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WELCOME TO THE VRS TACPACK!
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The TacPack is a tactical combat modification for FSX and Prepar3D. The TacPack for FSX is not licensed under the same terms as the TacPack for P3D, and is a separate product. The TacPack for FSX will not function under Prepar3D and vice versa. This is clearly stated in the system requirements and verbage for the product. This installer will create a number of shortcuts in your START menu (Windows XP/Vista/7), or equivalent Windows 8 location under "Vertical Reality Simulations". From there, you can access all documentation as well as the TacPack Manager.

1) DOCUMENTATION
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WIKI MANUAL: The full TacPack documentation is in Wiki form and can be found here: http://forums.vrsimulations.com/support/index.php/TacPack_Documentation
Please carefully review the installation instructions.

CHANGELIST: For the most recent full list of TacPack changes, please see http://forums.vrsimulations.com/support/index.php/TacPack_Documentation#Version_History

2) PREREQUISITES
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a) FSX: Make sure you are running FSX with a minimum of FSX SP2. We recommend Acceleration or FSX Gold. The FILE version number for SP2 is 10.0.61472.0. The FILE version for Acceleration/X-pack is 10.0.61637.0. You can verify your version by right-clicking the FSX exe and selecting Details. Look for the File version. If you do not have at least FSX SP2 installed and do not have acceleration installed, SP2 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=204fee1e-f8de-4b21-9a32-5a41a3e27ff0. Do not install SP2 over a higher version, so please check your version numbers if you're not sure.

b) .NET: Make sure you have .NET 3.5 installed. If you're running Vista or Win7 32/64, you most likely already have it installed, as it's part of the OS. Unless you knowingly removed it, it's there. If you're running XP, you may need to download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/NET/. Note that .NET 4.0 does NOT contain the .NET 3.5 side-by-side components. You must ALSO have .NET 3.5 installed.

c) Dirext-X 9.1c End-User Runtime (current version)

3) INSTALLTION: 
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After the software is downloaded, you will need to install it into your FSX or Prepar3D root directory (whichever you are licensed to run the TacPack on). The installer should automatically locate this for you, but an option to manually browse to the simulation root directory is also available.

4) DOWNLOADS: 
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CUSTOMER PAGE: Within 1 year of purchase, this software may be downloaded from your customer page here: https://secure.softwarekey.com/solo/customers/Default.aspx

UPDATES:Product updates are available free of charge from the VRS support forums (registration required): http://forums.vrsimulations.com/forums/phpBB3/index.php

5) ACTIVATION: 
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After installation is complete, you will need to activate the TPM software using the License ID and password in your sales invoice. If for any reason you can't activate automatically, use the Manual activation method on the activation screen by selecting option 2 (web). If for any reason you can't download the software, you will find a mirrored link in the FSX support forum. You must run the TPM and activate prior to flight. No TPM activation = FSX crash. 

6) SUPPORT: 
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Registered users of the TacPack may obtain support through the VRS support forums at www.vrsimulations.com. Forum registration is required. This is a voluntarily manned support forum. For activation and installation problems ONLY, please contact support@vrsimulatiosn.com with your full name and License ID.

