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- One Must Fall 2097 * Instructions & Troubleshooting Info * Version 1.0
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-
- One Must Fall Requires:
- * A 386 or faster IBM-compatible PC
- * VGA graphics
- * Hard disk
- * 4 Megabytes of RAM
-
- Also supports:
- * Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16,
- and Gravis Ultrasound, and 100% compatible music cards
- * One or two joysticks
-
- To start One Must Fall:
-
- 1. Switch to the drive where the game is installed (C:)
- 2. Switch to the subdirectory where the game is installed (CD \OMF)
- 3. Type OMF.
-
- Memory requirements:
-
- To start One Must Fall, you'll need at least 540K of available conventional
- memory and at least 2.5 megs of other memory.
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- Common problems and solutions
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-
- Running with WINDOWS
- --------------------
-
- To run this game under Windows, be sure to run the file "OMF.PIF" (not the
- file "OMF.EXE").
-
- OMF does not work reliabily under Windows with sound on. Please run SETUP
- and select "No Sound Card" under setup if you need to OMF from Windows.
-
- Running with OS/2
- -----------------
-
- Though One Must Fall will work reliably under OS/2 on some computers, we
- don't recommend this because it might result in the game locking up.
- Please run One Must Fall through DOS instead. We tried to make
- this game compatible with OS/2, but alas we were not successful.
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- HOW TO BOOT YOUR COMPUTER CLEAN
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-
- If you're having problems running OMF, you might be able to get it
- up and running by "Booting your computer clean". By this, we mean starting
- up your computer without loading all of the little memory managers and
- device drivers that might interfere with the game. It's a relatively
- simple process, so please bear with us.
-
- If you have DOS 6.0 or later
- ----------------------------
-
- Reboot your computer by pressing RESET or Ctrl-Alt-Del. Wait for the
- message "Starting MS-DOS..." to come up. Now press the [F5] key.
-
- This will cause DOS 6.0 to bypass all of your TSR's, memory managers,
- and other programs which normally occupy main memory.
-
- Now change into the OMF directory and begin the game.
-
- If you have DOS 5.0
- -------------------
-
- Please skip this section if you have DOS 6.0 or later!
- You need to create a "boot disk" to allow you to start your computer
- without loading all the TSR's and memory managers that take away
- memory. Here's how.
-
- A. Put a blank disk in your A: drive and format it as a DOS disk. (Don't
- do this in your B: drive - it won't work!) To do this, type the
- following command:
-
- FORMAT A: /S
-
- B. Wait while your computer formats the disk.
- C. Label the disk "Boot Disk" and keep it handy. You'll need this
- disk whenever you want to start OMF.
-
- Now, you can reboot your computer and play OMF:
-
- A. Put the boot disk in your A: drive.
- B. Restart your computer, either by pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE, by
- hitting your reset button, or by turning it on.
- C. Wait while your computer boots from the boot disk.
- D. After a little while, your computer will stop and give you the A>
- prompt.
- E. Now change to your hard disk by typing "C:".
- F. Go into the OMF directory by typing "CD \OMF".
- G. Begin by typing "OMF".
-
- Note to owners of "Stacker", "Superstor", and other hard disk compression
- programs: If your C: drive is compressed and you need a boot disk to
- start OMF, you must install OMF on a different, non-compressed drive.
- See your Stacker or Superstor manual for instructions on doing this.
- (This only applies to users of DOS version 5.0 or earlier).
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- GENERNAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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-
- Q: When I run One Must Fall, the game refuses to start and gives
- me the message "You do not have enough free memory."
-
- A: To run One Must Fall, you'll need:
-
- * At least 540K of free conventional memory
- * At least 2.5 megs of other memory.
-
- Here's what you need to do:
-
- 1. Make sure you have at least 4 megabytes of memory installed in your
- computer! You'll need this much in order to have 2.5 megs free.
-
- 2. If you are trying to run OMF from Windows, completely exit
- Windows and try running it from DOS.
-
- 3. If you are trying to run OMF from "DOSSHELL" or any other menu
- program, please exit from the menu program. Then, run OMF from the
- DOS prompt. Menu programs often occupy enough memory that there won't
- be enough left for the game.
-
- 4. If none of the above help, you can solve this problem quickly by
- "Booting your computer clean". See above for details!
-
- Q: When I run One Must Fall, the computer locks up or reboots.
- A: Run SETUP and verify that your settings are correct. If you are
- not using a sound card, make sure that SETUP is set for "No Sound Card".
