[Note: this document was created using WordPad on a Windows ME machine]

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Welcome to USNRaptor's Baltic 1976 Campaigns
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Campaign Package
created: November 25, 2025
updated: XXX ##, 202#
 

Baltic NATO 1976 Campaign is a 40 mission FICTIONAL campaign, based on
the original Baltic 2009 campaign. None of these events actually took
place.

Baltic USSR 1976 Campaign [coming soon] is a 40 mission FICTIONAL campaign, based on
the original Baltic 2009 campaign. None of these events actually took
place.

The names of bases, ships, squadrons, units, targets, and persons'
titles are NOT to be construed as having actually participated in
what has been written in the campaign fictional story.

This campaigns were created to be installed and played on a properly
installed (see instructions below) default Fighters Anthology v 1.02.
It will NOT work correctly with other mods.


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Fighters Anthology Installation Instructions:
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FIRST, do a Fresh Install of Fighters Anthology following ALL the below steps:

1. Change your computer clock to the year 1998. 

2. Install Fighters Anthology.

3. Install the Fighters Anthology Patch.

4. Change your computer clock back to the current year.

5. Start Fighters Anthology, and test to ensure it is functioning properly.


Those using Windows 10/11 should visit the following website for instructions:
http://myplace.frontier.com/~usnraptor/FA_Install


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Baltic 1976 Campaigns  
Installation Instructions:
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Inside this campaign set, you will see three .zip files:

1. Library Files.zip

2. Individual Files.zip

3. Misc Files.zip {not used for installation/game play}

Start by opening the Library Files.zip, and copy the files FA_0.LIB
 and FA_6.LIB inside the zip into your Fighters Anthology folder
(the same location the Fighters Anthology game files were installed).
 
Run the game to ensure it is functioning properly.



IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAME NOT FUNCTIONING (especially
those using Win10 & newer OS), THEN DO THE FOLLOWING:


Go into the Fighters Anthology folder and DELETE the files
 named FA_0.LIB and FA_6.LIB.

Now open the Individual Files.zip, and copy those files (located
 inside the zip) into your Fighters Anthology folder; the same
 location the Fighters Anthology game files were installed.

Run the game to ensure it is functioning properly.

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IF there is STILL a problem with game not functioning, AND you did
actually FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS listed above, then RESET YOUR COM-
PUTER and try again.  If you still have problems after that, then
feel free to contact me at ocsdor@yahoo.com, or my 'usnraptor' 
accounts on Discord, the FARC Board, or VNFAWING Forum, and I will
either help you or refer you to someone who can.


Once everything is up & running fine, I recommend reviewing the files :

1. Baltic NATO 1976 mission desc.txt - helpful mission information.
2. Baltic USSR 1976 mission desc.txt  - helpful mission information.
3. Baltic 76 Project.txt - credits of various items used in the campaign.

Lastly, all of the campaign missions ALSO appear in the Single Mission section.
 Therefore, the player can choose Campaign Mode or Single Mission mode.

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FAQ
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Q: I enjoy playing others' sets. How do I solve this dilema?

Easy, just install multiples of Fighters Anthology. I currently run several on my computer. I have one named Fighters Anthology, one named FA Aegean, one named FA Egypt - Israel, one named FA Korea, etc...

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Q: Why are some of the default items appearing instead of the campaign set items?

This is likely a "Time Stamp" issue. Fighters Anthology will give preference to the most recent file. 
The best way to fix this is to install the campaign set following the instructions above, including 
 the step involving changing the computer clock during install.

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Q: Will this campaign set conflict with other sets?

Yes, there will likely be conflict. That is why it is best to use this set with no other sets.

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Q: How does one play Fighters Anthology without the disk?

There are two options:

1. (Highly Recommended) Mount the Fighters Anthology .ISO (Blue Disk). Links to the .ISOs for Fighters Anthology can be found on the USNRaptor FA install website.

