINDOWS U S E R S
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During Beta-Testing, problems with starting TMF from inside TORNADO
were reported. To avoid these problems, you should use two separate
DOS boxes under OS/2 2.1 to use TMF: One window to execute TSG and then
TORNADO, and another box to execute TMF in. After 'screengrabbing' a map,
switch to the TMF box to print the map (see also sec. 5.3 and 7.)
(HOWEVER, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE NVG FEATURE IN THIS CONFIGURATION!)
It has also been reported that in OS/2 DOS-Boxes, loading TSG.EXE *high*
can resolve some potential problems.
No problems have so far been reported under OS/2 Warp V3, so you should be
able to install the NVG patch under OS2 Warp without problems.
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5.1 Selecting a Printer Configuration File
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Before you print some maps, you have to make sure that the correct
printer configuration file is loaded. The printer configuration files
contain all information that TMF needs to send graphic images to your
printer.
A description of the loaded printer configuration will be displayed
at the left hand side of the bottom line on the screen, the status-line.
To change the printer configuration, choose the 'Printer Setup' menu
item (or click on the left hand side of the status line). Then select
a *.pcf file. The following files come with this package (see the file
'necp24p.pcl' for information about writting your own *.PCF files):
printer printing max. image print
(and compat.) resolution size orientation
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NEC24P.PCF NEC/Epson LQ 24 pin 180 dpi 7.1'' x 5.3 '' portrait
NEC24L.PCF NEC/Epson LQ 24 pin 180 dpi 8'' x 10.7'' landscape
PCL_P.PCF HP Desk/LaserJet 300 dpi 6.4'' x 4.8'' portrait
PCL_L.PCF HP Desk/LaserJet 300 dpi 6.4'' x 8.5'' landscape
PCL_LBIG.PCF HP Desk/LaserJet 300 dpi 8'' x 10.7 '' landscape
NOTE: If you have a laser printer with less than 1MB memory installed,
you might not be able to print maps using PCL_L.PCF or
PCL_LBIG.PCF
After selecting a Printer Configuration File, you have to select the
output device that the print data will be sent to. You can choose
from PRN:, LPT1:, LPT2:, LPT3: and FILE. The FILE option will allow
you to write the printing commands to a file, so you can print the map(s)
on a different computer's printer (e.g. your notebook computer's printer
or the printer at the office next door :) ).
You can specify the file to print to in the same dialog box. This is
only relevant if you select FILE as output device.
All output will be appended to this file, so you can print several maps
to a single file. But you should be aware that the quantity of data
transmitted to the printer depends on the printer configuration (type
of printer and size of map) you are using, and you must take care that
the diskette you are using has enough free disk space left. The following
table gives approximate file length for print data for ONE map.
printer conf. print data
file length
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NEC24P.PCF 160 KB
NEC24L.PCF 346 KB
PCL_P.PCF 356 KB
PCL_L.PCF 633 KB
PCL_LBIG.PCF 983 KB
This means that you can put up to 4 maps printed with PCL_P.PCF onto
a single 1.44 MB diskette, but only 1 map created with PCL_LBIG.PCF.
So if you want to print on a printer NOT connected to the computer
you are running TORNADO on, you should set aside a sufficient number of
empty & formatted diskettes before running TORNADO.
5.2) Saving the configuration
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If you want a specific printer configuration file and output device
selection to be loaded whenever you start TMF, select the 'Save Config'
menu item.
5.3) Selecting the scenario mode
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If you start TMF from within the Mission Planner, TMF will automatically
detect whether you edited a mission in the european (standard) scenario
or the (add-on) 'Desert Storm' scenario. The current scenario is
displayed on the right hand side of the status line. You should print
screenshots from european maps only in 'Europe' mode, and Desert Storm
Maps in 'Desert Storm' mode. So if for some reason the scenario displayed
in the status line does not match the scenario of the map you want to
print, click on the 'Mode' menu item (or the right hand side of the
status line). Then a dialog will appear that allows you to set the
scenario.
