Before running Grid Warrior, take note of the following information:
BACKGROUND PROCESSING
Grid Warrior locks out background processing during game play, so that animation can be smooth. If for some reason you desire background processes to be allowed to run even during game action, then you may do so by selecting “Allow SystemTasks” under the “Game” menu. However, this may cause the game to have a choppy, start-stop-start-stop appearance about it, due to other applications or system extensions stealing a lot of time from Grid Warrior.
AFTER DARK™ 3.0 INCOMPATIBILITY
If you have After Dark 3.0 from Berkeley Systems installed on your computer, it will probably not work with Grid Warrior. However, Grid Warrior should work just great with After Dark 3.0b or a more recent version. If you have After Dark version 3.0, you can get a free upgrade to version 3.0d from the Internet. Or, simply turn off After Dark before running Grid Warrior.
The 3.0d updater can be acquired from the Internet by pasting the following URL into the “Location” field of Netscape Navigator, and then pressing the Return key:
Grid Warrior should run fine even if your monitor is set to more than 256 colors. However, if the program fails to start up properly you may need to make an adjustment to the amount of memory allocated to Grid Warrior. Click once on the Grid Warrior application, then select “Get Info” from the Finder’s “File” menu. The Get Info box will then allow you to increase the amount of memory allocated to the Grid Warrior application. Be sure to close the Get Info box before launching the Grid Warrior application.
68040 PROCESSOR
Although Grid Warrior runs best on a PowerPC processor, it can still be quite enjoyable on a fast 68040 processor. However, you will almost certainly need to set your monitor to 256 colors. Due to mysterious factors which the authors of Grid Warrior have been unable to fathom, some graphics functions in Apple’s ROM do not seem to behave correctly in more than 256 colors on a 68040 system. If, while playing the game, objects seems to flicker badly or leave trails of garbage behind, this is likely the problem you are experiencing. Reduce the setting of your Monitors control panel to 256 colors and relaunch the Grid Warrior application.
QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS
If you have an unresolvable problem or question concerning the Grid Warrior demo, you can contact us via e-mail at smokin@ghgcorp.com
