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- TITANIC: Adventure Out of Time
- RELEASE NOTES
- 10/5/96
-
- ***********************WELCOME***********************
-
- These release notes contain late-breaking information about
- Titanic: Adventure Out of Time. These notes also contain an exact
- copy of the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide that came with
- the product. If this guide is missing, you may wish to print these
- notes out to use as reference.
-
- You may also want to look for the Official Guide to
- Titanic: Adventure Out of Time by BradyGAMES at your local
- retailer, or order direct at 1-800-557-3344.
-
- Finally, if you have access to on-line services you can contact us
- for updates, downloads, or the latest information about CyberFlix
- and upcoming products at the following locations:
-
- Web Page: http://www.cyberflix.com
-
- E-mail: cyberflix@cyberflix.com (if you are on the Internet).
- cyberflix@AOL.com (if you are an AOL user).
-
- FTP: (Patches and updates for Cyberflix products)
- ftp.cyberflix.com
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- AOL site: use the "Keyword" cyberflix
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-
- THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXACT DUPLICATION OF THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN THE BOX WITH THE GAME DISK!
-
- INSTALLATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
-
- Thank you for purchasing Titanic: Adventure Out of Time.
- It's essential that you are familiar with standard Macintosh¿
- operations such as dragging the mouse, copying files, etc. before
- completing the installation procedure. This information is in the
- manuals that accompanied your Macintosh.
-
- IMPORTANT. Make sure you open and read the file called "Read Me!!"
- on Disk 1 of this game. This document contains any new information or
- updates that did not make it into this guide.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Titanic requires a color Macintosh or better, 8MB of RAM (5MB
- available), a 256 color monitor, a hard drive, a double speed
- or faster CD-ROM drive, and System 7.1 or later.
-
- NOTES FOR CERTAIN USERS:
- If you are a Power Macintosh user:
- You might experience a problem with lower sound volume.
- First check the sound settings on your hard drive's
- control panel. However, you may find that the only way
- to get extra volume is through the use of external speakers
- or the use of headsets.
-
- If you're using a screensaver:
- All screensaving programs should be disabled before
- installing and playing Titanic.
-
- If you have a PowerBook 540c:
- Be advised that there are sound-compatibility problems
- with the Powerbook 540c.
-
- If you have a Mobius Excellerator:
- Titanic is not compatible with Mobius Excellerators.
-
- If you have a Media Vision or non-Macintosh sound card:
- Titanic is compatible only with Macintosh sound cards.
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- To install Titanic, simply copy the Install folder from the
- Titanic-1 CD to your hard drive by dragging it to the hard drive
- icon on your desktop. Once copied to your hard drive, you may
- rename the Install folder. However, do not change the names of any
- files inside the Install folder, or Titanic may not work
- properly!
-
-
- KEYBOARD COMMANDS:
- While playing Titanic, you can use the following keys:
-
- Esc Skip the current animation, or pause
- the game
- Arrow keys Move forward, turn left or right
- A, W, S, D Same as the arrow keys
- Command+0 thru 9 Set sound volume, Command+0 is off,
- Command+9 is loudest
- Command+Q Quit the game and return to Finder
- F1 / F2 Increase/decrease the brightness of
- the screen
- F3 / F4 Increase/decrease the redness of the
- screen
- F5 / F6 Increase/decrease the greenness of
- the screen
- F7 / F8 Increase/decrease the blueness of the
- screen
- F9 Restore the screen to its default
- settings
-
-
- QUICK OVERVIEW:
- After successfully installing the game you will see a screen that
- gives you two options. Clicking on the "game" button will start the
- actual game.
-
- Clicking on the "tour" button will allow you to explore the
- ship and talk to passengers along the way. You can also download extra
- passengers to talk to by visiting CyberFlix's Titanic Web site at
- http://www.cyberflix.com. You can't save your game during the "tour"
- part of Titanic. Once in the "tour" you must quit and restart Titanic
- to start your mission as a secret agent.
-
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:
- Tip 1:
- Watch out for extensions that take up lots of memory or
- cause other problems. Extensions (also called INITs) are
- small programs that install themselves when your system
- boots up. To turn off an extension, you must remove the
- extension file from your system folder and restart your
- machine. Titanic is compatible with most extensions, so
- experiment to see if you can identify which one is causing
- the problem. The only extensions that Titanic requires are
- the CD-ROM driver that came with your CD-ROM drive and the
- Memory extension, so do not turn those off!
-
- Tip 2:
- Anytime your computer is acting strangely, we suggest that
- you restart the machine. Be sure it is off when connecting
- SCSI cables or other hardware.
