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- The Gene Machine
- ================
-
- Demonstration
- =============
-
- (c) Copyright 1996 Divide By Zero
- ---------------------------------
-
-
- Minimum Specification:
-
- Computer:IBM PC or 100% Compatible
- Operating System: Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 or greater
- CPU: 486DX2/66 required minimum
- Video Card: VESA-compliant SVGA required
- CD-ROM Drive: Double speed required minimum
- Memory: 8MB RAM required
- Hard Disk Drive: 4MB free uncompressed space required
- Sound Card: All major sound cards supported, including Sound Blaster, Sound
- Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, AWE 32, Pro Audio Spectrum, Ensoniq Soundscape,
- Gravis Ultrasound, Sound Galaxy, Thunderboard, Roland RAP-10, WaveJammer,
- Microsoft Windows Sound System, Roland Sound Canvas, Roland MPU-401 interface,
- Ad Lib Gold. Input Device: Microsoft 100% compatible mouse and mouse driver
- required. Also supports keyboard and/or joystick. Windows 95 Compatibility:
- Compatible in MS-DOS mode with 16-bit CD-ROM and Mouse drivers installed.
-
- Recommended Specification:
-
- As above but with:
- Operating System: Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 or greater
- CPU: Pentium 60MHz or faster
- CD-ROM Drive: Quad speed or faster
- Memory: 12MB RAM or greater
-
-
- LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
- =====================
-
- INSTALLING THE DEMO IN DOS
- ==========================
-
- 1. Change your current drive to be the drive containing the CD ROM.
- For example, if your CD is in drive D, enter
- D:
-
- 2. Change to the GENEDEMO directory by entering CD \GENEDEMO.
-
- 3. Type INSTALL and press Return.
-
- 4. Please note that the demo requires approximately 4 Mb as storage space on
- your hard drive. You will be asked for the name of the directory to be used
- for this purpose. This directory will be referred to as the "game directory"
- and will contain your hardware configuration files, as well as being the
- directory from which you will run the game.
-
- 5. The installation procedure now continues with the configuration of the game
- for sound cards. These options can be changed later by running the SETSOUND
- program.
-
-
-
- RUNNING THE GAME
- ================
-
- Ensure your current directory is the game directory and enter GENE.
-
-
-
- OPTIONS SETUP
- =============
-
- If you wish to change your soundcard options, you can do so at any time by
- running SETSOUND from the game directory.
-
-
- SOUNDCARDS
- ----------
-
- The Gene Machine uses available soundcards for:
-
- 1. An accompanying musical soundtrack
- 2. Digitised sampled sound and digitised speech.
-
- If you enable either or both of these options, you should select the
- appropriate soundcard that you wish the game to use.
-
-
- OTHER SOUNDCARDS
- ----------------
-
- The Gene Machine is compatible with a number of standard soundcards, using the
- Miles Sound System. If your soundcard is not listed in the INSTALL or SETSOUND
- programs, please contact the soundcard manufacturer to find out if a driver is
- available.
-
-
-
- MEMORY
- ======
-
- The Gene Machine requires at least 6MB of free RAM. If more is available, then
- the game will make use of this to ensure maximum performance.
-
- If less than 6MB of Memory is available, then the game will halt with a
- warning message. Ensure that there are no Ram Drives or a large Smartdrive
- cache installed on your machine.
-
-
-
- ERROR MESSAGES
- ==============
-
- If the game prematurely exits, one of the following error messages should be
- shown.
-
- Unable to open file.
- --------------------
- 1. Check the game is being run from within the directory into which it was
- installed (the game directory) and that the game CD-ROM is present in the CD
- drive.
-
- 2. Ensure that the CONFIG.SYS file contains a high enough setting of
- the FILES variable. The CONFIG.SYS file that is present in the root directory
- of your hard drive probably contains a line that has the form FILES=xx where
- xx is a number. Please ensure that this number is at least 20. If you have a
- network or certain other drivers active, you may have to increase this number.
-
- 3. It is possible that the required file has been deleted or damaged. Try
- re-installing the game.
-
- Unable to install sound driver.
- -------------------------------
- The game was unable to detect the soundcard as dictated by the soundcard
- drivers and the hardware settings chosen in the INSTALL program. Run the
- SETSOUND program to change the settings as appropriate.
-
- Unable to set screen mode.
- --------------------------
- The Gene Machine works with most SVGA cards, but on some more obscure cards
- you may need to have a VESA driver loaded into memory before the game will
- work. Check your SVGA card documentation for details on how to do this.
-
-
-
- PLAYING THE GAME
- ================
-
- Move the Cursor around the screen using the Mouse. When it is over a character
- or item that can be interacted with, the name of that character or item will
- appear.
-
- Select the item using the Left mouse button and a number of icons will appear
- at the bottom of the screen. Moving the Cursor over an icon will show you what
- it does.
-
- If you can only interact with the item in one way, your character will
- automatically do that, otherwise you will be able to select what action is
- performed.
-
- You can cycle round the options available using the Right mouse button.
-
- You can see what objects you are carrying by moving the Cursor off the bottom
- of the screen, or by pressing SPACE. To get out of the inventory, either move
- the cursor back up on to the playing area, select the EXIT icon or press SPACE
- again.
-
- Clicking on the STATUS icon in the inventory gives you access to the Main
- Menu. Here you can change audio and control options.
-
- Mouse Controls:
- ---------------
-
- Left Mouse Button - Select item
- Right Mouse Button - Cycle round options available
-
- Key Controls:
- -------------
-
- SPACE - Inventory/Status mode
- . - Move on to next speech paragraph
- (if you have heard it before)
- F1 - Pause/Unpause game
- ESC - Skip cutscenes
- ALT-V - Version Number
- ALT-X - Quit Game
- F8 - Quit Game
-
-