DragonHeart: Fire & Steel – Windows Readme – English

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MININUM CONFIGURATION

OPERATING SYSTEM			Windows 95
CPU					486DX2 66 Mhz processor
HARD DRIVE SPACE			15 MB
MEMORY					8 MB RAM
GRAPHICS				1 MB SVGA video card
CD-ROM					2X CD-ROM drive
AUDIO					DirectSound 2.0 compatible sound card

RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION

CPU					Pentium 75 Mhz processor or
					faster
GRAPHICS				PCI video card with 2 MB video
					RAM
AUDIO					16-bit Direct Sound compatible
					sound card
INPUT DEVICES				Gravis Gamepad, Gravis GrIP
					or Keyboard


INSTALLATION

PREPERATION

Before you install any piece of software, it is essential that your hard
drive be in optimal working order.  It is recommended that you scan and
defragment your hard drive to ensure that your hard drive's data is
stored properly.  Failure to verify this may result in corrupt data.

To run SCANDISK:
1.  Left-click on the START button from the Taskbar.
2.  From the START menu, highlight PROGRAMS, then select ACCESSORIES
    SYSTEM TOOLS, and finally SCANDISK, to activate the program.
3.  Once activated, make sure that there is a check mark in the
    AUTOMATICALLY FIX ERRORS box, and select the hard drive you are
    installing to.  Once everything is set up correctly, click "START" in
    the dialogue box to have the program start scanning your hard drive
    and correct any errors.
4.  Next, run defragment your hard drive by going to SYSTEM TOOLS
    (as in the previous step) and highlight DISK DEFRAGMENTER.

DIRECT X INSTALLATION NOTES

Direct X is a Windows 95 game API (Advanced Programs Interface) that was
designed to smooth game play in Windows 95 as well as provide hardware
compatibility.  At this time there are still hardware manufacturers whose
products do not work properly with DirectX.  If any of the hardware you
are using does not support DirectX, please check with the manufacturer to
obtain updated drivers that fully support Windows 95 and DirectX.
DragonHeart: Fire & Steel requires DirectX 2 hardware compatibility in
order to run properly.  Stuttering sound, distorted video, or other
hardware problems may be due to DirectX incompatibility.  If you are
unsure whether or not your hardware drivers are DirectX certified, run
INSTALL DIRECTX from the DragonHeart AUTOPLAY menu.  This will launch
DXSETUP which lists all of your video, audio, and network drivers.
Drivers marked "CERTIFIED" are DirectX compatible; drivers that say
"NO HARDWARE SUPPORT" or say nothing at all are not DirectX compatible
and may cause problems when running the game.  You can attempt to install 
DirectX by clicking on "Reinstall DirectX".  If your drivers still do not
certify, please contact your hardware manufacturer to obtain Windows 95
DirectX compatible drivers for that device.
Also, if DirectX overwrites a device driver that detriments system
performance, you may "Restore Windows Drivers" from DXSETUP as well.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Q: My mouse cursor disappeared?  What happened to it?
A: The mouse cursor will disappear in the game window.  It will re-appear 
when you move the mouse so you can utilize the game menus or other
programs when DragonHeart is running.  You will not be able to access
DragonHeart's menu when the game is loading.

Q: When running DragonHeart, my Windows 95 desktop background will become
off color?  Why does it do this?
A: Computers running in 256 color mode will only be able to support one
256 color image at a time.  When running DragonHeart your background
image will temprarily become a 16 color image while DragonHeart is
running.

Q: Why does my screen saver activate while I'm playing DragonHeart?
A: When using the joystick as an input device, the screen saver will
activate if Windows 95 does not receive any keyboard or mouse activity.
If you are going to play DragonHeart with a joystick, game pad, or GrIP
disable your screen saver.

VIDEO CARD PROBLEMS

For optimal performance, DragonHeart: Fire & Steel should be run with
no more than 256 colors.  Running DragonHeart with more than 256 colors
may cause video and sound to become choppy if the video card cannot
handle these higher color resolutions efficiently.

Choppy or stuttering video or audio problems may be improved by adjusting 
the CD-ROM read-ahead cache.  To adjust the read-ahead cache, right click
on the MY COMPUTER icon, then choose PROPERTIES, PERFORMANCE, then FILE
SYSTEM Click the CD-ROM tab, then click OPTIMIZE ACCESS PATTERN FOR: and
check to make sure if the cache is equal to your CD-ROM drive
(for example, QUAD SPEED OR HIGHER.)  Move the SUPPLEMENTAL CACHE SIZE
slider to SMALL, then click APPLY.

If you are using the S3 Trio64V+ driver, you must update the driver
before running DragonHeart: Fire & Steel.

With some video cards game play may become choppy in full screen.  If
game play becomes intolerably choppy in full screen, it is suggested that
you play in a window.

Playing DragonHeart with an ISA bus video card will contribute to jerky
and slow game play.

SOUND CARD PROBLEMS

If your sound card does not have DirectX support you may experience
delayed audio, stuttering, or crackling and popping noises.

Slower CD-ROM drives may also cause audio to stutter between menu
screens.

Make sure you have installed the correct Windows 95 drivers for your
sound card.  If you still get no sound within the game you might want to 
re-install the drivers for your particular sound card.

CD-ROM drives that do not run with a 300Kb/sec. transfer rate may
experience difficulty with DragonHeart.  DragonHeart requires a 300Kb/sec
sustained data transfer rate.

CONTROLLER ISSUES

If you are experiencing difficulty calibrating the joystick when playing
DragonHeart or control isn't optimal, open the CONTROL PANEL, and
calibrate the joystick, game pad, or GrIP while DragonHeart is running.


NOTE:  The Jump and Block keys as listed on the keyboard diagram in the
       manual are switched.  Jump should point to the X key, and Block
       should point to the Z key.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONSULT THE DRAGONH.HLP FILE LOCATED
ON THE CD

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