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README (last modified 4/99)
To start LAUNCH:
Windows 95/98/NT: Click on the big LAUNCH logo in the Autostart menu or
run D:\Setup.exe (where D: is your CD-ROM drive)
SECTIONS
1. Tips
2. Startup Problems/Requirements
3. Audio/Video problems
4. Technical/Customer Support Options
********************************************************************
* DIRECTX 6.0 Installer
-- IMPORTANT NOTE: DirectX is required (Windows 95/98) for the game
demo to run. The LAUNCH setup program will run the DirectX installer
if DirectX is not detected on your system. For best results, make
sure you have the latest videocard and soundcard drivers from the
appropriate manufacturers.
For technical support regarding DirectX, please refer to:
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/Resources/support.htm
********************************************************************
1. Tips
Switch to High Color (16-bit) or True Color display mode for
best-looking graphics and video. (go to Control Panels / Display
/ Settings tab / Color palette)
Connect to your internet provider before running LAUNCH for
content off the web. Be sure to have Microsoft Internet Explorer
3 (or higher) installed [http://www.microsoft.com/ie].
Multitasking is not recommended. (Quit other applications before
running LAUNCH for best performance)
2. Startup Problems
* Nothing appears when CD is put into drive
Autoplay may be turned off on your computer. In this case,
please go to "My Computer" and double-click on the LAUNCH CD-ROM
icon and run "Setup.exe". In rare cases, the Autoplay screen may
be glitched or fail to load. Make sure you have the latest
Windows video drivers for your specific video card if this is
the case. These can usually be downloaded from the
manufacturer's website.
* "IOS failed to initilize" error message after installation
This is a rare problem which may occur on early versions of
Windows 95. Solution from Microsoft support:
1. Boot Windows 95 in Safe mode or to a command prompt.
2. Perform one of the following two steps:
- Edit the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files and disable any
references to Smartdrv.exe. To disable a line, type "rem"
(without quotation marks) at the beginning of the line.
- Rename Smartdrv.exe to another name.
3. Restart your computer normally.
* Slow Load Time
Minimum system requirements have increased slightly starting
with issue 15. Slow load times can be caused by a number of
factors or combinations of system components. Surpassing the
following suggested system requirements (particularly RAM) will
improve performance of LAUNCH. If your computer is near the
minimum requirements, LAUNCH should play but load times may be
slow.
If you receive a "Cannot open START.DXR" or something similar
when starting up LAUNCH, most likely a component on your system
falls below the minimum requirement.
* Suggested System Requirements *
Windows 95/98
Pentium 166
24 MB RAM
4X+ CD-ROM drive
16-bit soundcard
For the smoothest LAUNCH experience, a Pentium II-class
computer, 32 MB RAM, and a 24X CD-ROM drive are highly
suggested.
* Installation / Quicktime 3.0
* If you get a system error or general protection fault while
running the installer,
1) turn off any antivirus software you may have running.
2) delete all files in your C:\Windows\Temp directory and try
again.
Unfortunately, Quicktime 3.0 is not backwards compatible, but it
is ok to also have both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of Quicktime
on your system. They have been designed to coexist on the same
system with no conflicts.
Older versions of LAUNCH require older versions of Quicktime:
LAUNCH 1 - 14:Quicktime 2.1.2 (16-bit)
LAUNCH 15 - 19:Quicktime 2.1.2 (32-bit)
LAUNCH 20+ :Quicktime 3.0
Note: A Quicktime for Windows program group will be created.You
don't need any of these files to access LAUNCH. These icons are
just there as part of the Quicktime installation program and may
be used to run Quicktime movies externally, such as ones that
are downloaded from the internet.
Due to a problem with detecting Quicktime, LAUNCH #20 will only
work with Quicktime 3.0 and 3.01. All other issues should work
with any version of Quicktime 3. If you have 3.02 on your system
and would like to run #20, you'll have to delete the file
c:\windows\system\quicktime.qts and run the Quicktime installer
from issue #20. After viewing issue #20, you can reinstall
Quicktime 3.02 if you wish by running the installer (included
starting with issue #22). We apologize for this inconvenience.
* General Errors
LAUNCH does not install anything on your system (Windows 95 or
later) besides Quicktime and ActiveX Controls, all content is
run off the CD.
* Get the latest video drivers from your video cards
manufacturer, especially if you have an ATI video card (Windows
95/98, Mac).
* Downloaded files and some temporary files are stored in the
C:\Windows\Lnchprfs directory, please delete these if you are
getting errors running LAUNCH or would like to recover the hard
disk space.
* Re-installing Quicktime may also fix other errors.
3. Audio/video problems
* Color mode/palette
LAUNCH is optimized for Windows 95/98, videocard at 16-bit color
setting.
* Windows 95/98 -- To run in 16-bit color, your video card
setting must be set to that color bit-depth. The ways to switch
color bit-depths vary from computer to computer, usually it is a
control panel installed along with the video card. In Windows
95/98, go to:
Control Panel -> Display -> Settings and change the color
palette setting to High Color (16 bit).
* Video glitches during playback
* Go to Control Panel -> Quicktime -> Video Settings and switch
from Options mode to Safe Mode. Updated video drivers from the
video card manufacturer may be required.
* No sound in LAUNCH / general audio problems
1. Make sure WAV volume is turned up in your mixer (Windows
95/98 - double-click on the speaker in the bottom right hand
corner of the screen) and that you can play .WAV audio (you
should be able to hear previews in the Sounds control panel).
2. Make sure you have the latest sound drivers from the
manufacturer of your soundcard installed. Usually they can be
downloaded from the manufacturer's website.
3. You may get better results with sound in LAUNCH by going to
Control Panel -> Quicktime -> Sound Out and switching from
DirectSound to waveOut.
4. There may be a conflict between the Quicktime music
synthesizer and the soundcard's software wavetable emulation. To
remove the Quicktime music synthesizer, go to Control Panel ->
Quicktime -> Music -> Edit List -> Synthesizer. Choose "No
synthesizer" in the synthesizer list.
5. Soundcards with software wavetable emulation [most cards do
NOT have this feature] may cause Quicktime audio sync problems.
Please turn off this feature to see if it is causing the
problem. This can be done usually in a soundcard specific
control panel or go to Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager
-> Sound, Video and Game Controllers and disable this option
from there.
4. Technical/Customer Support Options
* Technical Support
e-mail: techsupport@launch.com
website: http://www.launchcdrom.com
Or, you can call the Technical Support helpline at: 310-453-1256
(between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM (PST) Monday through Friday).
Describe the problem in as much detail as you can, such as the
error message and exact steps taken. Include all the details
about your computer too (e.g. make/model of computer, model of
videocard, RAM installed, etc.). Your bug report will help make
future issues better.
* Customer Support
Subscriptions/billing: 1-800-2LAUNCH (1-800-252-8624)
For billing/general customer support issues:
e-mail: service@launch.com
Thank you for using LAUNCH, we welcome any suggestions or comments
to mail@launch.com