******************************************************** WAYCOOL.EXE is not shareware or freeware. By purchasing this CDROM, you have been granted a license to use the program with this disk only. This software is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Quantum Axcess will not make any warrenties or have any liabliity as to the software's operation or the results it produces or fails to produce. ********************************************************* _______________________________________________________________ I.Installation Problems. (all references to C: refer to the drive where windows is installed. D: refers to your CDROM drive) 1) WAYCOOL is written using Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(tm) v3.0. Microsoft(R) and other visual basic custom control (VBX) makers insist that to preserve the license of these controls they be installed in the Windows\System directory. Many shareware or other programs do not follow these guidelines and hence are in violation of the distribution agreements for these controls. In addition, they cause problems for those who do follow the rules. In order to maintain the license agreement, WAYCOOL installs the visual basic controls from each of the programs included on this CD ROM to the Windows\System directory during the setup of WAYCOOL. If during installation or operation of the WAYCOOL program you encounter "cannot copy", "Invalid property", or "Invalid file format" messages or really any problems at all please perform the following steps. 1. Exit Windows 2. At the DOS prompt enter the following commands: Copy c:\windows\*.vbx c:\windows\system erase c:\windows\*.vbx 3. (optional) type: dir c:\*.vbx /s /p and locate all vbx files and copy them to the windows\system directory then delete them from the original location. 4. Restart windows and reinstall the WAYCOOL CDROM by choosing file/run from Program Manager or File Manager and type d:\setup In addition, some programs copy VBRUN300.DLL and other VBX files in other areas besides Windows\System directory. It is advisable to search your entire machine for VBRUN300.DLL and delete any occurance not in your Windows\system directory before installing WAYCOOL. This can be done by using the FileManager's search under File\Search. 2) In the unlikely event that the setup routine fails, manual installation can be done by the following instructions: [Remember, this is ONLY as a last resort and should not be done until ALL other options have failed.] 1. EXIT WINDOWS 2. At the dos prompt ( C:\> ) type: C:\> CD \ C:\> MD \WAYCOOL C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\*.* C:\WAYCOOL C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\WAYCOOL.INI C:\WINDOWS C:\> COPY D:\WAYCOOL\WAYCOOL.HLP C:\WINDOWS 3. If your CDROM drive is not "D:" then edit the waycool.ini and change the line "GamesPath=D:\GAMES" replacing D: with your drive i.e. "GamesPath=E:\GAMES" C:\> EDIT C:\WINDOWS\WAYCOOL.INI 4. Restart Windows and create a WayCool group and icon in Progam Manager by following the instructions below: 1. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New 2. Select Program Group option and click Ok. 3. In the Group Name type: WayCool Windows Games 4. Click Ok to create the group. 5. From the Program Manager menu, select File then New 6. Select Program Item option and click Ok. 7. In Description, type: WayCool 8. In Command Line, type: C:\WayCool\WayCool.exe 9. In Working Directory, type: C:\WayCool 10. Click OK to create the Icon. 5. If you have further problems, please read the notes above. 3) DISK SPACE - WayCool takes up less than 2 megabytes of harddisk when installed on your computer. Actually system files required to run the games take most of that and you may already have alot of these files so it can take as little as 600K. During installation, Setup.exe copies about 500K of files to a temporary directory. These files are required to install WayCool but are deleted after the setup is finished. If you do not have the system files it can require 2.5 megabytes to install. If you get the message that you do not have enough free space to install waycool, move some files to a floppy or decrease the size of your swap file until you have completed the installation then you put them back. _________________________________________________________________________________ II. WayCool colors and grahics 1) There is a known problem with the 8514 video drivers and large font option on ATI mach8 drivers. Operation is not affected but the 3D look of certain windows is impacted. Also the About screen background bitmap is smaller than it should be. _________________________________________________________________________________ III. Memory 1) Some games do not release their allocated memory after exiting the game. If you encounter a "not enough memory", "not enough resources" error or a game does not appear to be running properly, exit WAYCOOL, restart Windows and try again. _________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Sample WAYCOOL.INI file 1) [Start] File=c:\Waycool\WAYCOOL.LST Path=C:\Waycool <---DO NOT END THESE WITH A BACKSLASH GamePath=D:\games <---DO NOT END THESE WITH A BACKSLASH [Options] Button=All Sound=Yes _________________________________________________________________________________ V. Recommendations and Notes. 1) Video: For best results use 256 colors or more. Some games require a minimum of 256 colors to run. 2) Sound: We recommend using an MPC(tm) compatible sound board. Windows PC speaker driver will work as well. If you have neither, Click Options/Sound so that the check is off. 3) Mode: Should be in 386 Enhanced mode. 4) Memory: 4 MB of memory is recommend. Please note section III. _________________________________________________________________________________ VI. If after reading this file and trying these things you still have problems call Quantum Axcess Technical Support at (614) 228-3903 or mail us on COMPUSERVE at 71603,2100. *************************************************************************** PLEASE REGISTER WAYCOOL. 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