User manual GAMES PC AZRAEL S TEAR

[. . . ] 2 Disk Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DOS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Windows® 95 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Removing AZRAEL S TEARTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Check it's not damaged or installed incorrectly-- intense, precise games such as AZRAEL S TEAR sometimes bring out the worst in card faults. NETWORK GAME IS RUNNING, BUT IT'S A BIT SLUGGISH THE Ë Slow, busy or unreliable networks can cause multiplayer AZRAEL S TEAR to run correspondingly slowly. Also remember that a network game will only run as fast as the slowest computer being used in a group, so that all machines in the group remain synchronized. MODEM PROBLEMS MY Ë MODEM GAME IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY Ë Ë After making sure that everything is switched on, check that error correction and data compression are disabled. If they aren't and you're not sure how to activate them, consult the modem's manual. While you're fiddling, make sure that your phone does not have Call Waiting enabled. If you don't know how to turn off Call Waiting, check with your phone company. You've been sitting at the Awaiting Connection screen for a while and you're starting to suspect that AZRAEL S TEAR has, well, hung?You might have a noisy line, which, if it happens a lot, could be worth a call to your phone company. The slowest computer or modem sets the pace for all other machines and modems in the multiplayer game. Bad telephone lines or very long serial cables may also be to blame. PLAY IS SLOW MODEM Ë Modem performance can often be increased by switching the music level to zero. To do this, go to the Options menu (press O), click OPTIONS and drag the Music slider all the way to the left. CONNECTING NOT Ë It is possible that your modem doesn't support a standard initialization string. You can change this string and other modem settings by editing the SERIAL. CFG file in the directory where you installed AZRAEL S TEAR. SERIAL PROBLEMS SERIAL Ë CONNECTIONS UNDER WINDOWS 95 Make sure that the serial ports on both machines are set to the same baud rate. (WARNING: We strongly recommend using a boot disk [see Creating a DOS Boot Disk on p. 13], as this will not make any permanent changes to your system's configuration. ) The correct syntax of this line is as follows. C:\SOUND144\UTILITY\SETMODE /MSS SOUND16A SOUND CARD OWNERS Add the following line to AUTOEXEC. BAT: C:\SOUND16A\UTILITY\SETMODE /MSS MMPRO16 SOUND CARD OWNERS Add the following line to AUTOEXEC. BAT: C:\MMPRO16\UTILITY\SETMODE /MSS For owners of a variety of other Packard Bell sound cards the same method will apply, i. e. : C:\<card name>\UTILITY\SETMODE /MSS REMEMBER: Always reboot after making any changes to your system, and re-run the install program for your game. If you still have sound problems, consult the reference material for other noted suggestions. 12 AZRAEL S TEAR REFERENCE CARD CREATING A DOS BOOT DISK Starting your computer using a DOS boot disk allows you to free up more memory without altering the CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC. BAT files on your hard drive. Booting your computer with a DOS boot disk does not prevent you from accessing your hard drive, it merely provides a different method for configuring your memory. After you create a DOS boot disk, you will copy your CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC. BAT files from your hard disk onto the boot disk and modify these copies. We recommend using this procedure to avoid altering the CONFIG. SYS and AUTOEXEC. BAT files on your hard drive, which may affect your memory configuration for running other applications. NOTE: To create a DOS boot disk you must use a disk that will fit in your A: drive. Your computer will not boot from the boot disk if it is inserted in the B: drive. Once the disk is finished formatting, you will be asked to label (name) the disk. To configure your DOS boot disk to free up additional conventional memory and enable Extended memory: 1. [. . . ] This manual and the software described in this manual are copyrighted. No part of this manual or the described software may be copied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without the prior written consent of Electronic Arts, P Box 7578, San Mateo, California 94403-7578, Attn: Customer Support. AZRAEL S TEAR is a trademark and Melbourne House is a registered trademark of Beam Software. Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, and Sound Blaster AWE32 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. [. . . ]