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- ******************************
-
- TOP GUN: FIRE AT WILL!
- Demo
-
- Read Me file
- April 8, 1996
- *****************************
-
- Introduction
- ============
- Relive the awe-inspiring experience of the popular feature
- film TOP GUN--only this time, you are Maverick! Top Gun:
- Fire at Will is a fast-moving, fun, easy-to-learn flying
- game with all the excitement and drama of the movie. All the
- thrills of this fast-action dogfighting adventure come to
- life in this fun, interactive product. The action starts at
- Top Gun School, flying in competition for the Top Gun trophy
- and experiencing all the sights, sounds and characters of the
- original movies. Then you are swept all around the world in
- an epic adventure set against a backdrop of a growing world
- crisis. The action is experienced through the eyes of Maverick
- as he leads his wingmen into aerial battles, experiencing the
- ultimate that modern dogfighting has to offer.
-
- Welcome to the demo for the PC version of Top Gun: Fire at
- Will! This demo contains the introductory movies in the game,
- two playable missions set in Cuba, and the 3-D object viewer.
- The complete game features many more missions in different
- theaters and head-to-head capabilities.
-
- Please read these instructions carefully. It will help you get
- up and running quickly and will answer any questions about
- installation, loading and how to play the demo.
-
- System Requirements
- ===================
- In order to play the demo for Top Gun: Fire at Will, you need
- the following:
- * IBM PC 66MHz 80486 compatible
- Pentium recommended
- * Math coprocessor required (either an 80486DX or Pentium)
- * 8MB RAM and 30MB hard drive space
- * VESA local bus or PCI video card capable of Super VGA
- graphics (640 x 480 x 256 colors)
- * DOS 5.0 or later (also runs under Windows 95)
- * Double-speed CD-ROM drive (300 kb/sec sustained transfer
- rate)
- * Joystick
- * Mouse (Microsoft-compatible)
- * Sound Blaster (or 100% compatible), ProAudio Spectrum,
- Ensoniq Soundscape 16 or Gravis UltraSound
-
- Quick Start
- ===========
- If you are an experienced computer user, follow these
- instructions to install and load the demo from DOS.
-
- 1. Exit Windows or any other DOS shell, and return to the DOS
- prompt.
-
- 2. Place the Top Gun: Fire at Will demo disc in your CD-ROM
- drive.
-
- 3. Change to the drive of your CD-ROM (usually D) by typing
- "d: [Enter]."
-
- 4. If necessary, change to the directory where the Top Gun
- demo is located. For example, type "cd tgdemo [Enter]."
-
- 5. Type "install [Enter]."
-
- 6. Select "View and print Readme" to read this text file.
-
- 7. After viewing the Readme, select "Install game" and follow
- the onscreen directions.
-
- 8. Once the demo is installed, select "Configure hardware" to
- configure your sound card, video card and joystick. Please
- be sure to press Enter or the OK button at each screen.
-
- 9. After exiting the hardware configuration, select "Set game
- options" to set the difficulty level options.
-
- 10. After you finish setting the game options, select "Set sim
- graphics options" to set the graphics options.
-
- 11. Choose "Exit and save configuration" to save your setup.
-
- 12. Select "Exit installer" to leave the installer.
-
- 13. To run the demo, type "tgdemo [Enter]."
-
- 14. After watching the introductory movies, click on "Setup"
- to calibrate your joystick.
-
- 15. Select "Game" from the main menu.
-
- 16. Select "Play Mission 1" to play a mission.
-
- 17. Use the joystick to fly the plane and fire the weapons. See
- "Commands" below for more information on other keys.
-
- Installation
- ============
- Installing the Top Gun demo takes two steps: game installation
- and setup. Use the mouse to select options on the menus and
- click the OK button to input them. You can also use the arrow
- keys to select options and the Enter key to input them.
-
- If you do not have a VESA driver loaded on your computer, the
- installer will ask you if you want a universal VESA driver to
- be installed on your hard drive. The Top Gun demo will run with
- this universal VESA driver, but if you have one of your own,
- you should exit the installation and install the one that came
- with your video card.
-
- If you are running Windows 95, skip to the Windows 95 section
- below.
-
- Game installation
- =================
- Before installation, be sure your computer meets the system
- requirements.
-
- 1. Exit Windows or any other shell program and return to the
- DOS prompt (which will usually look like C:\>).
-
- 2. Insert the Top Gun demo disc in your CD-ROM drive.
-
- 3. Change to your CD-ROM drive by typing "d: [Enter]." (If
- your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than D, substitute that
- letter instead.) If necessary, change to the directory
- where the Top Gun demo is located. For example, type
- "cd tgdemo [Enter]."
-
- 4. Type "install [Enter]" to run the installer.
-
- Installer's main menu
- ---------------------
- The first screen you will see is the installer's main menu.
-
- * "View and print Readme" lets you see and print last-minute
- information.
-
- * "Install game" starts the installation.
-
- * "Make boot disk" makes a separate boot disk to run the game
- cleanly. If you are having problems running the game, you
- may wish to make a boot disk. See "Making a Boot Disk" for
- more information.
-
- * "Exit installer" quits the installer.
-
- View and print Readme
- ---------------------
- The Readme file contains important last-minute information. It
- is very important that you read this file completely before
- installing the demo as it provides crucial information about
- hardware and software compatibility.
-
- 5. After the installer has finished loading, select the top
- option "View and print Readme" and click OK.
-
- 6. Use the mouse or the arrow keys to view the Readme file in
- its entirety. If you have a printer and wish to print the
- file out for future reference, select the "Print Readme"
- option.
-
- When you are finished, select "Exit" to return to the
- installer's main menu.
-
- Install game
- ------------
- This begins the installation. You will now be selecting
- installation options from a series of menus.
-
- 7. From the installer's main menu, select "Install game" and
- click OK.
-
- Hard drive space selection
- --------------------------
- You can now choose how much space the demo will take on your
- hard drive. We recommend installing the maximum version if you
- are having difficulty with the digitized voices hesitating in
- the demo (especially if you are running the game in a DOS box
- under Windows 95).
