                     PSYCHO PINBALL HELP FILE
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PSYCHO is a DOS program.  Do not try to install or run from within 
Windows 3.0 or 3.1.  You should choose EXIT WINDOWS from the FILE 
menu of the PROGRAM MANAGER to get to the DOS prompt.

        We have tried our best to make this game install and run as
easily as possible.  However, due to the incredible variety of PC's,
soundcards, video cards, system settings and other software that may
be on your system, there may be circumstances where the game does not
work first time.  This file is designed to help you adjust things so
that the game runs, if you are having problems.

There follows sections on:

1.      MEMORY PROBLEMS

2.      SOUND PROBLEMS

3.      DISPLAY PROBLEMS




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1.      MEMORY PROBLEMS:-

        
        The game requires 3400K of free system memory.  On a typical
4Meg (or more) machine there should be this much free.  However, if
your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files contain lots of commands that
load programs in, that take away your system memory, then you may not
have enough.  The way to free up memory is to remove offending lines
in these files, and then re-boot your system.  See your DOS manual for
details on CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.  So that you can easily get
your system back to how it was after you have played Psycho Pinball
it is a good idea to make a backup copy of these files, which can then
be restored afterwards.  So, the procedure is as follows:

("Not enough memory to run game" error displayed after PSYCHO (enter))

Please Note:- All of the following instructions 1 to 8 should be carried
              out, while in your "root" directory. e.g. your prompt
              should be C:\ not C:\PSYCHO.

1.      COPY CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.OLD (enter)

2.      COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.OLD (enter)

3.      EDIT CONFIG.SYS (enter) and delete any commands that you suspect 
                        may be taking memory away - but not ones that 
                        will be required for your soundcard, or CD drive 
                        (if applicable).

4.      EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter) and delete any commands that you 
                        suspect may be taking memory away - but not ones 
                        that will be required for your soundcard, or CD 
                        drive (if applicable). The most likely offenders 
                        are SMARTDRV, EMM386, QEMM and anything with the 
                        word CACHE in it.

5.      Re-boot your system

6.      MEM (enter) to see if you have succeeded in freeing up enough
                        memory to play the game - if not edit CONFIG.SYS
                        and AUTOEXEC.BAT some more, if in doubt chop it
                        out!

7.      Try running PSYCHO again.

8.      If you have had to take things out of your CONFIG.SYS or
        AUTOEXEC.BAT files, in order to get the game to run, then you
        will almost certainly have to put them back in to make other
        applications on your system function properly.

        Let's face it, this is not good fun. If you do find yourself
        having to do this, to get the game to run, then why not make
        a copy of your game CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, once you have
        got it working. So, :-

        COPY CONFIG.SYS GAMECONF.SYS
        COPY AUTOEXEC.BAT GAMEAUTO.BAT
        
        Then :-

        COPY CONFIG.OLD CONFIG.SYS
        COPY AUTOEXEC.OLD AUTOEXEC.BAT

        to get things back to the setup you had before you started.

        Now, instead of going through all of that, every time you want
        to play PSYCHO, just do the following :-

        COPY GAMECONF.SYS CONFIG.SYS
        COPY GAMEAUTO.BAT AUTOEXEC.BAT

        Reboot, play, and if you want to go back to your original setup
        again :-

        COPY CONFIG.OLD CONFIG.SYS
        COPY AUTOEXEC.OLD AUTOEXEC.BAT

Helpful Hint!

        Later versions of MS DOS have a menu system for your setup files
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Look in your DOS manual under "MENUITEM".
Using this, you can have a menu of setups, every time you boot up your
PC. i.e. You can choose 1 for A "Normal" Setup, 2 for "Games" etc.

ALTERNATE METHOD - Boot from a System Disk

If you do not want to change your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files you 
can cause your system to boot off a floppy disk by creating a System 
Disk. Please see your DOS manual (under the FORMAT command) for details.  
You can then copy your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files onto this disk.  
When you power-on with the floppy in drive A it will be these files, not 
the files on your hard drive, that will be used.  This way you can edit 
them to remove all lines that do not relate to your sound card or CD 
drive without being concerned that you may mess up your system settings.  
So, the procedure would be as follows:

1.   Create a System Disk, see your DOS manual under FORMAT for details.
      e.g.  type FORMAT A: /S (enter) with a BLANK disk in the drive!!!

