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- OPERATING SYSTEM AND CD-ROM DRIVE
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- Chaos Control is designed to run under DOS. If you are in Windows,
- exit all applications and then choose EXIT WINDOWS from the FILE menu
- to get to the DOS prompt. To access the game, you will need to change
- to the CD-ROM drive. On most systems, the CD-ROM drive is signified by
- the letter D. Assuming drive "D" is your CD-ROM drive, type D:" and
- press the ENTER key. If your CD-ROM drive is a letter other than D,
- substitute that letter followed by ":" and press the ENTER key.
-
- Throughout this manual, CD-ROM drive will be used to indicate the DOS drive
- holding your game disc. Again, on most systems the CD-ROM will be
- designated by the letter D.
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- CONFIGURATION CHECK
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- The INSTALL program on the CD will test the transfer rate of your CD-ROM
- drive and the performance of your CPU and video card. It does not install
- software or other files since Chaos Control runs from the CD. This program
- will check to make sure that your system can run Chaos Control acceptably.
- Change to the CD-ROM drive (see previous section for more information). At
- the prompt, type "INSTALL" and press ENTER. Do not interrupt the program
- while it is testing your system. If you encounter any problems or if an
- error message is displayed, refer to the following Troubleshooting section
- (page X).
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- STARTING THE GAME
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- Chaos Control only operates under DOS. If you are in Windows, exit all
- applications and then choose EXIT WINDOWS from the FILE menu. At the
- DOS prompt, change to your CD-ROM drive, type "CHAOS", and press the
- ENTER key.
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
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- The error messages listed below may appear during the game or while the
- Install program is testing your hardware.
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- E1000 or E1006: PROGRAM NOT LOADING CORRECTLY
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- PROBABLE CAUSE: Your hardware does not meet the minimum requirements
- of the game.
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- SOLUTION: Check to make sure that your system meets the Configuration
- Requirements listed on page X, and follow the instructions to verify
- that your system is correctly setup in the Configuration Check section
- on page X.
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- E1000 or E03: INSUFFICIENT MEMORY
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- PROBABLE CAUSE: Not enough free conventional memory.
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- SOLUTION: Your system must have 550KB free memory (see Configuration
- Requirements listed on page X). To verify the amount of free conventional
- memory, check the Largest Executable Program Size from the MEM display.
- Type "MEM" at any DOS prompt and press the ENTER key. You must have at
- least 550KB (563,200 bytes) available.
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- If you use MS-DOS 6.0 or later:
- The MEMMAKER command should be able to free enough space by loading
- your device drivers into upper memory. At a DOS prompt, type "MEMMAKER"
- and press the ENTER key. Choose EXPRESS SETUP and answer NO when
- asked if you have any programs that require expanded memory.
- Follow the on-screen instructions. MEMMAKER will reboot your system twice,
- and when it is finished, you should have enough memory to run Chaos Control.
- If you still have trouble getting enough memory, check the boot disk section
- below.
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- For other versions of DOS:
- Consult your DOS manual about how to load device drivers into upper memory.
- MS-DOS 5.0 uses the LOADHIGH and DEVICEHIGH statements in the
- Autoexec.Bat and Config.Sys files, respectively. If you still cannot free
- up enough memory, check the following instructions on how to disable
- EMS and create an optimized boot disk.
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- Disabling Expanded Memory (EMS)
- Chaos Control is compatible with but does not require expanded memory (EMS),
- and expanded memory fills 64KB of upper memory. Therefore, to free up the
- maximum amount of conventional memory, expanded memory should be
- inactive. To check your computerÆs EMS status, type "MEM" at a DOS prompt
- and press the ENTER key. If EMS does not appear, expanded memory has
- already disabled. However, if EMS is listed, follow the instructions
- below to disable it, or consult your DOS manual for further instructions.
-
- Note: Some other programs, most notably other games, do require EMS memory
- to run. MEMMAKER can be used to enable or disable EMS, or you can follow
- the instructions below to create a boot disk without EMS for Chaos Control.
