QUEST FOR GLORY 5: DRAGON FIRE DEMO README FILE You are standing on the deserted shore. The night stars twinkle above you. Suddenly, a sailor appears, rowing furiously toward you. Arrows pepper his small boat, but he appears unharmed. He leaps from his boat, speaking urgently! He shouts, "What can I do in this demo?" You explain, "This demo contains two rooms from the full game. You are dropped off on the island of Sifnos. Your mission is to beat the hostile guards, the centaur wizard, and the general. You can choose to be a fighter or a wizard. The thief and paladin character classes are available only in the full game. There is no option in this demo to save, restore, or import your Hero from a previous Quest for Glory game." He thinks about this for a moment, then states, "Where can I find more information on how to play the game?" You opine, "Once you are on the island, press the ESC key to bring up the game's control menu. Click on the MANUAL button and start reading." He quizzes, "Please tell me a few things I should know right away! The guards are chasing me!" You state, "Press the I key on your keyboard to access your Inventory screen. You can drag various items like the healing pills to your tool belt (the black area at the bottom of the screen). Press the E key on your keyboard to equip your Hero with armor. If you are a wizard, you can press the S key to see various spells you can drag to your tool belt. Press ESC to return to the game. Now go get those guards!" He insists, "I'm using Windows. My mouse doesn't work properly! It's difficult to click on things. Help me!" You reply, "Try turning off the video card's acceleration. In Windows, click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Performance, then Graphics. Turn off the Hardware Acceleration." He asks, "OK, I defeated EVERYONE in the demo. Now I'm just standing around. What do I do now?" You answer, "Press the ESC key on your keyboard. Click on the QUIT button. You can choose to play the demo again using another character class by clicking RESTART, or you can choose to QUIT the game." He thinks about this for a moment, then states, "How do I put away an object I'm dragging around the screen?" You opine, "Let's say you're dragging the coin around the screen. Click the hand cursor on the coin in your "tool belt", that area at the bottom of the screen. Now you'll get only the hand cursor. Windows users can also right-click until you just get the hand pointer. Mac users can hold down the COMMAND key (the one with the Apple on it) and click the mouse button to cycle through the game pointers." A sudden clap of thunder startles both of you. Storm clouds slowly roll in. The sailor continues... He questions, "The game runs choppy. What can I do to make it run faster?" You answer, "You can do a few things to improve the game's performance. Here's a list: - Press the ESC key, then click on the CONTROLS button. Set the Detail level to Minimum. This will turn off some of the processor intensive special effects, like rippling water. - Press the Backslash key (\) to run the game in a bordered window, instead of full screen. This will help speed up the game. - Make sure your computer is not running background tasks while you are playing the game. If you are running a program in the background, such as a virus checker, this will take processing time and memory away from the game, and may slow down the game. - If you have a Mac with only 32 meg of RAM, make sure you have virtual memory turned on. To see if virtual memory is on, click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen, select Control panels, then select Memory. Make sure Virtual Memory is on. Suddenly, the first light of dawn races across the sky. You are reminded of the time, and bid the Hero to return to the Quest. The Hero smiles, leaps back into the boat, and quickly rows out of sight. You silently wish the Hero good luck. THE END And now for something completely different... Welcome to the Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire Demo! This document contains last-minute information about Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire Demo and other information about the program not found in the Help Files. This README file includes information that pertains to general problems and questions you may have concerning this software or your computer. Should you experience any problems with Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire, please refer to this file for addition help on answering questions about the game and solving technical difficulties. *********************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES III. GENERAL GAME ISSUES I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE QFG5 DEMO ----------------------------------------- Pentium 166, Win 95, 32 meg RAM, Sound card, 70 meg of available hard drive space (not including space reserved by Windows' swap file). You'll also need to have Microsoft's DirectX installed. If you have Internet access, you can find the latest version of DirectX at www.microsoft.com/directx Power Mac or iMac, 120 Mhz, System 7.5 or better, 32 meg RAM, 70 meg of available hard drive space (not including space reserved by the Mac's virtual memory) II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES ---------------------------- If the game seems to be running slowly, try any of the following to get better game performance: 1) Check and make sure your computer meets the minimum performance standards listed on the game box. 2) Make sure that you have no other programs running while you are playing the Dragon Fire Demo. The more memory available, the faster the game will run. Some background programs (that run once you start up your system, such as a virus checker) take up computer time and might cause the game to run choppy. III. 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