-
- 8. Choose either "Install standard version" or "Install
- maximum version" depending on how much hard drive space
- (14MB or 60MB) you wish the demo files to take up
- permanently. Click OK after you make your selection.
-
- We recommend selecting the "Install standard version." The
- 60MB maximum version should be used only if you have
- already installed the demo and the digitized voices are
- creating pauses while flying.
-
- Important note: Although the installed files will take either
- 14MB or 60MB, you still need to have 16MB of additional free
- hard drive space. The Top Gun demo uses this hard drive space
- to make file transfers when running the game.
-
- Regardless of which installation option you choose, you will
- need to keep the Top Gun demo disc in your CD-ROM drive while
- playing the demo.
-
- System requirements check
- -------------------------
- The installation program will now run a check on your extended
- memory and CD-ROM speed.
-
- The next screen checks to see if your hardware and software
- meet the system requirements for the demo. The window in the
- center of the screen contains three columns: a description of
- the requirement category, the demo's requirement and the
- detected value on your computer.
-
- * If a value is highlighted in yellow, you can install but
- may have trouble running the demo until the requirement is
- met.
-
- * If a value is highlighted in red, you can try to install
- the demo, but the installation may or may not be
- successful. To ensure a successful installation, fix the
- problem listed in red and then run the installer again.
-
- 9. Select "Suggest Fix" if you have a question about how to
- solve a system requirements problem. Use the up and down
- arrows to view all the suggestions and click OK when you
- are finished.
-
- 10. Click OK to go to the hard drive selection screen.
-
- Destination drive selection
- ---------------------------
- This screen shows a list of available hard drives and the
- amount of space available on each of them. You will need 14MB
- for the standard install or 60MB for the maximum install.
-
- 11. Select a hard drive from the list in the window on the
- left. Make sure you have enough hard drive space on your
- selection. Click OK when you're ready to proceed. (Please
- note that you will need 16MB of additional hard drive space
- to actually run the demo.)
-
- Directory location selection
- ----------------------------
- The next screen allows you to change the destination directory
- where the demo will be installed. (The default is C:\TGDEMO.)
-
- 12. To keep the default directory, click OK.
-
- If you wish to change the path, press the Backspace key to
- erase the default directory and then type in a new path.
- When you are ready to proceed, click OK.
-
- Confirmation screen
- -------------------
- The final screen before files are installed to your hard drive
- is the confirmation screen. This will display the source drive
- (your CD-ROM) and the destination drive and path.
-
- 13. If you are ready to begin installing the demo on your hard
- drive, click the Install button.
-
- If you need to make modifications to the directory (or any
- other installation options), click Go Back.
-
- File transfer screen
- --------------------
- The installer will now begin copying files from the Top Gun
- demo disc to your hard drive. The bar in the upper left-hand
- corner of the window displays the completion percentage of the
- installation.
-
- If you need to abort the installation procedure, click the
- Abort button.
-
- Installation completion screen
- ------------------------------
- After the demo has been installed to your hard drive, you will
- be shown a summary of any suggested fixes and the correct way
- to run the demo.
-
- 14. Click OK to go to the main screen for the Setup.
-
- Note: This part of the installation will check to see if you
- have a VESA driver loaded on your computer. If the installer
- doesn't find a VESA driver, it will ask you if you wish to
- install the universal VESA driver. If you then choose not to
- install the driver, the installation program will go to the
- Setup menu.
-
- Setup
- =====
- The Setup main menu provides five choices: View and print
- Readme, Configure hardware, Set sim graphics options, Set game
- options and Exit and save configuration.
-
- If you ever need to change the video mode or sound card after
- installation, change to the demo directory where you have the
- Top Gun demo installed (usually C:\TGDEMO) and type "setup
- [Enter]" from the DOS prompt.
-
- * "View and print Readme" lets you see and print last-minute
- instructions. (This is the same Readme file you read during
- the installation.)
-
- * "Configure hardware" lets you set up your sound card, video
- mode and joystick.
-
- * "Set sim graphics options" lets you set graphics options in
- the simulation.
-
- * "Set game options" lets you set various gameplay options.
-
- * "Exit and save configuration" quits the installer.
-
- Configure hardware
- ------------------
- 15. From the Setup main menu, select "Configure hardware" and
- click OK.
-
- 16. On the next screen, select "Set up sound card" and click OK.
-
- Set up sound card
- -----------------
- This is where you can tell the Setup program which sound card
- you have in your computer. Top Gun has been tested with a
- number of different sound cards. The demo will run with any
- 100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card including Sound
- Blaster 8, Sound Blaster Pro and Sound Blaster 16. The AWE 32,
- ProAudio Spectrum Plus, ProAudio Spectrum 16, Ensoniq
- Soundscape 16 and Gravis UltraSound are also supported in
- native mode.
-
- Other sound cards may not be 100% compatible--consult the
- owner's manual of your sound card for complete information.
-
- 17. Select "Auto detect" and click OK. The program will try to
- determine which sound card is in your system and set the
- defaults for Port, IRQ and DMA settings.
-
- If the IRQ setting displays "*" (an asterisk), it means that
- the IRQ setting is determined by software drivers. (For
- reference, the default Port for Sound Blaster 16 cards is 220,
- the standard IRQ is 5 and the DMA is 1. The high DMA is 5.)
- Please be absolutely sure of your card's Port, IRQ and DMA
- settings before entering them manually. Incorrect settings may
- cause the installer to crash on the sound test.
-
- Note: Some sound cards will be detected as "Sound Blaster 8"
- when running the auto-detect procedure. If you have a sound
- card installed and the auto-detection procedure displays a
- "Sound card not detected" error, try the "Sound Blaster Pro"
- or "Sound Blaster 8" settings and enter the Port, IRQ and DMA
- settings per your sound card's instruction manual. Otherwise,
- if you do not own one of the cards on the list, you may need to
- manually choose the closest compatible card from the list. For
- any other specific questions, refer to the "Sound Card
- Questions" section.