-
- Tip 3:
- Titanic offers extra features, speed, and sound when there
- is plenty of RAM.
-
- Q: After starting Titanic, I get an error at line 1622:
- - Check that you have the extension Sound Manager 3.1 or greater,
- and System 7.1 or greater. This software is available from your
- Apple dealer or on a newer copy of the Apple System Software.
- - Check if you are running applications or extensions that play
- sounds, such as Fax, E-Mail, or Screen Saver software. Disable
- these extensions because they may be using up sound channels.
- - Sometimes changing the System Alert sound in the Sound Control
- Panel and then running Titanic will fix the problem.
- - Lastly, try giving the System more RAM by reducing Titanic's
- preferred memory requirements in the Finder. This makes sure
- that the System has enough room to allocate a new sound channel.
-
- Q: Titanic doesn╒t have enough memory to start:
- - Be sure that you are not running any other applications.
- For example, don╒t run a spreadsheet and Titanic at the
- same time.
- - Check the control panels that handle memory. Be sure
- the RAM cache is off or as small as possible. Be sure your
- computer is in 32-bit mode if possible (24-bit machines
- can access only 8 MB of RAM). Virtual Memory should be
- off as well.
- - Check for extensions that hog memory (see Tip 1 above).
- Extensions that add sounds or graphics to your system
- take up lots of RAM.
- - Titanic must have at least 5 MB to run. A Macintosh with
- 8192K (8 MB) memory usually allocates no more than 3 MB
- to the System software, which should leave enough free for
- Titanic. If your System software takes up more than 3 MB
- and you only have 8 MB total then you should disable some
- of your extensions.
-
- Q: Titanic runs slowly:
- - Check your extensions (see Tip 1 above). Extensions
- that run networks or implement screen savers are sometimes
- quite slow.
- - Give Titanic more RAM. Titanic will use all available
- RAM for caching and other speed and sound enhancements.
- - Check the performance of your CD-ROM drive. Most drives
- have an access time of at least 250 milliseconds or faster,
- and a data transfer rate of 300 K per second or faster.
-
- Q: My screen is too dark:
- - You can adjust the brightness of your screen while playing
- Titanic by pressing the F1 key to brighten and F2 to darken.
- If the colors in Titanic seem slightly wrong, you can change
- the color balance by using F3/F4 to adjust the red, F5/F6 to
- adjust the green, and F7/F8 to adjust the blue. If you want
- to reset the color balance to the default setting, press F9.
-
- Q: I can╒t hear the sound:
- - Command-0 through Command-9 will set the sound volume.
- Be sure that the volume has not been accidentally set to
- zero.
- - If the external speaker jack is in use, the Mac╒s
- internal speaker will be deactivated. Turn on the external
- speaker or remove the jack.
- - Try saving the game and restarting your computer. If
- problems persist, please call Cyberflix technical support.
-
- Q: Sound volume is too low:
- - See above notice to Power Macintosh users.
-
- Q: Titanic bombs or crashes:
- - Maybe your CD-ROM disk is dirty. Look at the disk in a
- strong light for any scratches or oily fingerprints that
- may be there. Clean the disk with mild soapy water, dry
- gently with a Kleenex (do not scratch!), and try again.
- - Some CD-ROM drives have trouble reading disks. The
- problem could be an old version of your CD-ROM driver
- extension. Get a new version from your CD-ROM dealer.
- Another problem is that some CD-ROM drives overheat or
- misread data.
- - Check extensions (see Tip 1 above).
- - If problems persist, please call Cyberflix technical
- support.
-
-
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Cyberflix provides technical support via telephone, fax,
- America Online, and the Internet.
-
- Telephone:
- The Cyberflix Help Line is (423) 546-7846. Live customer
- support is available from 12:00 p.m.(noon) to 5 PM Eastern
- time to assist you with any problems you may have. We also
- have an automated help service available day and night at
- the same number.
-
- Fax:
- You may fax your questions to us at (423) 546-0866. We will
- respond to faxes promptly via voice telephone or return fax.
-
- America Online:
- Technical support questions can be sent via email to
- "CYBERFLIX".
-
- World Wide Web:
- The Cyberflix Web server is www.cyberflix.com, and is
- available via the following URL:
- http://www.cyberflix.com
-
- Internet Email:
- You can email your technical support questions to:
- support@cyberflix.com
-
- FTP:
- Patches and updates for Cyberflix products are available
- from our FTP site:
- ftp.cyberflix.com
-
- Snail-mail:
- If you'd like to send us a letter, our mailing address is:
- Cyberflix, Inc.
- 4 Market Square
- Knoxville, TN 37902
-
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