Installation Instructions

1. To install, simple unzip to the desired directory. 
2. The .NET v1.1 runtime must be installed in order to run the program. 
   Download it here: 
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en

Setup Instructions

1. If you want to use your characters skills in determining the available powergrid and CPU, you need to download
   your character from www.eve-online.com.
   Go here:
   http://myeve.eve-online.com/character/skilltree.asp
2. Select the character name from the web page, and then save the "XML Data" file to the /characters/ directory
   of the EVE Ship Fitter application.

Upgrade Instructions

1. If you are upgrading from a previous version, you need to alter any save files that you have made. Open the
   save file and change the contents of the <CharacterFile> tag. Remove everything but file name (eg. change
   c:\data\EveShipFitter\characters\MyCharacter.xml to MyCharacter.xml). Character files must now be put into
   the characters directory.
   
Running the Application

1. Simply double click EveShipFitter.exe to run the program.

Using the Application

1. To load a character, press the Load Character File button or select Load Character from the File menu.
2. Select the XML file that corresponds to the character you wish to use.
3. To select a ship, double click the ship name from the list on the left.
4. To add a module to a ship fitting, select the module group from the drop down list at the bottom, and then drag
   the module from list of modules to one of the white boxes in the main ship fitting area.
5. To remove a module from a ship fitting, double click the white box the module name is in.

Limitations

1. Currently EVE Ship Fitter does not include any bonuses from implants you may have on your characters.
2. Currently EVE Ship Fitter does not include any effects that ships have (such as the covert ops ship bonus to
   cloaking devices, or the shield bonus on the Merlin [well actually it does have the Merlin shield bonus, but
   its the only one I've implemented]) 

Improvements and Donations

If you find EVE Ship Fitter useful, I'd really appreciate donations of ISK ;) Donations will also encourage me to 
keep working on the application.

Please send donations to "Kristine Hall"

Licence

Module and ship details and descriptions copyright of CCP.
Copyright  2005 by Michael Watson <watson@evolove.net>.  All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in binary form, without modification, is 
permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the 
   distribution.
2. This file must be included unmodified in the distribution.

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