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- Twinsen
- Little Big Adventure
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- Preview version
- Freeware
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- 8 August 1994.
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- Copyright Adeline Software International 1994, All Rights Reserved.
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- 0. REQUIREMENTS :
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- LBA requires a very fast 386 (40+ Mhz) with local bus or a 486 with
- 4MB of memory as well as a VESA compliant SVGA card with 512 KB of RAM.
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- The Recommended Configuration is:
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- 486DX2 - 66 Mhz with local bus (VESA or PCI for example)
- Local bus SVGA card 512 KB
- 8 MB of memory
- Sound Blaster 16 (Stereo 16 bits Sound FX)
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- The "Dream" configuration (as today) is :
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- Pentium 90 Mhz
- PCI Local bus SVGA card
- 17 inch monitor
- 8 MB of memory
- Sound Blaster AWE32 (Stereo 16 bits Sound FX + Midi Music)
- Power Stereo Amplifier + Speakers
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- 1. Installation
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- The installation program is a temporary version. The final version will
- do much more checking and provide for installing and desinstalling as
- well.
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- For now make sure that you have at least 12 MBytes free on your Hard Disk
- before installing.
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- 2. Configuration
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- To configure LBA (Language, SVGA, Music card, Sound Card) type SETUP in
- the LBA directory. Make sure to fill every options and save your
- configuration before returning to Dos.
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- 3. Playing LBA
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- Type LBA in the LBA directory.
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- Control keys are :
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- - During normal gameplaying :
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- UP - Forward
- DOWN - Backward
- RIGHT - Turn Right
- LEFT - Turn Left
- SPACEBAR - Action corresponding to the current behaviour
- * Normal behaviour : Talk / Read / Search / Use
- * Sporty : Jump
- * Agressive :
- Auto mode : Fight
- Manual mode : While holding the spacebar down
- UP / RIGHT / LEFT will select
- different hit
- * Discreet : Hide yourself
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- RETURN - Recenter screen on the main character
- CONTROL - Behaviour menu
- SHIFT - Inventory
- ESC - Quit Game
- + (Num Pad) - Options menu
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- - Behaviour menu :
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- To keep this menu active hold the CONTROL key down.
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- LEFT, RIGHT - Change behaviour
- UP, DOWN - Switch between automatic and manual in agressive mode
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- Some status informations are displayed in this menu
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- Red bar - Life points
- Blue bar - Magic power
- (you'll gain magic ability later in the full version...)
- Coin - Amount of money you have
- Key - Number of keys you have (open any normally locked door)
- They are used automatically when needed
- Four-Leaf Clover- Number of lifes left
- Can eventually be used through the inventory to reload
- your Life points and Magic power
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- - Inventory menu :
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- Activate by pressing SHIFT key (don't need to hold).
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- LEFT, RIGHT,
- UP, DOWN - Move selection box.
- An explanation about each object you own is displayed
- at the bottom of the screen.
- SPACEBAR - go to the next page of explanation about the selected
- object.
- RETURN - Use selected object if possible in current context.
- ESC, SHIFT - Exit Inventory menu
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- - Options Menu :
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- Activated through the + key of the keypad or through the main menu
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- 4. Troubleshooting
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- Step A. Configuration
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- If you are having problems lauching the game make sure that LBA is
- configured properly.
- If the problem remain select VESA and no music and no sound FX and retry.
- If the program gives you an error about VESA support, load the VESA driver
- provided with your SVGA card (see SVGA card manual).
- If the problem is solved go to step F else go to Step B with this minimal
- configuration.
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- Step B. EMS/UMB provider programs
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- Try removing any program providing UMB or EMS such as EMM386.EXE or
- QEMM386.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. If the problem is solved go
- to Step F else go to the next Step.
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- Step C. Caching programs
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- Try reducing the size of any disk cache such as SMARTDRV.EXE
- in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. Enventually try removing any reference
- to those programs in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT.
- If the problem is solved go to Step F else go to the next step.
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- Step D. HIMEM.SYS
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- Try removing HIMEM.SYS from your CONFIG.SYS. If the problem is solved go to
- Step F else go to the next step.
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- Step E. Miniboot disk
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- Put a blank floppy disk in drive A and type FORMAT A: /S.
- Reboot using this floppy disk.
- If the problem is solved go to step F else your computer does not have
- enough memory to run LBA.
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- Step F. Reconfiguration
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- You can now try to reconfigure your SVGA, Music, and Sound FX card.
- Enjoy LBA.
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- 5. Technical information
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- The best configuration for LBA would be a machine with HIMEM.SYS loaded
- and a disk caching program. It is best not having anything loaded high
- since LBA will make better use of extended memory than of DOS memory.
- Therefore try leaving resident programs in DOS memory.
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- LBA does not use EMS.
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