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- OPTIONS SCREEN
- --------------
- When Dragon's Lair is first loaded, the options screen will appear. Use the
- cursor keys to set the various options and then press ENTER to begin playing
- Dragon's Lair.
-
- The options are saved in a file called DLADJUST.DAT in the directory
- C:\DLCDROM which will be created the first time you run Dragon's Lair.
-
-
- MEMORY
- ------
- Dragon's Lair requires a minimum of 4Mb RAM in EMS. To do this you should
- have the following line in your CONFIG.SYS:
-
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 4000
-
-
- You must have at least 4000 KBytes in XMS (Xtended memory) available.
-
- Note that even if you have 4Mb RAM but you have a 150K/s CD-ROM drive,
- slow processor, or select 12 frames per second, there may still be pauses
- in the animation.
-
- To make a boot disk for Dragon's Lair do the following:
- 1. At the DOS prompt type "D:" and press ENTER.
- (where "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
- Then type INSTALL and press ENTER.
-
- 2. Insert a blank floppy disk in your "A" drive and follow the prompts.
-
- NOTE: If you create a boot disk for Dragon's Lair, the EMM line will be added
- automatically if it does not exist. If the EMM line does exist, the line will
- be changed appropriately.
-
- SOUND
- -----
- Dragon's Lair supports the Sound Blaster, true compatibles, UltraSound and
- Ad Lib Gold.
-
- You must have your sound card set to DMA 1.
-
- Your sound card must be set at interrupt 3,5 or 7.
-
- Ultrasound users:
- -"SBOS" should be loaded, however some computers may have
- a hardware conflict with "SBOS".
- -An alternative is to use "MEGAEM" (this however will not
- give you sound when you press a key to move)
- -If you lose sound, ensure the frame rate is set to AUTO.
- Both "SBOS" and "MEGAEM" files will be in your UltraSound directory.
-
- TO LOAD SBOS
- ------------
- If the UltraSound card is properly installed, just type "SBOS"and press
- ENTER.
- If the above does not work, you have to go to your UltraSound directory,
- then type "SBOS" and press ENTER.
-
- TO LOAD MEGAEM
- --------------
- Type "MEGAEM" then press ENTER. Type "EMUSET" then press ENTER.
- Again like the "SBOS" if the above does not work, you have to go to your
- UltraSound directory to execute "MEGAEM" and "EMUSET".
-
-
- FRAME RATE
- ----------
- If you select AUTO for the frame rate, this will look at your hardware to
- determine the best frame rate for your system before playing each scene while
- the game is playing.
-
- If you select 12 for the frame rate, this will force your computer to play
- Dragon's Lair at 12 frames per second.
-
- *NOTE*
- Slower hardware that is forced to play at 12 frames per second will have
- side effects like pauses, speeding up, or even loss of sound.
-
- If you select 6 for the frame rate, this will force your computer to play
- Dragon's Lair at 6 frames per second. This will skip every second frame and
- animation will not look as smooth as 12 frames per second with fast hardware.
-
-
- FINE TUNING YOUR SYSTEM
- -----------------------
- Fine tuning your system can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour
- to complete. This will create a file to hold your configuration in
- C:\DLCDROM subdirectory called DLADJUST.DAT so you will only have to do
- this once.
-
- The reason for fine tuning Dragon's Lair to your system is to determine, based
- on your processor, video card, and CD-ROM speed, how much of the scene the
- game needs to prebuffer in RAM before it begins playback.
-
- If you don't fine tune Dragon's Lair to your system, it may cause pauses in
- the animation.
-
- If you change your hardware, delete the DLADJUST.DAT file in the C:\DLCDROM
- directory and fine tune Dragon's Lair to your new system.
-
-
- PAUSE
- -----
- To pause the game, press the 'P' key. Press 'P' again to resume play.
-
-
- CURSOR KEYS
- -----------
- In addition to the numeric keypad, you may use the cursor keys to play the
- game.
-
-
- PERFORMANCE
- -----------
- For optimum performance, you should have a 486DX, a 300K/s CD-ROM drive or
- better, a local bus (or accelerated) video card, and 8Mb of RAM or
- better (although not all are necessary to achieve peak performance.) The
- single biggest factor determining performance is the CD-ROM data transfer
- rate -- a 300K/s drive is strongly recommended.
-
- GENERAL INCOMPATIBILITIES
- -----------------------
- If you are using QEMM, you should make a boot disk.
- If you suspect a conflict with your mouse, try using a boot disk.
- Dragon's Lair will not work with a COREL SCSI driver.
- Dragon's Lair has to be run from DOS, not WINDOWS.
-