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- Hugo for Windows Technical Notes
-
-
- This file contains notes in the form of frequently asked
- questions on running
- Hugo for Windows.
-
- 1. What is Hugo for Windows?
-
- Hugo for Windows is a Trilogy of cute cartoon-style "point &
- click" adventure
- games following the adventures of Hugo and Penelope. They
- are suitable for
- the whole family. Only game one is distributed as
- shareware, the other two
- are available directly from the author, David P. Gray for
- $32 plus $4 S&H.
- For this you receive the entire Trilogy of three games plus
- a 30-page answer
- booklet. There are many ways to order, by mail, online or
- by phone. Please
- see the ordering information in the main menu in the game or
- open the
- REGISTER.HLP file in Windows Help now to print an order
- form. This also has
- screen shots and full details of all the games in the
- Trilogy.
-
-
- 2. How do I install the game?
-
- Unzip our distribution file into a temporary directory.
- It should contain the following files:
-
- README.DOC - This file!
- FILE_ID.DIZ - Description of program for BBS's
- LICENSE.TXT - Important licensing information.
- HWINUNR.EXE - Program to install the game.
-
- Simply run HWINUNR.EXE from Windows (you can run it from
- DOS, too, if you
- are using Windows 95). This will guide you through the
- simple installation
- process which installs the game on your hard drive. We have
- thoughtfully
- provided an "uninstall" program which gets installed along
- with the game so
- if you don't like it you can remove every last trace of it.
- This includes
- any desktop/start menu shortcuts in Win95 or icons/groups in
- Win3.1
-
- To run HWINUNR.EXE from Windows 3.1, click on "File"/"Run"
- in the Program
- Manager and click on the browse button. Look for
- HWINUNR.EXE and double
- click on it. Click OK and the installation will start. In
- Windows 95 simply
- type "HWINUNR" in the DOS box after you have unzipped our
- distribution file.
-
- When you have successfully installed the game you can delete
- the temporary
- directory where you unzipped the distribution file.
-
-
- 3. What computer does Hugo for Windows require?
-
- Hugo for Windows requires a 386 cpu or higher, at least 4Mb
- of memory,
- Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or higher, and a VGA display or
- better.
- A sound card is recommended. Mouse input is recommended.
- The game does not
- depend on any particular color depth or screen resolution to
- be set.
-
-
- 4. Why can't I save my games?
-
- Your disk is full, or perhaps write protected. You can save
- up to eight
- different games, each of which can take up to 12KB so you
- need around 100KB
- space available on your hard drive before you start the
- game. If you run
- out of space when you try to save a game, delete some
- unwanted files and
- try saving again.
-
-
- 5. Is my sound card supported?
-
- If Windows supports it, then yes. Hugo for Windows uses the
- standard
- multimedia programming extensions which are not specific to
- any type or make
- of sound card. If your card is supported under Windows and
- installed
- correctly then in theory you should have no problems with
- it. Any problems
- you do have will probably be a result of incorrect
- installation of Windows
- or your sound card or problems with the sound card
- manufacturer's drivers.
-
- Background music is generated from General Midi files within
- the game, using
- the MCI interface and the Windows Midi Mapper.
- Unfortunately, due to the way
- the Windows Midi Mapper was designed, confusion has arisen
- over two aspects of
- its use, namely which channel drum sounds should be
- programmed to appear on
- and which channels should be used. The game uses the setup
- most commonly
- used, namely channels 1 thru 10 with drums on channel 10.
- If the music
- does not sound right and you don't hear drum sounds, check
- your setup. In
- Windows 3.1 open the Control Panel application and click on
- the Midi Mapper
- applet. The setup should be set to something like "Ext FM"
- or "All FM".
- (Extended or General Midi internal synthesizer). If you
- press the Edit button
- you should see at least the first 10 channels with the port
- name set to a
- valid port name. Some cards use the "Voyetra Super SAPI FM
- Driver" which may
- need the 10th Destination channel set to 16 to hear drum
- sounds correctly. If
- the setup looks wrong, go back to the main Midi Mapper
- screen and try
- selecting a different setup name from the list. In Windows
- 95 this is less of
- a problem since it defaults to General Midi with drums on
- channel 10.
-