ARA NGC 6397 README Contents ================================= Welcome to ARA NGC 6397 for Microsoft Windows 95! Please read this document. It provides important information regarding ARA NGC 6397 that wasn't available when the jewel case insert was printed. If you have any suggestions or questions about this product that your distributor can't answer, please contact I. Hoffmann + Associates Inc. (H+a): Technical Support Phone: 1-416-977-2368 Technical Support Email: support@h-plus-a.com Sales: 1-888-464-5652 1-416-977-6732 Web Site: http://www.h-plus-a.com Contents ======== (A) Improving the performance of ARA NGC 6397 (B) Notes on video card color settings (C) Troubleshooting 1. DirectX Driver Notes 2. Sound 3. Video 4. Out Of Memory Error starting game 5. CDROM not in drive error (D) Removing ARA NGC 6397 from your system (E) Saving and Loading the game (A) Improving the performance of ARA NGC 6397 ======================================== The performance of any CD-ROM application is greatly affected by the speed of your computer, the speed of your CD-ROM drive, and the amount of RAM your system has available. To enjoy ARA NGC 6397 at its very best, H+a recommends running this game at least on a Pentium P90 machine with 16mb RAM memory, plenty of free hard drive space, and equipped with a QUAD (4x) speed CDROM drive. For maximum enjoyment your system should also have a video card capable of high color settings, and it should have a minimum of 2mb of video memory. (B) Notes on video card color settings ====================================== If you're experiencing quality problems with graphics or animation's/video playback with ARA NGC 6397, it could be due to your video card color settings. This game requires your video card to be set to 16 bit color (thousands of colors) or higher to look its best. Note that some video cards are only capable of displaying high color when they are set to use lower screen resolutions such as 640x480. To see if your card is capable of high color, and for more information on how to adjust the color settings, please consult the documentation provided with your video card, or your Windows online help guide. (C) Troubleshooting =================== In order to display and play the sophisticated sounds and animations, this application makes use of Microsoft DirectX drivers for sound and video functions. If you seem to be having troubles such as stuttering sounds or bad screen refresh, please try reinstalling the DirectX drivers. (see below for further information) 1. DirectX Driver Notes ----------------------- To reinstall DirectX: -Locate and double click the REDIST directory on your ARA NGC 6397 disk. -Double click on the DIRECTX subdirectory -Locate and double click the DXSETUP.EXE file to start the reinstall of the DirectX driver files. Note that when the main DirectX setup dialog box appears on screen, it will display information regarding your systems compatibility with DirectX drivers. If you require technical support for sound or video related issues, please make note of the information displayed in this box. 2. Sound -------- If you're experiencing any sound problems with ARA NGC 6397, contact the manufacturer of your sound card to make sure you have the latest drivers for your sound card. Note that your sound drivers should be Microsoft DirectX compatible. If you still have difficulties after installing the latest drivers, and your sound card is working with other Windows 95 applications, please contact H+a Technical Support. 3. Video -------- If you're experiencing any problems with graphics or animation's/video playback with ARA NGC 6397, contact the manufacturer of your video card to make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card. Note that your video drivers should be Microsoft DirectX compatible.If you still have difficulties after installing the latest drivers, please contact H+a Technical Support. 4. Out Of Memory Error starting game ------------------------------------ The sophisticated nature of this Win95 game can sometimes cause your system to display out of memory errors when starting or playing the game. The reason for these messages can be due to the fact that your system may not have enough free hard drive space available for Windows 95 to use as a virtual memory swap file. If you have the minimum required RAM memory installed on your system, this temporary swap file that Windows 95 creates and manages can sometimes require upwards of 30MB of free hard drive space while the game is running. If you are experiencing this type of problem, please make sure that you have adequate free space available on your hard drive while the game is in use. For further information please read the Virtual Memory Settings section in your Windows 95 online help. 5. CDROM not in drive error --------------------------- Please note that when you start ARA NGC 6397, the game checks the directory path where you installed the game to find the CDROM disk. If you have a system with more than one CDROM drive, you must insert the disk in the drive that was used to do the initial installation. If you have changed your CDROM drive letter since you installed ARA NGC 6397, you should reinstall the game in order to update the path information. (D) Removing ARA NGC 6397 from your system =============================================== Windows 95 In order to remove this application from your system, select "Uninstall Ara" from the "H+a\Ara" program folder in the start menu. (E) Saving and Loading the game ================================== There are three levels to the game ARA. When you complete level 1, the computer will automatically save a file called "Levels.dat" in the directory in which you installed the game. Once this file has been saved, the Teleport function is enabled (press the F1 key). On launching the game the next time, you may Teleport directly to level 2. The same is true for finishing level 2 and Teleporting directly to level 3. If the F1 key does not work, it means that you have not yet reached the end of level 1. If level 3 is not available (greyed out) on the Teleport dialog, it means you have not yet reached the end of level 2. If you would like to prevent other users of your computer from Teleporting to levels 2 or 3, simply move the file "Levels.dat" to another directory or to a floppy disk. (F) LICENSE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WARRANTY ============================================= IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. BY YOUR USAGE OF THIS PRODUCT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE, YOU SHOULD RETURN THE PRODUCT AND ALL ACCOMPANYING ITEMS (INCLUDING ALL WRITTEN MATERIALS) TO THE PLACE YOU OBTAINED THEM WITHIN 10 DAYS OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND. 1. GRANT OF LICENSE: I. HOFFMANN + ASSOCIATES INC. ("H+a") provides you with the non-exclusive right to use the enclosed copy of the software program (the "Software"), user manual and accompanying printed materials (the "Documents") (together called the "Product") pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 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