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3.2 KiB
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The most common problems you are likely to encounter are:
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1. When you ran Greed, did you get a "Warning, low on memory!" message.
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(That's why you're reading this, right?) If you're on an 8 meg system,
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you're probably always going to get this message - but you can do the
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following to make the game run. (If you don't, the game may play fine for
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quite awhile, but sooner or later a "malloc" failure will occur.)
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a.) Remove all TSR's, such as smart drive - rem them out in config.sys
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and reboot then try again.
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b.) Some systems do not work well with HIMEM and EMM386 - rem these out
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in your config.sys, as well.
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c.) Reboot your computer with the shift key held down to bypass your
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normal startup files. (F5 fo MS DOS 6.0+)
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d.) Set the number of music channels lower.
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e.) If you have done all the above, and it still doesn't work, try
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typing "SET DOS4GVM=1" at the DOS prompt before running Greed. On
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most systems this last failsafe should fix the problem. If for
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some reason, however, it still hangs or fails to function try
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having that demon in your computer exorcised (or call tech support).
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2. If autodetection of your sound card fails and you've checked the
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settings in the setup.exe program and it STILL doesn't work try
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the following:
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Look at your autoexec.bat file and check your SET BLASTER settings (assuming
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you are using a Sound Blaster compatible card). Use the Port address,
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DMA, and IRQ values and setup your sound card manually by running the
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setup program.
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If you are not using a Sound Blaster, consult the manual that came with
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your sound card and double check the settings there before trying
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the setup program again.
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3. To increase speed (and for slower systems), try setting the sound quality
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lower and reduce the number of channels to 4 or below (unless you've got your
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sound pumping through an expensive stereo system or high quality head
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phones, maximum quality differs little from low quality). Reducing the screen
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size also speeds the game up considerably. Turn off mouse and joystick
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support if you aren't using them.
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4. It may be necessary to increase the sound cache value up to 4 if you
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are using a Gravis Ultrasound soundcard. The card has internal memory
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and decreasing the sound cache too far may slow playback substantially
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on this device. The Gravis Ultrasound must have a minimum of 512k of
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onboard memory to work with Greed.
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5. If your modem does not respond to the initialization string, check
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the port, irq, and modem.cfg file to make sure everything matches your
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modem configuration. You can change the default settings by changing the
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parameters for sergreed.exe. To view these optional parameters, type
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"sergreed /help". The modem requires that after a DTR signal, it hangs
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up, Carrier Detect is on, XON/XOFF flow control is on, compression
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is turned off, and force 9600 bps connection.
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6. If you need further help:
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a.) Check the Softdisk Home Page at: http://www.softdisk.com/ for
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up-to-the-minute information.
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b.) Send email with your complete system configuration and list of error
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messages received to: softdisk@softdisk.com.
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c.) Call the Softdisk Tech Support Hotline at 1-318-221-8311.
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