TALONSOFT'S DIVIDED GROUND “Middle East conflict 1948-1973” WARNING! Before re-installing Divided Ground make sure you have removed all previous files of Divided Ground from you Hard-Drive. The program requires you to have Divided Ground™ CD in your computer's CD drive in order to be able to play the game. Make sure your monitor display is set for 16-bit color. The game was designed with 16-bit graphics, and displaying at a lower color depth will not give you the detailed graphics you expect. Also, running at a higher color depth could result in the game running much slower than normal. BEGINNERS If you are not familiar with the CAMPAIGN SERIES™ system, there is a "Beginners Start Here" item in the Program Group. To access it, go: Start  Program Group  TalonSoft  TalonSoft's Divided Ground  Beginners Start Here. This will open a document that will explain the basics of the game. You might want to print this document for easy reference. INSTALLATION SIZES The following provides a guide to how many MB each type of installation will place on your hard drive. Compact Install: about 105 MB Typical Install: about 200 MB Custom Install: from 5 MB (no options selected) to 350 MB (all options selected) BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING DirectX6™ This version of TALONSOFT'S DIVIDED GROUND™ uses Microsoft's DirectX6™ application. Make sure that your system hardware (sound card, video card, etc.) has the latest DirectX compatible drivers. Most technical problems can be narrowed down to having a wrong or outdated driver installed. When you first install the game you will be presented with an option to install DirectX6. Click Yes or No as you desire. If you choose not to install DirectX6 during installation, you can install it at a later time from the game CD. DirectX version 6.1 is located in the DirectX folder on the game CD. To install it, run “dxsetup.exe” and press the “Reinstall DirectX” button. Virtual Memory All Windows® applications require a Virtual Memory buffer that Windows® 95/98 will usually create and maintain. This buffer is created from available free hard drive space on your C drive. We strongly recommend that you have a minimum of 100 MB free on your C drive to create this buffer. The following apply to certain WIN 95 programs/configurations: We strongly recommend that you obtain and install the "Service Pack 1" upgrade from Microsoft. To see if your machine has been upgraded with the Service Pack, open the Control Panel and double- click on "System". The "General" dialog box should state that your system is "Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950a". If the "a" suffix is missing, you need to install the Service Pack. (If the suffix is a "b", you do not need to install the Service Pack.) Due to certain incompatibilities with Microsoft Plus, we strongly urge you to disable that program's System Agent before running any TalonSoft game. To disable System Agent hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and close System Agent. If you experience an error message that reads "...MGSRV32 caused a General Protection Fault..." when opening a scenario, be sure to restart your computer before trying to launch the game again. The game may not be compatible with certain background tasks such as virus checkers, so if you have problems try running the game with these disabled. Troubleshooting WIN 95 Modem Problems The following is a suggested solution to the modem problems some people are having with the Battleground series in Win 95. Just follow these steps to synchronize the modem with the game. 1-From the main Win95 screen, select START. 2-Highlight TASKBAR and select CONTROL PANEL. 3-When the Control Panel window opens, double-click SYSTEM. 4-From the System window, select the DEVICE MGR Tab. 5-Double Click the appropriate communications port (1 or 2) NOTE: Choosing COM 4 may cause problems in Win 95. 6-After selecting the appropriate port, apply these choices: -Bits per second should be 38400 -Flow Control should be HARDWARE 7-Click OK to apply the changes. This should synchronize the modem with Windows 95. Problems with the STB 128 Graphics Card & Cards with nVidia Chip Sets The nVidia chip set based cards have been reported by many of the online magazines to have compatibility problems with DirectX6. The solution is to download the generic nVidia graphics drivers from www.nvidia.com. Important Note for Win98 Users When starting a campaign game and initially naming and saving the CCL (for Linked CG) file, Win98 will frequently default to saving this file into your computer's "My Documents" folder. In order for the game to work properly, the file must be saved into the Divided Ground directory on your hard drive. When the "Save As" dialog appears, ensure that the path is leading into the Divided Ground directory on your hard drive (by installation default, this is C:\Program Files\Talonsoft\Divided Ground). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 1.01 7/01 Manual We provided a PDF manual in the root directory of your Divided Ground CD, this manual will differ vastly from the copy that comes in the game box. The printed manual is a short version designed to get new players up and running. The PDF version on the CD can be printed out for easy reference. This PDF version is the “full” manual walking the player through scenario editing, multiplayer gaming, terrain types, units know how and advanced game play. Unit Weapon Data and Unit Data These charts were not printed in the manual, to make a printed copy of these charts go into the game folder on your HD or from the CD and open the pltndata.hlp and wpndata.hlp files. Once open just click the print button. Will start to print out the charts. New Units Types Added Helicopters, AT Rockets, AA Rockets, Jets and Multiple weapon system units. Editor To create an Anti-Tank ditch in the map editor is a 2-step process. First you will need to lay a gully side. Second you will need to lay an escarpment on top of the gully. This will not change the look of the gully side in the 3D mode but in the 2D mode you will notice the new terrain side has taken effect. The new look of the AT Ditch is a much wider symbol then what an escarpment makes. We suggest labeling all AT Ditches for easy reference. Airplane/Helicopter Attack sounds We decided to go with one special sound for the airplane/helicopter attacks. This new unique sound is of multiple rockets being fired simultaneously. Night Fighting We added our dynamic night fighting features from Rising Sun into Divided Ground; remember many battles in the desert took place at night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Thanks goes out to Stacey Sharp and Steve Thomas for their many hours of hard work, put into the unit database. Uses Smacker Video Technology. Copyright (c) 1994-1998 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. SmackPlw.exe is Copyright (c) 1994-1998 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.talonsoft.com