---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys to scroll through the text. Press Esc to quit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters (c) 1992, Accolade, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the compelling world of STAR CONTROL II. This CD includes one of the most critically acclaimed sci-fi games of all time. Travel twenty years into Star Control's future. Explore and liberate over 3000 planets in 500 star systems. Engage in thrilling space combat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS 1. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS & GENERAL INFORMATION 2. VIEWING THE MANUALS/STARMAP 3. INSTALLATION 4. STARTING UP 5. GAMEPLAY PROBLEMS 6. VIDEO PROBLEMS 7. SOUND PROBLEMS 8. CONTROLS PROBLEMS 9. PATCHES AND SUPPLEMENTAL FILES 10. BOOTING CLEAN 11. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 12. ADDITIONAL CREDITS 13. LEGAL MUMBO-JUMBO Please note that this document will show DOS commands that reference a computer's C: and D: drives. C: represents the hard drive you are installing the game to, while D: represents your CD-ROM drive. They also assume you are installing the game to the default directory of \STARCON2. If your drives and/or installation directory are different than these, please make the appropriate changes where needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS & GENERAL INFORMATION Required hardware: IBM PC AT (286) or 100% compatible, 640 KB RAM, DOS 3.30 or higher, Hard Drive with 12 MB free space, MCGA display adapter, 2x CD-ROM drive Recommended hardware: 386-20 MHz, VGA display adapter, Standard joystick Memory configuration: DOS Real Mode, must have 580 KB free conventional RAM Supported sound cards: PC Internal Speaker, Adlib, ASC Media Master, Gravis UltraSound, Microsoft Sound System, Pro Audio Spectrum, Pro Audio Spectrum 16, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1, Sound Blaster and 100% compatibles, Sound Master II, Disney Sound Source, Covox Speech Thing Installation program: INSTALL.EXE (on the CD) Default installation directory: C:\STARCON2 Game executable: STARCON2.COM or MELEE.COM (for melee) Run these from the hard drive, not the CD-ROM! Hardware configuration: Hardware auto-detection will get it right most of the time, but you can force a configuration through a DOS command-line... STARCON2 [/G:BIOS] [/S:Sound] /G (Graphics) Use the /G:BIOS parameter if you run the game, and the screen's colors look strange. /S (Sound) This will force the game to use the specified sound driver. For example, STARCON2 /S:SBLASTER The options are: SILENT (no sound), INTERNAL (PC Internal Speaker), ADLIB (AdLib sound card), ASC (ASC Media Master), GRAVIS (Gravis UltraSound), MICRO (Microsoft Sound System), PAS (Pro Audio Spectrum), SBLASTER (Sound Blaster), SM2 (Sound Master II), DISNEY1 or DISNEY2 (Disney Sound Source on parallel port #1 or #2), LPT1 or LPT2 (Covox Speech Thing or other sound peripheral on parallel port #1 or #2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. VIEWING THE MANUALS/STARMAP There are two ways to view the manuals, either as an Adobe Acrobat (tm) file, or as a text file. There is only one way to view the Starmap. It is an Adobe Acrobat(tm) file. - To view the manuals and Starmap in Adobe Acrobat format, you must first install the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader... Windows: Open the Acrobat folder on the CD, and double-click the INSTALL icon in the folder. DOS: Type: D: [Enter] Type: CD\ACROBAT [Enter] Type: INSTALL [Enter] Viewing Acrobat files... Windows: Locate the Acrobat file you wish to view (its name may end with a PDF extension), and double-click it. DOS: Type: C: [Enter] Type: CD\ACRODOS [Enter] Type: ACROMAIN [Enter] From the "Open" window, choose the CD-ROM drive Double-click the MANUALS folder Double-click the manual or starmap file you wish to view NOTE: The starmap has been included to help players find their way through the Star Control universe. It prints out on many pages that can be taped together to form one gigantic and complete map of all the systems in the game. - To view the manuals in text format... Windows: Locate the text file you wish to view (its name may end with a TXT extension), and double-click it. DOS: Type: D: [Enter] Type: CD\STARCON2\MANUAL [Enter] Type: MANUAL [Enter] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. INSTALLATION To install the game: (a) If you are in Windows, go to DOS. (b) Type: D: [Enter] (c) Type: INSTALL [Enter] (d) Follow the on-screen instructions. Any problems installing the game whatsoever: You can manually install the game by doing the following from DOS... (a) If you are in Windows, go to DOS. (b) Type: C: [Enter] (c) Type: MD \STARCON2 [Enter] (d) Type: XCOPY D:\STARCON2\*.