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Faery Tale Adventure II
The Halls of the Dead
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Windows 95 README Notes
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Contents
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This and other documentation files
Known problems
Alliance ProMotion video cards
AMD and Cyrix based systems
Aztec Sound Galaxy Nova-16 Extra II
Removing the game CD while in use
Manual Configuration Options
File locations
Other options
=====================================================================
This and other documentation files
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This file contains notes pertaining specifically to the Windows 95
version of the game. For other information you may want to look at one
of these other files:
README.TXT - Installation and general cross platform notes
Contents of README.TXT
This and other documentation files
Choosing Windows 95 or DOS
Do you have Windows 95 installed?
Systems that will favor the DOS version
Systems that will favor the Win95 version
Once you know which version you want to install
Installation for advanced users
Installing the Windows 95 version
Installing the DOS version
Installing the DOS version from DOS
Installing the DOS version from Windows 3.x
Installing the DOS version from Windows 95
Windows 95 installation notes
DOSREAD.TXT - Notes specific to the DOS version.
Contents of DOSREAD.TXT
This and other documentation files
Known problems
Alliance ProMotion video cards
AMD and Cyrix based systems
Aztec Sound Galaxy Nova-16 Extra II
Removing the game CD while in use
Manual Configuration Options
File locations
Other options
=====================================================================
Known problems
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Alliance ProMotion video cards
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The NEC Ready 761x and 961x series of computers and other computers
using video cards based on the Alliance ProMotion chipset may not
work correctly with this game.
If you have trouble starting the game with one of these systems:
- If your Windows desktop is set to a high color mode (more than 256
colors) change your display settings to use a 256 color mode.
- If your desktop is at a resolution above 640x480, change your
display settings to 640x480.
In most cases the game will run properly with these two workarounds.
If the problems persist please contact your computer dealer for
assistance.
Note for advanced users:
There are mixed reports about different drivers for these cards.
One source recommended rolling the drivers back to 4.1.21 or
earlier, others reccommend the newest drivers. The manufacturer,
Alliance Semiconductor, distributes generic drivers for the
chipset. There do not appear to be any drivers specifically
written for the NEC implementation of the card.
Alliance Semiconductor driver website
http://www.alsc.com/ProMotion/support/index.html#DrvList
AMD and Cyrix based systems
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This game uses the floating point processor for compression of voice
data. You may want to disable voice playback if your processor is
'floating point challenged'. This applies to most AMD and some slower
Cyrix CPUs.
Voice playback can be disabled by adding the line
Voice=0
to the [Sound] section of the FTA2.INI file in your Windows directory.
Aztech Sound Galaxy Nova-16 Extra II
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On Packard Bell Pentium P60 and P75 machines using the Aztech Sound
Galaxy Nova-16 Extra II (Washington) sound cards, you may experience
task switching problems or crashes during game startup. These
appear to be related to configuration detection problems in some of
the older drivers for these cards.
The latest drivers for this card are v 4.6.5 and are available at
the Aztec web page.
Aztech's driver website (FTP site really)
ftp://ftp.aimnet.com/pub/users/aztech/win95/
Removing the game CD while in use
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Unless you used the unreasonably large instllation of the game, you
should leave the game CD in the drive while playing the game, and
even then you should not eject the CD while the videos are playing.
If the CD is ejected while the game is using it, you are likely to
get what is referred to as "the blue screen of death". The screen
says to hit enter after putting the CD back in, but doing so is
usualy ineffective, and the machine must be rebooted.
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Manual Configuration Options (for advanced users)
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Note: The uninstall program is likely to give you a "Not all
components could be uninstalled" type warning if you change
your configuration manually. You can safely ignore this warning.
File locations
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The game uses entries in the [Paths] section of the FTA2.INI file to
locate all its files. You can manually configure where these files
are by moving the files and changing these entries.
FILE INI entry CD path Description
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FTAIMAGE.HRS ImageFile d:\RES All graphics data
FTASOUND.HRS SoundFile d:\RES Music and non-voice sound FX
FTAVOICE.HRS VoiceFile d:\RES Compressed voice data
FTA.HRS MainResFile d:\RES Game objects and other data
FTADATA.HRS DataFile d:\RES Behavior and spell tables
SCRIPTS.HRS ScriptFile d:\RES Game interaction scripting
*.SMK VideoPath d:\VIDEO Intro and ending videos
Other options
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Note that these options are unsupported, and if you have any
problems with them, then don't use them.
Disabling audio: You can disable particular aspects of the audio in
the game by adding one of these options to the [Sound] section
of the INI file.
Voice=0 disables voice playback
Sound=0 disables one shot sound effects
Loops=0 disables looping background sounds
Music=0 disables MIDI music
Windowed mode: You can run the game in a window by adding a Windowed=1
line to the [Options] section of your INI file. The game does run
noticeably slower in this mode so you should only try it if you
have a fast machine. Windows should be running 800x600 or better,
and must be in a 256 color mode.