-
- 18. Once the sound card has been auto-detected, a dialog box
- will appear displaying the sound card and the Port, IRQ and
- DMA settings.
-
- Click Sound Test to play a sample sound from the game.
- Click OK in the dialog box to begin the test.
-
- 19. If you heard the sound test sample, your sound card has
- been set up properly. Click OK to bring up the sound
- setting dialog box and then click OK again to return to
- the hardware configuration menu. Please be sure to press
- the Enter key or the OK button at each step.
-
- 20. Select "Set up video mode" and click OK.
-
- Set up video mode
- -----------------
- This is where you determine the graphics mode for the movies in
- the demo. There are two different screen sizes (320 x 200 and
- 640 x 480) and two different color settings (256 and 65536).
-
- Note: If you have any problems, please read the "Video Cards
- and VESA Drivers" section.
-
- 21. Select "Auto detect" and click OK. The Setup program will
- try to determine the optimum screen resolution and color
- setting based on your video card and CD-ROM speed.
-
- The results of the auto detection will be displayed in a
- dialog box. Click OK to exit.
-
- 22. If your graphics mode is set to "640x480 65536 colors," you
- have the option to view movies in full screen mode. You can
- change the default selection by clicking one of the "Full
- Screen Mode" options in the lower left part of the screen.
- (The currently selected option is in red.)
-
- Turning full screen mode on displays movies using most of the
- screen, but at a slightly lower quality and performance.
- Turning full screen mode off displays movies at their intended
- resolution, but the picture is significantly smaller (about
- one-quarter of the screen).
-
- 23. You have the option to turn the universal VESA driver on or
- off. The default (if you have a VESA driver already loaded)
- is "UniVESA Off."
-
- You will normally only use the universal VESA driver if you
- do not have a VESA driver already loaded. (A VESA driver is
- usually provided by your video card manufacturer.)
-
- 24. Click OK to begin the video card test, which will display a
- test picture in the graphics mode you selected. Click OK in
- the next dialog box to begin the video test.
-
- 25. Click the mouse button or hit any key to exit the video
- test.
-
- Note: If you did not see the test picture, please read the
- "Video Cards and VESA Drivers" section.
-
- 26. Choose "Select joystick" and click OK.
-
- Set up joystick
- ---------------
- This is where you determine which controller you will use to
- fly your F-14.
-
- 27. Select from one of the following options and click OK.
- None for keyboard flight control
- ThrustMaster for the ThrustMaster FCS
- Wingman Extreme for the Logitech Wingman Extreme
- CH FlightStick Pro for the CH FlightStick Pro
- Suncom F-15E Eagle for the Suncom F-15E Eagle
- Programmable Stick for ThrustMaster FLCS, Gravis
- Firebird, etc.
- Other Joystick for any other joystick
-
- 28. Select "Return to previous menu" and click OK.
-
- 29. Select "Set sim graphics options" from the Setup menu and
- click OK.
-
- Set sim graphics options
- ------------------------
- 30. Select "Set game resolution" and click OK. Choose either
- "Low" for 320 x 200 resolution or "High" for 640 x 480
- resolution. (We only recommend running the simulation in
- high resolution if you have a 75MHz Pentium or faster.)
-
- 31. Select "Return to previous menu" and click OK.
-
- 32. Select "Set game options" and click OK.
-
- Set game options
- ----------------
- 33. Click on the game option and then click on which setting
- you want.
- Set weapons: Unlimited Weapons, Unlimited Guns or
- Limited Weapons
- Set enemy intelligence: Novice Enemies or Expert Enemies
- Set crashes: Crashes On or Crashes Off
- Set flight model: Simple Flight or Complex Flight
- Set blackout/redout: Blackout On or Blackout Off
- Set object size: Realistic Objects or Enlarged Objects
- Set engine sound: Engine Sound On or Engine Sound Off
-
- 34. Select "Return to previous menu" to return to the Setup
- main menu.
-
- 35. Select "Exit and save configuration" to return to the main
- screen.
-
- 36. Select "Exit installer" to return to DOS.
-
- Loading
- =======
- Once you have finished installing the Top Gun demo, follow the
- instructions below to run the demo:
-
- 1. Insert the Top Gun demo disc into your CD-ROM drive.
-
- 2. Change to the demo directory on your hard drive by typing
- "cd\tgdemo [Enter]." (If you installed the demo to a
- directory other than \TGDEMO, change to that directory
- instead.)
-
- 3. Type "tgdemo [Enter]" to run the Top Gun demo!
-
- How to play the demo
- ====================
- Since this is a demo of Top Gun, some of the menu items are
- not active and you will not be able to click on them.
-
- 1. After watching the introductory movies, select "Setup" and
- then "Joystick" from the menu.
-
- 2. Click on "Choose Type" and select one of the listed
- joysticks.
-
- 3. Click on "Calibrate" and follow the onscreen instructions.
-
- 4. Select "Go Back" to return to the main menu.
-
- 5. Click on "View Objects" to look at the 3-D objects in the
- Top Gun game.
-
- 6. When you're finished looking at the 3-D objects, click
- "Done" to return to the main menu.
-
- 7. Click on "Game" to play a mission.
-
- 8. Select either "Play Mission 1" or "Play Mission 2."
-
- 9. Read the mission briefing text and click on "Armament" if
- you wish to choose your weapons load. Otherwise, click on
- "Take Off."
