BLOOD Shareware v .99b README.TXT March 7, 1997 Other useful files: bloodhlp.txt the text version of the printed manual monolith.txt A personal note (and challenge) from Jason Hall, Monolith's CEO BLOOD CUTSCENES (retail shareware only) In order to preserve space on your hard drive, we have not installed the Blood cutscenes. Therefore, you must have the Blood CD in your CD-ROM drive to view the cutscenes. Copying CS1.SMK and CS2.SMK from the CD to your Blood directory may improve video performance and will eliminate the need to keep the CD in the drive. If you copy the cutscenes, you must modify the BLOOD.INI file to point the program at the video files. CutSceneA in the [episode1] section should point to CS1.SMK and CutSceneB in that section should point to CS2.SMK. For example: CutSceneA=c:\blood\cs1.smk CD AUDIO (retail shareware audio) CD Audio will only play if the CD is in the drive. If you wish to view the cutscenes but don't want to listen to CD audio, use the "-nocd" command line parameter. SOUND & MUSIC You should test your SOUND FX card before testing your MUSIC FX card. AWE32 If you have problems with your AWE32 card while in DOS mode, make sure that you have run the SBDIAGNOSE utility that comes with your audio card. If you are still having problems playing music, try switching your music card to SoundBlaster. PROAUDIO 16 Although the Proaudio 16 is listed in the setup program, it is not currently supported. ============================================================================= TROUBLESHOOTING If you have sound problems: --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Verify that you have run SETUP. * Use the same values as the BLASTER environment variable. * Make sure that the sound card setup utilities are being run from your AUTOEXEC.BAT * Don't run under a Win95 full-screen DOS box unless you absolutely have to. If you are having mouse problems: --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Using a 3-button mouse requires the latest drivers from the vendor, especially if running under Win95. * If all else fails, configure as a two-button mouse, or keyboard only. If you have crash problems: --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Don't run Blood under Windows or Win95. * Blood requires 16MB of RAM right now. * Blood requires DOS 6.22 or later. * Blood requires a mouse driver. TECHNICAL SUPPORT (U.S. & CANADA) Assistance Via World Wide Web Get up-to-the-minute technical information at the GT Interactive Software website, at http://www.gtinteractive.com, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the Support section you’ll have access to our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), which contains our latest troubleshooting information. You can also visit our Forums area, where you can swap email with other gamers, our FTP (File Transfer Protocol) area where you can download patches and new enhancements as soon as they become available, our Hints/Cheat Codes area, an E-Mail area where you can leave us your tech support problems and questions, and other areas where you can get valuable information on GT Interactive Software products. Assistance In The United States & Canada For automated phone assistance only, call GT Interactive Software’s Tech Support at 716-871-6646. We have an Interactive Voice Response and Faxback system that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Since no live support is available for this shareware product, it is to your advantage to use our automated support features which are provided free of charge. These free features include automated voice-response solutions for known issues or information, an auto-fax back system where you can retrieve our FAQ (frequently asked questions) document and have it faxed-back or mailed to you, and our free cheat codes area.