TROUBLESHOOTING MatchMe ALL THE COLORS KEEP CHANGING AND ARE EXTREMELY WEIRD: This happens because the BMP images supplied with MatchMe each use a different 256 color palette. To fix this you can do one of the following: 1. Change your number of desktop colors to at least 32K. (recommended) 2. Substitute BMP's that all use the same palette. 3. Substitute BMP's that use a 16 color palette. FILE ERROR: CANNOT FIND AAPLAY.DLL MatchMe requires the files AAPLAY.DLL and AAVGA.DLL to be present in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory to run properly. If these files have been removed from this archive or diskette, you may be able to find them on a local BBS. They are also in the ASOFT forum on Compuserve. FILE ERROR: Error loading animation file: The animation load routine was unable to locate the animation or script file, or there was an error in the script file. Use a text editor (Notepad) to verify the file path and name in the matchme.ini file are OK. If the file is a script, use the text editor to verify each line in the script file contains a valid path and file name. CORRUPTED DISPLAY or WON'T DISPLAY ANIMATIONS PROPERLY. Try changing the Int 2f setting. You may also need to restart Windows. SCREEN GOES BLANK AND/OR SYSTEM LOCKS UP WHEN MatchMe PLAYS ANIMATION If you have already tried changing the Int 2f setting, your hardware may be incompatible with the animation player routines in AAPLAY.DLL. Cirrus Logic and S3 chipset video cards (Diamond Stealth) appear to work fine with the AAPLAY routines. If you aren't going to change video cards soon, and still want to play the animation, there are other FLI animation players available. Check around on local BBS's for AAPLAY.EXE or QUICKFLI.EXE, two great freeware DOS animation players. You can also probably find a player by checking on Compuserve, AOL, or other online information services. ANIMATION IS NOT PLAYING FULL SCREEN Make sure that AAVGA.DLL is in the C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Sometimes changing the Int 2f setting helps. If not, your video card or drivers may be incompatible with the animation player routines in AAVGA.DLL. Win95 users may need to disable any desktop "Navigator" type programs to get full screen animation. MIDI WARNING DIALOG APPEARS BUT NO CURSOR IS PRESENT This annoying problem occurs when Windows detects a non-standard header on the MIDI file being accessed by your script. Unfortunately, MatchMe has hidden the cursor at this point, making it nearly impossible to select the little checkbox that will disable the warning. Fear not, the solution is at hand. Hold down the key and press . A dotted line will appear around the checkbox and its associated text. Now press the spacebar. An "X" will appear in the little checkbox. Press enter and the warning will be gone the next time you start MatchMe. Should you wish to reenable the warning: Open the file c:\windows\system.ini in any text editor (like Notepad). Find the section beginning with: [mciseq.drv] Find the entry: disablewarning=true and change it to read: disablewarning=false Save the file and exit. The warning will now reappear.