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BURIED IN TIME DEMO
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.1 INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
Welcome to the interactive preview for Buried in Time, An Epic Time
Travel Adventure. We'd like your experience with this disc to be a
smooth one, so we've enclosed installation instructions below to help
you get the demo up and running easily. Please take a moment to review
these and make sure you're comfortable with the installation before
proceeding.
Note: For easiest reading of this file, turn on Word Wrap by clicking
the mouse on "Edit", pulling down to Word Wrap, and releasing the mouse.
Step 1:
Insure that SmartDrive is loaded into your autoexec.bat file, and that
it is running. From the c: prompt, 1) type smartdrv to get status info,
or 2) edit autoexec.bat, and check for a statement similar to:
LH c:\dos\smartdrv.
Step 2:
There are two ways to install this demo: a) with Program Manager, and
b) with File Manager.
A) WITH PROGRAM MANAGER
1) From the File Menu, select Run.
2) Click on Browse.
3) Choose Drive d: (or whatever letter you have used to designate your
CD-ROM drive).
4) Click on the file bitsetup.exe.
5) Select OK.
6) Select OK again. The install program runs.
7) During this setup procedure, if you do not already have Video for
Windows installed, be sure to select this option.
8) When the installation is complete, you have the option to restart your
computer. This is necessary in order for the Video for Windows to work.
B) WITH FILE MANAGER
1) Under the Windows Program Manager, Open the Main program group.
2) Double-click the File Manager icon.
3) Open the window for your CD-ROM drive.
4) Double-click on bitsetup.exe and follow on-screen instructions.
5) During this setup procedure, if you do not already have Video for
Windows installed, be sure to select this option.
6) If you receive the MCI Error message, see the explanation and solution
below.
7) When the installation is complete, you have the option to restart your
computer. This is necessary in order for the Video for Windows to work.
Step 3:
When you are ready to run the Demo, Open the "Buried In Time" Group Icon
that has been created by the setup procedure. Double-click the "Interactive
Preview" Icon, and ENJOY!
POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES
If, while running the interactive preview, you receive the following
message:
MCI Error
"This AVI file is too big to be played in the selected VGA mode."
Don't panic. It is caused by Video For Windows trying to display an AVI
file in full screen mode. This is easily corrected by changing the
drivers default setting from Full Screen to Window. Just Select OK to
the error message and press Esc (the escape key).
Then you need to change your system configuration in the following manner:
1) Open the Main Group Icon.
2) Double-click the Control Panel Icon.
3) Double-click the Drivers Icon.
4) Select [MCI] Microsoft Video for Windows.
5) Click Setup. Select Video Mode: Window. (Not Full Screen).
6) Insure that "Skip Video Frames If Behind" is also selected here.
7) Click Set Default.
8) Click Close.
9) Close the Main Icon Group.
POSSIBLE SOUND PROBLEM
This demo uses a great deal of digitized sound. If you are experiencing
popping when sound is playing, you need to increase the amount of memory
that MCI uses to buffer sound. To change this, select Drivers in your
Control Panel, and select "[MCI] Sound" from the list of drivers presented.
Click on the Setup button, set the seconds to 9, and click OK.
POSSIBLE VIDEO PROBLEM
If both the video and the sound run poorly, i.e. skip, drop out and lock up,
there are a few possible solutions:
1) Recheck Smartdrive for correct configuration.
2) Go through the procedure for the MCI Error message and make sure that
"Skip Video Frames If Behind" is selected.
3) Check your video system setup. The demo is optimized for 1,000's of
colors and won't run as well under the 256 color mode. With 256 colors
the software must dither down from 1,000's to 256 on-the-fly. This slows
down the demo considerably.
COPYING THIS DEMO
This demo may be copied freely. Please make sure to copy the entire folder
and its files, otherwise the demo will not function properly.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Buried in Time¬ is a 3 CD-ROM set and will be released in the second quarter
of 1995. It will be available from most software dealers or directly from
Sanctuary Woods. The Suggested Retail Price is $59.95.
CONTACT
Sanctuary Woods
1825 S. Grant St. Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
415-286-6100 voice
415-286-6020 fax
800-943-3664 direct sales
415-286-6110 technical support