OK PC 9: CD/Okpcg9.iso/Patches/PHANTAS2/P2DOSPAT.EXE/readme.txt

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"A PUZZLE OF FLESH" DOS PATCH FOR WINDOWS 95 "ONLY' PRODUCT

Thank you for purchasing Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh.  In order for
you to receive the best possible performance, Sierra has included additional
technical tips and game information.  The following supplemental information
should be considered part of the game documentation. This patch, when
installed correctly, will allow owners of the "Win95 "Only" version of A
Puzzle of Flesh play in DOS.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

*    Installation Procedures
*    Handy To Know
*    Memory Troubleshooting
*    Legal Information


INSTALLATION PROCEDURES

Please make sure you have the following minimum hardware requirements:

486-DX4
12MB RAM
Hard Drive Space (not including space for a Temporary Swap File)
    Small Install:  10MB (compressed 30 MB)
    Medium Install: 15MB (compressed 50 MB)
    Large Install:  23MB (compressed 80 MB)
CD-ROM drive, double speed or better
Win95 or DOS
SVGA video card that supports 640x480x256 colors
Sound card with DAC - Sound Blaster compatible
Mouse

RECOMMENDED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE:
Pentium
16MB RAM
Quad speed CD ROM

To install this patch, reboot to DOS and follow the instructions outlined below:

1.    Copy all patch files to an empty, temporary directory on your
        hard drive.

2.    Change to the directory where you've placed the patch files.
    Launch the patch by typing PATCH and pressing Enter.

3.    Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation


WARNING TO WINDOWS 95 USERS:

 Please note, games saved under the Win95 version are not compatinable
with the DOS version. To play the game under DOS begin the game anew.

 Although this patch will work on machines running Windows 95, you may
encounter some difficulties if you run it from a DOS "box" (a DOS
prompt running in a window.)  It is best to run the patch in MS-DOS mode.
To put your computer in MS-DOS mode, click on the "Start" button, and
choose "Shutdown", and select "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode."

 If you do run the patch from a DOS "box", you must make sure the "initial
environment" setting is large enough.  To change this setting, right click
on your MS-DOS prompt shortcut, and choose "properties".  Click on the
"Memory" tab.  The "Initial environment" setting is at the top right of
the window.  If it is set to "AUTO", the patch will probably fail to work.
You must set it to a number; 768 or higher will work for most systems.

 Finally, this patch accesses your CD-ROM drive.  Please note that if you
are running Windows 95, your Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh CD will
probably attempt to auto-play when you insert it into the drive.  You
must quit the autoplay dialog when it appears, otherwise the Patch Install
program will not have access to the drive.


HANDY TO KNOW

Do not remove the CD while playing the game unless you are prompted to do so.

Phantas is designed to be played in 16 bit (65535 colors) mode.  Although it
will also operate in 256 color mode, the movie playback performance will be
degraded slightly. Running Phantas in other color modes, such as such as 16
million "true color" mode, may also result in degraded performance.

To fast-forward through the movies you've already seen before, click the mouse
button or press the ESC key on your keyboard. All movies that are important to
game play can be replayed via the movie playback dialog. To access this dialog,
begin the game and move the cursor to the upper left corner of the game's play
area.  Clicking on the movie reel which appears will bring the movie playback
dialog up.


MEMORY TROUBLESHOOTING

Some game players have experienced getting enough free memory to run Phantas.
This usually occurs on computers with 12 megabytes of RAM, but can happen on
machines with more memory.  If you are having trouble starting the game
because of memory problems or are receiving memory-related errors during the
game, please create a bootdisk.


LEGAL INFORMATION

This entire work is copyright (c)1996 Sierra On-Line Inc.
Contains technology described in U.S. Patent applications
including 598,174 and 658,297 and 5,377,997 and 5,430,835
All Rights Reserved.

Data Compression Software
Copyright (c) 1988-1992
Stac Electronics
U.S. Patents Pending including 5,106,009.
Other patents pending.

Universal VESA driver software library
Portions copyright (c) 1993-1995
SciTech Software

IF YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS...
If you continue to experience problems, or if you have any questions
concerning any of the above steps, Sierra Technical Support will be happy
to assist you.  You can reach Technical Support at [phone]
between 8:00 am and 4:45 pm, Monday through Friday.  We can also be
reached by fax at [phone] or by mail at the following address:

Sierra On-Line Technical Support
PO Box 85006
Bellevue, WA  98015-8506

In Europe, please contact our office in England. The Customer Service
number is [phone], between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
The fax number is [phone].  Customer Service can also be reached at
the following address:

Sierra On-Line Limited
2 Beacontree Plaza
Gillette Way
Reading, Berkshire
RG2 0BS UNITED KINGDOM

You can also contact our Technical Support Team on one of the following
services:

Sierra BBS        [phone]
CompuServe        GO SIERRA
America Online        KEYWORD SIERRA
Internet            [e-mail]
            http://www.sierra.com


If you decide to write or fax, please provide the following information so
that Sierra Technical support can assist you as efficiently as possible:


Name:
Fax number:
Phone number:
Address:

Game name, version number and UPC Code (from game box):

What problem are you having?  Be VERY specific.  Is there an error message?
What is it?  Where does it occur? Does it happen the same way each time?




Are you playing in Windows or DOS?

Type of computer (386, 486, etc.)

Brand of video card (Trident, Diamond, etc.)

Amount of RAM (4 meg, 8 meg, etc.)

DOS version (MS-DOS 6.0, PC-DOS 6.2, etc.)

Windows version (3.1, WFWG, Win95, etc.)

Brand of sound card and sound card settings (SoundBlaster Pro, Forte16,
Mozart, etc.  Please be VERY specific with the brand name. Sound card
settings include DMA, IRQ and I/O values.)

Any disk compression?  What kind? (Doublespace, Stacker, etc.)

Any third-part memory manager?  What kind?  (QEMM, 386MAX, etc.)

Largest executable program size or bytes free after booting with the
boot disk. (Type MEM to find out.)

What have you tried so far?  (Boot disk, no sound, etc.)



Please attach copies of your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from your
hard drive and the boot disk.