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- HOW TO MAKE THE INSTALL PROCESS QUICKER
-
- If you are using SMARTDRV on your system it should take
- approximately 5-8 minutes to install Take a Break!
- Pinball. If your system does not use SMARTDRV, it could
- take up to 15-20 minutes. To make sure that you are using
- SMARTDRV to "read cache" the floppy drive, type the
- following at the DOS command prompt:
-
- SMARTDRV a
-
- This will enable the "read cache" for floppy drive A:. Use
- the letter "b" for floppy drive B:. This is not a permanent
- change and your system will go back to the way it was
- when you next reboot your system.
-
- MUSIC AND SOUND PROBLEMS
-
- Causes of some common problems...
-
- 1) Card is not installed.
- 2) Card is not installed properly.
- 3) Card is not hooked up to speakers or headphones
- properly.
- 4) Card is not configured properly for Windows.
- 5) Card sound drivers are not installed for Windows.
- 6) Card sound drivers are not correct for your type of
- sound card.
- 7) MIDI Mapper Setup is not appropriate for your sound
- card.
- 8) Some other running software has control of the sound
- devices.
- 9) Music/Sound Effects are not turned on in game.
- 10) Roland devices are not supported.
-
-
- SOME PROBLEMS WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED
-
- 1) Problem: I don't get any sound. The menu shows sound
- and music as disabled, but I have a sound card.
-
- Possible Solution: Sometimes other software will not reset
- the sound device when you exit the application. Exit
- Windows, reboot your computer, and try again.
-
- If that doesn't fix the problem, it may be that the program
- does not recognize that you have a sound device available
- to play music or sounds. Either you do not have a sound
- device available, it is not installed properly, or another
- program has control of the sound device and has not
- released it for other programs to use.
-
- See above "Causes of some Common Problems".
- See also "Trouble Shooting Hints" below.
-
-
- 2) Problem: I get music but it sounds strange.
-
- Possible Solution: It is possible that your MIDI Mapper
- Setup is not correct for your sound card. Try playing
- CANYON.MID (you will find Canyon.Mid in the Windows
- directory) with the Media Player (Media Player can be
- found in the Accessories group) that comes with Windows.
- If CANYON.MID sounds strange then it is likely your
- MIDI setup is incorrect. You may have to contact your
- card manufacturer to help you create a MIDI setup that is
- appropriate for your card.
-
- See below for help adjusting your MIDI mapper in the
- section titled Creating a New MIDI Mapper..
-
-
- 3) Problem: I get music but it is followed or preceded by a
- "Twing!" sound or static crackles.
-
- Possible Solution: Your MIDI Mapper is configured to
- output music to channels not supported by your card. Try
- modifying your MIDI setup as described below under
- Creating a New MIDI Setup.
-
-
- ---- TROUBLE SHOOTING HINTS ----
-
-
- IF MUSIC IS DISPLAYED AS ENABLED ON THE
- MENU BUT DOESN'T PRODUCE MUSIC:
-
- 1) Exit the Take a Break! Pinball software.
- 2) Run Windows' "Media Player" from the "Applications"
- group.
- 3) Load and play "CANYON.MID" from your Windows
- directory.
- 4) Music indicates that the MIDI Mapper is properly
- installed in Windows.
- 5) No music indicates a problem with the mapping or MIDI
- connection to Windows. UNTIL MEDIA PLAYER
- PRODUCES MUSIC, Take a Break! Pinball SOFTWARE
- WON'T!
- 6) Follow the instructions from your sound card
- manufacturer to properly install the card and Windows
- drivers.
- 7) Verify that the MIDI Mapper is present in the Control
- Panel. If it is not, install the Windows' drivers.
- 8) Open the MIDI Mapper and click on "Edit."
- 9) The setup shows which device each MIDI Channel is
- ported to. Verify that the correct ports are selected.
