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- Loderunner
- The Legend Returns
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- Version 1.0 Release Notes
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- 256 COLOR MODE
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- Loderunner requires 2 megabytes of EMS (expanded memory) and a VESA
- driver (if your video card does not have built in VESA support) to
- run in 256 colors. There is an automatic VESA detection utility in
- the INSTALL program which will try to load a VESA driver if your card
- does not support VESA through its own hardware.
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- Since Loderunner requires 2 MB of expanded memory to run in 256 clor
- mode you will need to have 4 MB of RAM in your machine and allocate
- 2 MB's of EMS. If you are unsure how to do this try the bootdisk maker
- available through the INSTALL program. The following is an example of
- what the first two lines in your CONFIG.SYS would look like in order to
- support 2 MB of EMS.
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- If you are using MS-DOS 5.0 which is the minimum system requirement the
- first two lines would be as follows:
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM 2048
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- VESA SUPPORT
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- If you follow the troubleshooting steps below and a VESA driver will
- still not work with your system you may need to contact the manufacturer
- of your video card to obtain the correct driver.
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- Changing sound card settings
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- After installation if you need to change your sound card settings do the
- following:
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- 1. Change to the game directory
- 2. Type: SETSOUND
- 3. Follow the on-screen instructions
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
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- PROBLEM:
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- When I start Loderunner it looks like it is black and white.
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- SOLUTION:
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- Make sure that there is 2MB of EMS available.
- Make sure a VESA driver is loaded.
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- PROBLEM:
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- The INSTALL program won't load a VESA driver for me.
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- SOLUTION:
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- Try switching to the VESA subdirectory on disk 5 and see if there
- is a subdirectory for your card. If there is, go to that subdirectory
- try running the VESA driver. It will usually have a .COM or .EXE after
- the name of the driver.
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- NOTE: Even if your video card does not match one of the subdirectories
- you still may be able to load one of the drivers. Try the TSENG
- directory first and then go through the others to see if another
- VESA driver will work with your machine.
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- If you are connected to an on-line service such as Compuserve or
- Prodigy the manufacturer of your card may have an area there that
- you can download a driver from.
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- PROBLEM:
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- Now that I know which driver to use what do I do with it?
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- SOLUTION:
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- You will need to load that driver before running Loderunner, there are
- a few ways to do this as follows.
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- 1. If your driver is named VESA.EXE, copy it to your game directory
- and type VESA before starting Loderunner
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- 2. Use the following steps to create a batch file to load the VESA
- driver and start the game.
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- 1. Change to the game directory.
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- 2. Type: copy con lr.bat {press enter}
- 3. Type: vesa.exe {press enter}
- 4. Type: loderunn.exe {press enter}
- 5. Press F6 {press enter}
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- Another option is to create a bootdisk using the INSTALL program and
- add the VESA.EXE to the last line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To do this
- use a Text editor such as MS-DOS 5.0 and above's EDIT utility.
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- PROBLEM:
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- Sounds and Music aren't playing.
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- SOLUTION:
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- Go to the game directory and type: setsound
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- You will then be prompted to select and test your sound and music card.
- When you select the proper card it will ask if you are ready to test the
- sounds and music, if they do not play correctly go back and change
- your selection.
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- Make sure that speakers are connected and that the volume control (if
- any) is adjusted peoperly on your sound card.
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- Make sure that sounds and music are not turned off in the game, press
- F1 at the main menu to see how to toggle sounds and music.
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- Thanks you for purchasing Loderunner: The Legend Returns, we hope you
- have as much fun playing it as we did making it!
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