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- Without MEMMAKER, you must modify the EMM386 line in Config.Sys to
- disable expanded memory. To edit this file, type "EDIT CONFIG.SYS"
- at a "C:\" prompt.
- Expanded memory may be disabled by checking the EMM386 line and
- verifying that NOEMS is included. If the command is not present,
- replace "RAM" with "NOEMS". If neither command is present, add "NOEMS".
- You can also edit any DEVICE= line to DEVICEHIGH= (except for the HIMEM.SYS
- and EMM386.EXE lines,) to try to load drivers into upper memory, out of
- the way of Chaos Control. Finally, select SAVE from the FILE menu, and
- then select EXIT to return to the DOS prompt. You must then reboot the
- system to enable these changes.
-
- For example,
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- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM 2048 X=C901
- DEVICE=C:\SNDCARD\BOBCD.SYS /D:MSCD001
- becomes
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS 2048 X=C901
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\SNDCARD\BOBCD.SYS /D:MSCD001
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- If, after trying the above suggestions, your free conventional memory is
- still less than 550K and you have problems running the game, create a DOS
- boot diskette that you can use to start your PC prior to running
- Chaos Control.
- To create a boot diskette follow these steps:
-
- 1. Insert a blank diskette into your A:\ floppy disk drive. You cannot boot
- from the B:\ drive.
- 2. At the DOS prompt type "FORMAT A: /S", and press the ENTER key.
- The disk will be formatted and the DOS boot files will be copied to it.
- When finished, do not format another, and you will return to the DOS
- prompt.
- 3. Type "COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS A:" and press the ENTER key.
- 4. Type "COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT A:" and press the ENTER key.
- 5. Change to the A:\ drive by typing "A:" and pressing the ENTER key.
- 6. To edit the Config.Sys file, type "EDIT CONFIG.SYS" at the A:\ prompt
- and press the ENTER key. Remove drivers and variables not
- necessary to the correct functioning of your sound card, CD-ROM
- drive and mouse. Some Config.Sys lines which may be safely deleted
- include lines beginning with DEVICE= and DEVICEHIGH= and ending
- with SETVER.EXE, IFSHLP.SYS, and ANSI.SYS. Be sure to leave
- the lines with HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE!
- 7. Now, please verify that HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE lines are the
- first and second DEVICE= lines, respectively, and change any
- following lines that still begin with DEVICE= to DEVICEHIGH=. This
- will load these drivers into upper memory.
- 8. Make sure there are both DOS=HIGH and DOS=UMB lines. If not,
- insert them. (You can also have a combined DOS=HIGH, UMB.)
- These lines can appear anywhere in the file.
- 9. When you are finished, select SAVE from the FILE menu and then
- select EXIT to return to the A:\ prompt.
- 10. To edit the Autoexec.Bat file, type "EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT" at the A:\
- prompt and press the ENTER key. Autoexec.Bat lines which may be
- safely deleted include SMARTDRV or SHARE. You should also
- delete lines for network drivers, virus protectors, scanner/fax drivers,
- and any lines that begin with "CALL" or "WIN". Be sure to Leave in
- lines that refer to PATH, SET SOUND, SET BLASTER, MSCDEX, and
- MOUSE.
- 11. For any lines that begin with C:\, insert a LOADHIGH and a space at
- the beginning of the line, before the C:\. (C:\DOS\MOUSE becomes
- LOADHIGH C:\DOS\MOUSE.)
- 12. When you are finished, select SAVE from the FILE menu, and then
- select EXIT to return to the A:\ prompt.
- 13. Leave the finished boot disk in the A drive and reboot your system.
- Your computer should start up from this disk. Type "MEM" at a DOS
- prompt and press the ENTER key to check the largest executable
- program size. If you do not yet have at least 550KB of free memory,
- check your DOS manual, or contact our Technical Support department
- at 310-576-1885.
