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- CHECKLIST FOR SETUP/PLAY PROBLEMS
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-
- Before you assume there is something wrong with the game(s) or you
- cannot get them to run on your system please check the following.
- If you answer yes to any of them you are doing something wrong.
-
- 1. GodFather of Crime and Rise To Power:
-
- _____ - You forgot to make sure SHARE is loaded.
-
- _____ - You loaded DOS SHARE into high memory. If so, it will NOT
- work correctly. Load into normal memory instead.
-
- _____ - You forgot to run the DDSETUP.EXE program to configure the
- GOC.CTL or RTP.CTL file first.
-
- _____ - You forgot to run the SETUP.EXE after configuring the GOC.CTL
- or RTP.CTL. Remember to "SAVE" your settings to generate
- the required data files.
-
- _____ - Your CTL file is not called GOC.CTL or RTP.CTL as required
- by the appropriate game.
-
- _____ - The start up batch routine does not get the drop file
- INTO the game directory OR tell the game where the drop
- file can be found. See the /P parameter in Sysop.Doc
- for further information.
-
- _____ - You are running a fossil but forgot to configure the
- appropriate CTL file to show that you are using a fossil
- and at what speed you have locked the port.
-
- ----- - You have not tried to change to a different drop file format
- to see if that might be the problem.
-
- ----- - You do NOT have ANSI.SYS installed.
-
- ----- - You do NOT have ALL the game files in the same directory?
-
- _____ - You are not running the maint.exe program once daily from
- the same directory as the game and all it's data files is
- in.
-
- _____ - You forgot to delete the NKEY.DAT file when you got your
- registered key BEFORE running the game in local mode to
- enter the new key code?
-
- _____ - You get error messages that say the game was unable to
- open a file? Check the game directory and ensure that
- the required game DAT files have been created. If not
- you have NOT run SETUP.EXE correctly. To fix just
- run SETUP.EXE again manually following the instructions
- in the SYSOP.DOC file.
-
- 2. Death By Trivia, BioGuide, CampTown Races, Escape, Task Force
- Broadside, Ship of the Line, Grunt Fest, Adventure Door Game
- Toolkit and Way Freight:
-
- _____ - You forgot to make sure SHARE is loaded.
-
- _____ - You loaded DOS SHARE into high memory. If so, it will NOT
- work correctly. Load into normal memory instead.
-
- _____ - Your CTL file is not called *.CTL.
- (Substitute your game name for the "*" in *.ctl)
-
- _____ - You forgot to configure the *.CTL file first.
- (Substitute your game name for the "*" in *.ctl)
-
- _____ - The start up batch routine does not get the drop file
- INTO the game directory OR tell the game where the drop
- file can be found. See the /P parameter in Sysop.Doc
- for further information.
-
- _____ - You attempted to alter the 3rd line of the key.dat file
- without obtaining the correct key code from me directly.
-
- _____ - You are running a fossil but forgot to configure the
- CTL file to show that you are using a fossil and at what
- speed you have locked the port.
-
- ----- - You have not tried to change to a different drop file format
- to see if that might be the problem.
-
- ----- - You do NOT have ANSI.SYS installed.
-
- ----- - You do NOT have ALL the game files in the same directory?
-
- _____ - You forgot to set up the MAINT.EXE program to run as a
- daily event, if MAINT.EXE was included with the program
- archive (Check the sysop.doc to see if your program has
- a daily maintenance requirement). If included with the
- program it MUST be run from the same directory as the
- game is in.
-
- 3. OK, I have not done anything wrong based on the above. What do I
- do now? If it is a game problem fill out the bugrpt.frm completely
- and then package it up with any error logs, your CTL file and the
- batch routine which runs the game, and transmit it to me via fido
- (1:391/3010) or log onto my BBS and upload it to me. Use the first 8
- letters (or less) to name the package. For example DALTON.ZIP would be
- the name of my compressed package containing the BUGRPT.FRM and other
- required files which I might submit. Please note that I will NOT
- respond to ANY inquiries or bug reports unless I get these things!