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- **************************************
- * Additional documentation to *
- * ALBION *
- * English version (26.6.1996) *
- **************************************
-
- Here you can find information that we
- were unable to include in the manual.
-
-
- NOT ENOUGH RAM?
- ===============
- It is possible that ALBION reports it
- does not find enough memory or that
- memory is too fragmented.
-
- In the long run you can remedy this
- problem by removing programs from your
- configuration (CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT) which are not essential,
- such as SMARTDRV.EXE.
-
- If you type ALBILOW instead of ALBION,
- the problem is remedied automatically,
- although the program will run slower
- because your hard drive is being used
- as "virtual memory".
- Please note that you need at least 16
- megabytes of free space on your hard
- drive to use ALBILOW.
-
-
- TIP: WINDOWS 95
- ===============
- Start the ALBION shortcut (the icon
- with the MS-DOS symbol) instead of the
- ALBION application.
-
-
- TIP: WINDOWS 95 with 8MB RAM
- ============================
- Although the game works with this
- configuration, you may want to try and
- play the game in MS-DOS mode.
- Windows 95 employs virtual memory which
- slows the program down.
-
-
- WINDOWS 3.11
- ============
- We recommend you to play ALBION using
- DOS instead of Windows 3.11.
- In most cases ALBION works fine with
- Windows 3.11.
-
-
- HARD DRIVE SPACE
- ================
- ALBION runs almost completely from CD
- and requires only very little hard
- drive space. However, a saved game can
- grow to about 300 kilobytes. If you
- save a lot of games this will take up
- quite a chunk on your hard drive.
- Delete any old saved games (in the
- SAVES subdirectory), if you need room
- on your hard drive.
-
-
- OPTIONS MENU
- ============
- The options menu contains volume
- controls for music and sound effects.
- It also allows you to set the size of
- the 3D window, as well as some
- controls that allow you to customize
- the combat screen.
-
- COMBAT DETAIL LEVEL influences what
- the combat spells look like. If some
- effects slow down your computer, you
- can speed them up using this slider.
-
- COMBAT TEXT DELAY influences how long
- the texts during the combat rounds are
- shown. By changing this you change the
- duration of the entire combat round.
-
-
- ASKING PARTY MEMBERS TO LEAVE
- =============================
- If you want a member of your party to
- leave (perhaps because you want to
- take someone else with you), you can
- ask him or her to leave during a
- dialogue.
- However, not everyone will leave at
- any time during the game, which means
- the option is not always available in
- the dialogue screen.
-
-
- WORD LIST DURING DIALOGUES
- ==========================
- To help you remember which words you
- have already asked about in a
- dialogue, the already chosen words are
- shown in SILVER, whereas the words you
- haven't asked about yet are shown in
- GOLD.
-
-
- GOTO-POINTS IN CITIES
- =====================
- Please remember that you must have
- reached a location before a goto-point
- appears. It's not enough to have
- "seen" the location in the automap.
-
-
- SPELLS "BOASTING", "SHOCK" & "PANIC"
- ====================================
- To successfully use these spells you
- should know two things: first of all
- the effect depends not only on the
- spell's strength, but can also be
- improved by casting it more than once.
- Second, hitting a monster (any
- monster) helps to increase the
- intimidating effect of these spells.
-
-
- IF PROBLEMS SHOULD OCCUR
- ========================
- We have tested ALBION for hundreds of
- hours. However, if a problem occurs,
- the program will play a tone on your
- PC's internal speaker.
-
- If the problem is not critical you
- will be notified when you leave the
- game. If the problem does not bother
- you while playing, ignore it.
-
- If the program is ended automatically,
- or the problem stops you from playing,
- you will find a file called ERROR.LOG
- in the ALBION directory. The program
- writes an error report in this file.
-
- In this case contact our hotline
- (see the manual) and pass them the
- information in the error log file.
-
-
- DEMOS ON THE ALBION CD
- ======================
- On the CD you will find several demos
- of upcoming Blue Byte products. These
- are stored in the AVI (Video for
- Windows) format.
- To watch the videos, start Windows and
- start the program INSTALL.EXE in the
- BBVIDEO directory on the CD. This
- program will create a program group
- and several icons. Double-click on an
- icon to watch a video.
-
- To watch the videos, Video for Windows
- must have been installed on your PC.
- For your convenience we have included
- a Video for Windows installation
- program.
-
-