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Avarice: The Final Saga
Fixkit #1
(c) 1996, 1997 Stardock Systems, Inc.
(c) 1996, 1997 Continuous Software Systems

Developed by Continuous Software Systems
Published by Stardock Systems, Inc.
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README.TXT


To Install
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[1] Copy into your Avarice directory and run UNZIP.EXE.  If you don't have UNZIP 
    you can also use PKUNZIP -D.  

[2] Run Install.cmd


About this Fix
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This version introduces the compatibility version as well.  Many people have run
into problems of it "crashing" or behaving strangely.  Compatibility mode will
(for most people) take care of that.  

Things that are supposed to be fixed:

*	On some systems, it crashes when you try to restore within an existing game.
*	AI players when approached will try to resize to a gigantic size causing a 30 second
	or longer "hang".
*	Tiny little AI players problem eliminated.
*	Various other minor issues.


Please report any problems to:

support@stardock.com


Tips
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For best performance/graphics quality, we recommend using the LOW graphics 
if you are running with 65K colors or better.   Also, if you are still running into
any problems after trying Compatibility MODE, try running with graphics set to
LOW and if that doesn't work, run AVARICE from the command line like this:

c:/> avarice 23 >error.txt


Notes About Compatibility Mode
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You should only run Compatibility Mode as a LAST resort.  Use the standard Avarice
object to run the game normally.  If you run into any problems, you can run in
Compatibility Mode.  If this seems to take care of the problem, you can get sound
back by opening the settings notebook of this object and taking out the "3" parameter.
Compatibility Mode puts a 23>error.txt in the parameters entry.  The "3" parameter
turns off sound.