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- Troubleshooting
-
- AA Virtual London needs 16-bit Quicktime version 2.1.2
- installed (even if you are running under Windows 95).
-
- QuickTime
- If QuickTime has not been installed and setup correctly
- you will experience problems
-
- To fix this, do the following:
-
- With certain graphics cards, Method 1 listed below may crash
- your machine. If this happens try Method 2.
-
- Method 1
- a) Open the Windows Control Panel:
- -In Windows 95, select Start/Settings/Control Panel. If
- you see two QuickTime control panels, perform steps
- b,c,d on both of them.
- -In Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, double-click the Control
- Panel icon in the Main program group.
- b) Double-click the QuickTime control panel icon.
- c) Click the More button, then click the Video tab at the
- top of the window. The video page will appear.
- d) Click Video Driver in the Draw Method box, then click
- Apply. Click Close to shut down the QuickTime control
- panel.
- e) Restart Movie Player or the appropriate application to
- try again.
- f) If the application still does not work, repeat steps 1-4,
- and choose a slower draw method (listed in the Draw
- Method box from fastest to slowest).
-
- Method 2
- a) Open a file called qtw.ini in Notepad. You should find
- this in "c:\windows\" or "c:\win95\".
-
- b) Under the section [Video] you should see:
- Optimize=Hardware
- If you do, then change then the word "Hardware" to "Driver"
-
- c) Select "Save" from the File menu to save your changes.
-
- d) Restart Windows, and try running AA Virtual London Demo again.
-
- If this doesn't solve the problem then try Un-Installing QuickTime
- and then Re-Installing QuickTime.
-
- Panoramas
- The QuickTime VR panoramas in the areas of London may be
- running slowly for the following reasons:
-
- 1. You clicked the check box for the minimum installation
- (requiring 2Mb of free space on your hard drive) for
- loading animations and panoramas.
-
- If this is the case then your panoramas will run more slowly
- from the CD-ROM than if they were running from the hard
- drive. If you wish to run the panoramas from your hard
- drive, take the following steps:
-
- a) Free up 8Mb of space from your hard drive.
- b) Click on the Uninstall icon to clear the AA Virtual
- London Demo directories on your hard drive.
- c) Install the disc. When the Installation Options window
- appears, click on the check box for a full installation
- (requiring 8Mb of free space on your hard drive).
- d) Continue with the installation.
-
-
- 2. The panoramas may be running slowly (with a slow screen
- refresh rate) because your system driver is incorrectly
- configured. To solve this problem, do the following:
-
- a) Open the Windows Control Panel:
- -In Windows 95, select Start/Settings/Control Panel. If
- you see two QuickTime control panels, perform steps
- b,c,d on both of them.
- -In Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, double-click the Control
- Panel icon in the Main program group.
- b) Double-click the QuickTime control panel icon.
- c) Click the More button, then click the Video tab at the
- top of the window. The video page will appear.
- d) Click Video Driver in the Draw Method box, then click
- Apply. Click Close to shut down the QuickTime control
- panel.
- e) Restart Movie Player or the appropriate application to
- try again.
- f) If the application still does not work, repeat steps 1-4,
- and choose a slower draw method (listed in the Draw
- Method box from fastest to slowest).
-
- Flashing Cursor
- Go to Mouse Settings in the Control Panels.
- Click on the "Pointer" tab.
- Under Scheme, Select "(None)".
- Click on the "Motion" tab.
- Deselect the Pointer trails.
-
- If the above does not work, ensure that the graphics
- acceleration is set to full. To solve this problem, do
- the following:
- Go to System in the Control Panels.
- Click on the "Performance" tab.
- Click on the "Graphics" button.
- Ensure the acceleration is set to "Full".
-