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- Seek And Destroy v1.0
- Shareware Version
-
- copyright (c) 1995 Safari Software and Vision Software
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- * Instructions/Troubleshooting Info *
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-
-
- Requires:
- ■ A 386 or faster IBM-compatible PC
- ■ VGA graphics
- ■ Hard disk with about 8.2 Megs Free
- (approx. 16 Megs with animation file)
- ■ 4 Megabytes of RAM
-
- Also supports:
- ■ Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16,
- Gravis Ultrasound, and 100% compatible music cards.
- ■ Joystick or Mouse
-
- Recommended hardware:
- ■ 486/66 or faster CPU for smooth play at high detail.
- ■ GUS
- ■ Mouse or Joystick
-
- To start Seek and Destroy
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-
- 1. Switch to the drive where the game is installed (C:)
- 2. Switch to the subdirectory where the game is installed (CD \GAMES\SEEK)
- 3. Before running Seek and Destroy, you should run SETUP.EXE to configure
- your sound, keys, mouse and joystick. If you don't run SETUP.EXE
- beforehand, it will run automatically when you run Seek and Destroy for
- the first time.
- 4. Type SEEK [enter] to begin the game.
-
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- Common problems and solutions
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-
- Running with WINDOWS
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-
- Seek and Destroy does not work reliably under Windows. Sound may not work
- and you may get unexpected jerking in the scrolling. For best results exit
- Windows before running Seek and Destroy.
-
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- HOW TO BOOT YOUR COMPUTER CLEAN
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-
- If you're having problems running Seek and Destroy, 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 5.0
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-
- 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 Seek and Destroy.
-
- Now, you can reboot your computer and play Seek and Destroy:
-
- 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 Seek and Destroy directory by typing "CD \GAMES\SEEK".
- G. Begin by typing "SEEK".
-
- 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 Seek and Destroy directory and begin the game.
-
-
- ** 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 Seek and Destroy, you must install Seek and Destroy on a different,
- non-compressed drive. See your Stacker or Superstor manual for
- instructions on doing this.
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- GENERAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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-
- Q: When I run Seek and Destroy, the game refuses to start and gives
- me the message "You do not have enough free memory."
-
- A: To run Seek and Destroy, you'll need:
-
- * At least 500K 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 Seek and Destroy from Windows, completely exit
- Windows and try running it from DOS.
-
- 3. If you are trying to run Seek and Destroy from "DOSSHELL" or any other
- menu program, please exit from the menu program. Then, run Seek and
- Destroy 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 Seek and Destroy, 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 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: Seek and Destroy runs slowly on my 386 or 486 computer. What can I do?
- A: Your computer or VGA card isn't as fast as the game would like.
-
- You can speed the game up by changing the detail to LOW for TERRAIN,
- OVERLAY and EXPLOSIONS in the options screen. If you are desperate,
- you may want to set your sound card to NONE if you are using a Sound
- Blaster type card (this will speed the game up).
-
- Q: While playing, I get dumped back to DOS with an error message
- "Error initializing sound"
- A: This is probably caused by the lack of a sound.cfg file in the directory
- that Seek and Destroy was run from. Usually, Seek and Destroy will run
- SETUP.EXE if no sound.cfg file is found. If for some reason that failed
- then when the sound library tries to initialize it will not work. In this
- case run SETUP.EXE manually. Make sure SETUP.EXE is in the same directory
- that you installed Seek and Destroy to (C:\GAMES\SEEK)
-
- Q: While playing, I get dumped back to DOS with an error message
- "Error while loading XXXXXXX"
- A: You have probably deleted one of the files needed by Seek and Destroy or
- The game was run from a directory where the data files weren't present.
- Re-install Seek and Destroy before running the game.
-
- Q: I can't seem to get ANYTHING on the screen. I type SEEK and the system
- "hangs". What now?
- A: Make sure your computer meets the system requirements mentioned earlier in
- the manual. If you do, you may have TSR's that conflict with Seek and
- Destroy. Remove the TSR's and try running the game with a "clean boot"
- from a DOS diskette.
-
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- SOUND CARD NOTES
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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
- Seek and Destroy. To determine whether you are having a sound-related
- conflict, try setting up Seek and Destroy for "No Sound." If Seek and
- Destroy works without sound, but locks up with sound on, chances are that
- you are having a sound-related conflict.
-
- 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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- 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 SAFARI'S TECH SUPPORT
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- If you need further assistance, please call our tech support department:
-
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-
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-
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- fax: 0130 822886
-
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