5.4) Deleting BMP files
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If you want to delete a BMP file (maybe after printing it, or because
TSG can't make any additional screenshots because running out of
diskspace), select the 'Delete' menu entry. Only files with the BMP
filename-extension can be deleted!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Each screenshot consumes about 154KB of disk-space. Tornado itself needs
about 1 MB of free disk-space. If you are using a screen-grabbing
program other than TSG, YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE SO MANY SCREEN-SHOTS
THAT TORNADO RUNS OUT OF DISK SPACE. If Tornado doesn't have 1 MB of free
disk space left, you won't be able to enter TMF! So in this case, you
can't even delete the *.BMP files that used TORNADO's diskspace from
within Tornado.
TSG has a build in diskspace test that will prevent saving screenshots
if the free disk space is less than 1.154 MB!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5.5) Open Menu Entry
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Select a BMP file you want to view and/or print. This file will then
be loaded. Loading of the file is quite slow at the moment, but printing
is even slower, so this doesn't matter ;-).
Now you have to select a rectangular portion of the map to be printed
(the 'Printing Area'). First, use the mouse to set the upper left corner of
the Printing Area. Push a mouse button when the correct point is selected.
Then select the lower right corner of the printing area likewise.
You can use this feature to remove the mission planner's buttons from
the map graphics.
If you don't want to print the displayed map, just push the ESC key
before selecting the lower right corner of the printing area.
If you want to print the whole screen, just click a mouse button
after each "beep" without moving the mouse.
NOTE: It depends on the type of printer you are using whether selecting
only a small portion of the map as the printing area will speed
the process of printing. E.g. output is faster on my old NEC P2200
for smaller printing areas, but with most laser-printers, there
won't be a difference. Note you will save ink/ribbon/toner by
restricting the printing area.
Now the color-reduction of the map will be performed and the
map will be printed on the selected printer device.
The part of the map that has already been sent to the printer will be
erased on the screen, so you can monitor the progress of the printing.
After sending data to the printer is completed, the main menu will
appear.
6) Things to keep in mind
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Although the 'readability' of the printed maps (e.g. the ability to
distinguish the shades of grey) is (IMHO) satisfactory for pin printers
and quite good for inkjet/laser printers, you should not pack too
much information into your maps. Instead, distribute the information you
need on two or more maps.
For example:
"thread &
assistance map" : shows enemy and friendly AAA and SAM, your flight path etc.
"EWR map" : shows enemy and friendly EWR coverage
"Target Area Map" : a close up of the target area, especially
useful with LGB attacks when you have to hit
specific structures among many similar targets
"Campaign History
Map" : Shows friendly and enemy forces and EWR coverage
You can 'enrich' those maps by opening mission planner windows
that contain information you would like to record:
For example, include the met. report window in a map and you'll never
again forget windspeed & -direction while trying to land, or you can
include the 'Campaign Situation Window' in your "Campaign History Maps".
The 'map scale window' is always useful to include in your maps, so that you
can measure distances easily.
7) Executing TMF from the DOS Prompt
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You don't have to enter Tornado to start TMF. If you want to start
TMF from the DOS prompt, change the current directory to the
TORNADO directory where TMF.EXE is located, and start TMF.EXE.
You will now be able to view/print BMP files saved during some earlier
TORNADO sessions.
Whenever you start BMF from the DOS prompt, make sure to set the correct
scenario mode (see 5.3 ) that matches the map you want to print.
When TMF is started without command line parameters, it defaults to
the european scenario, while TMF /d will put TMF in Desert Storm mode.
8) Saving maps for later use
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Once loaded into memory, the TSG.EXE screen-dumping program saves maps
in the files D0000000.BMP, D0000001.BMP etc. in the TORNADO directory.
TSG does not check whether those files already exist, existing files
(from previous TORNADO-sessions) will be OVERWRITTEN. So if you
want to save some of the maps you dumped (e.g. for documenting a
campaign), you must rename those *.BMP files or/and copy them to another
directory. You might want to convert the *.BMP files to some compressed
format (like GIF or BMP-RLE) for more efficient storage. There are lots
of shareware/public domain programs available to do this conversion.
9) Changing the Review Button Text
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If you have the European version of Tornado, you can easily change
the caption of the Review-Option-Button. Use a "Hex-Editor" to look for
this byte sequence in the file AMP.EXE:
"Explore",0Ah,"Review",0Ah,"Log",0Ah
You can then change "Review" to (say) "Fax/Rv".
NOTE: You may not be able to do this with the North-American version
of Tornado, because that version uses a different copy-protection
scheme than the European version. Many copy-protection schemes
try to prevent modification of executables and/or encrypt the code
which is then decrypted after loading into memory.