* C:\STARCON2 /S [Enter] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. STARTING UP To play the game: (a) If you are in Windows, go to DOS (shut down to MS-DOS mode do not use a MS DOS prompt in Windows). (b) Type: C: [Enter] (c) Type: CD\STARCON2 [Enter] (d) Type: STARCON2 [Enter] To run Melee: (a) If you are in Windows, go to DOS (shut down to MS-DOS mode do not use a MS DOS prompt in Windows). (b) Type: C: [Enter] (c) Type: CD\STARCON2 [Enter] (d) Type: MELEE [Enter] You are told that you don't have enough memory to run the game: Boot clean, as described in section "10. BOOTING CLEAN" below. You can also use EMM386, DEVICEHIGH, and LOADHIGH to load drivers into upper memory. Once the CD version has been installed to the hard drive, the CD is no longer needed for play; the CD-ROM drivers may be left out to free up more memory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. GAMEPLAY PROBLEMS Game crashes when trying to land on a planet: You may not have enough conventional memory free. Try making a boot disk with the "accoboot" program located on the root directory of the disc. Game starts but skips the intro: Again, you may not have enough conventional memory free. Try making a boot disk Using caching programs: Do not have SmartDrive or any other disk-caching software loaded when running the game. Boot clean (see section "10. BOOTING CLEAN" below) without them. You may be able to tell if you have one loaded by saving a game. If it does not save immediately, boot clean without the caching program. Leaving the game: You must exit the game properly. Do not turn off the power or reset the computer while the game is in progress; this can mess up the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. VIDEO PROBLEMS All of the graphics colors are wrong/messed up: Run the game with the command: STARCON2 /G:BIOS [Enter] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. SOUND PROBLEMS You are having sound problems with your Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16: Type the following commands from DOS... COPY D:\PATCHES\*.* C:\STARCON2 [Enter] FIX [Enter] To run the game or Melee from now on, make sure the following command lines are present in your CONFIG.SYS file... - DOS=HIGH,UMB - The HIMEM.SYS line - The MVSOUND.SYS line (Pro Audio sound card driver) And use the following DOS command lines to run the game or Melee... STARCON2 /S:SBLASTER [Enter] MELEE /S:SBLASTER [Enter] You are having sound problems with your Orchid SoundWave 32: Run the game with the command: STARCON2 /S:MICRO [Enter] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. CONTROLS PROBLEMS When using a joystick in Melee, your ship constantly spins to the right: Things to try... - Do not play with the joystick while the game loads. While loading, the game automatically calibrates the joystick, and if it is not centered, its calibration will be thrown off. - 486 and faster machines sometimes have problems with standard, fixed-speed gameports, throwing off the gameports' timing. Installing an adjustable-speed gamecard will help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. PATCHES AND SUPPLEMENTAL FILES \PATCHES\*.* Allows the SoundMan 16, MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16-bit sound cards to work properly with the game. To install this patch, go to DOS, and type: C: [Enter] CD\STARCON2 [Enter] COPY D:\PATCHES\*.* [Enter] FIX [Enter] See section "7. SOUND PROBLEMS" above for more details on running the game after installing this patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. BOOTING CLEAN You can boot your PC clean in one of the following ways... - Make a boot disk with the ACCOBOOT program, included in the root directory of the CD. - If your computer boots up with a "Starting MS-DOS..." or "Starting Windows 95..." message, press the [F8] key as soon as you see this message. From the menu, select "Step-by-step confirmation". Answer "Y" to CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, sound commands, mouse commands, joystick commands, the PROMPT command, PATH commands, and anything else your computer requires to run. Answer "N" to everything else. - Manually make a boot disk with no CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files... (a) If you are in Windows 3.1, exit it completely. If you are in Windows 95, select "Start", "Shut Down...", "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode", and then "Yes". Either way, you should end up at a DOS prompt. (b) Find a blank high-density diskette that will fit in your computer's A: drive. Please note that the following procedure will erase all information from the diskette. (c) Type: C: [Enter] Type: CD\ [Enter] Type: FORMAT A: /S [Enter] This will ask you to insert a diskette in your A: drive. Use the one you found in step (b). When the diskette finishes formatting, it will ask you for a disk label; just press [Enter]. Then it will ask you if you want to format another diskette; answer N. If all went well, your boot disk should now be ready for use. Using the boot disk... (a) Insert the boot disk into your A: drive (b) Turn on your computer, or if it's already powered up, restart it... Windows 95: Click "Start", "Shut Down...", "Restart the computer", and "Yes". Windows 3.1: Exit Windows and follow the DOS instructions below. DOS: Press the RESET button on your computer (if it is equipped with one), or by press the [Ctrl] [Alt] and [Delete] keys all at the same time. While the computer starts, you will see various messages about programs being loaded from your boot disk. When it finishes, you will likely see a DOS prompt looking something like this: A:\> (c) Follow the directions for starting Star Control II as described in section "4. STARTING UP". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you need help with Star Control II, please feel free to contact the swell guys in our Technical Support department for assistance. To help us help you faster, please include as much of the following information about your computer as you can... - Your name, e-mail address, mailing address, and telephone number - The name of the product you need help with - Media type (e.g., PC CD-ROM) - The nature of the problem (please be specific with what steps led up to the problem and include any error messages that you have received) - Computer make and model (e.g., NEC Ready System 7022) - CPU type and speed (e.g., Pentium 200MHz MMX) - Amount of RAM installed (e.g., 32mb) - Free space on your hard drive (e.g., 2 GB) - DOS version (e.g., 6.22) - Windows version (e.g., Windows 95) - Memory manager used (e.g., EMM386) - Soundcard make and model (e.g., Creative Labs, Soundblaster AWE-32 PnP) - Soundcard settings (e.g., PORT 220, IRQ 5, LOW DMA 1, HIGH DMA 5) - Graphics card make and model (e.g., Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 w/ 4 MB RAM) - Joystick make and model (e.g., CH Flightstick Pro) - Copies of your computer's CONFIG.sys and AUTOEXEC.bat files You can contact Accolade's Tech Support team from the following places: World Wide Web: http://www.accolade.com Internet Email: techelp@accolade.com Compuserve: Game Publishers A Forum (GO GAMAPUB) Phone: (408) 296-8400 (Mon-Thu 8am-5pm, Fri 9am - 5pm, PST) Fax: (408) 246-0231 Mail: Accolade Customer Support 5300 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 500 San Jose, California 95129 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. ADDITIONAL CREDITS OEM Producer: Sean Patten OEM Tools Programmer: Bobby Tait OEM Manual Layout: W.D. Robinson OEM Lead Tester: Matthew Guzenda OEM Testers: Arif Sinan, Sam Newman, Marie Person ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. LEGAL MUMBO-JUMBO Acrobat and the Acrobat logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Star Control II is a trademark of Accolade, Inc. Portions (c) 1992 Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. Game (c) 1992 by Accolade, Inc. All rights reserved. The software and manual may not be duplicated or copied for any reason. The customer may not transfer or sell the software or user manual. This computer software product and the user manual are provided to the customer under license from Accolade, Inc. and are subject to the following terms and conditions, to which the customer agrees by opening the package of the software and/or using the software. Granting of this license does not transfer any right, title or interest in the software or the user manual to the customer except as expressly set forth in this License Agreement. The remedies provided above are the Customer's sole and exclusive remedies. In no event shall Accolade, Inc. be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages with respect to the Software or the user manual. Except as provided above, Accolade, Inc. makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the Software or user manual, and expressly disclaims all implied warranties, including, without limitation, the warranty of merchantability and of fitness for a particular purpose. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the Up Arrow, Down Arrow, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keys to scroll through the text. 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