-
- Commands
- ========
-
- Keyboard stick controls
- -----------------------
- 8 on the numeric keypad: Nose down
- 2 on the numeric keypad: Nose up
- 4 on the numeric keypad: Bank left
- 6 on the numeric keypad: Bank right
- 5 on the numeric keypad: Auto level
-
- Rudder controls
- ---------------
- [ (left bracket): Left rudder
- ] (right bracket): Right rudder
-
- Throttle & afterburner
- ----------------------
- + (plus sign): Increase throttle
- - (minus sign): Decrease throttle
- 0 (zero): Autothrottle
- >: Increase afterburner
- <: Decrease afterburner
-
- Weapon keys
- -----------
- Enter: Change weapons
- Spacebar: Fire weapon
-
- Countermeasures
- ---------------
- ; (semicolon): Drop flares
- ' (quote): Drop chaff
-
- Flight control
- --------------
- A: Autopilot
- B: Speed brakes
- F: Flaps
- G: Landing gear
- H: Tailhook
- L: Catapult launch
- Ctrl-E: Eject
- Ctrl-J: Jettison stores
-
- HUD controls
- ------------
- Backspace: Change HUD mode
- \ (backslash): ILS HUD
- 7 on top row: Change primary HUD color
- 8 on top row: Change secondary HUD color
-
- PIP controls
- ------------
- R: Radar PIP
- S: Status PIP
- W: World PIP
- Q: Cycle PIP object
-
- Radar keys
- ----------
- Tab: Cycle radar targets
- Z: Zoom radar in
- X: Zoom radar out
-
- View control keys
- -----------------
- Up arrow: Rotate up
- Down arrow: Rotate down
- Left arrow: Rotate left
- Right arrow: Rotate right
-
- Time compression
- ----------------
- C: Increase time compression
- V: Time compression off
-
- Cockpit views
- -------------
- F1: Cockpit view
- F2: Full Cockpit view
- F3: Left view
- F4: Right view
- F9: HUD Only view
- F8: Virtual Cockpit
- T: Cycle Virtual targets
-
- Outside views
- -------------
- F5: Outside view
- F6: Chase view
- F7: Enemy track view
- N: Cycle objects
- I: Zoom object in
- O: Zoom object out
-
- Resolution/terrain
- ------------------
- ~ (tilde): Change resolution
- 1 on top row: Clouds on/off
- 2 on top row: Terrain on/off
-
- Miscellaneous
- -------------
- Esc: In-flight menu
- P: Pause
- M: Mission map
- 4 on top row: Labels on/off
- 5 on top row: Arrow Indicator on/off
- Ctrl-K: Radio silence
-
- Standard 2-button joystick
- --------------------------
- Button 1: Fire weapon
- Button 2: Change weapons
-
- ThrustMaster FCS, Suncom F-15E Eagle and CH FlightStick Pro
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Button 1: Fire weapon
- Button 2: Change weapons
- Button 3: Cycle radar targets
- Button 4: Change HUD mode
- Hat switch up: Cockpit View
- Hat switch down: Full Cockpit View
- Hat switch left: Left View
- Hat switch right: Right View
-
- Windows 95
- ==========
- Because our game requires 100% control of your computer (since
- it was developed in a DOS environment), we can't guarantee that
- the demo will run well in Windows 95. However, we have provided
- two different ways to run the demo if you have Windows 95:
- either in MS-DOS mode or in a DOS compatibility box.
-
- We recommend running the demo in MS-DOS mode due to potential
- incompatibilities and performance problems running in a DOS
- compatibility box.
-
- Installing under Windows 95
- ---------------------------
- 1. Start Windows 95 in the usual fashion.
-
- 2. Insert the Top Gun demo disc into your CD-ROM drive.
-
- 3. Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive (which is
- usually D:).
-
- 4. Double-click the icon labeled "AUTOPLAY.EXE" to run the
- installer for Top Gun demo.
-
- 5. Since you have not installed the demo yet, you will see a
- dialog box saying, "We could not find an installed version
- of Top Gun: Fire at Will on your computer." (If you have
- installed Top Gun: Fire at Will under DOS, this message
- will still appear.)
-
- 6. Select "Install Top Gun: Fire at Will to hard drive." (If
- you have previously installed the game but then moved the
- game directory, you should select "Browse to locate Top
- Gun: Fire at Will" to tell the program where it can find
- the game directory.)
-
- 7. Click on "View and print Readme" and click OK to read and
- print important last-minute information.
-
- 8. Click on "Install game" and click OK to choose an
- installation method.
-
- 9. We highly recommend selecting "Install game to run in
- MS-DOS mode." You must have the DOS drivers for your CD-ROM
- drive, mouse and sound card in your autoexec.bat and
- config.sys files in order to run the game in MS-DOS mode.
- Also note that when you run the Top Gun demo in MS-DOS
- mode, it will automatically reboot your computer when it
- loads and when it exits.
-
- We only recommend selecting "Install game to run under
- Windows 95" if you do not have (and cannot locate) the DOS
- drivers installed for your CD-ROM drive, mouse and sound
- card. Please note that although the demo runs under Windows
- 95 in a DOS compatibility box, you may experience some
- choppiness in the game when the digitized voices are playing.
-
- 10. Follow the instructions under "Installation" starting at
- step #7. (If you receive a message that your CD-ROM drive
- is too slow, ignore it. The CD-ROM test is invalid in a
- multitasking environment.)
-
- After you complete installation steps 7-36, select "Exit
- installer" to return to Windows 95 and automatically load
- the game.
-
- Loading Under Windows 95
- ------------------------
- 1. Install the game using the instructions for "Installing
- Under Windows 95."
-
- 2. Insert the Top Gun demo disc into your CD-ROM drive.
-
- 3. If you chose to install the demo in MS-DOS mode, your
- computer will display a dialog box that reads "This program
- is set to run in MS-DOS mode and cannot run while other
- programs are running. All other programs will close if you
- choose to continue." Click the "Yes" button to continue
- loading the Top Gun demo.
-
- If you chose to install the demo to run in a DOS
- compatibility box under Windows 95, the game will now
- automatically load.
-
- Making a Boot Disk
- ==================
- If you are having problems with the Top Gun demo, you may want
- to create a separate boot disk to run the demo, especially if
- you have only 8MB RAM. This should eliminate any conflicts with
- any other programs you may have loaded. If you're running
- Windows 95, you must have all mouse, CD-ROM and sound card
- drivers in your config.sys and autoexec.bat before making the
- boot disk.
