Driving Test Success PRACTICAL (Version 1.04)

Release Notes

Thank you for purchasing Driving Test Success PRACTICAL.  We sincerely appreciate your support, interest, and feedback. Thanks for being a part of our Driving Test Success story.

Enjoy and best wishes,
The DTSP project team at Focus Multimedia Limited

Please remember that this is a licensed version of Driving Test Success PRACTICAL, and cannot be freely distributed. See the license agreement information included in this document for limits on copying this software and other important information.

CONTENTS

1 - Driving Test Success PRACTICAL Disclaimers
2 - Installing Show Me Tell Me
3 - Technical Support
4 - Software Licence and Limited Warranty
5 - Frequently Asked Questions
6 - DTSP Updates
7 - Acknowledgments

1 - Driving Test Success PRACTICAL Disclaimers

1 - General
This product is not a simulation and will not teach you to drive or steer - that is not what it is about. This product is meant to support the knowledge and skills you will acquire with your approved driving instructor.

Driving Test Success PRACTICAL is not a simulation of learning to drive, and as such will not teach you how to drive a car - that is not what it is about. You will learn how to drive a real car in the real world with an Approved Driving Instructor.

Braking to a stop
In some sessions of DTSP you will be asked to stop the 3D car. You will do this by pressing the clutch pedal icon only. In these cases, the single click is the equivalent of pressing both the clutch and brake pedals. So don’t be misguided in thinking that a real car stops by just pressing the clutch pedal - you need progressive braking, followed by the clutch being pressed just before the car stops.

MSM
In DTSP we do enforce the MSM routine. In real life, you are expected to check your mirrors a final time just before you start the Manoeuvre part of MSM. Enforcing this extra mirror check would have made controlling the car in DTSP very difficult, so you are not expected to do this in the 3D World.

Driving Sessions
The driving sessions in this CD Rom do not represent a driving lesson plan. They are categorised to cover the majority of key driving issues. Lessons with an Approved Driving Instructor will progress differently based on your speed of learning and the roads in your local area.

Moving Off
In the real world you will always be expected to perform the POM routine (Prepare, Observe and Move).
To make your learning experience quicker in DTSP, the POM routine will randomly come up. So you get time to practise and learn it when it comes up, and it ensures you progress through the program quicker when it doesn’t.

2- The Information Centre
Information on companies, websites, products and prices may change after the date this program has been published and are only given as a basic guideline to obtaining further information.

3 - The Videos
In the instruction videos and the introduction video:
None of the actors are meant to copy or resemble real-life people. Any kind of resemblance is unintended and purely coincidental.
None of the instruction videos are meant to copy or resemble official driving lessons as would be given by an approved driving instructor or driving school.
Any kind of resemblance is unintended and purely coincidental.

4 - Module 1
Information on car controls does not include all the many possible variations found throughout the automotive industry. None of the images or controls are meant to copy real life or manufactured parts. The car controls under discussion only represent what are known as the commonly understood basic controls and instruments.

5 - Modules 2 to 7
World scenery - none of the 3D scenes are meant to copy or resemble real world places: neither the towns, buildings, vegetation, junctions or roads. Any kind of resemblance is unintended and purely coincidental.

3D Model people - none of the 3D people in the driving scenes are meant to copy or resemble people in the real world. Any kind of resemblance is unintended and purely coincidental.

3D Model vehicles - apart from the training car which is based upon a Vauxhall Corsa, none of the model vehicles in the 3D scenes are meant to copy or resemble those of any manufactured vehicles. Any kind of resemblance is unintended and purely coincidental.

Vehicle Number plates - None of the number plates that appear on model vehicles are meant to copy or resemble genuine number plates. Any kind of resemblance is unintended and is purely coincidental.

Road Signs - Whilst many road signs have been based upon official DTLR sources for the purpose of road scenery completeness, all of the direction signs that include destinations such as the names of towns and cities, and the numbers of roads or motorways are invented ones and any resemblance to real life direction signs is unintended and purely coincidental.

Whilst driving the difficult and complex manoeuvres in the 3D world you will not be required to carry out as many observation checks as is necessary in real life. This is to enable you to steer the car accurately.

6 - Module 8 Driving Test
The driving test in Module 8 is not meant to copy or resemble the official practical DSA driving test. Any resemblance to a real life driving test is unintended and purely coincidental.

