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The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War
Copyright ⌐1997 Arcanium Productions.
All Rights Reserved.
This file contains release notes, installation information and
information about error messages for The Isle of Four Winds: Rune
War.
To see the updates from rwdemo.zip to rwdemo11.zip, open the file
...\docs\update.txt
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War Demo
Version: 1.1
Version Date: 13-August-1997
Basic Distribution Policy (see ...docs\License.txt for details):
Demo, freely distributable by all channels.
Product Description: The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War v1.0
Beta Demo
An inventive mix of traditional
13-tile MahJong, spell casting,
and strategic land combat.
Choose from 9 wizards (only 3
in the demo), and try to outduel
your opponents with the help of
fantastic creatures and honorable
mercenaries in this deep and
complex stategy title. Up to
4-player play with IPX(LAN), TCP/
IP(Internet), serial or modem link
will be suppported in full version.
Runs on Windows 95.
Reason for version: Updated Beta Demo
Category: Games; Strategy,
Keywords: mah jong mahjongg runewar strategy fantasy
rune war arcanium
Required Packages: RWDEMO11.ZIP
This Package: RWDEMO11.ZIP
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum Pentium)
Minimum OS: Windows 95
Standard RAM: 16 MB
Hard Drive Space: 20 MB
Required:
Mouse
1024x768 monitor resolution with 256 colours
Microsoft DirectX 3.0 or better.
Inquiries:
Address: Arcanium Productions
1800 Sheppard Ave. E.
PO Box 55129
North York, ON (Canada)
M2J 5B9
Phone: (416) 492-1631
Internet: webmaster@arcanium.com
Website: www.arcanium.com
Full Version Info:
Available: Fall/Winter, 1997.
Price: N/A
===== Information for Users ============================
The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War
An inventive mix of traditional 13-tile MahJong, spell casting, and
strategic land combat. For Windows95/NT4.0 or better.
The rules are contained in the file manual.doc in the docs
directory. As well, extensive stories of the Isle, its history, and
its main figures are documented.
===== Installation =====================================
Run setup.exe.
Once installed, you can run the game from your Start Menu,
using the Rune War Demo Folder icon.
You may uninstall from the Add/Remove Programs icon on the
Windows Control Panel.
===== Included in Full Version =========================
All 9 wizards to play.
Full support for up to 4 players on IPX(LAN), Modem, Serial link,
or TCP/IP(Internet).
Chat interface for multiplayer play.
Expanded Load/Save options.
and much much more...
TROUBLESHOOTING:
The information below should solve many of your problems installing
or running The Isle of Four Winds: Rune War, Beta Demo
Question: Rune War refuses to install!
Answer: First, make sure you have 20 megabytes of free space on the
drive you're trying to install to. Also, you must have WinZip, or
some other .zip extraction program.
Question: When I try to run runewar.exe, I get the message "Direct
Draw Init Failed"
Answer: 1: Rune War requires Direct X 3.0 or better to run. This can
be obtained from "http://www.shareware.com", and type in "DirectX 3"
in the search box. This will lead you to a list of sites from which
you can download it.
2: Your monitor and/or video card cannot support the 1024x768
screen resolution with 256 colours required for Rune War. If you
monitor is not capable of this resolution, the game will not run.
Updated drivers can be obtained from your video card manufacturer
if the monitor does support this resolution.
Question: When I try to run Rune War, I get a message "dplayx.dll
missing (file not found)".
Answer: Rune War requires Direct X 3.0 or better to run. This can
be obtained from "http://www.shareware.com", and type in "DirectX 3"
in the search box. This will lead you to a list of sites from which
you can download it.
Question: The timer is too fast (or too slow).
Answer: From the main menu, select the CHANGE TIMER option. Left-click
twice on the timer setting you wish to use.
(Note: to speed up play, press SPACE to pass on a tile)
For questions concerning gameplay, consult the manual.txt
document. It takes a while to learn to play MahJong and the Rune
War game well, but the game gets better and better the more you
play it.
===== Warranty =========================================
There is no warranty, express or implied.