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- READ ME
-
- Welcome to the “Promised Land” and “Big Log” CD ROMs. There are a few
- points addressed in the manual we would like to reiterate before you
- install and play:
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- RAM
- Both discs require an absolute minimum of 5.5MB available RAM, above and
- beyond that required by your system software. This means they will play
- on an 8MB machine if your system overhead is less than 2.5 MB. Too many
- fonts, extensions, and other utilities will deny play. To compensate,
- eliminate as many of these options as you can until you are beneath the
- 2.5MB level, or ideally, get more RAM. This later action will improve your
- experience with “Promised Land” and all other software.
-
- QUICKTIME
- We have included a copy of QuickTime 2.1 (For Macintosh) and QuickTime
- 2.02 (For Windows) on our disc. If you do not have QuickTime on your
- machine, or if you have version that is older than those mentioned above,
- you will need to install the enclosed version of QuickTime to play our
- games. Please read the manual for instructions. If you do have the same
- version or a newer version of QuickTime, you should not have to install the
- versions on our disc. After installing Quicktime for Windows on a Windows
- 95 machine, be sure to add the file
- “MSVHDW95.QTC” to the folder where the Quicktime components are
- stored, normally your “Windows\System” folder. Failure to do so could
- result in reduced performance.
-
- 16 BIT COLOR “Our software was designed to play in 16-bit graphics mode.
- While it may play in 8-bit, 256 colors mode IT WILL LOOK FUZZY. If you
- currently have an 8-bit (256 colors) system, you should definitely upgrade
- to 16-bit (“Thousands of Colors”) or 32-bit (aka 24-bit, “Millions of
- Colors”)
-
- The video and animation in our game were designed to play across a very
- wide spectrum of machines and platforms. On the Windows side, our
- absolute minimum configuration is a 486/33 with a double-speed drive.
- On the Macintosh side, our absolute minimum configuration is a 68030
- series Macintosh with a double-speed drive. Playback of video and
- animation on these machines may be slow or slightly out-of-synch. The
- more powerful the machine, and the faster the CD ROM drive, the better
- the performance you will likely realize.
-
- FULL-SCREEN VIDEO
- We have enabled some of our videos and animation's to play full-screen. To
- do so, go to the “Inventory” utility (the “X” in the upper left-hand screen),
- click on the “Key” icon, click on the monitor icon until you have a full-
- screen, click on the green check, then click on the “Return” arrow icon. If
- you wish to make the opening animation full-screen, go through this
- process immediately upon completion of the opening credits (when the “X”
- first appears). Please note that the “Big Log” disc does not have this
- function. Please note, however, that bringing these movies to full-screen
- will cut both their speed and resolution in half. You may return to half-
- screen mode by again clicking on the monitor until the half-screen state
- is shown and then clicking on the check mark.
-
- SECRET MUSIC VIDEOS
- EMI Records has included three music videos on the “Big Log” disc: “I Am
- I,” “Disconnected,” and “Bridge.” You will find them hidden among the
- other 23 videos embedded throughout “Big Log.”
-
- SAVE GAME
- When using the “Save Game” function (by selecting the “Key” icon from
- the “Inventory” screen), please take very careful notice of the letters you
- enter. It is easy to mistake the letter “l” (L) for the number “1” (one),
- and the letter “O” for the number “0” (zero). See Manual for further
- instructions.
-
- MAP NAVIGATION
- We have included a system of rapid navigation. When you click upon the
- “X” in the upper left-hand screen, you jump to the inventory screen. There
- you will find on the right images of each of the five Artist Worlds plus the
- Forest. Clicking upon the image of the forest in the lower right will
- “jump” you to this location. Clicking upon any of the five images of the
- Artist Worlds will reveal four locations within each of these worlds.
- They are initially black and white, meaning they are unavailable to you.
- As you explore each of these worlds, the images on the Inventory screen
- will turn to color, meaning they are now available to you as shortcuts.
- As they turn to color, click on these images to “jump” to these locations.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- Please call 310 260-4776 For technical support.
-
- Thank you for playing!
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- Queensrÿche
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