- If you are using a sound card, verify that:
-
- 1. The correct options are specified in SETUP. Check your address, IRQ,
- and DMA settings (most sound cards operate on DMA 1). If you don't know
- your card's address, IRQ, and DMA settings, consult your manual for
- details on figuring them out.
-
- 2. Make sure your sound card has no address, IRQ, or DMA conflicts with
- other cards in your system. If your sound card works properly with other
- games, you can assume that there are no conflicts. However, if your
- sound card does not work with other games, you have a conflict. See your
- sound card manual for details on fixing this.
-
- Q: OMF runs slowly on my 386 or 486 computer. What can I do?
- A: Your computer or VGA card aren't as fast as the game would like.
- You can speed up the game by going into the "Configuration" and
- "Video Options" menus and turning off "Animation", "Palette Animation"
- and the other detail settings.
-
- Q: While playing, I get dumped back to DOS with an error message.
- A: This means that either (1) OMF is conflicting with your memory
- managers and TSR's, or (2) you need more free memory to run OMF.
- Try booting clean and running OMF.
-
- Several Epic testers have reported errors when running OMF with
- QEMM. We haven't been able to duplicate this problem or figure out
- its cause, but booting clean has always solved it.
-
- Q: I can't seem to get ANYTHING on the screen. I type OMF and the system
- "hangs". What now?
- A: Make sure you have the system requirements mentioned earlier in the
- manual. If you do, you may have TSR's that conflict with OMF. Remove
- the TSR's and try running OMF with a "clean boot" from a DOS
- diskette.
-
- Q: My dad won't let me play past 11:00pm. What can I do?
- A: Wait till you're 18 then move out. If you're over 18, wait till you
- get to your office to play. Or you could get your dad hooked on the
- game so he'll be playing too!
-
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- SOUND CARD NOTES
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-
- Q: I can't seem to get any sound from OMF. What did you do to me?
- A: First, you must run the SETUP program that came with the game. It
- will prompt you for settings for your sound card. Make sure these
- are correct. If you still don't hear anything, try running another
- program that uses the same card and make sure it works. Make sure
- the settings in OMF match that of your other programs.
-
- Q: The music sometimes skips like a broken record.
- A: The "Sound Quality" setting is too high for your computer and
- sound card to handle. Please run SETUP again and select a lower
- "Sound Quality" setting. The Medium setting will give you okay sound
- quality, while avoiding most music problems. If this doesn't cure the
- problem, try booting clean -- that will give OMF extra CPU power to
- handle the music and sound.
-
- Q: The music and sound effects sound OK when I start OMF, but
- they get cut off several seconds after a song begins.
- A: Whoops! This is what happens when you select the wrong IRQ for
- your sound card! Run SETUP again and pick the correct IRQ.
-
- Pro Audio Spectrum Notes
- ------------------------
-
- One Must Fall should work fine with the PAS, PAS+, and PAS-16 sound cards.
- You need to run SETUP and tell it that you have a Sound Blaster card (not
- a Sound Blaster Pro).
-
- Important! To run One Must Fall on any Pro Audio Spectrum sound card, you
- need to have the PAS drivers loaded properly. OMF will only recognize
- your PAS card if the drivers are loaded. See your PAS manual for
- instructions on loading the right PAS drivers in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and
- CONFIG.SYS files. These drivers will not be loaded if you boot your
- computer clean.
-
- Other sound cards
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-
- Since new models of sound cards are always being manufactured and revised,
- sometimes a new sound card will come out that's not compatible with
- OMF. Here's how to contact the top sound card makers for information about
- sound card problems and obtaining the latest driver files.
-
- Company Sound Card Phone BBS CompuServe GO
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- Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 800-638-2807 510-770-0527 MultiVen (12)
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 405-742-6622 405-742-6660 Blaster
- Gravis Ultrasound 604-431-1708 604-431-5927 PcVenB (14)
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- CONTACTING EPIC'S TECH SUPPORT
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- If you need further assistance, please call our tech support department
- at 301-983-9771 between 9AM and 5PM Eastern Standard Time, or fax us
- at 301-299-3841.
-
- If you have a complex question about how to run this game, please call while
- you're at your computer and we'll be able to help you more effectively.
-
- You can also contact us online:
-
- CompuServe: GO EPIC
- Internet Mail: 70007.1631@compuserve.com
- Internet FTP: ftp.ulowell.edu
- America Online: We answer questions posted in the "Games" area.
- GEnie: We answer questions in the Games Roundtable.
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- EXEC-PC BBS
- Contact: Epic MegaGames
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