10) Is this Public Domain, Shareware, or What?
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TMF is not Freeware! If you have already registered TMF, the update
to version 1.07 is free. But otherwise, if you want to use TMF after a
30 days trial period, you have to PAY. No, don't send any money to me,
instead make a donation to any humanitarian organization (e.g. Red Cross,
'Doctors without Borders', UNHCR, UNICEF ...) that provides help to countries
devastated by war.
Your donation should be at least:
+ 10 US $ (or equivalent in your country's currency)
Please send bug reports, suggestions for improvements, tested printer
configuration files, flames, praise etc to
Internet : hbeggenst@aol.com
snail-mail: Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein, Repkestr. 26, 59368 Werne, Germany
Have fun,
Heinz-Bernd 'Bicycle Repairman' Eggenstein
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--------------LICENSE AGREEMENT---------------------------------------------
You are allowed to make as many copies of the TMF package as you like and
give them to others, provided:
a) the copies are complete and unaltered.
b) those copies are given to others free of charge or charging only a
reasonable copy fee. Commercial use of this software is explicitly
forbidden unless authorized by the author.
DISCLAIMER
In no event shall the author be liable for any direct, indirect, special,
incidental, emotional or consequential damages with respect to this software
and manual. The author makes no warranties, either express or implied, with
respect to this software and the manual, and expressly disclaims all implied
warranties, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability,
political correctness and of fitness for a particular purpose.
I strongly recommend to make backups of the files flight\*.exe before
installing TMF.
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Other products form the same author:
TORNADO tools:
Tornado Keyboard Mapper: A safer and more convenient keyboard layout for
TORNADO: It moves the ejection trigger CTRL-E
away from the radar-off switch CTRL-R ("Let's turn
the radar offffff...sh*t!"). Other keyboard function
modifications optional, special version for german
keyboards available. Shareware, 7.5 US $
Tornado Logbook Editor: Decode the encrypted logbook files! Use it to
-resurrect pilots killed by mistake
-free pilots from POW camps :)
-rename the infamous GrpCpt deFault
-correct the rank of your pilot, if TORNADO
refuses to give you a promotion because of a
promotion bug in some versions of TORNADO
-clone pilots to make backups
Shareware, 7.5 US $
SHOWPT2: View the digitized 256 color pictures without
loading Tornado, and convert them to BMP files
which can (for example) be used as MS-Windows
"wallpaper". Shareware, 7.5 US $
Gen. Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (CYAC) tools:
CYAC_2J: Use a second joystick or a joystick with a throttle
wheel to control the thrust, instead of the keyboard.
It also has an optional programmable fire-button- and
view-selection-feature. Works with version 1.0 of
CYAC, not yet tested with version 1.1.
Shareware, 7.5 US $
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Interesting TORNADO add-ons by OTHER authors:
TCC by Kenneth Larsen "Tornado Time Compression" will give you the
option of speeding up events in the simulation
to "fast-forward" the simulation to the most
interesting part of a mission. Freeware
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TCSC by Basil Copeland,
Eric Joiner &
Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein
"Tornado Command and Staff College" is a tutorial
written as a Windows 3.x helpfile. It focuses
on Command Campaigns. If you have difficulties
surviving and winning Command Campaigns, this is the
definitive tutorial.
(SHAREWARE, 10US$)
Soon to appear, ONLY for registered TCSC users:
TMORALEP by Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein:
"Tornado Morale and Hard Gameplay Patch". This is an
unofficial patch of Tornado to correct a slight bug
having to do with the way Tornado evaluates the
success of your campaign missions.
Optional: a patch to make winning a campaign more
difficult.
TMX by Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein:
"Tornado Mission Exchange Tool". Fly missions
designed by others and design missions for others
to fly. Can be used for competitions. Missions will be
downloadable from FSFORUM or FTP, e.g.:
-Take out training camps of terrorists in the Middle
East
-Prevent the shipment of stolen super-secret NATO
hardware to a foreign power.
-Find a route for the evacuation of an orphanage as
part of a peace-keeping mission
"Liberation Campaigns": Additional Command Campaigns for all 4 Warzones which
should be much harder to win than the campaigns that
come with Tornado. A real challenge.
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