Other Disclaimers
The included Show Me Tell Me program is not claiming to be 100% accurate to the DSA official line of question and answers as used in their practical driving test. Nor will learning and knowing all of its contained information guarantee a pass in the practical driving test.

The Show Me Tell Me application will only run correctly if you have the Shockwave player installed on your computer. The DTSP CD includes the option to install the Shockwave player. See the install section below.

2 - Installing Show Me Tell Me

To install Show Me Tell Me using Windows 98/2000, Me or XP AUTOPLAY:
1. Insert the Driving Test Success PRACTICAL disc into your CD-ROM drive and allow time for it to start spinning properly.
2. Select the 'Install Show Me Tell Me' menu option and respond to any prompts during the installation
3. If for some reason the CD does not Autoplay when you insert it into your PC then you may manually install the software by following the steps below.

To manually install Show Me Tell Me on Windows 98/2000, Me or XP:
1. Insert the Driving Test Success PRACTICAL disc into your CD-Rom drive.
2. Click on the START button and select the RUN option on the menu
3. Select BROWSE and go to your CD-ROM drive.
4. Double-click on the “Setupscreen.exe” file. This may appear as “Setupscreen” on some systems, but will always have a CD icon before it.
5. Click OK.
6. Follow the installation procedure outlined in the AUTOPLAY section above.

If you do not have the Shockwave player on your computer which is needed to run Show Me Tell Me install it by following the above instructions and selecting 'Install ShockWave' at the menu instead of Show Me Tell Me as described above.

3 - Technical Support

Driving Test Success PRACTICAL is owned and published by Focus Multimedia Limited. The technical support staff at Focus will endeavour to answer by email any queries in English sent by the original registered user regarding the use of the software or its application for a period of 60 days after the first support service email, which must be made within the warranty period.

For email support please email support@focusmm.co.uk

4 - Software Licence and Limited Warranty
By installing the software on the enclosed CD-ROM (the “Software”) on any computer, or otherwise using the Software, you agree that any use of the Software is subject to the terms of this End User Licence Agreement (this “Agreement”).  If you do not agree to these terms please do not install or otherwise use the Software and return the Software unused in its packaging, together with all of its documentation, to the place of purchase for a refund.
The copyright in the Software and its associated documentation is owned by FOCUS Multimedia Ltd, The Game Creators Ltd and Imagitech Ltd (together "the Owner").  All Rights Reserved.  By installing or otherwise using the Software, you (an individual or legal entity) agree with the Owner to be bound by the terms of this Agreement which will govern your use of the Software and your limited right to exploit a part of the Software. 
4.1.	Licence
4.1.1	You are permitted on a non exclusive basis to:
(a)	load the Software into and use it on a single computer which is under your control;
(b)	transfer the Software from one computer to another provided it is used on only one computer at any one time; 
(c)	use the Software on a computer network provided you have purchased such number of copies of the Software equal to the maximum number of copies of the Software in use on that network at any one time;
(d)	make a copy of the Software for back-up purposes only in support of the permitted use. The copies must reproduce and include the Owner's copyright notice; and
(e)	subject to section 1.2(d) below, transfer the Software (complete with all its associated documentation) and the benefit of this Agreement to another person provided he has agreed to accept the terms of this Agreement and you contemporaneously transfer all copies of the Software you have made to that person or destroy all copies not transferred. If any transferee does not accept such terms then this Agreement shall automatically terminate. The transferor does not retain any rights under this Agreement in respect of the transferred Software.
4.1.2	You are not permitted:
(a)	to load the Software on to a network server for the purposes of distribution to one or more other computer(s) on that network or to effect such distribution (such use requiring a separate licence);
(b)	except as expressly permitted by this Agreement and save to the extent and in the circumstances expressly required to be permitted by law, to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, copy, modify, adapt, merge, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the Software or its associated documentation or use, reproduce, exploit or deal in the Software or any part of it in any way;
(c)	to sub-license any right granted to you in this Agreement unless expressly permitted to do so by the Owner in writing.
4.1.3	To the extent that local law gives you the right to decompile the Software in order to obtain information necessary to render the Software interoperable with other computer programs, the Owner undertakes to make that information readily available to you. The Owner shall have the right to impose reasonable conditions such as a reasonable fee for doing so. In order to ensure that you receive the appropriate information, you must first give the Owner sufficient details of your objectives and the other software concerned. Requests for the appropriate information should be made to info@focusmm.co.uk..
4.2.	Term
This Agreement is effective until you terminate it by destroying the Software and its documentation together with all copies.  It will also terminate if you fail to abide by its terms.  Upon termination you agree to destroy all copies of the Software and its documentation including any Software stored on the hard disk of any computer under your control.
4.3.	Ownership
You own only the media (or authorised replacement) on which the Software is recorded.  You may retain that media on termination of this Agreement provided the Software has been erased.  The Owner shall at all times retain ownership of the Software as recorded on the original CD-ROM and all subsequent copies of the same regardless of form.  Accordingly, the owner continues to own copyright in the Software including any part of the Software which is comprised within a Game.  This Agreement applies to the grant of the licence contained in this Agreement only and not to the contract of sale of the media.  
4.4.	Warranties
4.4.1	The Owner warrants that the media on which the Software is supplied will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days after the date on which the media is first purchased ("the Warranty Period"). If a defect in the media shall occur during the Warranty Period it may be returned with proof of purchase to the Owner who will replace it free of charge.
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4.4.3	The above represent your sole remedies for any breach of the Owner's warranties, which are given only to the original registered user.
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4.4.5	The Owner does not warrant that the Software will meet your requirements or will be suitable for creating commercial products or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the Software will be corrected. You shall load and use the Software at your own risk and in no event will the Owner be liable to you for any loss or damage of any kind (except personal injury or death resulting from the Owner's negligence or loss or damage resulting from any fraudulent misrepresentation made by the Owner) including lost profits or other economic loss or any consequential loss arising from your use of or inability to use the Software or from errors or deficiencies in it whether caused by negligence or otherwise except as expressly provided herein. In no event shall the Owner's liability exceed the amount paid by you for the Software.
4.5.	Support
The Owner's technical support staff will endeavour to answer by email any queries in English the original registered user may have regarding the use of the Software or its application for a period of 60 days after the first support service email, which must be made within the Warranty Period.  For email support please email support@focusmm.co.uk and the Owner shall endeavour to respond within two working days of receipt of your email.
4.6.	Law
4.6.1	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
4.6.2	Each of the parties irrevocably submits for all purposes in connection with this Agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
4.7.	Exclusion of third party rights
No term of this Agreement is enforceable pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person who is not a party to it.