-
- 1. Insert the Top Gun demo disc into your CD-ROM drive.
-
- 2. Change to your CD-ROM drive by typing "d: [Enter]." (If
- your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than D, substitute that
- letter instead.)
-
- 3. If necessary, change to the directory where the Top Gun
- demo is located. For example, type "cd tgdemo [Enter]."
-
- 4. Type "install [Enter]" to run the installer.
-
- 5. After the installer loads, select the "Make boot disk"
- option and click OK.
-
- 6. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk (either 1.44MB or
- 720K depending on your floppy drive) into drive A and click
- OK. You must use the same capacity floppy disk as your
- floppy drive. (For example, if you have a 1.44MB floppy
- drive, make sure you are using a 1.44MB (high-density)
- floppy disk for your boot disk.) The necessary files will
- then be copied to the floppy disk.
-
- 7. When the boot disk is ready, the installer will bring you
- back to the main menu. Click "Exit installer" to quit the
- program.
-
- 8a. If you're running under DOS, keep the boot disk in drive A,
- the Top Gun demo disc in your CD-ROM drive and restart your
- machine.
-
- 8b. If you're running under Windows 95, keep the boot disk in
- drive A, the Top Gun demo disc in your CD-ROM drive and
- select "Shut Down" from the Start menu. Then select
- "Restart the computer" and click "Yes."
-
- 9. Follow the instructions under "Loading" to run the game.
-
- Memory
- ======
- If you are experiencing a problem with the demo, it may be due
- to either your memory manager or virtual memory.
-
- Memory managers
- ---------------
- We recommend disabling all memory managers before running the
- Top Gun demo. You can make a boot disk to avoid changing your
- autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
-
- If you are running a memory manager, be sure to run your memory
- manager's optimization program after installing the demo. For
- example, run Optimize if you use QEMM, Memmaker if you use
- EMM386 or Maximize if you use 386Max.
-
- If you use EMM386, first try using the NOEMS switch. If you
- continue to have problems, disable EMM386.
-
- Virtual Memory
- --------------
- Because the Top Gun demo uses virtual memory, any file problems
- on the hard drive (such as lost file clusters) may cause
- problems in the demo. To fix this problem, we recommend you run
- a program such as CHKDSK, Norton Disk Doctor or SCANDISK.
-
- For example, all IBM PC compatibles include the CHKDSK utility
- with DOS. To run CHKDSK, change to your DOS directory and type
- "chkdsk /f [Enter]" at the DOS prompt. When you see the message
- "Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)?" type "n."
-
- In addition, you should delete any swap file from your demo
- directory by typing "del delete.swp [Enter]."
-
- Sound Card Questions
- ====================
- The Top Gun demo has been tested with and will run on any Sound
- Blaster or 100% compatible sound card.
-
- Q&A
- ---
- Q: My sound card documentation says I have a Sound Blaster
- compatible card. Why is the installer not detecting my card?
-
- A: If your sound card is not one of the listed cards, you need
- to manually choose a card from the list that is the closest
- match. We recommend trying the "Sound Blaster 8" setting
- first. You can also try the "Sound Blaster Pro" setting.
-
- Some sound cards provide Sound Blaster support through
- software in what is known as "emulation mode." This
- generally requires the emulation drivers be loaded prior
- to running any applications. Make sure you have those
- emulation drivers turned on before running the demo.
-
- Q: My Sound Blaster 16 is set to IRQ 10, and both the Sound
- Setup program and the Top Gun demo crash.
-
- A: We recommend choosing "Sound Blaster Pro" at the Sound
- Setup to avoid this incompatibility.
-
- Q: I have a Reveal SC400 sound card and the installer does not
- detect it.
-
- A: The Reveal SC400 card is compatible with the demo. You need
- to manually select the "Sound Blaster 8" setting (and make
- sure the Port, IRQ and DMA settings are correct) to hear
- sound in the demo.
-
- Q: I have an ATI Stereo F/X card, but the installer won't
- detect the card.
-
- A: The ATI Stereo F/X is compatible with the demo. You need to
- manually select the "Sound Blaster 8" setting and then
- choose the correct Port, IRQ and DMA settings for your card
- to hear sound in the demo.
-
- Q: I'm using an older Compaq machine that uses onboard
- Business Audio and am not getting any sound in the demo.
-
- A: This is the older version of Compaq's onboard audio. It is
- equivalent to Ad Lib (FM) sound; therefore, it is not
- supported in the demo. You need to upgrade to a Sound
- Blaster compatible card to hear sound.
-
- Q: I have a Compaq Presario or laptop computer with built-in
- sound, and the installer crashes during the sound test.
-
- A: You need to manually select "Sound Blaster Pro" (instead
- of "Sound Blaster 16"). The Setup program will then
- automatically detect the correct settings for the Port,
- IRQ and DMA.
-
- Q: I have a MediaMagic RoadRunner sound card or an Aztech
- Sound Galaxy NX Pro sound card, but the installer cannot
- auto-detect my sound card.
-
- A: You need to manually select the "Sound Blaster Pro" option
- and choose the correct Port, IRQ and DMA settings as listed
- in the manual for your sound card.
-
- Q: If I set my Sound Blaster 16 card in the Setup program to
- IRQ 2, the demo occasionally crashes.
-
- A: Sometimes there may be an IRQ conflict between the sound
- card and another device. To solve this problem, you need to
- use the utilities that came with your Sound Blaster 16 card
- to change the IRQ to a setting other than 2. (See your
- Sound Blaster manual for more information.) Once you have
- changed the IRQ setting, run the Setup program and select
- "Auto Detect" from the "Set up sound card" option.
-
- Q: I have an Ad Lib (or Ad Lib Gold) and can't get any sound.
-
- A: Top Gun does not support Ad Lib or Ad Lib Gold sound cards.
- You need to upgrade to a Sound Blaster compatible sound
- card in order to hear sound in the demo.
