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MICRO MACHINES 2 HELP FILE
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MM2 is a DOS program. Do not try to install or run from within
Windows 3.0 or 3.1. You should choose EXIT WINDOWS from the FILE
menu of the PROGRAM MANAGER to get to the DOS prompt.
We have tried our best to make this game install and run as
easily as possible. However, due to the incredible variety of PC's,
soundcards, video cards, system settings and other software that may
be on your system, there may be circumstances where the game does not
work first time. This file is designed to help you adjust things so
that the game runs, if you are having problems.
There follows sections on:
1. MEMORY PROBLEMS
2. SOUND PROBLEMS
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1. MEMORY PROBLEMS:-
The game requires 3400K of free system memory. On a typical
4Meg (or more) machine there should be this much free. However, if
your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files contain lots of commands that
load programs in, that take away your system memory, then you may not
have enough. The way to free up memory is to remove offending lines
in these files, and then re-boot your system. See your DOS manual for
details on CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. So that you can easily get
your system back to how it was after you have played Micro Machines 2
it is a good idea to make a backup copy of these files, which can then
be restored afterwards. So, the procedure is as follows:
("Not enough memory to run game" error displayed after MM2 (enter))
Please Note:- All of the following instructions 1 to 8 should be carried
out, while in your "root" directory. e.g. your prompt
should be C:\ not C:\MM2.
1. COPY CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.OLD (enter)
2. COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.OLD (enter)
3. EDIT CONFIG.SYS (enter) and delete any commands that you suspect
may be taking memory away - but not ones that
will be required for your soundcard, or CD drive
(if applicable).
4. EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter) and delete any commands that you
suspect may be taking memory away - but not ones
that will be required for your soundcard, or CD
drive (if applicable). The most likely offenders
are SMARTDRV, EMM386, QEMM and anything with the
word CACHE in it.
5. Re-boot your system
6. MEM (enter) to see if you have succeeded in freeing up enough
memory to play the game - if not edit CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT some more, if in doubt chop it
out!
7. Try running MM2 again.
8. If you have had to take things out of your CONFIG.SYS or
AUTOEXEC.BAT files, in order to get the game to run, then you
will almost certainly have to put them back in to make other
applications on your system function properly.
Let's face it, this is not good fun. If you do find yourself
having to do this, to get the game to run, then why not make
a copy of your game CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, once you have
got it working. So, :-
COPY CONFIG.SYS GAMECONF.SYS
COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT GAMEAUTO.BAT
Then :-
COPY CONFIG.OLD CONFIG.SYS
COPY AUTOEXEC.OLD AUTOEXEC.BAT
to get things back to the setup you had before you started.
Now, instead of going through all of that, every time you want
to play MM2, just do the following :-
COPY GAMECONF.SYS CONFIG.SYS
COPY GAMEAUTO.BAT AUTOEXEC.BAT
Reboot, play, and if you want to go back to your original setup
again :-
COPY CONFIG.OLD CONFIG.SYS
COPY AUTOEXEC.OLD AUTOEXEC.BAT
Helpful Hint!
Later versions of MS DOS have a menu system for your setup files
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Look in your DOS manual under "MENUITEM".
Using this, you can have a menu of setups, every time you boot up your
PC. i.e. You can choose 1 for A "Normal" Setup, 2 for "Games" etc.
ALTERNATE METHOD - Boot from a System Disk
If you do not want to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files you
can cause your system to boot off a floppy disk by creating a System
Disk. Please see your DOS manual (under the FORMAT command) for details.
You can then copy your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files onto this disk.
When you power-on with the floppy in drive A it will be these files, not
the files on your hard drive, that will be used. This way you can edit
them to remove all lines that do not relate to your sound card or CD
drive without being concerned that you may mess up your system settings.
So, the procedure would be as follows:
1. Create a System Disk, see your DOS manual under FORMAT for details.
e.g. type FORMAT A: /S (enter) with a BLANK disk in the drive!!!
2. Type COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS A:\CONFIG.SYS (enter)
3. Type COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter)
4. Type EDIT A:\CONFIG.SYS (enter) Then delete all lines that do not
relate to your sound card or CD drive (if applicable) and save the
file.
5. Type EDIT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter) Then delete all lines that do
not relate to your sound card or CD drive (if applicable) and save
the file.
6. Turn your machine on or reset it with the System Disk in drive A.
7. Run MM2, e.g
type C: (enter)
type CD \MM2 (enter)
type MM2 (enter)
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2. SOUND PROBLEMS:-
If you have selected your card's settings in the SOUND utility,
and the game still produces no sound, or crashes, then it is most
likely that you have one of the following problems:-
1/ If the game crashes when you try to run it, then it is most
likely that some other device is conflicting with your sound
card. Please ensure that no other cards, share the same
settings. Remember that all devices must have a seperate
address and interrupt. On some PC's, mice tend to have
inconvenient interrupts i.e. Interrupt 5.
2/ If the game runs, but with no sound, then it is most likely
that the game cannot find your sound card. This may be a problem
on Soundblaster compatibles which are not 100% compatible,
although we have not found any problems on the ones that we have
tried. Other than this, it is most likely that your card is not
set up correctly, or is set to values that conflict with other
devices. Or, it is possible that you have entered values that
are not the same as the card settings. Please refer to you
sound card manual for specific instructions on how to choose and
set the settings.
INCOMPATIBLE SETTINGS !!!
It should be noted that interrupt values above 7 cannot be used.
This restriction is common to many games, and if you currently have it
set to a higher value you will have to change the setting to either
2,3,5 or 7. Refer to your sound card manual for details on how to do
this.
A FEW EXTRA WORDS...
If you really have no idea what your card's settings are, then
you are best advised to choose the card, then select the option "I
have no idea ...". What this does is leave all your existing settings
alone and when the game runs it will try to detect the settings of
your card. If you have your card set up correctly using the software
that came with it, then this option should work.
Therefore, it is probably best to follow this procedure:-
a/ If you definitely know your settings, select them.
b/ If you are not quite sure, select the "Don't know"
option. However, bear in mind that if you have tried
to select the settings manually, and got something
wrong, then you will have changed your sound card
software settings. So, you will have to reboot to
re-initialise your card. Then select "Don't Know"
and the game will go by your software's settings.