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| STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION |
| "A Final Unity" |
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| CD-ROM Preview |
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| Version 1.0 |
| November 16, 1994 |
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Introduction
------------
Thank you for purchasing this preview of STAR TREK: THE
NEXT GENERATION "A Final Unity." The preview
provides an overview of this exciting adventure with
all your favorite characters from the TV series. You'll
see cinematic animations, beam down to exotic worlds,
and view an orientation of the ship and its systems
(including Tactical for dealing with hostile
encounters). Energize!
Installing the Preview
----------------------
Before installing the preview, be sure you have the
proper CD-ROM software and VESA drivers installed on
your machine. Consult your CD-ROM and video card
owner's manual for more information.
1. Insert the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
"A Final Unity" Preview CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
drive.
2. Type "D:" and <ENTER> at the DOS prompt. (If
your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than "D,"
type that letter instead.)
3. Type "INSTALL" and hit <ENTER> at the DOS
prompt.
4. After the installer loads, you have three
options: "View Preview Instructions," "Install
Preview" and "Exit Preview Installation."
View Preview Instructions displays an on-screen
version of these instructions (with technical
information) and Exit Preview Installation
returns you to DOS.
5. Select "Install Preview." First, the installer
checks your computer's hardware and software to
see if they are capable of running the preview.
Items highlighted in yellow indicate that you
are able to install the preview, but may have
difficulty running it. If a category is
highlighted in red, you cannot install the
preview. Click on "Suggest Fix" for possible
solutions to the problem.
6. Select the drive letter where you want the
preview files installed. (The default is C:.)
Be sure that you have 6MB of hard drive space.
7. Type in a directory name for the preview. (The
default is \STPREVU.)
8. The install program then begins copying files
to your hard drive. Once this is done, you are
presented with sound card options.
9. Choose a sound card from the list or accept the
default. (The highlighted selection is the
install program's best guess at what sound card
you have in your machine.)
If you are unsure what kind of sound card you
own, select "Auto Detect." The install program
will try to determine what kind of sound card
you own and automatically select your port
address, IRQ and DMA.
If "Auto Detect" does not detect your 100%
Sound Blaster compatible sound card, you will
need to manually select one of the options.
10. If you choose a card from the list (rather than
selecting "Auto Detect"), the install program
asks you for your port address, IRQ and DMA.
These numbers can be found in your sound card's
manual.
11. Once the sound card is set up, the install
program proceeds to the video mode selection.
12. Choose a video mode from the list or accept
the default. (The highlighted selection is the
install program's best guess at what video mode
is appropriate for your machine.)
If you're not sure which video mode to use,
select "Auto Detect." As with the sound card
selection, the "Auto Detect" option makes the
installer choose an appropriate video mode.
Note: If the animations that take place in
space don't display properly, you may be in the
wrong video mode. Run the setup program (by
typing "SETUP" and <ENTER>) and then change the
video mode to "VGA 320x200." This may solve
your problems.
13. Once the sound and video modes have been set
up, the Configuration Main Screen appears. If
you are unsatisfied with either your sound card
or video mode selection, select the
appropriate option from the menu to change it.
If you make any changes on either the sound or
video options, you must select "Save
Configuration" from the Main Screen to retain
those changes.
14. To exit the configuration, select "Exit
Configuration."
If, in the future, you need to adjust the sound
card or video mode, change to the STPREVU
directory. Then type "SETUP" and <ENTER>. This
will run the setup program.
Loading the Preview
-------------------
Before running the preview, please first exit Windows,
Navigator or any other DOS shells. You can run the
preview in three different ways: as an interactive
demonstration, as a movie player once, or as a movie
player in a continuous loop.
1. Change to the directory on your hard drive
where you stored the preview files (usually
C:\STPREVU).
2. Next, type one of the following commands at the
DOS prompt to run the preview:
"STPREVU DEMO" (run as an interactive
demonstration)
"STPREVU DEMOONCE" (run as a movie player
once)
"STPREVU DEMOCONT" (run as a movie player
in a continuous loop)
3. To bypass an animation sequence during this
preview, press <ESC>.
To exit the continuous loop preview, press
<CTRL>-C or <CTRL>-<BREAK>.
Troubleshooting
---------------
* If you are having problems with divide overflow
errors, choppy sound or other crash problems,
there may be a compatibility problem with the
preview and EMM386. To temporarily disable
EMM386, edit your CONFIG.SYS file (with a text
editor) and locate a line that looks like the
following:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
Add the word "REM" to the beginning of the
line. (Example: "REM DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE")
This will disable the memory manager. When you
are finished running the preview, simply remove
the word "REM" from your CONFIG.SYS.
* If the preview gives you an error message
saying that there is no VESA driver loaded
and you have loaded your VESA driver, the
Stealth feature of QEMM may be the problem. To
temporarily disable QEMM, edit your CONFIG.SYS
file (with a text editor) and locate a line
that looks like the following:
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM.SYS ST:M
Add the word "REM" to the start of the line.
(Example: "REM DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM.SYS ST:M")
This will disable the memory manager. When you
are finished running the preview, simply remove
the word "REM" from your CONFIG.SYS.
Customer Support
----------------
If you have any questions about this preview, please
contact Spectrum HoloByte Customer Support:
Spectrum HoloByte (510)522-1164
2490 Mariner Square Loop 9 am to 5 pm Pacific Time
Alameda, CA 94501 Monday through Friday
Attn: Customer Support Fax (510)522-9357
Changing the STPREVU.INI File
-----------------------------
If you're having problems with sound or video, you can
make manual adjustments to the STPREVU.INI file.
Parameters for this file are set during installation
or by the setup program. If you wish to adjust any
variables for sound or video display, you can do so by
editing this file with a text editor.
EXAMPLE: DESCRIPTION:
Audio=SB8 Sound card selection.
Can be one of the following:
NONE (disables all sound card
parameters--no sound)
SB8 (Sound Blaster)
SBPRO (Sound Blaster Pro)
SB16 (Sound Blaster 16)
PAS8 (Pro Audio Spectrum)
PAS16 (Pro Audio Spectrum 16)
Port=0x220 Sound card port address. Usually
defaults to 220h.
IRQ=7 Sound card IRQ. Defaults to 5 (for
Sound Blaster 16) and 7 (for Sound
Blaster).
DMA=1 Sound card DMA (Direct Memory Address)
channel. Defaults to 1 for most cards.
Video=HI8 Video mode (for some animations)
Can be one of the following:
LO8 320x200 (256 colors)
HI8 640x480 (256 colors)
HI15 640x480 (32,000 colors)
HI16 640x480 (64,000 colors)
DPixel=OFF Movie screen size.
Can be one of the following:
ON Shows movies at full screen
(double pixel mode).
OFF Shows movies in a smaller mode.
Path=d:\demo Path to the CD-ROM (which includes
most of the data to run the program).
This path can be changed to reflect
the data's new location if all the
CD-ROM files are copied to the hard
drive.
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Registered Trademark and Copyright 1994 Paramount
Pictures. All rights reserved. Spectrum HoloByte is a
registered trademark of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective
holders.