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{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{???:-)???}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} ADVENTURES WITH CHICKENS v1.0 copyright 1996 RockSolid Software. all rights reserved. -?-?-?- HELP DOCUMENTATION -?-?-?- {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{???:-)???}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ..........................CONTENTS.......................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> i. ORDERING I. REQUIREMENTS II. INSTALLATION III. TROUBLE-SHOOTING 1. "I don't have enough free conventional memory!" 2. "What do you mean you can't find a file??" IV. USING THE MOUSE AND JOYSTICK V. HINTS, TIPS, AND TRICKS VI. THE FILES VII. DISCLAIMER VIII. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ........................i. ORDERING......................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> This is only the first episode of the mega-hot Adventures With Chickens saga. Ordering the other two mindblowing episodes only costs $19.95 and can be done in a few ways: 1. Type PRINTO at the DOS prompt. (Or print the order form within the game.) 2. Open the file ORDER.FRM with your favorite word processor and print it. 3. See RockSolid Software's web site: http://www.wave.net/rocksolid/games.html 4. Get a piece of paper and clearly write and label your name, address, city/state/zip, country, disk size, phone number, and e-mail address. Write on the paper, "I want Adventures With Chickens!" Get an envelope and put your piece of paper in along with a payment of $19.95. You can pay with a check (US funds only) or a postal money order (made out for US dollars). (See the file ORDER.FRM for more info.) Mail this to: RockSolid Software P.O. Box 3369 Central Point, OR 97502 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ......................I. REQUIREMENTS....................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Adventures With Chickens requires: ->) an IBM-compatible computer ->) a 386 or better processor ->) a VGA monitor ->) a hard disk with at least 1.3 MB of space ->) 545 KB of free conventional memory If you have them, Adventures With Chickens can use: ->) a sound card ->) a mouse ->) a joystick <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ......................II. INSTALLATION...................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> To install Adventures With Chickens: 1. Make sure you are in DOS. (You will probably see a "C:\>" prompt.) Type in "EXIT" and press ENTER to check if you are truly and completely in DOS. If the "EXIT" command takes you back to Windows, DOSSHELL, or another menu pro- gram, exit that program completely to DOS. 2. Switch to the drive of your Adventures With Chickens disk. For example, if your drive is A type: A: And press ENTER. 3. Type INSTALL followed by the drive you want to install to. For example, if you want to install to drive C type: INSTALL C: And press ENTER. 4. This will install Adventures With Chickens! Here is a list of common mistakes during installation: ->) You type: "INSTALL" (You must specify where: "INSTALL C:".) ->) You type: "INSTALL C" (You must have a ":" after the "C".) ->) You type: "INSTALL C:\" (Do not include a "\" after the "C:".) ->) You type: "INSTALL C:\GAMES" (Only specify the drive.) If either Windows or Windows 95 are running while you try to install the game, the install program probably won't work. If you have Windows 3.1 or earlier and you click on the "MS-DOS Prompt" icon, you have NOT completely exited to DOS! The same goes if you run the "MS-DOS Prompt" program in Windows 95. If you have a problem installing, check that you are typing the commands correctly, and that your computer meets the requirements in the section above. Make extra sure that your computer has 1.3 megabytes (1,300,000 bytes) of free space. If problems still persist, see the last section of this document to contact technical support. NOTE: If you need to reconfigure your sound driver, type SETSOUND and press ENTER at the DOS prompt. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ....................III. TROUBLE-SHOOTING................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If you are having problems running Adventures With Chickens, first check if your computer meets the requirements in the section above. Also, make sure: ->) you are not running the game from Windows ->) Windows is not running while you try to load the game (Clicking on the "MS-DOS Prompt" icon in Windows 3.1 or earlier is NOT the same thing as exiting to DOS.) ->) any other menu program such as DOSSHELL is running To make sure that you are not running Windows or a menu program: ->) Type "EXIT" and press ENTER at the DOS prompt. Then, if the EXIT command takes you back to a menu program or Windows, exit the program or Windows completely and then run the game. (NOTE: It is okay to run the game from Windows 95.) If you need an upgrade or a bug patch for Adventures With Chickens, check out RockSolid Software's web page on the internet. The address is: http://www.wave.net/rocksolid/games.html <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ......."I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FREE CONVENTIONAL MEMORY!"...... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Q: "I try to run the game, but it gives me a message saying I don't have enough free conventional memory." A: Type in "MEM" and press ENTER at the DOS prompt. The number following the text, "Largest executable program size", is your free conventional memory. Adventures With Chickens requires that this number is 545K or greater. If you don't have that much conventional memory free, then you're going to have to free some memory up. (NOTE: This number is not your total memory. You might have eight megabytes of total RAM memory, but a small section of it called "conventional memory" must have 545K or more free.) If you have Windows 95: Create a shortcut to the file CHICKEN.EXE on your desktop. (Consult your documentation on how to create a shortcut if you're unsure of how to do this.) Click your right mouse button over the shortcut's icon and select the "Properties..." selection. Now select the "Memory" tab, and in the "Conventional Memory" drop-down box select "560" for conventional memory. If you have MS-DOS version 6.0 or greater: Restart your computer and when the text, "Starting MS-DOS...," comes up, press the F5 key. (This will bypass your start-up files.) Switch to the Adventures With Chickens' directory and play! If you don't have MS-DOS version 6.0 or greater, or you wish to specify what files or commands to bypass: You need to create a bootdisk: ->) Put a blank disk in your A: drive. (Only use the A: drive.) ->) Type FORMAT A: /S and press ENTER. You have now made a bootdisk! You will need to keep this disk handy, you'll need it to play Adventures With Chickens. To play Adventures With Chickens: ->) Place the bootdisk in the A: drive. ->) Restart your computer. ->) It will start with the "A>" prompt, switch to the drive and directory of Adventures With Chickens and play! <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> .........."WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND A FILE??"........ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If Adventures With Chickens does not load and gives you an error message saying: "Can't find file: XXXXXXXX.XXX.....," first check that your current directory is the directory where Adventures With Chickens is located. This will usually be the CHICKEN directory. If you are not located in the CHICKEN directory, type: "CD \CHICKEN" and press ENTER to get there. If the game still says that it "Can't find file...." it may be that a file may have been accidentally deleted. To reobtain this file, re- install the game: see the section INSTALLATION for more information. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ..............IV. USING THE MOUSE AND JOYSTICK.............. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> To use either the mouse or the joystick during play, you must check the USE MOUSE or the USE JOYSTICK box in your character's OPTIONS screen. (Press F2 while your character is selected to go to the OPTIONS screen.) When you play the game with the USE MOUSE box checked, you will see a green cursor in the lower-right corner of the screen. This is the mouse's cursor. To move your ship, click your mouse's left button over a place that you want it to move to. If you click on a chicken, the ship will attempt to grab the chicken. You can click the right mouse button to see the Chicken Radar. When you play the game with the USE JOYSTICK box checked, you can move the ship around with the joystick. Use the joystick's fire button to catch chickens, and the second button to see the Chicken Radar. If Adventures With Chickens detects a joystick when you start the game, it will prompt you to calibrate it. If you don't want to use the joystick to play, just press ESC to skip calibration. If the USE JOYSTICK box in your options screen is gray, you can hold down the ALT key and press "J" to calibrate it. (You can also calibrate the joystick when playing a level with your character.) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ..................V. HINTS, TIPS AND TRICKS................. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ->) Before you first play, view the instructions. They're helpful! ->) Get all of the chickens in the maze before you search for the bomb. ->) Grab all the points you can; 10,000 points will get you an extra life! ->) Use your Chicken Radar often! (Press the TAB key to activate it.) ->) If you find the exit or the bomb, remember where it is located for future reference. ->) If you can not find the exit, look for the yellow dot on the Chicken Radar. ->) Setting the difficulty level higher will give you more points, but fuel decreases more rapidly, chickens and aliens run faster, and the bomb counts down quicker. (Use the Options Screen (F2 key) to change your difficulty setting). ->) When you come to a spot in a level where there are many flashing stars, set the speed level lower. (Again, use the Options Screen.) ->) If you have reason to exit the game quickly, hold down the ALT key and press "X." ->) Whenever you come across a fuel-up, fill your fuel completely. ->) Some asteroids are moveable. A small blob in the lower-right corner of the asteroid will alert you of this. ->) If you get stuck and there is absolutely no way out of a place, first check for a moveable asteroid that might open a way out. If you're really stuck, hold down the ALT key and press "R" to reset the level. ->) If the joystick starts to work incorrectly, hold down the ALT key and press "J" to calibrate it. If this does not work, turn the joystick's sliders to different positions and calibrate. (Usually, you should center each slider for best results.) ->) A secret: Hold down the right button on your mouse in the first screen of the game where the options are Play Game, Instructions, Hi Scores, and Leave... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> .......................VI. THE FILES........................ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Here is a list of the files contained in this game: File Size Description ------------ ------- ----------------------------------------------- CHICKEN EXE 146,077 Main executable file ACONGLOM AWC 674,741 Very important top secret file 1 VCONGLOM AWC 208,501 Very important top secret file 2 AUGMENT AWC 28,307 Very important top secret file 3 HELPME EXE 24,135 Help-Me executable file HELPME DOC 17,254 Help-Me text file SETSOUND BAT 739 Batch file to reset sound configuration PRINTO BAT 179 Batch file to print order form PACKING LST 1,288 List for all files in game SETD SND 47,616 Sound configuration test sound ADLIBG COM 5,536 Sound driver GF166 COM 5,608 Sound driver IBMBAK COM 3,344 Sound driver NOSOUND COM 3,280 Sound driver PAS16 COM 5,440 Sound driver PAUDIO COM 5,376 Sound driver SB16 COM 4,798 Sound driver SBCLONE COM 4,576 Sound driver SBLASTER COM 4,560 Sound driver SBPRO COM 4,704 Sound driver SETD EXE 47,156 Sound configuration executable file ORDER FRM 1,992 Order form LICENSE DOC 2,459 Licensing information VENDOR DOC 4,053 For vendors to read FILE_ID DIZ 502 Short description of the game <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ......................VII. DISCLAIMER....................... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> RockSolid Software is not liable for any damages whatsoever that this software causes, including but not limited to any damages that are believed to be caused by this software. RockSolid Software makes no gaurantees or warrantees expressed or implied for this software; it and all of it's accompanying files are provided "as is" to the user. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> .............VIII. CONTACTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT............. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If you need an upgrade or a bug patch for Adventures With Chickens, check out RockSolid Software's web page on the internet. The address is: http://www.wave.net/rocksolid/games.html To contact technical support, or to give us comments or suggestions: You can write E-mail to: rocksolid@wave.net Or if you use an on-line service, you can write E-mail to: (Type these addresses exactly as shown.) YOUR SERVICE THE ADDRESS America Online(R)...rocksolid@wave.net CompuServe(R).......internet:rocksolid@wave.net Prodigy(R)..........rocksolid@wave.net GEnie(R)............rocksolid@wave.net@inet# Delphi(R)...........internet"rocksolid@wave.net" (Other on-line services should consult their documentation on how to send E-mail to internet addresses.) You can write postal mail to: RockSolid Software P.O. Box 3369 Central Point, OR. 97502 We are dedicated to helping our customers, please feel free to give us comments on Adventures With Chickens! {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 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