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┌────────────────────────────────┐
│ CYRIL CYBERPUNK │
│ TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE │
└────────────────────────────────┘
1. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
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■ Make sure you have enough conventional memory. CYRIL requires
at least 500kb free. It is adviseable to make a boot disk
if you experiencing any problems, or do a clean boot using
Left-Shift or F5 at your operating system startup.
■ Although the minimum requirement is a 386DX40, with ISA video
bus, it is highly recommended to run CYRIL with VL-BUS, or PCI.
CYRIL often runs faster on a 386DX40 with VL-BUS than a 486DX
with ISA !!
■ CYRIL can be unstable in the presence of a memory manager, such
as EMM386 or QEMM. We recommend removing these from memory before
playing. Alternatively, if you are having trouble, try disabling
EMS support, and remove any memory inclusion/exclusions.
e.g. DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
■ Windows 95. Currently, CYRIL will run under Windows 95, but you
will need to boot into DOS MODE. The above item on expanded memory
managers applies here as well. Do not attempt to run CYRIL in
a DOS window!
■ If CYRIL seems to take a long time to load, try using SMARTDRV or
another disk caching system to speed things up.
■ Although CYRIL has been tested with a variety of video cards, not
every option has been tested as yet. CYRIL uses an unusual and
highly tweaked video mode which may be incompatible with your
video card. Please report any problems to us immediately, and we
will attempt to put out a patch for you as soon as possible.
■ If CYRIL crashes with a load error during startup, or during
level loading, it is possible data files may have been corrupted.
We have included a CRC check to verify the integrity of the .RIL
data files. Please use the -crc command line option to test them.
e.g. cc -crc
2. SOUND CARD TROUBLE SHOOTING
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CYRIL supports most popular soundcard devices on the market,
including:
- Sound Blaster 1.x
- Sound Blaster 2.x
- Sound Blaster Pro
- Sound Blaster 16/16ASP/AWE32
- Pro Audio Spectrum
- Pro Audio Spectrum+
- Pro Audio Spectrum 16
- Logitech SoundMan
- Windows Sound System
- Gravis UltraSound
- Gravis UltraSound Max
Sound related problems and their solutions are detailed here.
■ The computer locks up or reboots.
Run SETUP and verify that your soundcard settings are correct:
- Check your I/O port address, IRQ line and DMA channel settings.
If you don't know your soundcard's settings, consult your
manual for details.
- Make sure your soundcard has no conflicts with other cards in
your system. If your soundcard works properly with other
programs, you can assume that there are no such conflicts.
If this doesn't solve the problem, try booting clean --- usually
memory managers like QEMM, EMM386, etc. and/or TSRs loaded in
memory may cause problems.
■ The sound system runs slowly on my computer.
Your computer is not enough fast. You can speed up the system by
running SETUP and setting a lower quality.
■ The system does not recognize my soundcard.
You have selected the wrong soundcard or I/O port address. Run
SETUP again and select the right settings. If you are using a
SB16 card then you must check that the right drivers are loaded
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. If the problems
persist, check that you have enough conventional memory (maybe
the system was unable to allocate conventional memory required
for a DMA buffer used to communicate with your soundcard).
■ I can't hear any sound.
Probably the IRQ and/or DMA settings are incorrect. You must run
the SETUP program to select the right settings, it is highly
recommended to reboot your computer before trying the new
settings.
■ The music sounds fine when I start, but it gets cut off several
seconds after.
This is what happens when you select a wrong IRQ line for your
soundcard. Run SETUP again and select the correct IRQ number.
■ My Sound Blaster clone is not recognized.
Run the SETUP program and set the right hardware parameters.
Choose the plain Sound Blaster. If this does not fix the problem,
your Sound Blaster clone may not be 100% register compatible.
■ The music sounds slow on my Sound Blaster.
Run SETUP again and tell it you have a plain Sound Blaster.
Probably you were using the Sound Blaster 2.0/Pro driver and your
card does not support high speed DMA transfers.
■ The system hangs with my Sound Blaster 16.
Your system's motherboard cannot handle high DMA at full speed.
On some machines, the DMA controller does not function properly
during high DMA transfer. To solve this problem, use a 8-bit DMA
channel for high DMA transfers. See your SB16 manual for details.
■ I hear static in my Sound Blaster.
Try turning the MIC and LINE volumes to zero. If you still hear
static try disconnecting your parallel port devices.
■ I only hear sounds, but not music.
If you are using a GUS card probably the IRQ setting is
incorrect, run SETUP again and set the correct settings.
■ Sound Blaster 16 specific notes
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You must select the high DMA channel in the SETUP program, this
is because the system uses 16-bit playback mode. See your SB16
manual for details.
Make sure that the right SB16 drivers are loaded in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. If you don't want to waste
memory loading these drivers, you may want to try the following:
Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and insert the following lines:
REM
REM These lines will setup your SB16 soundcard at port 220h
REM using IRQ 5, low DMA 1, high DMA 5 and MIDI port 330h.
REM
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
DIAGNOSE /S
The above lines will set your SB16 hardware configuration based
on the BLASTER environment variable. Make sure that the above
lines are setting the BLASTER variable with the right parameters.
See your manual for details about the BLASTER environment
variable.
■ Pro Audio Spectrum specific notes
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Make sure that the right PAS drivers are properly loaded in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. Without these drivers the
system won't recognize your PAS soundcard. If you have a PAS+ or
PAS16 and the system does not work properly, you may want to try
running SETUP and tell it that you have a Sound Blaster soundcard.
■ Gravis UltraSound specific notes
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You must choose the GF1 IRQ line and Playback DMA channel in the
SETUP program. Make sure that the right GUS drivers are loaded in
your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. However, the sound system
should work without loading any of these drivers.
Notice that some SB emulators (SBOS) may conflict with the sound
system, so if you experience problems try disabling these
emulators.