The following is a brief document that describes the
installation process and the game requirements. For more
detailed information, please see the appropriate sections
in the manual.
2) Play by Play Install Options:
The game has four different Play by Play install options.
In order to conserve hard disk space you may choose
'None' but you will not have any Play by Play commentary
during the game. Alternatively choosing 'Minimum' or 'Recommended'
will give you more Play by Play at the cost of disk space.
Finally choosing 'Maximum' will give you the most play by play.
You will need to have approximately an addition 2.5 Mbs of free
hard drive space if you wish to have a Play by Play instlalation.
3) Game Install Options:
While the Play by Play install options give the user
more or less capability, the three game install options,
'Minimum', 'Recommended', and 'Maximum' all provide the
same features but attempt to balance hard disk usage
with speed. Depending on the amount of free space
that is available, you will have to decide which one to
install. If a particular install requires more disk space
than is available on the selected drive, it will appear
in red. It should be noted that if you are using file
compression software, or are installing over a previous
install, there may be enough drive space for a particular
installation, as the file sizes will be incorrect.
Upon entering the install screen, a default path for
the installation will be selected for you. You can then
type in a different path if you like. However, it is
important that the path be valid. You can have a maximum
of eight characters in a directory name, with at most
three characters for the extension. If the directory that
you choose does not exist, it will create one for you. However,
at most only one directory will be created. For example, if
you decide to install to 'C:\GAMES\TPLAY' but no GAMES
directory exists, you will get an error message.
4) Sound Card Options:
The first time that you enter the installation program,
your sound card is autodetected and highlighted in yellow. This
should be correct for almost all sound cards. However, if the
sound does not appear to be working correctly, you may choose to
select another sound card. This would probably indicate a problem
with your current environment variable settings. A button at the
bottom of the screen allows you to test the current selection.
5) Game Requirements:
Triple Play '97 requires a local bus video card, VESA
SVGA compatible, capable of 640x480 resolution with 256 colors.
The minimum memory requirements are 450 Kb of conventional RAM
and 6,950 Kb of extended memory.
6) Alternate Keyboard Controls:
Triple Play '97 for ease of use, has a number of alternate
keyboard assignments.
Keyboard1:
Key assignment for Button 1:
"ENTER", Right "SHIFT", and "ENTER" (Numeric Keypad)
Key assignment for Button 2:
" ' ", "/" and "DEL" (Numberic Keypad)
Key assignment for Button 3:
";", ".", and "INS" (Numeric Keypad)
Directions:
"7", "9", "1", and "3" also control the diagonals for running and for aftertouch.
Keyboard2:
Key assignment for Button 1:
"CAPS LOCK", "ALT", and "H"
Key assignment for Button 2:
Left "Shift", and "G"
Key assignment for Button 3:
Left "CTRL", and "F"
Directions:
"Q", "E", "Z", and "C" control the diagonals for running and for aftertouch.
Miscellaneous keys:
"BACKSPACE" is an equivalent for the "ESC" key.
"F6" zooms you up to the scoreboard.
"TAB" brings you to the controller selections screen much easier.
"F9" in a modem or a direct connect game terminates the connection.
"R" changes reolution on the fly
"T" toggles texture details on or off
7) Timeout Menu updates:
Roster has the following changes to it: F9 will activate a scouting report
showing you the oppositions lineup. F10 Toggles between the season statistics
and today's game statistics.
In the options menu, you now have the ability to turn on or off the player
names. This allows multiplayer 6 way to be less confusing.
8) Gravis GrIP in Win95:
If you are having trouble with getting the Gravis Grip to respond in Triple
Play PCCD under Windows 95, try out the following. Make sure to install your
Gravis GrIP software provided in your Gravis GrIP package for Win95 as a
first step. The second step is to click onto the "START" button in the lower
left corner of your windows screen. Next, go into the "Settings" and then into
your "Control Panel". Now go click the "System" icon and select "Device Manager"
under "System Properties". Under "Sound, video and game controllers", the "Gameport
Joystick" should appear with a yellow exclamation mark on it. (This means that
there is an error with your gameport). Click on "Gameport Joystick" and then
onto "Resources" in the menu. Uncheck the "Use automatic settings" and at the
"Setting based on" dialogue box, change "Basic Configuration 1" to "Basic
Configuration 0". Now follow the instructions and prompts and the system
should ask you to Reboot and continue from there.
9) Speed of Gameplay:
Playing in hi rez on a slower machine will cause the framerate of the game to go below gameplay minimum requirements. Although you can still play the game, playing below framerate minimum will often cause additional player errors in the game. Some suggestions on increasing gameplay speed are: Experiment with different camera angles or switching to the locked cameras, switch to a lower resolution, or try turning off certain details.
10) All Star Game Rosters:
In Triple Play 97, we have decided to include the All Star Team lineup from this
year's 1996 All-Star competition. The National and American League lineups were
determined by fan vote, and are not affected by the injuries that adjusted this
year's contest.
11) Tie Breaker Determination for Playoffs:
The manual states that if there is a tie for a playoff spot, it is determined
that the team with the most hits in the season will claim that spot. In order to
closely reflect MLB rulings, both teams will play a tie breaker game, and the
winner will go to the playoffs.
12) Save Games:
Each Season, Series, Playoff etc. game that you save takes up space on your
hard drive. You will need uapproximately up to 2.5 MBS on your hard drive
with the maximum number of games, and custom players stored.
