Adventure Pinball Forgotten Island

Forgotten Island ReadMe notes.

Developed by: Digital Extremes
Distributed by: Electronic Arts

Useful Web Links

Adventure Pinball Home Page -- Visit for the latest updates, patches, and community events!
Digital Extremes -- The developer's home page
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp -- For downloads and information on the latest version of DirectX for your computer (DirectX 8 is recommended).

To Install

Double-click the Adventure Pinball_Forgotten Island_Demo executable.
Follow the instructions to install the Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island Demo.

To Uninstall

Select the "Uninstall Adventure Pinball Demo" shortcut from the Start menu or select Adventure Pinball Demo from Add/Remove programs.
Follow the directions to uninstall Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island Demo.

Starting the Game

To start Adventure Pinball Demo:

Click on the "Start" button at the bottom of the screen.
Move the mouse to the "Programs" choice.
Move the mouse to the "Adventure Pinball Demo" choice.
Click on the "Play Adventure Pinball Demo" icon.

Changing your video device

If you want to switch between software and hardware rendering, or install a different video card, you need to change the video device settings.

Click on the "Start" button at the bottom of the screen.
Move the mouse to the "Programs" choice.
Move the mouse to the "Adventure Pinball Demo Safe Mode" choice.
Click on the "Change your video device" button.
Choose the appropriate device and restart the game.

Troubleshooting

Lockups

If Adventure Pinball Demo locks up or crashes when you run it, then a list of "Safe Mode" options will appear the next time you run it. To access the "Safe Mode" options directly, start Adventure Pinball Demo via the "Safe Mode" icon available in the Start menu (Start/Programs/Adventure Pinball Demo/Safe Mode). This mode is similar to Windows 98's Safe Mode. It runs with sound, DirectDraw, and 3D hardware support disabled. This way, you can modify your options that may be causing problems, then run the game again.

Crashes

If Adventure Pinball Demo stops with a "Ran out of virtual memory" message, you need to free up more hard disk space on your primary drive (C:) in order to play. We recommend having 50 megabytes of free hard disk space for running the game.

Display issues

For best results, make sure your monitor is set to 16bit High Color, and the Screen Size is between 640x480 and 1024x768 pixels. To check this go to your windows Start menu, choose "Settings", and then "Control Panel". Double click on the "Display" icon, and then click on the "Settings" tab.

Adventure Pinball Demo works best with video cards which have DirectX 8 drivers. If you experience any of the following problems, your video card driver may need updating:

Crashes when starting up
Crashes when changing video resolutions
Corrupted textures: garbage pixels appearing on surfaces; unexpected bright flashy colors on the screen; incorrect textures on surfaces
Slower performance

If your screen is not displaying the game properly, make sure you have chosen the correct 3D device. To do this, go to the Windows Start menu, choose Programs, and then Adventure Pinball Demo (assuming the game was installed to the default directory). From there, choose "Adventure Pinball Demo Safe Mode". Once the window has opened fully, choose "Change your 3D video device". After the devices have been detected, click on "Show all devices".

If you have a 3dfx chipset on your video card choose 3dfx Glide.
If you have a D3D chipset on your video card choose Direct3D.
If you have a Savage4 chipset on your video card choose S3 MeTal.

To find out what kind of video card you have, check the documentation included with your video card or contact your PC manufacturer.

This game was designed to run with the support of an accelerated 3D graphics card. If you choose to run in Software Render, please be aware that some objects may not appear properly, and that gameplay may be noticeably slower depending upon your video card.

If you have a Savage4 chipset on your video card and the game will not start, please check to see if the graphics acceleration is set to full. To do this, click the right mouse button over the "My Computer" icon, and choose "Properties". Click on the "Performance" tab, and then the "Graphics…" button at the bottom. Make sure the sliding bar is set to full. If it is not, set it to full, click "OK" to close the windows, and then restart the PC to try the game.

Sound issues

Known sound issues:

If you have an Aureal A3D sound card with 3D sound enabled, you must disable the Aureal's "A3D Splash Screen" in the Aureal configuration utility. If this is not disabled, the game may be unable to go into full-screen mode because of the splash screen interfering.
If you are having sound problems it is recommended you install the latest drivers from the manufacturer rather than the default ones that your operating system may include. Newer operating systems like Windows 2000 and Windows ME include generic drivers that may be outdated.

Control issues

Some PC keyboards can't recognize certain combinations of 3 or more simultaneously pressed keys.

For Windows 2000 Users

If you are accustomed to using the Task Manager to quit a program, be aware that we have encountered issues when selecting the Cancel button from the Task Manager window while the Adventure Pinball Demo is running.

