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- Microsoft NBA Full Court Press README File
- August, 1996
- ⌐ Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
- =========================================================
- This file contains important information that supplements online Help.
-
- To get news and product updates for Full Court Press or other Microsoft games, check
- out our World Wide Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/games/.
-
- For the best readability, maximize this window.
-
- =========================================================
- CONTENTS
- =========================================================
- A. Hardware and System Requirements
- > Requirements
- > Enhancing Performance
- B. Installation and DirectX
- C. Audio Troubleshooting
- D. Video Troubleshooting
- > Displaying 256 Colors
- > DirectX Display Problems
- > Video Cards That Don't Support Full Court Press
- E. Multiplayer Troubleshooting
- F. Product Support
- > When You Have a Question
- > Microsoft Product Support Within the United States and Canada
- > Internet Services and the Microsoft Network (MSN)
- > Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
- > Microsoft FastTips
-
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- A. Hardware and System Requirements
- =========================================================
-
- Requirements
- =========================================================
- To play Full Court Press, you need:
-
- * A 486/66 computer or better with a 256-color display (Pentium 90 computer or better
- recommended)
- * Microsoft Windows 95
- * A 2X CD-ROM drive or faster to play from a compact disc
- * 8 MB of memory (RAM) (16+ MB recommended)
- * 25 MB of available hard disk space (60 MB recommended)
- * A sound board plus speakers or headphones to hear audio
- * 14,400 baud modem for modem play (28,800 baud modem recommended)
- * A Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
- * Joystick or gamepad recommended
-
- Note: Full Court Press requires Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. To purchase
- a Windows upgrade, see your local retailer.
-
- Enhancing Performance
- =========================================================
- You can enhance the performance of both single and multiplayer games by doing any or
- all of the following:
-
- * Close any open applications.
- * Be sure that you are not logged on to a network.
- * Change the game resolution to 640X480.
- * If you have applications that bring up pre-scheduled notifications, you should turn
- them off before playing Full Court Press full-screen mode.
- * Reduce the detail levels in the Performance, Display, and Sound dialog boxes. When
- you reduce the detail levels, you also affect the appearance of Full Court Press -- make
- these changes only if performance is your primary concern. See Q&A in online Help for
- more information about improving performance.
-
- =========================================================
- B. Installation and DirectX
- =========================================================
-
- Setup installs Full Court Press and DirectX drivers to your hard drive. Full Court Press
- requires these drivers to run. If you install different video drivers after installing Full
- Court Press, you may have problems running Full Court Press.
-
- If you are using a 2x CD-ROM drive, you should do a Typical or Custom installation for
- better performance.
-
- If you are using 16-bit CD-ROM drivers for your CD-ROM, Autorun may not work
- properly. To manually run setup, double-click on the Setup icon in your C or D drive
- (your CD-ROM drive) to start installation.
-
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- C. Audio Troubleshooting
- =========================================================
-
- If Full Court Press does not play sound properly, first verify that:
- * You've correctly installed your Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 sound drivers.
- * Your speakers are on and turned up.
- * The Windows 95 volume control is enabled and turned up, and that the Mute checkbox
- isn't selected.
-
- If Full Court Press still doesn't play sound properly, verify that Windows 95 can play
- .wav files:
- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click the Sounds icon.
- 3. Under Events, click an event that has a loudspeaker icon next to it.
- 4. In the Name text box, be sure that the three-letter file extension is ".wav".
- 5. Under Preview, click the play button. You should hear a sound.
-
- If you don't hear any sound, or if Windows 95 is not able to play a .wav file, check to see
- that a sound driver is enabled:
- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click the System icon.
- 3. Click the Device Manager tab.
- 4. Click the plus sign next to Sound, Video And Game Controllers.
- 5. If there is no sound, video and game controllers entry, or you have no
- sound card listed under this entry, contact the manufacturer of the
- computer or sound card and request help for reinstalling the sound card
- drivers.
-
- If you are able to play a .wav file in Windows 95, be sure that sounds are enabled and
- recognized in Full Court Press:
- 1. Start Full Court Press.
- 2. On the Start Up screen, click Options, and then click Sound.
- 3. Make sure that all the red sliders are at least halfway over, and then click OK.
- 4. To check whether Full Court Press will play a sound file, click any button on the
- Start Up screen.
-
- If you are using Windows NT 4.0, the sound may be choppy during setup, but will work
- normally while you are running Full Court Press.
-
- You can install higher quality sounds from the Custom installation option.
-
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- D. Video Troubleshooting
- =========================================================
-
- Displaying 256 Colors
- =========================================================
- Your computer must display 256 colors to run Full Court Press.
-
- If you don't have the necessary 256-color driver, or if you aren't sure that your video card
- supports 256 colors, contact your video card manufacturer.
-
- To display 256 colors in Windows 95:
- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click the Display icon.
- 3. Click the Settings tab.
- 4. In the Color Palette drop-down list, click 256 Color.
- 5. Click OK.
-
- DirectX Display Problems
- =========================================================
- Note: Full Court Press uses DirectX 2.0 technology. In some cases, the DirectX video
- driver may not interact correctly with your video driver. If you experience display
- problems, contact your video card manufacturer for the latest DirectX 2.0 drivers, or find
- an appropriate driver on our web site at http://www.microsoft.com/sports/baskball.
-
- If you experience display problems, contact your video card manufacturer for the latest
- DirectX 2.0 drivers. If you continue to experience problems with DirectX 2.0 installed,
- try the following procedures:
- 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click the Display icon.
- 3. Click the Settings tab.
