Black Rein(tm) 1.00 Designed and created by DOE ENTERTAINMENT(R). Copyrighted(c) 1995, All Rights Reserved. DOE ENTERTAINMENT 2412 Desert Oak Drive Palmdale, Ca. 93550 USA PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY! USAGE OF THE GAME CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. Terms & Conditions LIMITED WARRANTY. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS'. ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED AS TO THE SOFTWARE AND ITS QUALITY PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK RELATING TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IN NO EVENT WILL DOE ENTERTAINMENT(R) BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE. IF THE SOFTWARE PROVES TO HAVE DEFECTS, THE USER ASSUMES THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS. Copyright (c) 1995 DOE ENTERTAINMENT(R). All rights reserved. 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IDEAL SYSTEM : Windows 3.1 or WFW 3.1x 486-33DX or better 6 Megs of Available RAM Fast Video Card & Fast Video Driver (LOCAL BUS is BETTER) MOUSE or KEYBOARD or JOYSTICK VGA 256 COLORS ONLY 6 MEGS of Free Hard Disk Space (for game) MINIMUM SYSTEM : Windows 3.1 or WFW 3.1x 386-33DX or better 6 Megs of Available RAM Fast Video Card & Fast Video Driver (LOCAL BUS is BETTER) MOUSE or KEYBOARD or JOYSTICK VGA 256 COLORS ONLY 6 MEGS of Free Hard Disk Space (for game) Optional game enhancements 1-2 Meg drive CACHE software (like Norton Speed Cache, SMARTDRV) PERMANENT SWAP FILE 32BITDISKACCESS ON = Workgroup for Windows option VFAT enabled = Workgroups for Windows option SOUND CARD 8 bit = Plays MONO SOUND ONLY or SOUND CARD 16 bit = Plays MONO or STEREO Joy Stick = Supported by IBMJOY.DRV FILES : BLKREIN.EXE -- Game Directory you created Example(C:\BLKREIN\BLKREIN.EXE) Ctl3D.DLL -- Support file WaveMix.DLL -- (same) 'Digital Sound file' -- Special Thanks to Angel Diaz. and ToddLa & PatWil. Readme.TXT -- (same) what your looking at Orderme.TXT -- To Order Game BLKREIN.INI -- WINDOWS DIRECTORY !!! Example(C:\WINDOWS\BLKREIN.INI) IBMJOY.DRV -- WINDOWS SYSTEM DIRECTORY !!! Example(C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IBMJOY.DRV) JOYSTICK.CPL -- WINDOWS SYSTEM DIRECTORY !!! (same) License.TXT -- Our Legal Contract You agreed to. Vendor.TXT -- Vendor information ThankYou.TXT -- Thank You for your support with DOE ENTERTAINMENT **IF ANY OF THESE FILES ARE MISSING PLEASE CONTACT DOE ENTERTAINMENT (805)274-1440*** PENTIUM: We added three timers for you adjustment these are located in the BLKREIN.ini file TimerSlow=65 slowest value for easy play TImerMed=35 medium value for medium play TimerFast=0 fastest value for hard play The higher the value the slower the game will play. The values are the time between animation updates. SOUND : The PC SPEAKER DRIVER for Windows & DSOUND speaker driver: Will cause the animation to stop at every instance of playing a digital sound. If we fail to detect your sound system properly, you must push F2 on your keyboard to disable ALL DIGITAL SOUND or edit BLKREIN.ini OLD Wavemix.dll: If you purchased Microsoft Arcade! (cool games) Our wavemix.dll is NEWER. Theirs does not support STEREO, you must copy our wavemix.dll to your windows directory. All Ms Arcade games are compatible with our version. Wave Mapper: If you want us to use a different wave device other than the default (first one we find) simply press F2 and select what sound device you want us to use. Then exit Game, and Restart the Game. Delayed Sounds Fx's: Press F2 and check the option to REMIX. Clicking Noise: Edit the BLKREIN.ini (windows directory) and adjust the WaveBlocks to a higher number (MAX 6) if this does not resolve the clicking, you will need to get the latest sound drivers. STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO You can set this option from configure console. Once set, must restart BLACK REIN. Mono-Sound: uncheck the Stereo option from configure console. Once set, must restart BLACK REIN. QSOUND: Follow the instructions in the Trouble Shooting Sound. No Sound: 1) You system has no digital sound capabilities 2) Could not determine sound card or wave device. Follow the Trouble shooting sound instructions. 3) Try F2 and choose another WAVE device. 4) Check if digital sound enabled on configure console. 