-
- Q: I have a ProAudio Spectrum 16, and I'm hearing a lot of
- static and hissing when sounds are played.
-
- A: Run the Setup program in your demo directory and change the
- sound card setting to "Sound Blaster 8."
-
- Q: I have a Toshiba T2150CD 486DX4-75 notebook computer
- equipped with an ESS Audio Drive sound card, and the demo
- crashes when I try to run it.
-
- A: You must run the Setup program and manually select either
- "Sound Blaster 8" or "Sound Blaster Pro." Then save the
- settings and run the demo again. The auto-detection routine
- incorrectly identifies the ESS Audio Drive as a Sound
- Blaster 16.
-
- Video Cards and VESA Drivers
- ============================
- Top Gun requires a 100% VESA-compatible driver and a Super VGA
- video card capable of 640 x 480 x 256 colors. If your card does
- not meet these specifications, it will not run the demo. Many
- video cards require that a VESA driver be loaded prior to
- running any Super VGA applications. If this is the case, please
- be sure that your VESA driver is loaded before playing the
- demo. Some video cards have the driver built-in as hardware.
- Cards with built-in hardware VESA drivers do not need any
- additional drivers in software to run the demo.
-
- Universal VESA Driver
- ---------------------
- If you do not have a VESA driver for your video card, the
- installer can install one on your computer. The universal VESA
- driver is compatible with the following Super VGA chipsets at
- the time of this printing.
-
- Although you may not see any video card vendors like Orchid and
- Hercules, their products use chips from the manufacturers on
- the following list.
-
- * Acer Labs ALi CAT-32/64
- * Ark Logic ARK1000VL, ARK1000PV, ARK2000PV
- * Avance Logic AL2101/2201/2228/2301/2302/2364 SuperVGA
- * Ahead V5000A, V5000B
- * ATI Technologies 18800, 28800, Mach32, Mach64
- * Chips & Technologies 82c45x, 655xx, 643x0 WinGine
- * Cirrus Logic CL-GD62xx, 5402, 5422/4/6/8/9, 5430/4
- * Cirrus Logic LCD CL-GD64xx
- * Compaq IVGS/AVGA, QVision QV1024/1280
- * Diamond Viper P9000+W5186/OAK87 VLB and PCI
- * Everex Viewpoint, Viewpoint/NI, Viewpoint/TC
- * Genoa Systems GVGA
- * Hualon HMC86304/14
- * IIT AGX-010/11/14/15/16/17
- * Matrox MGA Atlas
- * MXIC 86000/86010 SuperVGA
- * NCR 77C20/21/22E/32BLT
- * OAK Technologies OTI-037C/057/067/077/087
- * Paradise/Western Digital PVGA1A, WD90C1x/2x/3x
- * Primus 2000 SuperVGA
- * RealTek RTG3103/3105/3106 SuperVGA
- * S3 86c911/924/801/805/928/864/964/866/868/968/Trio32/Trio64
- * Sierra Semiconductor Falcon/64
- * Trident 88/8900/9x00/8900CL/8900D/9200CXr/9400CXi/9420DGi
- /9440AGi
- * Tseng Labs ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32/W32i/W32p
- * UMC 85c408/18
- * Video7 VEGA, HT208/209/216
- * Weitek 5086/5186/5286, P9100
-
- To use the universal VESA driver, select "UniVESA On" from the
- "Set up video mode" option in the Setup program. If the Setup
- program does not get the universal VESA driver to work, you may
- need to run the universal VESA configuration program. To do
- this, change to the TOPGUN directory on your hard drive and
- type "uvconfig [Enter]" from the DOS prompt. When the main menu
- appears, select "Ok." This will set up the universal VESA
- driver.
-
- Q&A
- ---
- Q: What are VESA drivers?
-
- A: VESA drivers are small programs that allow your video card
- to communicate with your computer using certain graphics
- standards. Most video cards now come with their own VESA
- drivers (either built-in or through software), but we
- include a universal VESA driver with the Top Gun demo just
- in case.
-
- Q: I have a VESA-compatible video card, but I'm not sure if I
- have the proper driver(s) loaded. What should I do?
-
- A: The installation program will detect whether you have a
- VESA driver loaded or not. If you do not have one loaded,
- the installation program will ask you if you want the
- universal VESA driver installed on your machine. This
- driver will work properly with the Top Gun demo, and you
- will not need to load any additional drivers.
-
- Q: I have a VESA driver loaded, but when I get to the video
- card portion of the installer, it gives me the opportunity
- to turn "UniVESA On." Should I hit this button or ignore it?
-
- A: If the installer did not ask you to install the universal
- VESA driver, then you already have a VESA driver loaded.
- Make sure that "UniVESA Off" is highlighted in red before
- continuing with the installation.
-
- Q: When the movies are playing in the demo, I'm experiencing
- strange effects such as video colors shifting, drastic
- slowdowns, etc.
-
- A: We recommend running the Setup program and changing to
- "Full Screen Mode Off." You can also try turning "UniVESA
- On." Either of these solutions might solve your problem.
-
- Q: I have a Diamond SpeedStar Pro VLB video card and keep
- hearing static when sound effects play.
-
- A: This can be fixed by running the Setup program and turning
- "UniVESA On." This will install the universal VESA driver
- to your hard drive.
-
- Q: I have a Diamond Viper video card with a Weitek P9000
- chipset and am having problems installing the demo.
-
- A: Before running the installation program, run the VESA
- installation program that came with your Diamond video
- card. First, change to the directory that contains the
- vprmode.exe program. Then, type "vprmode vesa [Enter]."
- This will install the VESA driver that is compatible with
- your video card. For more information, please refer to your
- manual for the Diamond Viper video card.
-
- Q: I own an Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 with VESA support built in
- to the video card. When I click on "Auto detect," the
- installer sets my screen resolution at 320 x 200 with 256
- colors. Can I select a higher screen resolution?
-
- A: Simply select a higher resolution from the list. The
- installer will not auto-detect these higher resolutions,
- but they will work fine in the demo.
