The following information represents game features that were added or improved after the game manual went to press:
RESTORE IS OUT... BEGIN IS IN
The Restore button has been replaced with Begin on the options screen. To start a new game, click on the New button. After typing in the name of the game, click on the Begin button. You will be taken to the Phrenology Map where you may select your destination.
To restore a previously saved game, click on the name of the game you wish to restore. The game will highlight. Click on the Begin button, and you will be taken to the Phrenology Map where you may select your destination.
SOUND CONTROL
You can adjust the playback volume by hitting the number keys: 0 (sound off) through 9 (loudest).
TRANSITIONS TOGGLE
Hitting the "T" key will turn off transitions, increasing the speed with which you can move through the environments. Hitting "T" again will turn on the transitions.
TROUBLESHOOTING
CAN I RUN THE DARK EYE ON A MACHINE THAT ONLY HAS 8 MB OF RAM?
We have successfully tested the game on machines with 8 MB of RAM; however, it is possible that the game will not run smoothly on an 8 MB machine if most of that memory is devoted to your system software. There are two solutions to this problem.
A long-term solution is adding more memory to your machine. As multimedia titles increasingly become memory intensive, 8 MB is rapidly becoming inadequate to support both games and complex system software.
Another solution involves reconfiguring your system settings. Make sure Virtual Memory is enabled and your swap file size is at least 4MB for Windows 3.1. For Windows 95, you should choose to let Windows manage your Virtual Memory setting. Your PC should have at least 8MB of RAM installed in order to run The Dark Eye properly.
Be sure to turn off all unnecessary TSRs before running The Dark Eye, including non-Windows Desktop Manager programs.
For information on how to use the control panels, please consult your hardware user manuals.
I'M EXPERIENCING TROUBLE WITH THE VIDEO.
Set your display to High Color (65,000 colors or 16 bit).
If you are using a third party video display card, please refer to your user's manual to be sure it is operating properly.
Please refer to the QuickTimeT for Windows Read Me file that was installed on your hard drive during installation.
The following information is provided courtesty of Macromind:
Video Cards for Director 4.04 for Windows
November 1994
VIDEO CARDS
Director requires video software drivers and hardware that fully support Windows 3.1 standards. The following video systems have been tested and found to be compatible with Director during authoring and playback. We recommend installing the latest available video ROM and software. Contact the video card manufacturer for information.
Authoring and playback are not limited to these systems. If you experience difficulties with a card that is not on this list, first test it at 640 x 480 resolution with the monitor's color depth set to 8 bit (256 colors). Next, contact the hardware manufacturer to find out if the problem has been addressed with an updated driver.
The following cards have been tested and provide acceptable results for authoring and playback:
Video card Type Bus Date Driver Rev Notes
ATI GraphicsWonder VLB 3/19/93 2.3
ATI GraphicsXpression VLB 6/13/94 1.1 Note 1
Compaq QVision1024/I ISA 1/18/94 7.40
Diamond Viper PCI 9/27/93 3.01 Recommended
Diamond Viper VLB 9/17/93 2.01
Genoa Windows VGA 24 VLB 8/8/93 1.7
Headland Video 7RAM II VGA ISA 5/15/92 3.10
Hercules Graphite Pro VLB 12/29/93 2.21 Note 2
IBM XGA-2 MCA 11/12/93 2.11 Note 3
Number Nine 9GXE64 PCI 6/22/94 1.19.04 Recommended
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 ISA 8/10/92 3.0
RasterOps PaintBoard PC ISA 3/25/93 3.10 Note 2
Spider Black Widow VLB 1/20/94 Recommended
Trident 8900C ISA 9/23/92 3.1
Trident 9000C ISA 7/8/93 VC4.5 (WC1.6) Note 2
Note 1: Set DeviceBitmaps=OFF in the Windows SYSTEM.INI file [MACH] section after card software installation if using this driver version.
Note 2: Use in 256 color mode only.
Note 3: This card does not draw extremely wide arcs properly.