5) Check Speaker connections. Trouble Shooting Sound: 1) Edit the BLKREIN.ini file (windows directory) and adjust Showdevices to equal 1. {example: Showdevices=1} 2) Run Game and write down the displayed information. Example: Device 1:SB16 Wave Out This is the type of sound card you have. Quit BLACK REIN. Then add the following. [name of card goes here] Remix=1 GoodWavePos=0 WaveBlocks=6 SamplesPerSec=11 Run BLACK REIN and listen for a difference. ** GPF with sound enabled you need to adjust the 'waveoutdevice' from the default of 0 to WaveOutDevice=1 or most likely WaveOutDevice=2 Sound cards that have digital midi use wave out device 0 and/or 1 VIDEO Performance: Some video cards have a slow animation capability. Adjust your screen size in BLKREIN.ini . You can change to Mono Sound instead of stereo. You can disable the Digital Music to increase speed. You can turn the sound off completely. ** We've balanced the game's speed for slow and fast video cards. However, it is unavoidable that the game will be very difficult on blazing fast video cards. Video Cards: Stealth VRAM -- You need the latest drivers or you'll lose mouse control. You'll need latest drivers to avoid garbage on game start up. CONTROL: We support the mouse, keyboard and Joystick (We recommend THURSTMASTER(tm)). All controls can be used with each other or at the same time. KEYBOARD: No known problems. MOUSE: Sluggish: Press F2 (Option dialog). Move scroll bar (control sensitivity) to the right until desired results. JOYSTICK: Sluggish; Press F2 (Option dialog). Move scroll bar (control sensitivity) to the right until desired results. The Joystick is supported through Microsoft's joystick driver. (not supported by Microsoft in any way) Please test your Joystick before playing If you do not have the driver, copy IBMJOY.DRV and JOYSTICK.CPL from the game directory to your windows system directory. example ( C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM ) Run BLACK REIN and press F2 and select "Add Joystick" for Joystick. Quit BLACK REIN, Restart Windows. To calibrate the Joystick, either go to your control panel or run BLACK REIN and press F2. The Option dialog must have JOYSTICK CHECKED, calibration dialog will appear. You must click 'OK' on configure dialog, for options to be saved. *** If your joystick is not readable by this driver (IBMJOY.DRV), *** then it is with regret, we cannot support your joystick. Revisions: 1.0 Initial Release Special Notes: The Higher the Resolution the more room you'll have to run in. We've played from 640x480 to 1024x768 resolutions. The game is easier if you select a slower timer rate from (f2) Option dialog. {on FAST video cards, this makes the game harder with Timer disabled} Special Controls: Right Mouse Button, Joy stick button 2, and Arrow Keys: Will control the tank movement when pressed in the Console screen. Shift Key : Speeds text display. STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO****STEREO Stereo is disabled on shipping Demo and Release !!!! You must either Run BLACK REIN and enable from configure console and Change it exit BLACK REIN and Run BLKREIN.exe. Or you must edit the BLKREIN.ini FILE (in windows directory) and change the 'StereoStatus=0' to 'StereoStatus=1', then run BLACK REIN. NOTE: Stereo is a speed decrease in the game's performance; play the game in mono-sound. You can also turn the digital music off. Stereo is also a memory hog. If you are low on memory, set this option off. Just in case, you want to know what we used to test and make this game... We used : Borland 3.1 C++ CPU Type Ram VIDEO --------------------------- 386-33 Dell 6 Cirrus True Color/256 386-33 (clone) 6 Qvision Color 256 486-33 (clone) 6 local bus video 486-33 (ngate) 6 Farenhiet 1280 486-33 (ngate) 8 Video 7 486-33 (ngate) 16 Cirrus True Color/256 486-66 (clone) 8 MACH 32 486-66 (clone) 16 Ati Ultra 486-66 (clone) 8 Stealth VRAM 486-66 (clone) 16 cirrus True Color/256 486-80 (clone) 20 ATI Ultra (yes 80mhz) 486-80 (clone) 32 Volante (8Meg AT2000) (yes 80mhz) 586-75 (clone) 32 ATI MACH32 586-66 IBM PS2 32 AIT MACH32 Sound Cards: {16 Bit Cards are better} Microsoft Sound System Compaq Sound System Sound Blaster Sound Blaster pro Sound Blaster 16 Ati Stereo Sound FX Pro Audio Spectrum+ Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Gravis Ultra Sound Covox (or other DAC) MultiSound Thunder Board Joystick Cards THURSTMASTER (MARK II FCS) Sound Blaster's Stereo Fx's Pro Audio Spectrum's Gravis Joystick Game card. (c) 1994 DOE ENTERTAINMENT(R). All Rights Reserved All rights reserved. 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