Safe Mode

Adventure Pinball Demo Safe Mode, found in the Start Menu, has been included to allow you to trouble-shoot your system in the event that you cannot get the Adventure Pinball Demo running correctly. Safe Mode is not intended for extended play. Minimizing the game while in Safe Mode has been known to cause problems.

Performance

Memory

Adventure Pinball Demo performance is highly dependent on the amount of RAM you have in your machine, and the amount of memory that is available. Machines with less memory will access their hard disk more frequently to load data, which causes sporadic pauses in gameplay. Thus, if you have a 32 megabyte machine, you should make sure that you don't have other unnecessary programs loaded in memory when playing the Adventure Pinball Demo.

How the game will perform under different RAM conditions:

32 megabytes: Some swapping; in the Game Options menu use the lowest "game detail" level to improve performance.
64 megabytes: Great, with a bit of swapping.
128 megabytes: Great!

CPU Speed

The game is also very sensitive to CPU speed, memory bandwidth, and cache performance. Thus, it runs far better on leading-edge processors such as Pentium III's than it does on older ones.

Requirements

Minimum system requirement:

266 MHz PentiumII, Celeron or AMD K6 class computer.
32 megabytes of RAM.
4 megabyte video card.

Typical system:

400 MHz Pentium II or AMD K6-3.
64 megabytes of RAM.
3dfx Voodoo 2 / Riva TNT class 3d accelerator.

Awesome system:

Pentium III 700 or AMD Athlon 700 or faster PC.
128 megabytes of RAM.
Geforce 2 / ATI Radeon class 3D accelerator.

Controls

Keyboard

Key	Function
Z X C V B and Left Mouse Button	Left Flipper
N M , . / and Right Mouse Button	Right Flipper
Down Arrow	Pull down plunger
A S D F G	Bump Left
H J K L ;	Bump Right
Pause	Pause game
Escape	Main menu toggle or Previous menu
Spacebar Enter	Throw ball after cavewoman picks it up (if prompted)
Left/Right Flipper	Aims cavewoman after picking up ball (if prompted)
F9	Screenshot (saved in your Adventure Pinball Demo\System directory)

Electronic Arts Credits

Management: Tom Frisina, Kathy Frazier, Edwin Caparaz

Executive Producer: Ken Balthaser

Producer: Victor Mercieca

Assistant Producer: Jamil Dawsari

Administration: Jennifer Vencill

Audio Technical Director: Rob Hubbard

Dialogue Editor: David Whittaker

Business Affairs: Mitch Miles

Voice Over: Jarion Monroe

Product Manager: Steve Perkins

Marketing Assistant: Anthony Caiazzo

Documentation: Ede Clarke

Documentation Design and Layout: Big Idea Group Inc.

EA Configuration Lab: John Hanley, Dave Caron, Mark Gonzales, Emiliano Miranda, Brian Sawyer

Package Design/Illustration: Kevin Marburg

Package Project Management: John Burns

Package Art Direction: Jennie Maruyama

Legal: Sue Garfield, Lisa Tensfeldt, Steve Bene, Bob Roden

CQC Manager: Joel Knutson

CQC Supervisor: Ben Crick

Customer Quality Control: Tony Barbagallo, Dave Knudson, Andrew Young,

Darryl Jenkins, Tony Alexander, Dave Kellum, Ben Smith

Testing Supervisor: Tim Attuquayefio

Lead Tester: James DeGuzman

Assistant Lead: Colin Clarke

Product Testing: Benjamin Alexander, William Lane, Aaron Hydrusko, David Choe,

Brian Barsda, James Stanley, Eric Gondolf, James Impey, Billy Douglas

Digital Extremes Credits

Programming

Adriano Bertucci
Chris Egerter
Jeff Jam
Glen Miner
James Schmalz
Steve Sinclair

Models

Mike Brown
James Edwards
Evelyn Eekels
Pancho Eekels
Steve Jones
James Schmalz

Art

Mike Brown
Evelyn Eekels
Pancho Eekels
Dave Ewing
Mike Leatham
Martin Murphy
Dan Sarkar
James Schmalz
Mat Tremblay

Level Design

Mike Brown
Pancho Eekels
Dave Ewing
James Schmalz

Animation

James Edwards
Pancho Eekels
Steve Jones
James Schmalz

Sound And Music

Starsky Partridge

Special Thanks To:

Shannon Ewing, Diane Schmalz, Mike Boyle, Mike Bastien and loved ones for putting up with our passion for games.

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