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MOTORACER FAQ - Mar 17th 1997
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IMPORTANT!
1) Before installing or running Moto Racer you must insure that
your Desktop color palette is set to 'High Color (16 bit)'.
2) DirectX version 3 has to be installed on your PC (if in the
future you install another game which installs DirectX version 2
or 1, it might be necessary to reinstall DirectX 3 to play the
MotoRacer demo again).
3) Make sure that there is no CD player running, if so quit any
Audio CD Player application (CD Player, FlexiCD, etc.).
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T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G
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IF YOU ENCOUNTER THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS:
- the game is very slow
1) If you have an ATI 3D RAGE video board in your PC :
Launch the game with the command line argument -noPal256 (just
create a shortcut on the program and add this argument after the
name of the program file on the target field).
2) Try a lower screen resolution with F2 (toggle to a windowed
display mode if the full screen 320x240 screen resolution is not
available on your system). Change your desktop resolution to
640x480 if your video board doesn't have enough memory.
3) The most recent version of your video board driver can
increase performance by up to 20%.
4) The game uses floating point calculation intensively, some
processors are less efficient in this matter than others.
5) Choose the lowest sreen resolution, decrease the detail level
by pressing the '-' key on the numpad, remove the top map
display by pressing F9.
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- When I turn left I can't do a wheelie or when I do a wheelie I
can't turn left :
1) Some keyboards cannot efficiently handle the "Left Arrow key"
pressed at the same time as some other keys. On the keyboard
configuration screen, replace the space bar used for the
wheelie with another key, 'B' for example.
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- I can't get the full screen 320x240 screen resolution
1) You may have to reinstall your video board drivers after
you've installed DirectX. DirectX sometimes replaces your
existing drivers with older versions. This can result in the
inability to display the different resolutions available with
your video board.
2) If you have a Matrox Millenium in your PC:
To take advantage of this screen resolution, get the latest
version of its drivers and install them AFTER having installed
DirectX.
3) Other cases :
The latest version of your drivers may give access to this
screen resolution.
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- I have a 3D accelerator board but the game doesn't seem to use
it :
1) Check you've installed DirectX version 3. If your 3D board is
not supported by DirectX, the game won't take advantage of your
3D accelerator.
2) Check the Direct3D Hardware Acceleration is enabled (launch
DirectX setup from your Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs /
DirectX)
3) If your 3D accelerator board doesn't support textures with
transparency, the game will run in Software 3D render mode which
doesn't use Direct3D and consequently doesn't use the hardware
capabilities of your 3D board.
4) If your 3D board doesn't handle textured polygons (such as
the Matrox Millenium for example), the game will run in Software
3D render mode. You can force the hardware 3D acceleration by
using the command line argument -D3D but you'll get no textures
as the board can't handle them.
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- Black squares are visible around smoke or other objects. The
shadows of the bikes or the trees are rectangular.
1) Your 3D accelerator board can't display polygons with
transparency, but makes the program think it can. You can launch
the game with the command line argument -noD3D to fix this
problem. However you won't take advantage of your hardware 3D
acceleration.
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- The screen remains black after having changed the screen
resolution while in full screen mode.
1) Your video board driver may not properly handle the given
screen resolution. Switch to a windowed display mode by pressing
ALT + ENTER or switch to another screen resolution by pressing
F3 or F2 once more.
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- the game doesn't work or the game freezes :
1) If the game seems to have crashed while in full screen mode,
the program might have opened a Dialog Box not visible on this
screen. Try to close the box by pressing ESC or ENTER. You can
try to switch to windowed display mode too by pressing ALT +
ENTER.
2) The game runs in full screen mode by default. You can force
it to a windowed mode with the command line argument -windowed.
3) You can turn the sound OFF with the command line argument -
nosound
4) You can turn the hardware 3D acceleration OFF (if you have
such a board) by adding the command line argument -noD3D
5) If you have a Sound Blaster AWE64 sound board, you'll need
its latest drivers (the version which works properly with
program intensively using floating point calculation).
6) If you have a Pentium with MMX technology, you can disable
the MMX usage with the command line argument -noMMX
7) You can turn the type of processor detection OFF with the
command line argument -noCpuDetect
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- I have no sound :
1) Check your Loud speakers are correctly connected to your
sound board.
2) Check your sound board drivers are correctly installed.
3) Increase the volume of your sound device by using the '/' and
'*' keys of the numpad.
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- The command line argument are not taken in account :
1) You must leave a blank space between subsequent parameters
and respect the case.
For example, if you have a 3D accelerator board and you want to
make the game run in software 3D render mode, you must create a
shortcut with a line in the target field such as:
"C:\Program Files\MotoRacer\Moto.exe" -noD3D
(the path can be different)
If you want to disable the sound effects too :
"C:\Program Files\MotoRacer\Moto.exe" -noD3D -nosound
(respect the case for each parameter)
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- Where could I find the latest drivers for a given video board
or sound board ?
1) On Internet.
2) On the BBS of the board manufacturer (if available).
3) By contacting your computer shop.
4) Directly from your computer manufacturer.
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