VR Sports Powerboat Racing(TM): Pure Power(TM) To setup Powerboat Racing, simply insert the Powerboat CD-Rom into your CD-Rom drive. The Windows 95 AutoRun feature will start the set up program for you and lead you through the necessary steps to setup the game on your system. If you have AutoRun disabled, go to the CD and double click on the setup.exe file to start the game. Additions to the manual. When turning off transparencies in the options, this automatically turns off reflections. When using Hardware acceleration you will only be able to play the game in full screen mode. If you use somebody else's Championship saved games, they will only work if you have the same passwords activated as them. Steering Wheel Controls: Wheel Left/Right = Left/Right Throttle = Accelerate (menu cycle) Button 1 = Trim Up (Menu Option Select) Button 2 = Trim Down (Previous Menu) Back Up Utility: This is a utility which will allow you to make back up copies of your best Challenge times to give to friends to beat, or as a backup for yourself. In the Powerboat Racing directory that you installed to, double click on the PBChall icon. This will bring up a menu with a list of all tracks, monohull and catamaran, and the Backup, Restore and Close options. Any challenges that can be backed up will have a white box next to them. To backup the challenges that you want, check the box next to that challenge. When all challenges are highlighted, then press Backup. To load in challenges, press the Restore option and then select the file you want to load back in. Changing the install directory to the root directory of your computer may cause problems. To avoid this, please install Powerboat Pure Power at in at least one folder (ex. "C:\PBoat"). Be sure to take a look at the Mindspring (tm) Internet Service Provider, located in the 'Mindspring' folder on the CD. Troubleshooting. Q: I cannot get the game to work at all with my computer? A: The most common causes of problems with a Windows 95 native product are the incompatibilities with Directx and the Hardware. If you are having trouble with sound or video with a native Windows 95 game, there is a possibility that some of your hardware is experiencing difficulty communicating with the Microsoft Directx Drivers. To test your current Drivers for Directx compatibility, click on your 'start' button at the left hand corner of your task bar, then select 'Find' and then 'Files or Folders. In the 'Named' selection, type in 'DXSETUP' and hit the return key. This should locate the file 'DXSETUP.EXE'. Now double click on 'DXSETUP.EXE' to launch it. This will bring up a small box that displays your current Directx drivers down the left hand side and their status to the right. All directx drivers need to be certified. If any have spaces next to them you will need to update that driver. If, for example, your 'Primary Display Driver' is not certified, then you will need to contact either Microsoft or the manufacturer of your video card and get them to send you a set of their latest Directx certified drivers. You will then need to install these on your machine and run 'DXSETUP.EXE' to check that all your drivers are now certified. Q: When the game is played, there is no audio. A: If you are having any sound problems with your game, make sure all of your Directx Drivers are certified (See Directx Problems). Not having the correct sound drivers can cause your machine to lock, make the screen go blank or not give you any sound. If you experience any of these problems contact your Sound Card manufacturer and get them to send you their latest drivers. Q: Whenever I play the game using the keyboard, if certain combinations of keys are pressed then I get no response. A: Certain types of keyboard will have no response when a sequence of keys is pressed at the same time. This is a keyboard hardware fault. If you experience this problem, try the alternate trim keys. Q: Why when I run the software version do I only get full screen mode? A: Windowed mode is only available in the software version if your desktop is set to 15 or 16-bit. 3D Card Compatibility --------------------- Game may look blurry or pixelated on some cards due to lack of available Texture RAM. Menus / Loading screen text & loading bars may be shifted down or across or missing on some cards. Known 3D Chip Info ------------------ 3DLabs Permedia 2 - Turn Smoothing OFF to correct holes in textures Matrox Mystique / Millenium 2 - Stippled transparency only, No weather effects available. Matrox Millenium - No Hardware acceleration available NEC PowerVR PCX2 - No Backdrops to menus, Holes around edges of boat spray Rendition V2100 - Holes around edges of boat spray ATI Rage2 - A lot faster with Smoothing OFF ATI Rage Pro - Line in top left corner off screen 3DFX Voodoo - DirectX 5 drivers dated (10-22-97) may corrupt some textures after task switching, the latest drivers correct bug. S3 Virge - Some people may experience problems when using this card. If you have any problems with 3D cards, the first thing to do is make sure you have the latest DirectX drivers for your particular card. These can be obtained from the card manufacturers. For more information about this game contact the below addresses; Web sites http://www.interplay.com http://www.ipoem.com http://www.prodesigns.com http://www.vrsports.com Private Label Credits Producer: Jeff Jirsa Private Label Division Head: Dorothy Ferguson Project Coordinator: Beth Ryan Traffic Manager: Sherry LaVertu Additional Programming: Daniel Stanley QA Project Supervisor: Tim Anderson Testers: Devin Vink Amy Avery Asher Luisi TECHNICAL SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE! Interplay Entertainment Corp. Technical Support now offers trouble- shooting guides with complete installation and setup instructions as well as information that will help you overcome the most common difficulties. If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can find these at http://www.interplay.com/support/ Here you will find troubleshooting information on as well as information on regular system maintenance and performance. 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If you would like information about obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, please call Interplay Entertainment Corp. at (949) 553-6655. (c)1998 Interplay Entertainment Corp. and Promethean Designs Ltd. All rights reserved. VR Sports, VR Sports Powerboat Racing and VR Sports Powerboat Racing: Pure Power are trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corp. All Rights Reserved. Licensed and distributed by Interplay Entertainment Corp. Windows and the Windows 95 logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. Archived by OldGamesDownload.com on 11th October, 2019