5 - Frequently Asked Questions

Font Problems
Driving Test Success Practical was designed to be used with the ARIAL and ARIAL BOLD true type fonts. If you find when running DTSP that the messages and text over runs you may not have the two ARIAL fonts on your computer. These FONTS are on your WINDOWS install disks, re-install them from there.

Playing the Videos from the CD
If you install DTSP with a minimum setting and leave the videos on the CD and do not install them on your computer's hard disk then you MUST have the DTSP CD in your CD drive to view videos when running DTSP.

If you remove the DTSP CD from the CD drive whilst running DTSP, then Driving Test Success Practical will NOT inform you that the videos are no longer available.

6 - DTSP Updates
Driving Test Success Practical has updates that will take earlier versions (e.g. version 1.00)  to version 1.04. This adds improvements that weren't included in the earlier versions. If you have an earlier version you should go online to the DTSP website at   -   http://dtsp.thegamecreators.com  and then follow the directions to download the latest patch file which when run will automatically update DTSP to the latest specifications.

7 - Acknowledgments
Driving Test Success PRACTICAL has been a team effort from the beginning to end.
Thanks go the following, whose dedicated efforts have made this product possible:

Publishing and Support by Focus Multimedia Limited.
http://www.focusmm.co.uk

Project Development by The Game Creators Limited.
http://www.thegamecreators.com

Program development language: DarkBASIC Version 1.13
http://www.darkbasic.com

Managing Director: Craig Johnson
Project Coordinators: Rick Vanner, Jenny Humphreys
Software Programmer: Keston James
Install Programmer: Lee Bamber
Technical Engineer: Steve Bagnall
Graphics and Modelling: Andy Bolt, Simon Benge, Keston James
ADI Instructor Support: Debbie Blake
Voice Over Artist: Fillipo Fiori
Sound Production: Darren Ithell
Video Production: Rick Vanner, Debbie Blake, Jenny Humphreys
Art and Packaging: Kate Woodhead
Program QA: Rick Vanner, Keston James, Jenny Humphreys, Mark Udall, The Focus Technical Support Team
Manual Author: Richard Davey
Standards Information: The Driving Standards Agency
Research Information: The Department of Transport and Local Regions