Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Version 1.0.6 Read Me last updated: 6/3/96 __________________________________ Contents __________________________________ 0. About this Read Me 1. System Requirements 2. Updating to Warcraft 1.0.6 3. Compatibility 4. Version History 5. Contacting Blizzard __________________________________ 1. About this Read Me __________________________________ This Read Me contains brief information about this update to Warcraft. For more information, see the Warcraft 1.0.6 Read Me document, which contains corrections and additions to the Warcraft manual, a trouble-shooting guide, and a list of cheat codes. For more information on two-player games, see the document Warcraft Two-Player Notes. For new features or bug fixes to Warcraft, see section 9, Version History. __________________________________ 1. System Requirements __________________________________ Warcraft 1.0.6 memory and hard disk requirements are unchanged from Warcraft 1.0. Note: you need to have at least a minimal install of Warcraft in order to use the updated version; if you don't have this, quit the updater, run the Warcraft Installer to place a version of Warcraft on your hard disk, then launch the updater and update. __________________________________ 2. Updating to Warcraft 1.0.6 __________________________________ 1. Start with a minimal, standard or full install of Warcraft 1.0. An existing install is fine. 2. The updater will scan your volumes looking for the Warcraft installation. For the easiest update, make sure that the Warcraft CD is not in the drive. 3. Pick the copy of Warcraft to update (you will normally have only one choice here, unless you've installed Warcraft to multiple folders); click the Update button to carry out the update. The original version will be placed in the trash. That's it. For more details, the Warcraft Read Me has updated information on Warcraft. __________________________________ 3. Compatibility __________________________________ AutoDoubler on Power Macintosh when using Communications Toolbox There is a known incompatibility with Power Macintoshes, Auto-Doubler, and the Communications Toolbox. If you have this combination, you will either have to use MacIPX for two-player games, or disable Auto-Doubler while doing two-player Warcraft games. After Dark and other screen savers In general, having a screen saver active during a game is not recommended. With Warcraft, screen savers that activate when the mouse goes into a specific corner are even more problematical, as the player uses the mouse to scroll in edges and corners. There are also reports of crashes when After Dark activates with certain screen saver modes while Warcraft is running. We suggest that screen savers be disabled while Warcraft is running, either by using the Turn off screen saver check box in the Startup Options dialog, or manually disabling it in your screen saver's control panel. Display Enabler and Now Startup Manager Now Startup Manager 5.01 may think that Display Enabler 2.0 will crash your computer. This is incorrect. We suggest you do not run Now Startup Manager 5.01 with Display Enabler 2.0. This may be fixed by a future version of either Now Startup Manager or Display Enabler. __________________________________ 4. Version History __________________________________ Warcraft 1.0.6 Bug fixes • A bug relating to how a Sound Manager function was being called was fixed—this could cause crashes on a PowerMacintosh at odd intervals, even after Warcraft was run and quit. • A bug relating to how MacIPX was being loaded—the new version of MacIPX is not active until specifically opened by an application (only affects Macs with MacIPX 1.3 on it—Warcraft 1.0 shipped with MacIPX 1.2, which did not have this "feature"). Warcraft 1.0.3 Bug fixes • CD audio track 1 would not play on AppleCD 300 (double-speed drives using a caddy). A workaround was added, enabled by a checkbox in the Preferences dialog. If you have problems with CD audio on some game levels, set this checkbox to fix the problem. • Some of the Warcraft cursors were solid black on some Powerbook models; single-color cursors were misinterpreted as B&W. This was fixed by making cursors at least 2-bit deep. New features • Warcraft now reads IBM saved games, so it can load custom levels created as IBM saved games. For examples of custom levels created as saved games, see the following Web sites: • "Hide desktop" (was "hide other apps") now covers all monitors, not just the monitor that Warcraft is running on. • File sharing can be turned off while Warcraft is running. • The Control Strip (and Desktop Strip etc). can be hidden while Warcraft is running. • CD-audio can be turned off (for playing from external CD-ROM drive where there is no audio hookup). • Unit targeting code speed-up (faster Mac-to-Mac games). General speed-up on slower Macintoshes (PPC version compiled for 603 for more speed on Performa Macintoshes). • When faster scrolling is checked, scrolling happens at a constant rate regardless of machine speed (scrolling will happen in larger chunks on slower machines). When not checked, scrolling is smooth, but slow on slow machines. Warcraft 1.0.2 Bug fixes • "Turn off screen saver" feature fixed on Power Macintosh (would cause Type 11 crash on startup). • ThreadsLib is now marked as weak import, so the ThreadsLib file is not required to run Warcraft. Warcraft 1.0.1 Bug fixes • Display Manager check fixed so that game will not crash if Display Manager is present but Display Enabler is missing (would crash on PCI Macs if the Warcraft Installer was not used). Warcraft will not crash if Display Manager is improperly installed (but resolution switching will not work until Display Manager is fully installed). New features • Click on empty space does not deselect units, only click and drag does. This prevents inadvertant deselecting of units when trying to command a target location. __________________________________ 5. Contacting Blizzard __________________________________ If you encounter further problems, please consult Blizzard Technical Support, through one of these convenient options Phone Support Our Technical Support number is (714) 955-1382. Our Hours are 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday, holidays excluded. On-Line Support Blizzard Entertainment provides Upcoming News, Latest Versions, Updates, Product Demos, Technical Support and more on the following On-Line Services for Modem users. E-Mail: The primary E-Mail for Macintosh Technical Support is: macsupport@blizzard.com Blizzard IceNet: Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (714) 955-1481, with settings of 8,N,1 and support of up to 28.8 baud. Please use your Terminal Program to call the IceNet, Warcraft will not be able to connect to a BBS. America Online: The Blizzard Forum is located at keyword "BlizzardEnt". There is also a Warcraft Discussion Site in the Computer Strategy Gaming Section in the "Strategy and Other Sims" folder under Warcraft. E-Mail=BlizzardEnt CompuServe: The Blizzard Entertnmnt forum is located in Game Publishers Forum D (GO GAMEDPUB). E-Mail=74777,1115 Internet: Blizzard mantains a web site at address