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- The most common problems you are likely to encounter are:
-
- 1. If you get any hangs, lock-ups or crashes, the most likely culprit
- is SMARTDRV. Rem this out in your autoexec.bat and config.sys then
- reboot your system.
-
- If problems persist, then:
-
- a.) Remove all other TSR's.
- b.) Some systems do not work well with HIMEM and EMM386 - rem these out
- in your config.sys, as well.
- c.) Reboot your computer with the shift key held down to bypass your
- normal startup files. (F5 for MS DOS 6.0+)
- d.) If nothing else works, run setup again and say "no sound".
-
- 2. If autodetection of your sound card fails and you've checked the
- settings in the setup.exe program and it STILL doesn't work try
- the following:
-
- Look at your autoexec.bat file and check your SET BLASTER settings (assuming
- you are using a Sound Blaster compatible card). Use the Port address,
- DMA, and IRQ values and setup your sound card manually by running the
- setup program.
- If you are not using a Sound Blaster, consult the manual that came with
- your sound card and double check the settings there before trying
- the setup program again.
-
- 3. To increase speed (and for slower systems), try setting the sound quality
- lower and reduce the number of channels to 4 or below (unless you've got your
- sound pumping through an expensive stereo system or high quality head
- phones, maximum quality differs little from low quality). Reducing the screen
- size also speeds the game up considerably. Turn off mouse and joystick
- support if you aren't using them.
-
- 4. It may be necessary to increase the sound cache value up to 4 if you
- are using a Gravis Ultrasound soundcard. The card has internal memory
- and decreasing the sound cache too far may slow playback substantially
- on this device. The Gravis Ultrasound must have a minimum of 512k of
- onboard memory to work with Greed.
-
- 5. When this version was released, modem play was not fully supported.
- You will experience problems if your modem is using the older UART 8250
- (we're workin on it.)
-
- 6. If you need further help:
- a. Check the Softdisk Home Page at: http://www.softdisk.com/ for
- up-to-the-minute information.
- b. Send email with your complete system configuration and list of error
- messages received to: greed@softdisk.com.
- c. Call the Softdisk Tech Support Hotline at 1-318-221-8311 or
- support@softdisk.com.
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