2.   Type COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS A:\CONFIG.SYS (enter)

3.   Type COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter)

4.   Type EDIT A:\CONFIG.SYS (enter)  Then delete all lines that do not 
     relate to your sound card or CD drive (if applicable) and save the 
     file.

5.   Type EDIT A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (enter)  Then delete all lines that do 
     not relate to your sound card or CD drive (if applicable) and save 
     the file.

6.   Turn your machine on or reset it with the System Disk in drive A.

7.   Run PSYCHO, e.g 
           type C: (enter)
           type CD \PSYCHO (enter)
           type PSYCHO (enter)


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2.      SOUND PROBLEMS:-

        If you have selected your card's settings in the SOUND utility, 
and the game still produces no sound, or crashes, then it is most 
likely that you have one of the following problems:-

1/      If the game crashes when you try to run it, then it is most 
        likely that some other device is conflicting with your sound 
        card. Please ensure that no other cards, share the same 
        settings. Remember that all devices must have a seperate
        address and interrupt.  On some PC's, mice tend to have
        inconvenient interrupts i.e. Interrupt 5.

2/      If the game runs, but with no sound, then it is most likely
        that the game cannot find your sound card. This may be a problem
        on Soundblaster compatibles which are not 100% compatible, 
        although we have not found any problems on the ones that we have 
        tried. Other than this, it is most likely that your card is not 
        set up correctly, or is set to values that conflict with other 
        devices. Or, it is possible that you have entered values that 
        are not the same as the card settings.  Please refer to you 
        sound card manual for specific instructions on how to choose and 
        set the settings.

INCOMPATIBLE SETTINGS !!!

        It should be noted that interrupt values above 7 cannot be used.
This restriction is common to many games, and if you currently have it 
set to a higher value you will have to change the setting to either 
2,3,5 or 7. Refer to your sound card manual for details on how to do 
this.

A FEW EXTRA WORDS...

        If you really have no idea what your card's settings are, then
you are best advised to choose the card, then select the option "I 
have no idea ...". What this does is leave all your existing settings
alone and when the game runs it will try to detect the settings of
your card.  If you have your card set up correctly using the software
that came with it, then this option should work.

        Therefore, it is probably best to follow this procedure:-

        a/      If you definitely know your settings, select them.

        b/      If you are not quite sure, select the "Don't know"
                option. However, bear in mind that if you have tried
                to select the settings manually, and got something
                wrong, then you will have changed your sound card
                software settings. So, you will have to reboot to
                re-initialise your card. Then select "Don't Know"
                and the game will go by your software's settings.


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3.      DISPLAY PROBLEMS:-

a)      Problem:
        Game screen garbled or "rolling" or "flickering".

        Solution:
        The option screens use the most standard of VGA modes, and so
        should work on all VGA cards and monitors.  However, the game
        itself uses a different mode which is higher resolution.  This
        works on most VGA cards and monitors, but may cause the above
        effects on some systems.  To correct this problem simply go to 
        the OPTIONS screen in the game and change the setting RESOLUTION
        from HIGH to LOW.  This will cause the game to play in the
        most standard of VGA modes, the same as the option screens.

b)      Problem:
        Ball seems to "jerk" occasionally, or slow down during
        play, especially during Multi ball.

        Solution:
        The game attempts to auto detect the speed and power of your
        machine so that it can choose the appropriate computer speed
        setting.  This is so that a slower machine will not be required
        to do quite as much work as a faster machine, and therefore
        should still be able to play the game at the correct speed.
        Occasionally this auto detect may not select the best speed.
        If this happens you will notice the above problem.  To correct
        this simply go to the OPTIONS screen in the game and choose
        a slower setting.