2. There is an add-on program called FA_No_Cd.zip which can be found at the Fighters Anthology Resource Center in the Other Files section. I do not use this set-up, but others do. If you use this option with the campaign set and have frequent crashes, then try Option 1.

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Q: MER, TER, 3-Pack, 6-Pack? Sometimes, no mention of packs
at all. What is all of this? What is the difference?

If it is labeled with 'Pack', it will deploy all the ordnance
at once, all together.

If it is labeled as anything other than 'Pack', it will deploy
one item of ordnance at a time.

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Q: Wow, you have a lot of material. Did you do all of this yourself?

No. This set is a combination of material I created and material created by many of the contributors to Fighters Anthology over more than 20 years of service. Some of the contributors include: CAG Hotshot, Centurian, Diabolico, Eagle114th, eBurger, Fetch, Hawke, Kaptor, P'Mok, Vark111, Zephyr, and others.

Lastly, a very special THANK YOU to David C. Maschino of DuoSoft, the creator of the Fighters Anthology Toolkit. Without you, this blessing of a game would have been relegated to the dust collector bin.

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Troubleshooting FAQ
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Q: I was being lazy and installed the campaign set without reading and following the directions carefully. Does this mean the campaign set is built poorly?

This is a military pilot simulation game. One of the highly valued traits of a military pilot is the person's ability to Pay Attention to Detail and Follow Directions.

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Q: My game sometimes crashes when I select Single Mission. When I restart the game, it crashes again. How can I fix this?

Restart the computer and try again.

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Q: My game sometimes crashes when I select Quick Mission. How can I fix this?

When this happens, try these steps:

1. Restart the game and try again.

2. Restart the computer and try again.

3. If steps 1 and 2 didn't work, then go into your Fighters Anthology folder and delete the file: Quick.M. Restart your computer and try again.

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Q: My game crashes when I select a certain mission, saying that a certain item is missing. How can I fix this?

1. Restart the game and try again.

2. Restart the computer and try again.

3. If steps 1 and 2 didn't work, then send me a polite e-mail describing which mission and what item is missing. This offer only applies if you are using the campaign set and the mission is a campaign set mission (single and/or campaign)

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Q: My game sometimes crashes when I'm in the middle of flying a mission. What is going on and how can I fix this?

Sometimes the game just crashes during a mission. Yes, it can be frustrating. 

Restart the game and try again. If it crashes again, then Restart the computer and try again. Sometimes it is a memory issue somewhere inside the Tron world of the computer.

IF it is a particular campaign set mission doing it constantly, let me know which mission. Sometimes the fix for a particular mission is to remove or relocate some of the items within the mission.

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Q: Sometimes when playing a campaign, a mission will not allow me to select an aircraft. What's going on?

There are two answers to this.

1. Some missions do not allow the player to select a plane on purpose. 

2. During campaigns which allow players to select aircraft, sometimes the computer 'forgets' (for lack of a better term) to allow selection. This usually happens when after the player plays one mission which purposely denied selection of a plane for a mission, and now the player is on a new mission which is supposed to allow selection. IF you suspect the game is 'forgetting', then exit Fighters Anthology, re-enter and resume the campaign.

You can always open the .M file (i.e. ~E01.M) (using a text program such as Notepad) of the mission and look at the 4th line for the phrase "selectplane". If that phrase is there, then the game is supposed to allow the player to select a plane.


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This campaign is dedicated to all the contributors of the campaign, to Duosoft's David C. Maschino
(the developer of the Fighters Anthology Toolkit), and to the loyal developers, modders, and fans
of the US Navy Fighters series.

Thank You for making this series the greatest flight sim of all time.

I can be contacted at ocsdor@yahoo.com as well as at Discord , FARC Forum , and/or VNFA Wing forum.
Please feel free to contact me regarding any manners associated with this campaign, Fighters Anthology,
and/or my websites.