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- E09 or E10: SOUND CARD PROBLEMS
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- PROBABLE CAUSE: Your sound card is incompatible or it is not correctly
- installed. Chaos Control only works with Sound Blaster(TM) 2.0 or 100%
- compatible cards.
-
- SOLUTION: Most problems with sound cards result from incorrect setup
- stemming from a conflict with another device. Run your sound cards setup
- program and enable the standard Sound Blaster(TM) settings.
- Check your sound cards manual for details on enabling Sound Blaster
- emulation.
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- E1002: SAVE PROBLEM
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- If the program was unable to create the save file or the score file, your
- hard disk may be full.
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- E1001, E1004, E01 or E02: PROGRAM UNABLE TO READ CD-ROM DATA
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- PROBABLE CAUSE: Your CHAOS CONTROL disc may be dirty.
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- SOLUTION: Take the disc out of the drive and clean it with a dry,
- clean, soft and lint-free cloth, wiping in a straight line starting from
- the center outwards to the edge of the disc.
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- ANIMATION SEQUENCES ARE NOT FLOWING SMOOTHLY
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- PROBABLE CAUSE: Your CD-ROM driveÆs transfer rate may be too slow. See
- Configuration Requirements and Configuration Check sections on page X. If
- you are using a portable CD-ROM interface connected to the printer port,
- this reduces the CD-ROM transfer rate considerably.
-
- SOLUTION: Check the settings for MSCDEX in your Autoexec.Bat file. To edit
- the Autoexec.Bat file, type "EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT" at a "C:\" prompt, or "A:\"
- if a boot disk. Look for a line that has MSCDEX on it. Change the number
- of CD extension buffers on the MSCDEX line (the /M:xx setting).
-
- For example, in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file,
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- C:\DOS\MSDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:15
-
- indicates that the buffer is set at 15 giving you 30KB buffer.
- The maximum is 32 or 64KB buffer. For Chaos Control, we recommend a setting
- of 15. Higher or lower numbers may help to speed up the games CD access,
- depending on your hardware.
-
- Note: Some CD-ROM drives have a similar buffer setting for their Config.Sys
- driver that can help access times. Check your CD-ROM drive manual for
- details.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- If you have tried all of the suggestions offered in the Troubleshooting
- section and you are still having problems,
- contact I-Motion Technical Support at 310-576-1885.
-
- To expedite answers to your questions, please note the following
- facts before contacting our Technical Support staff:
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- Type of machine (486, Pentium, etc.):_________________________
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- DOS version:__________________________________________________
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- Name of graphics card:________________________________________
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- Sound board type:_____________________________________________
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- Name and type of CD-ROM drive:________________________________
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- Hard disk compressor:_________________________________________
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- Maximum size of executable program:*__________________________
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- Total expanded memory (EMS):*_________________________________
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- Total extended memory (XMS):*_________________________________
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- *To determine these settings, type "MEM" at the DOS prompt.
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- CHAOS CONTROL ACTION GAME
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- If you would like to play the Chaos Control action game. You can reach
- the I-Motion Hintline at 900-88-IMOTION (900-884-6684). You must have
- a touch-tone phone to use our 24-hour service. The charge for your
- call is $1.25 for the first minute, 85 cents for each additional
- minute. All long distance charges are included in these prices.
- Callers under the age of 18 must get their parents permission
- before calling the Hintline.
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- CUSTOMER SERVICE
-
- To contact our customer service department by mail receive use the following
- customer service address:
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- I-Motion, Inc.
- Customer Service Department
- Attn: Chaos Control
- 1341 Ocean Avenue
- Box 417
- Santa Monica, CA 90401
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- IMPORTANT NUMBERS
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- I Motion product information and ordering: 800-443-3386
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- Philips Media distribution and ordering: 800-340-7888
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- Chaos Control Action Game: 900-884-6684
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- Technical Support: 310-576-1885
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- Technical Support BBS: 310-576-1820
- (Standard modem settings up to 14.4k bps)
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