-
- Q: I have a Genoa 512K VGA card and have installed the Genoa
- VESA driver, but I get scrunched graphics at the top of the
- screen. Why?
-
- A: You need to run the Setup program and select "UniVESA On"
- from the "Set up video mode" screen. If this doesn't work,
- you may need to run the universal VESA driver configuration
- program first (see the previous section on the Universal
- VESA Driver) and then run the demo. Newer Genoa video cards
- have a hardware-installed VESA driver.
-
- General Troubleshooting
- =======================
-
- Q&A
- ---
- Q: I'm trying to load the demo, but it immediately exits to
- DOS with an error message from DOS/4GW about "not enough
- disk space for swapping."
-
- A: You do not have enough free space on your computer's hard
- drive to run the demo. The Top Gun demo requires 16MB of
- free hard drive space. (To check how much hard drive space
- you have, type "dir [Enter]" at the DOS prompt. The last
- number at the bottom should read at least "16777216 bytes
- free.") If you do not have enough free hard drive space,
- you need to delete any unnecessary files to increase the
- available hard drive space to 16MB. When you have done so,
- the demo will load normally.
-
- Q: I'm running the Top Gun demo on a computer with only 8MB
- RAM, and the demo runs slowly.
-
- A: The demo is very memory-intensive, so if your computer has
- only 8MB RAM, the computer must constantly swap data to and
- from your hard drive. With 16MB RAM, the demo has enough
- memory for smooth demoplay.
-
- Q: I'm running the Top Gun demo from a compressed hard drive,
- and the demo runs slowly (if at all).
-
- A: Hard drive compression such as Stacker, DriveSpace,
- DoubleSpace and SuperStor may hinder the demo's performance.
- We strongly recommend installing the demo to a non-
- compressed drive.
-
- Q: I'm trying to run the demo with a memory manager (such as
- EMM386, QEMM or 386Max) and the demo won't load.
-
- A: Some memory managers will not operate properly with the Top
- Gun demo. We recommend disabling any memory manager before
- running the demo or else running the demo with a boot disk.
-
- Q: I have QEMM installed on my machine. If I run Windows, exit
- and then run the demo, the demo acts strangely.
-
- A: We recommend running the demo without any kind of memory
- manager (such as QEMM). You can solve the problem by
- rebooting your computer (not loading Windows) before
- playing the demo or by making a boot disk.
-
- Q: I'm trying to run the demo with QEMM in Stealth mode and I
- can't load the demo.
-
- A: If you are going to use QEMM, you must disable Stealth
- mode. We recommend disabling any memory manager before
- running the demo or else running the demo with a boot disk.
-
- Q: I own a VESA-compatible video card, but when I try to run
- the demo with the universal VESA driver, it doesn't work.
-
- A: If your video card does not have one of the chipsets listed
- in the section on the Universal VESA Driver, the universal
- VESA driver will not work. You will need to obtain the
- latest VESA driver from your video card manufacturer. See
- your video card's manual for more information.
-
- Q: When I'm watching one of the movies in the demo, the video
- appears very choppy (and sometimes freezes the demo). Can
- this be fixed?
-
- A: To fix the problem, you will need to lower your video
- resolution (or turn "Full Screen Mode" to Off). Run the
- Setup program from your TOPGUN directory and follow the
- directions under "Configure hardware" and "Set up video
- mode." Instead of selecting "Auto detect," choose one of
- the video modes earlier in the list than the one currently
- selected. We recommend 320 x 200 x 256 colors. Follow the
- remaining steps and be sure to select "Exit and save
- configuration" when you are finished.
-
- Q: I have a laptop computer and am trying to run the demo with
- a Backpack CD-ROM adapter. I can't get the demo to install.
-
- A: These adapters are not MPC compliant and will not run with the
- Top Gun demo. The CD-ROM data transfer rate is too slow to
- adequately display movies in the demo.
-
- Q: When I try to run the Top Gun demo on a NexGen computer, it
- locks up immediately with a black screen or doesn't display
- any of the 3-D objects (such as planes, ships, etc.).
-
- A: Because Top Gun requires a math coprocessor 100% compatible
- with Intel's standard, it will not run on NexGen computers
- (either models with or without a math coprocessor).
-
- In general, 80486 systems without a math coprocessor are
- known as SX systems, while 80486 systems with a math
- coprocessor are called DX systems. Top Gun will not run
- on any SX systems.
-
- Q: I own a large (540MB or greater) IDE hard drive and am
- trying to run the demo with a boot disk I created using the
- installer. The boot disk doesn't seem to be working.
-
- A: Some computer systems do not have the IDE hard drive
- drivers built-in to the computer's CMOS. This may require
- you to manually copy the driver for your hard drive from
- your computer to the boot disk. (For example, some Connor
- hard drives use the dmdrvr.bin driver.) Once this is
- accomplished, the boot disk will recognize your hard drive.
- For more information, refer to the manual that came with
- your IDE hard drive or your computer's owner manual.
-
- You need to press Spacebar to boot from a floppy disk on
- some computers with enhanced IDE drives.
-
- Q: I have a monochrome card installed with an ISA (AT) video
- board and the demo runs slowly.
-
- A: To improve performance, you should remove the monochrome
- video card.
-
- Q: Movies are playing very choppily in the demo.
-
- A: If you are using the CORELCDX CD-ROM driver, be warned that
- it does not work properly with the demo. You can replace
- the CORELCDX driver with MSCDEX (a CD-ROM driver that comes
- with MS-DOS). This should improve movie performance. Refer
- to your MS-DOS manual for more instructions.
-
- Otherwise, increase the buffer size on the MSCDEX line in
- your autoexec.bat file so that it reads "/m:25."
-
- Q: I am using some power management utilities (or screen
- savers) and the demo occasionally freezes.
-
- A: We recommend disabling any power management utilities (such
- as the Aptiva Power Management Utilities) and screen savers
- before running the demo. These utilities interfere with the
- demo's normal operation.
