ZOOP (tm) PC Demo Version: 1.0 Date: August 13, 1995 Viacom New Media Inc Table of Contents 1. System Requirements 2. Normal Installation 3. Starting the Game 4. Video Adapter Considerations 5. Sound Card Considerations 6. Windows 3.11 or 3.10 Configuration > 1. System Requirements The following is a list of minimum requirements for running ZOOP (tm) PC Demo- - DOS 5.0 or Higher (this requirement not relevant with Windows '95) - 486 or later system processor - 550 Kb (563,200 bytes) of available conventional RAM - 4 Mb (4,194,304 bytes) of total system RAM (see section 6. Windows Configuration if you have less that 8Mb system RAM) - SVGA Video Adapter - A sound card is required if sound effects and music are to be enabled, see section 5 for compatability information > 2. Normal Installation From Windows, use the Run Program feature from the Files menu of the Program Manager in Windows 3.10 or 3.11, or from the Start button in Windows '95. Select the Setup.exe file located in the directory that contains the ZOOP (tm) PC Demo install files. Follow the directions given in the Install Program. Note: The installation program used to install ZOOP (tm) PC Demo, INSTALL, is licensed software provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp, P.O. Box 780068, San Antonio Texas 78278 (USA). INSTALL is Copyright (c) 1987-1994 by Knowledge Dynamics Corp which reserves all copyright protection worldwide. Install is provided to you for the exclusive purpose of installing ZOOP (tm) Demo PC. Viacom New Media has modified the software as provided by Knowledge Dynamics Corp. and thus the performance and behavior of INSTALL as shipped with ZOOP (tm) Demo PC may not represent the performance and behavior of INSTALL as shipped by Knowledge Dynamics Corp. Viacom New Media is exclusively responsible for the support of ZOOP (tm) Demo PC, including support during the installation phase. In no event will Knowledge Dynamics Corp. provide any technical support for ZOOP (tm) Demo PC. > 3. Starting the Game Double click on the newly created "Zoop Demo" icon from the "ZOOP Demo Group" while in Windows. In the game, use cursor keys to navigate menus selecting with Ctrl (Fire) key. > 4. Video Adapter Considerations ZOOP (tm) PC Demo has been shipped with a configuration that will work for most PCs. Some video adapters do not implement the standard known as VESA exactly the same way in their hardware designs. For this reason, different software drivers are required to make some adapters work similarly to the others. We have included a utility that provides a library of drivers for many of the most popular adapters. The current version of the utility will not operate when run from Windows 3.11 or earlier. It will work when run from Windows '95. If you are using Windows 3.10 or 3.11 on your system, you must exit Windows to run the utility. To run the utility from DOS, change the working directory (using the CD command) to the directory where ZOOP (tm) PC Demo has been installed, I.E. "CD C:\ZOOPDEMO". Then execute UVCONFIG.EXE and follow the directions. After the new driver has been installed, run Windows again and you are ready to play the game. We know of some cards that may not work even after installing the drivers as described above. - Orchid Farenheit 1280 with S3 chipset number 924 with V3.0 Bios - Orchid Celcius Current VESA driver supplied with the adapter will not help. A new version of the driver is expected soon that may fix the problem. - Matrox MGA Ultima Can run with VESA driver supplied with the adapter. Use instructions supplied with the adapter instead of above instructions to install the driver. - Diamond Stealth Viper with Weitech 9000 chipset does not run. Nearly all other Diamond adapters work without problems. > 5. Sound Card Considerations The following is a list of known problems encountered with some sound cards and any known remedies. - Aztec Labs SGNXPro 16 select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound program - Aztech Labs SG select Sound Blaster from Setsound program - Aztech Labs SGNXPro Extra select Sound Blaster from Setsound program - Aztech Labs SGPro16 select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound program (crashes if Sound Blaster selected) - Ensoniq SoundScape will not run with any supplied drivers from inside Windows run ZOOP.EXE from DOS after selecting Sound Blaster from Setsound program - ESS Audio Magician select Sound Blaster from Setsound program note: Setsound fails to detect this card make settings manually using those described in the Sound Card's documentation - Media Vision Pro Audio 3D select Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound - Gravis Ultra Sound run ZOOP.EXE from DOS after selecting Gravis Ultra Sound from Setsound There are many others that will work by trying Sound Blaster and/or Sound Blaster Pro from Setsound. Note: Be sure to select no Midi Sound and no Digital Sound from the Setsound program if you don't have a sound card installed. > 6. Windows 3.11 or 3.10 Configuration If you have less than 8 Mb of system RAM and you find that ZOOP (tm) PC Demo will not run because you are out of memory, you must ensure that no other applications are running and that you have at least a 4 Mb virtual memory swapfile enabled for Windows to take advantage of. To ensure that there is a swapfile and that it is big enough, the following steps are listed. - Double click on the Main group in the Program Manager Window. - Double click on the Control Panel icon in the Main Window. - Double click on the Enhanced icon in the Control Panel Window. - Click on the Virtual Memory... button. - If Swapfile Settings size is less than 4096 Kb or if Type = none, adjustments must be made. If these are both false, then Swapfile settings probably won't help. - Press the Change>> button if adjustments are required. - In New Swapfile Settings Type field select Temporary or Permanent. - Click in New Size field and enter a number not less than 4096. - Press OK button. - Allow Windows to automatically restart. - Presto! You have a swapfile.