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 NOTE:

 Save games and configuration files from older versions of Duke 3D
 will be deleted if they exist.  They are not compatible with the
 new version of the game, and you will need to reconfigure after
 installation.

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 December 11, 1996

 Here is a quick list of the changes from v1.4 to v1.5.

 1. The major bug was fixing a memory corruption error that definitely
    caused the 'slowdown' bug.  This bug probably fixed various other
    things like some random crashes, and save/load problems.  While it
    might not fix everything, memory corruption is the worst possible
    bug, and this one was fixed and the slowdown/massive caching
    seemed to go away.  If you still experience lots of disk caching
    when playing the game, load SmartDrv at DOS before you play the
    game.  Typing "smartdrv 4000" works well.
    NOTE: You will need more than 8 megs to do this.

 2. Fixed a bug where the game would pop up the "Mighty Foot" weapon,
    when other weapons were available.  Really annoying.

 3. Fixed the bug where if you save a game, exit to DOS and reload
    from the main menu, you got E1L1 music, no matter what level
    it was.

 Thanks to many people online that tested special versions for us,
 or helped provide more information very quickly.  It enabled us to
 get this patch done as fast as we did.

 --The Duke Nukem Team
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