-
- Q: My non-Microsoft mouse paints colors on the screen when I
- move it.
-
- A: You need to use the latest version (version 8.2 or above)
- of a Microsoft-compatible mouse driver. Generic mouse
- drivers may not work properly with the demo.
-
- Q: I have a Logitech Marble trackball, and the Top Gun demo
- crashes as soon as the mouse is active.
-
- A: Use the regular MOUSE driver instead of the CLOAKING
- driver for your Logitech trackball. Top Gun and your other
- programs will work fine with the MOUSE driver.
-
- Q: I have an MGA Impression Plus PCI video card with 2MB of
- video RAM, but am unable to install the demo. The installer
- keeps exiting to DOS and gives an error about being unable
- to initialize the VESA driver.
-
- A: All MGA video cards have VESA built-in to the card.
- However, you will need to run the VESA driver that came
- with your MGA card before running the demo.
-
- Q: I am running the demo under Novell DOS 7.0, and the video
- movies seem to be out of synch with the voices.
-
- A: The Top Gun demo will run properly with MS-DOS 5.0 or
- later. Any other operating system (such as DR DOS, Novell
- DOS, OS/2, etc.) may have problems running the demo. You
- can solve the synching problem by replacing the nwcdex.exe
- CD-ROM driver with the mscdex.exe CD-ROM driver that comes
- with MS-DOS. Please refer to an MS-DOS manual for more
- instructions.
-
- Q: I notice that the volume in the demo is lower after running
- Windows.
-
- A: You can solve this sound problem by rebooting your computer
- and then running the demo.
-
- Q: Is the Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro joystick compatible with
- the Top Gun demo?
-
- A: Yes, this joystick works fine with the Top Gun demo. First,
- make sure your SideWinder 3D Pro is set to emulate a CH
- FlightStick Pro by moving the "Joystick switch" on the
- bottom of the joystick to position 1 (the side with one
- dot). When you're in the Top Gun demo, choose "Setup"
- and then "Joystick." Select "Choose Type" and then "CH
- FlightStick Pro" from the list. Next, choose "Calibrate"
- and follow the onscreen directions. Top Gun supports the
- slider, hat switch and four conventional buttons on the
- SideWinder 3D Pro.
-
- Q: I can't calibrate the throttle wheel on my joystick.
-
- A: When the calibration routine asks you to move the throttle
- to full MIL power (100% RPM), first move the throttle wheel
- to its maximum setting and then back down to the full MIL
- power setting and press the fire button.
-
- Customer Support
- ================
- If you have any questions about the Top Gun demo, please
- contact Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support at:
-
- * Spectrum HoloByte
- 2490 Mariner Square Loop
- Alameda, CA 94501
- Attn: Customer Support
-
- * (510)522-1164
- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time
- Monday through Friday
-
- * Fax
- (510)522-9357
-
- * Automated technical support and fax back
- (800)TECH958
-
- * World Wide Web
- http://www.holobyte.com
-
- * FTP
- ftp.holobyte.com
-
- America Online
- --------------
- To reach our Customer Support board in the Industry Connection,
- press Ctrl-K for "Go to Keyword." Then type "spectrum" in the
- Keyword window. In addition to posting and reading messages,
- you can download files (demos, updates, troubleshooting tips,
- etc.) from the "Software Libraries." You can also send
- electronic mail to Customer Support at S HOLOBYTE. Call
- (800)827-6364 for membership information.
-
- AT&T Interchange
- ----------------
- You can send electronic mail to Customer Support at SHOLOBYTE.
-
- CompuServe
- ----------
- To reach our Customer Support board in the Game Publishers B
- Forum, type "go gambpub" at any "!" prompt. Then select
- "Section 3" for Spectrum HoloByte. In addition to posting and
- reading messages, you can download files (demos, updates,
- troubleshooting tips, etc.) from the "Libraries (Files)" menu.
- You can send electronic mail to Customer Support at 76004,2144.
- Call (800)848-8199 and ask Representative #142 for your free
- introductory membership and $15 usage credit. Besides online
- support of Spectrum HoloByte products, CompuServe offers many
- other services including communications, hardware/software
- support, reference libraries and more.
-
- GEnie
- -----
- To reach our Customer Support board in the Games RoundTable,
- type "m805;1" at any "?" prompt. Then select "Category 18" for
- Spectrum HoloByte. In addition to posting and reading messages,
- you can download files (demos, updates, troubleshooting tips,
- etc.) from the "Games RoundTable Libraries." You can also send
- electronic mail to Customer Support at HOLOBYTE. Call
- (800)638-9636 for membership information.
-
- Internet
- --------
- You can read the latest news and information about Spectrum
- HoloByte on our World Wide Web page at http://www.holobyte.com.
- Download files from our FTP site at ftp.holobyte.com. Send
- electronic mail to Customer Support at topgun@holobyte.com.
-
- Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support BBS
- --------------------------------------
- To reach our Customer Support BBS, phone (510)522-8909 [8-N-1].
- The BBS supports 300 baud to 14.4K (v.42bis) and Xmodem,
- Ymodem and Zmodem transfer protocols. After you are logged
- in, follow the onscreen prompts to sign on as a new user. The
- Customer Support BBS has message areas and file libraries
- (program updaters and game utilities).
-
- If you are having problems with the Top Gun demo, we can best
- help you if (1) you are at your computer when you call and
- (2) you have the following information handy:
-
- * Version number of the game
- * Your computer's brand and model
- * Your computer's BIOS brand and version number
- * Total RAM installed in your computer
- * Name and version number of your operating system (such as
- MS-DOS or Windows 95)
- * Name and version number of your memory manager (such as
- QEMM, EMM386 or 386Max)
- * CD-ROM brand and model name
- * Video card brand and model name
- * Mouse brand and version number of mouse driver
- * Sound card brand and model name
- * Contents of autoexec.bat and config.sys files
- * At the DOS prompt (or if you're running Windows 95, select
- "Run" from the Start menu), type "mem/c [Enter]" and copy
- down the onscreen listing
-