Links LS 1999 Readme.txt 9/17/98
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1. TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR LINKS LS
If you are having PROBLEMS WITH LINKS LS, please use the Manual, the
On-Line Help, or refer to the Access 'TECHBOOK' (See instructions below)
before calling our technical support department. We have tried to cover
a broad range of potential questions and problems. Try the HINTS and TIPS
section, the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section, and the
TROUBLE SHOOTING and TECHNICAL SUPPORT section.
Technical Support:
(800) 793-8324 (Mon-Fri, 7:30am to 8:30pm Mountain Time)
Updates: WWW.AccessSoftware.com
WWW.LinksLS.com
WWW.LinksTour98.com
Fax: (801) 596-9128
2. AUTOMATIC CRASH RECOVERY
To make sure that any crash is fully recoverable, Links LS has a built-in
Automatic (Emergency) Save feature. The last two games you were playing,
whether terminated normally or not, are saved as LASTGAME and
OLDLAST. You can resume either of these games by simply clicking on
the RESUME button at the bottom of the Links LS main menu screen. If a
crash occurs, simply restart Links LS as usual. When the game starts, it
will recognize that an abnormal termination occurred and will ask you if
you want to resume the previous game. If you say YES, it will automatically
resume LASTGAME. If you say NO, you can still re-enter the game later by
clicking the RESUME button and then selecting LASTGAME from the list of
saved games. Of course, if you start a new game, it will take the place of
LASTGAME and LASTGAME will take the place of OLDLAST. The
previous version of OLDLAST will be erased.
If resuming your LASTGAME continues to crash, try restarting Windows.
3. RUNNING OTHER APPLICATIONS WITH LINKS LS
Due to the requirements the Links LS imposes on your system, it is not
recommended that you run any applications in the background while Links
LS is running. This may cause the program to not run smoothly or even
cause errors. Playing an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive can affect the
accuracy of the swing gauge, possibly making it behave erraticly.
4. MASTER VOLUME UNDER WINDOWS NT
The Direct Sound component of DirectX does not allow the setting of the
master volume for the individual games. To adjust the overall sound in
the game you must adjust it with the volume levels in the Multimedia
applet in Control Panel.
5. OFFLINE TOUR PLAYER FILES
The player names that are used when creating new tours come from a database
stored in the game. These names can be modified by selecting Advanced
Options under the Tour Maintenance menu, then Edit Name Database. Note,
any tours that existed before editing the name database will NOT be
modified -- only tours that are created after the name database change
will be affected.
When the new name database is saved, a file called TOURDB.DAT is written
in the LS game directory. This file can be copied to another computer,
or emailed to a friend, etc. When creating a new tour, the game will
find the TOURDB.DAT file and load names from that file, rather than the
default names.
6. MAKING THE OFFLINE TOUR 'CUT'
The offline tournament play can consist of 1-6 rounds of play. The game
will automatically determine the cut round based on the total number of
rounds. When the cut occurs, the total numbers of players on the tour
is divided in half, the player's score who is at that position on the
leaderboard is used as the cut score. Any players who are tied with or
have a better score than that player will make the cut. That means
that the score that is used for the cut will vary from tournament to
tournament.
7. DIGITAL SCORECARD PRINTING ON CANON PRINTERS
Some problems have occurred when using some Canon Bubble Jet printer with
LS98 and the digital scorecards. After testing a BJC-4200 with the Win95
drivers that came with the printer, we experienced the same problems; the
monochrome printing was just fine, but color printing yeilded a smudged,
unreadable page that bore resemblance to the correct image, but obviously
wasn't correct.
The problems with the printing of the digital scorecards in color was
solved by downloading the most current Win95 Canon BJ drivers (version 3.70)
from Canon's website at www.ccsi.canon.com.
8. NOTES FROM MICROSOFT DIRECTX 6 - DXREADME.TXT DATED 7/27/98
- The latest drivers for US Robotics modems can cause problems hosting
a session. This is a bug in the drivers.
- Disconnecting the phone line while enumerating modem sessions can
result in lock ups.