+-----------------------------------+ | | | STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION | | "A Final Unity" | | | | CD-ROM Preview | | | | Version 1.0 | | November 16, 1994 | | | +-----------------------------------+ 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 at the DOS prompt. (If your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than "D," type that letter instead.) 3. Type "INSTALL" and hit 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 ) 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 . 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 . To exit the continuous loop preview, press -C or -. 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. ========== 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.