The following video cards have been tested and provide acceptable results for playback:
Video card Type Bus Date Driver Rev Notes
Actix ProStar VL VLB 8/18/93 1.42 Note 1
ATI Graphics Ultra ISA 3/19/93 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Plus ISA 4/25/94 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB 4/25/94 2.3
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro ISA 4/25/94 2.3
Blackship Color DesignerA3 VLB 7/8/93 1.32
Diamond Speed Star Pro ISA 2/17/94 1.08
Diamond Speed Star VGA ISA 4/14/92
Diamond Stealth 24 VLB 6/3/94 3.00
Diamond Stealth Pro VLB 10/6/93
Elite Group GD5426/28 VLB 8/18/93 1.32b
ELSA Winner2000 Pro PCI 6/23/94 1.22
Hercules Dynamite Pro ISA 12/1/93 2.10 Note 2
Hercules Dynamite Pro VLB 12/1/93 3.00
Hercules Graphite Power ISA 4/6/94 2.10
IBM XGA Display MCA 11/12/93 2.11 Note 3
Matrox MGA Power Graphics PCI 3/28/93 1.42
Media Vision ProGraphics 1280 VLB 9/15/93 1.01
Media Vision ProGraphics 1024 VLB 4/15/94 1.5
Mitac MVA-CL5428-1MB VLB 3/15/94 V1.43
Number Nine 9GXe Level 10 ISA 2/9/94 V3.11 Note 4
Number Nine 9GXe Level 11 VLB 2/9/94 3.10.061 Notes 4, 5
Number Nine 9GXe Level 14 VLB 4/7/94 3.15 Note 4
Number Nine 9GXE64 VLB 6/22/94 1.19.04 Recommended
Orchid Celsius VLB 10/1/93 1.32 Recommended
Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus VLB 3/1/94 rel 7 Note 6
Orchid Fahrenheit VA VLB 4/29/93 5.01
Orchid Kelvin 64 PCI 3/14/94 1.1
Orchid Kelvin 64 VLB 2/23/94 1.21
Orchid ProDesigner IIS ISA 3/1/92 2.0
Paradise WD90c33 VLB 6/28/93 1.2
Standard 1Mb-24X ISA 3/19/93 1.30
STB HorizonVLPro VLB 6/29/93 1.3
STB Lightspeed PCI 12/1/93 1.1
STB Pegasus VLB 11/29/93 1.3
TrueVision Bravado 8 ISA 1/15/92
Note 1: Driver version 1.53 sometimes freezes when playing certain Director transitions. Driver version 1.42 is recommended.
Note 2: Does not always properly display QuickTime digital video in 16-bit (thousands) and 24-bit (millions).
Note 3: Does not draw extremely wide arcs properly.
Note 4: Sound break-up or distortion may occur during complex transitions.
Note 5: The cursor sometimes disappears when using a large virtual desktop.
Note 6: Video snow appears during some palette transitions.
I'M NOT GETTING ANY SOUND.
If you are using headphones or external speakers, please make sure they are operating and are properly connected.
You can adjust the playback volume by hitting the number keys: 0 (sound off) through 9 (loudest).
Make sure your CD-ROM drive is operating and is properly connected.
The following information is provided courtesty of Macromind:
Sound Cards for Director 4.04 for Windows
November 1994
SOUND CARDS
The following sound cards have been tested and are compatible with Director:
Compaq Business Audio
Creative Labs SoundBlaster
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Pro
Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16
Creative Labs SoundBlaster AWE32
Gateway 2000
IBM M-Audio *
MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum
MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16
MediaVision ProAudio Spectrum 16 Pro
Microsoft Windows SoundSystem Version 1
Microsoft Windows SoundSystem Version 2
Orchid SoundWave 32
Reveal Forte 16
Roland Rap-10
*IBM computers that have the M-Audio sound card should use driver version 1.3 or higher for best results. Older versions of this driver don't play all sounds in Director or AVI movies. The version 1.3 driver did not pass the 16-bit sounds test for Director. Testing revealed that 8-bit sounds are corrupted when played after a 16-bit sound. At the time these release notes were written, version 1.3 (dated 1/10/94) was the most recent driver available from IBM.
I'M STILL HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING THE CD-ROM TO OPERATE PROPERLY. WHAT'S MY NEXT STEP?
If none of the above steps helped, and you believe that the game play performance is suffering due to your hardware, you can contact the following hardware manufacturers:
Microsoft Customer Support: 206-454-2030
Creative Labs: 405-742-6660
The Dark Eye is a trademark of Inscape. c1995 Inscape. All rights reserved.
Windows and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Macintosh and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
