AD&D Core Rules CD-ROM readme.rtf file (6/13/99)

Customer Support:
	The customer support phone number is 1-800-324-6496. Use this for immediate, telephone support. The customer support e-mail address is custsev@wizards.com.
	The following web sites support this product: 
For the publisher (TSR/Wizards of the Coast) www.wizards.com/CoreRules2/cr2exp.asp. 
For the developer, excluding Campaign Mapper, (Evermore Entertainment) www.evermore88.com/html/cr_2.0_expansion_support.html
For the Campaign Mapper developer (ProFantasy) www.profantasy.com

Program Registration:
	To register this program with the publisher, go to www.wizards.com/corerules2/cr2expreg.asp

Before You Install the Program:
	You must have an installed version of the Core Rules CD-ROM 2.0 program on this system for the Expansion to operate. If you do not have a currently-installed Core Rules 2 on this system, do not attempt to install the Expansion.
	When the Expansion installs, it is placed over the existing Core Rules 2 program and converts the data from the Core Rules 2 format to the Expansion format.  Once this occurs, that data may not be used by a Core Rules 2 program unless the Expansion has been installed over it.
	If you have any data you wanted to keep available to Core Rules 2 programs without the Expansion, you should Export that data through the DM Toolkit and save those *.xpt files to a location where you can retrieve them later. This needs to be done BEFORE installing the Expansion.
You may want to copy the contents of your chars, maps, and UserDbas folders (from the Core Rules 2.0 folder) to a safe location where you could retrieve them later. This will save your unmodified CR2 custom data.

Reinstalling the Program:
	Reinstalling the program deletes all custom data, including characters. Before reinstalling the program, we recommend that you copy the contents of the char, maps, and UserdBas folders to a safe location and then copy them back after re-installing.
	Note: do NOT copy the contents of non-Expansion char, maps, or UserDbas folders into an Expansion version of the program. Do not copy the contents of Expansion version chars, maps, or UseDbas folders into a non-Expansion version of the program.

Installation:
If the setup program for the program does not launch automatically when you place the CD-ROM in your drive, run the Autorun application "autorun.exe" in the root directory of the Expansion CD-ROM.
	The Suggested install option requires approximately 70 megabytes of free hard drive space.
	The Full install option requires approximately 215 megabytes of free hard drive space.
	The Minimum install option requires approximately 25 megabytes of free hard drive space.
	The Custom install option allows you to choose which parts of the program are installed on the hard drive and which are accessed off the CD. Depending on how this is configured, the free hard drive space required can range from 25 to 215 megabytes.
	In addition to the free hard drive space required to install the program, free hard drive space is also required to run the program. Please read the section below.

Books Online Help
	The 20 books in the Books Online section of the program are linked through the Windows Help program. You may use the Search feature of that program to find words or phrases in these books.  When you first use the Search feature, Windows builds a number of files on you hard drive.  These files can be very large.
	If you choose to Search using the minimize (recommended) search, these files will take up approximately 15 megabytes of hard drive space. If you choose to search using the Maximize search, which will do phrase search, these files will take up approximately 38 megabytes of hard drive space.  
	The hard drive space required for these search files is in addition to the hard drive space required to install the program.  If you uninstall the program, these files will remain on your hard drive, unless you delete them.
	If the Help files have been placed on the hard drive, these search files will be placed in the folder which holds the help files for the 20 books online. If these help files have not been placed on the hard drive, if the program accesses them off the Expansion CD, these Search files will be placed in the Help folder of your Windows folder.
	If you choose a Suggested or Full installation of the program or if you do a Custom installation and choose to place the Help books on your hard drive, these Search files will be placed in the Help folder of the AD&D Core Rules 2.0 folder.

Memory requirements:
	If you encounter problems getting the program to run or run correctly, the most likely cause is insufficient memory caused by insufficient hard drive space. The minimum requirements for this product are 16 megabytes of RAM and 80 megabytes of available hard drive space. The program uses available hard drive space for virtual memory.  If problems occur, please try the following steps:

1.	Make sure your system has virtual memory on.  For Windows 95 users, access your Control Panel (press the Start button and then select the Settings option). When the Control Panel opens, select the System option. Select the Performance tab on the System Properties popup and select the Virtual Memory… button. If the “Disable virtual memory…” box is checked, uncheck it.  If you elect to specify your own virtual memory setting, set the maximum number to at least 60.
2.	Make sure you have sufficient free hard drive space.  Because this varies with the system, there is no practical way to exactly determine how much your system will need.  If your system has 16 megabytes of RAM, it should have at least 80 megabytes of free hard drive space. To check you available hard drive space, access the Windows Explorer program. Then left click on your hard drive (typically C on the left side of the screen).  Once the hard drive is selected, left click on the File menu at the top of the screen and then left click on Properties. Accessing the General tab should show you the amount of Free space on your hard drive. If it less than 60MB, try freeing some hard drive space.
3.	If your system will run out of memory, it is most likely to do this the first time you attempt to use the Help Search feature in Books Online.  To get around this, you can build the search files when you are not running the program.  To do this, find the Adandd.hlp file that is the Help folder for the installed program.  In most instances, it will be in the AD&D Core Rules 2 folder in your program files folder. You can also find this file on the CD for this product.  Once you find the file, double left click on it to launch it. Once launched, left click on the Search tab.  The first time you do this, the program will build certain files it needs for the Search feature to operate. After these files have been built, the program saves them and it will require much less memory to use the Search feature in the future. Remember, to take advantage of this method, you must run the Search feature for the first time when you are NOT running the Core Rules program. Use the Windows Explorer program to locate the Adandd.hlp file and run it for the first time.

If your system runs too slowly, we suggest you turn sound and animations off.  To do this, go to the Main Menu screen and left click on the Options selection near the top of the screen and then left click on the Interface… selection. In the window which pops up, click on the Off radio buttons for both Animations and Sounds.