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- WAYCOOL.EXE is not shareware or freeware. By purchasing
- this CDROM, you have been granted a license to use the
- program with this disk only. This software is provided
- on an "AS-IS" basis. Quantum Axcess will not make any
- warrenties or have any liabliity as to the software's
- operation or the results it produces or fails to produce.
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- I.Installation Problems.
- (all references to C: refer to the drive where windows
- is installed. D: refers to your CDROM drive)
-
-
- 1) WAYCOOL is written using Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(tm) v3.0.
- Microsoft(R) and other visual basic custom control (VBX) makers
- insist that to preserve the license of these controls
- they be installed in the Windows\System directory. Many
- shareware or other programs do not follow these guidelines
- and hence are in violation of the distribution agreements for
- these controls. In addition, they cause problems for those
- who do follow the rules. In order to maintain the license
- agreement, WAYCOOL installs the visual basic controls from
- each of the programs included on this CD ROM to the
- Windows\System directory during the setup of WAYCOOL.
-
- If during installation or operation of the WAYCOOL program
- you encounter "cannot copy", "Invalid property", or "Invalid
- file format" messages or really any problems at all please
- perform the following steps.
-
- 1. Exit Windows
- 2. At the DOS prompt enter the following commands:
-
- Copy c:\windows\*.vbx c:\windows\system
- erase c:\windows\*.vbx
-
- 3. (optional) type: dir c:\*.vbx /s /p
- and locate all vbx files and copy them to the windows\system
- directory then delete them from the original location.
-
- 4. Restart windows and reinstall the WAYCOOL CDROM by choosing
- file/run from Program Manager or File Manager and type d:\setup
-
- In addition, some programs copy VBRUN300.DLL and other VBX files in
- other areas besides Windows\System directory. It is advisable to
- search your entire machine for VBRUN300.DLL and delete any occurance not
- in your Windows\system directory before installing WAYCOOL. This
- can be done by using the FileManager's search under File\Search.
-
-
-
- 2) In the unlikely event that the setup routine fails, manual installation can
- be done by the following instructions: [Remember, this is ONLY as a last
- resort and should not be done until ALL other options have failed.]
-
-
- 1. EXIT WINDOWS
-
- 2. At the dos prompt ( C:\> ) type:
-
- C:\> CD \
- C:\> MD \WAYCOOL
- C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\*.* C:\WAYCOOL
- C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\WAYCOOL.INI C:\WINDOWS
- C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\WAYCOOL.HLP C:\WINDOWS
-
- 3. If your CDROM drive is not "D:" then edit the waycool.ini and change
- the line "GamesPath=D:\GAMES" replacing D: with your drive
- i.e. "GamesPath=E:\GAMES"
-
- C:\> EDIT C:\WINDOWS\WAYCOOL.INI
-
- 4. Restart Windows and create a WayCool group and icon in Progam Manager by
- following the instructions below:
-
- 1. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New
- 2. Select Program Group option and click Ok.
- 3. In the Group Name type: WayCool Windows Games
- 4. Click Ok to create the group.
- 5. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New
- 6. Select Program Item option and click Ok.
- 7. In Description, type: WayCool
- 8. In Command Line, type: C:\WayCool\WayCool.exe
- 9. In Working Directory, type: C:\WayCool
- 10. Click OK to create the Icon.
-
- 5. If you have further problems, please read the notes above.
-
- 3) DISK SPACE - WayCool takes up less than 2 megabytes of harddisk when
- installed on your computer. Actually system files required to run the
- games take most of that and you may already have alot of these files
- so it can take as little as 600K. During installation, Setup.exe copies
- about 500K of files to a temporary directory. These files are required
- to install WayCool but are deleted after the setup is finished. If you
- do not have the system files it can require 2.5 megabytes to install.
- If you get the message that you do not have enough free space to install
- waycool, move some files to a floppy or decrease the size of your swap file
- until you have completed the installation then you put them back.
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- II. WayCool colors and grahics
-
- 1) There is a known problem with the 8514 video drivers and large font
- option on ATI mach8 drivers. Operation is not affected but the 3D
- look of certain windows is impacted. Also the About screen
- background bitmap is smaller than it should be.
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- III. Memory
-
- 1) Some games do not release their allocated memory after exiting the
- game. If you encounter a "not enough memory", "not enough
- resources" error or a game does not appear to be running properly,
- exit WAYCOOL, restart Windows and try again.
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- IV. Sample WAYCOOL.INI file
-
- 1)
- [Start]
- File=c:\Waycool\WAYCOOL.LST
- Path=C:\Waycool <---DO NOT END THESE WITH A BACKSLASH
- GamePath=D:\games <---DO NOT END THESE WITH A BACKSLASH
-
- [Options]
- Button=All
- Sound=Yes
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- V. Recommendations and Notes.
-
- 1) Video: For best results use 256 colors or more. Some games require
- a minimum of 256 colors to run.
-
- 2) Sound: We recommend using an MPC(tm) compatible sound board.
- Windows PC speaker driver will work as well.
- If you have neither, Click Options/Sound so that the check
- is off.
-
- 3) Mode: Should be in 386 Enhanced mode.
-
- 4) Memory: 4 MB of memory is recommend. Please note section III.
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- VI. If after reading this file and trying these things you still have problems
- call Quantum Axcess Technical Support at (614) 228-3903 or mail us on COMPUSERVE
- at 71603,2100.
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