-
- IF YOU STILL DON'T HEAR MUSIC COMING FROM
- YOUR SOUND CARD
-
- 1) If the connections are correct, the most likely problem is
- an Interrupt (IRQ) conflict. Each add-on card in your
- computer must have a unique Interrupt. Since MIDI
- generally uses Interrupts for recording and not playback,
- you might have another device using the same Interrupt
- level, and yet you will hear music fine from your
- Sound/MIDI card. We recommend that you try each level
- available. On most cards, you must set the Interrupt level
- physically on the card, as well as from the software. A few
- cards (such as the Media Vision cards) allow you to
- completely set the Interrupt from software.
-
- 2) You also might be having a problem with your DMA or
- IO Address. Like the Interrupt level, this might conflict
- with another device in your system. We recommend you
- try the other settings available here, too.
-
- 3) If the above tests still result in no MIDI music, you
- might try the tests again, and this time make sure that you
- power-down your computer between each test.
-
- 4) If you feel confident that your connections are correct,
- and there are no hardware conflicts in your computer, we
- recommend you contact the MIDI/Sound card manufacturer
- for other suggestions and/or diagnostics to determine that
- MIDI music can come in.
-
-
- MIDI MAPPER
-
- The MIDI mapper program is located in the Window's
- Control Panel which is located in the group "Main."
- NOTE: If you have not installed the drivers for your sound
- card, you will not see a MIDI Mapper icon. Refer to the
- instructions from the card manufacturer to properly install
- the card and Windows drivers.
-
- The MIDI Mapper provides filtering and changing of
- musical events to allow music to sound similar on all
- hardware.
-
- Sound Card installation programs often set up a custom
- MIDI Map which can be accessed from Windows' Control
- Panel. The three types of maps are:
- - Base-level (MIDI Channels 13 to 16, drums on
- 16)
- - Extended-level (MIDI Channels 1 to 10, drums
- on 10)
- - General MIDI (MIDI Channels 1 to 16, drums
- on 10)
-
- Identify which map type should be used with your system so
- that your Take a Break! Pinball software will use the
- appropriate channels:
-
- Common examples for default MIDI Mappings are:
- - Ad Lib (used for Internal Sound on Sound
- Blaster 1.0/1.5): Base-level
- - Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum Plus/16,
- Fusion CD, CDPC:
- Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Media Vision Audio Port,
- Thunderboard/Thunder & Lightning: Base-level
- - Omni Labs Audio Master: Extended-level
- - Roland MPU 401/compatibles, SCC-1: No MIDI
- Mapper
- - Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5: Internal Sound: Base-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Sound Blaster Pro: Internal Sound: Base or
- Extended-level
- External MIDI: Extended-level
- - Others: Try all choices, reloading a MIDI file
- after each selection.
-
-
- CREATING A NEW MIDI SETUP
-
- Create a new MIDI setup by selecting the "Setups" radio
- button then click on the "New" button. Enter "Pinball" and
- "Pinball MIDI setup" for the Name and Description of this
- MIDI setup. You then see a rather ominous looking screen
- with lots of options. Click on the field for channel 13 in
- the column Port Name. Click on the down arrow in this
- column to bring up a list that usually contains names of
- sound devices. Try using Adlib if it is available. If it is
- not, try one of the others. Do the same for channels 14
- through 16. When you are finished, click on "OK" and
- indicate that you wish to save this new setup. Now try
- playing CANYON.MID again on the Media Player. If it
- still sounds funny, try editing the MIDI setup you have just
- created by using the MIDI Mappers edit screen.
-
-
- IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUND
- OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE PROGRAM:
-
- Call Sierra On-Line Customer Service at 209-683-8989 in
- the US; or [0]734-303-171 in the U.K. Be sure to have
- information about your system available to help diagnose
- the problem:
-
- Type of computer: 286, 386, 486, DX or SX
- CPU Speed: 20Mz, 25Mz, 33Mz, etc.
- Amount of memory installed: 2M, 4M, 8M, 16M, etc.
- Amount of Hard drive space available.
- Version of Windows.
- Type and version of sound card.
- Version of Operating System
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