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- Battlespire v1.3 Patch File Readme
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-
- This file contains information about the Battlespire
- patch file. Read these carefully to make sure that
- your system has been configured properly to run the
- game.
-
-
- Detecting Available Memory
- --------------------------
-
- Battlespire now detects the amount of available
- memory, counting actual physical RAM and swap file
- space. If it detects an insufficent amount, then
- it will print out a warning message. Check under
- the "Random Crashes" section in this file for more
- details if you get this warning message.
-
-
- Error: Could not initialize VESA 15 bit 640x480 mode.
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- What this error is trying to say that it could not
- find any 15 bit color modes on your video card. The
- patched game now will try to find 16 bit modes also.
-
- These are some of the video cards that this fix
- applies to:
-
- Creative Labs 3D Blaster
- Diamond Viper V330
- Diamond Stealth II S220
- STB Velocity 128
- STB Lightspeed
-
- There may be other cards that do not support any 15
- bit modes. This patch applies to those cards also.
-
-
- Dialog error while talking with various Vermai
- ----------------------------------------------
-
- Once in a while when you try to talk to a Vermai,
- the game would crash with a causeway error. This
- was due to a typographical error in the dialog
- script and has been fixed with this patch.
-
-
- Random Crashes (DPMI Memory)
- ---------------------------------
-
- This is the most common problem with running the
- game. Around 99% of this can be traced back to an
- improper properties setting of the Windows 95 DOS
- box. In order to run the game from a Windows 95 DOS
- box, you must configure it do so. Here is how:
-
- Start up the DOS box like you normally would.
-
- If the DOS box is full screen, make it windowed
- by hitting the alt + enter key combination.
-
- There is an icon in the toolbar of the DOS
- window that looks like a hand holding up a sheet of
- paper. This is the properties icon. Click on it.
-
- Now you should be looking at the properties sheet
- of the DOS box. There is a 'memory' tab near the
- top of that sheet. Click on that.
-
- Now you are looking at the memory properties of
- the DOS box. Near the bottom is an area that is
- labelled "MS-DOS Protected Mode (DPMI) Memory".
- This value is normally set to "AUTO" when Windows
- 95 is installed. That won't work with Battlespire.
- What you need to do here is to change this value
- to '65535' by typing it in manually.
-
- Near the top of the memory properties sheet is
- an area that is labelled "Conventional Memory".
- Inside that area is something called "Initial
- environment". Change the value in there to 2048.
-
- Now click on the 'OK' button, and close the DOS
- box by typing 'exit' at the command prompt. The
- next time you open up that DOS box, it will use
- the new memory configuration. Battlespire will
- now run without bombing out randomly.
-
-
- Low Disk Space
- --------------
-
- Random crashes can also be attributed to having
- a low amount of disk space left. Battlespire needs
- free disk space for a swap file. It is recommended
- that you have at least 40 megabytes of free space
- on your hard drive before running Battlespire.
-
-
- No Sound Card Option
- --------------------
-
- There have been reports that computers without any
- sound cards or people who prefer to run the game
- with the sound setting set to 'none' can not run the
- game at all. That has been fixed with this patch.
-
-
- No Music Heard
- --------------
-
- Battlespire plays music via your CD-ROM's redbook
- audio feature. If you are in the game and can not
- hear any music playing:
-
- 1) Make sure that the volume control for CD Audio
- is raised up to an audible level, and that it is not
- muted.
-
- 2) If it still doesn't work, then pop the hood of
- your computer. Make sure that there is a thin cable
- running from the back of your CD-ROM to your sound
- card. Refer to the manual that came with your CD-ROM
- for further information.
-
-
- Catapult Misdirection
- ---------------------
-
- On the castle capture the flag multiplayer level,
- there was a bug with the way the catapults worked.
- They would work the first time, then the second time
- around, they would shoot you backwards into oblivion.
- That bug has been squashed.
-
-
- New Deathmatch Levels
- ---------------------
-
- There are three new multiplayer deathmatch levels
- for your slaying pleasure.
-
-
- Kills Tally
- -----------
-
- In multiplayer, when you go into the chat screen,
- you can see the scores of the other players but not
- their kills tally! Whoops. That has been added.
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-