- 4. Click Change Display Type to display the Advanced Display Properties dialog box.
- 5. Click the Adapter tab. If there is no Adapter tab, see the next procedure.
- 6. In the Refresh rate box, change the refresh rate, and then click OK.
-
- If your screen is unreadable and you are unable to follow the preceding steps, try the
- following troubleshooting steps:
- 1. Restart your computer in safe mode by pressing F8 when you see the message
- "Starting Windows 95."
- 2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 3. Double-click the Display icon.
- 4. Click the Settings tab.
- 5. Click Change Display Type to display the Change Display Type dialog box.
- 6. Under Adapter Type, click Change.
- 7. In the Select Device dialog box, select the DirectX-compatible video driver
- suggested by your video card manufacturer. If you do not have a DirectX-
- compatible video driver, contact your video card manufacturer for an updated
- video driver.
- 8. Restart your computer to apply the change you have made, and then start Full Court
- Press.
- 9. Reinstall your video drivers. Note, that Full Court Press will not run without
- DirectX drivers.
-
- You may not be able to switch between full-screen mode and a window with a menu bar
- with some video cards at some resolutions. If this happens, try using a lower game
- resolution. Or to achieve the best display without using full-screen mode, set your game
- resolution to be the same as your screen resolution.
-
- If you consistently cannot get a game started, DirectX may be having problems with your
- video drivers. Try the following procedures to work around these problems::
-
- * Change your DirectDraw settings (Full Court Press will run in slow display mode, but
- it may enable you to play):
- 1. On the Start menu, click Run.
- 2. In the Open text box, type REGEDIT, and then click OK.
- 3. In order, click the plus signs next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software,
- Microsoft, Games, NBA Full Court Press, and 96-97, and then click Graphics.
- 4. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- 5. Type DIRECTDRAW, and then press ENTER.
- 6. Double-click DIRECTDRAW.
- 7. Under Value Data, type 1, and then click OK.
-
- * Change Full Court Press's game graphics setting to high speed:
- 1. On the Start Up screen, click Options, and then click Performance.
- 2. On the Performance screen, under Game Graphics, click High Speed.
- 3. Click OK.
-
- * Contact your video card manufacturer for updated DirectX drivers.
-
- The Nexgen 586 system doesn't support DirectX, and therefore does not run Full Court
- Press. More information may be available on the AMD World Wide Web site at
- http://www.amd.com/html/products/pcd/nx586/support/pscpuid.html.
-
- Video Cards That Don't Support Full Court Press
- =========================================================
- If you are using any of the following cards or processors, you may experience problems
- when playing Full Court Press. If you experience any of the following problems, please
- contact your hardware manufacturer for the latest DirectX 2.0 video drivers:
-
- * Boca SXVGA5-CLGD5424
- * Trident 9440
- * # 9 Imagine 128
- * Diamond Stealth 64 Video 3400XL S3 Vision 968
- * Diamond Speedstar 64 PCI Cirrus CLGD-5434
- * SDIS Weitek 9100
- * Any video card using the Hornet Tender Pro video chip
- * Any video card using the Nvidia chip
- * Matrox Impression: display problems
- * Ensoniq Soundscape: If you're having problems installing Full Court Press with the
- Ensoniq Soundscape, and you know there is nothing wrong with the sound card, try
- changing the synth routing:
- 1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
- 2. Double-click System.
- 3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.
- 4. Under Sound, Video and Game Controllers, click the plus sign. There should be
- an Ensoniq Soundscape card listed. Click it, and then click Properties.
- 5. In the Ensoniq Soundscape dialog box, click the DOS Settings tab.
- 6. Under Synth Routing, make sure Internal is selected.
- 7. Close all dialog boxes, then restart your computer and try to reinstall Full Court
- Press.
-
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- E. Multiplayer Troubleshooting
- =========================================================
-
- Network and modem games work best when you choose the Typical installation option
- during Full Court Press setup.
-
- During a modem multiplayer game, it may take the client machine (machine that joins
- the game) a few minutes to download the stats and settings of the game to be played.
-
- If you have problems with modem games, reconfigure your modem as a standard 28,800
- baud or 14,400 baud modem instead of any modem-specific configuration you may be
- using.
-
- Changing controllers in the middle of a multiplayer game may cause you to lose game
- synchronization. You can, however, change the configuration of your controllers.
-
- During a Multiplayer game, the game may pause, even though no one has intentionally
- paused the game. A "Pause" message may or may not appear in the title bar of the game
- play window. Full Court Press is synchronizing the game among the users. Usually the
- game will unpause itself once it has synchronized the users. If the game does not unpause
- after about 10 seconds, try manually unpausing it by pressing the PAUSE key.
-
- If you do not have enough hard drive space to install Full Court Press, you may get the
- following error messgae during installation: "Can't load <filename> Place the Full Court
- Press compact disc in the CD-ROM drive. If it is already in the drive, run Setup again to
- fix your installation." Full Court Press is trying to load this file, but you may not have
- enough room on your hard drive to create any new swap files. Make sure you have
- enough space on your hard drive, then try reinstalling.
-
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- F. Product Support
- =========================================================
-
- When You Have a Question
- =========================================================
- If you have a question about Full Court Press, first consult online Help. If you cannot
- find the answer, contact Microsoft Product Support.
-
- Outside the United States and Canada, contact Microsoft Product Support at the
- Microsoft subsidiary office that serves your area. For information about Microsoft subsidiary
- offices, see Product Support Worldwide.
-
- Product Support Within the United States and Canada
- =========================================================
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