Football Fanatic Help



This is a general document created after we received requests for help.  It
was created in order to help both you and us in trying to determine what the
problems may be and the quickest way to help you.
If you are able to solve your problem using this document, please let us know.
It is very important to us to know that a solution to your problem has been
found.



The following below assumes that you are in DOS operating system and have the
compression PKZIP utility installed.  Consult your Operating System's
documentation about the DOS commands used.  PKZIP can be obtained from
PKWare's website at www.pkware.com, please read its documentation carefully.


           
Football Fanatic Installation problems:


        If for some reason you are experiencing problems installing Football
        Fanatic from the floppy disk supplied using the INSTALL program:

        1. Create a directory in which you wish to install the game
                Ex: "MD \GAMES\FOOTY"
        2. Enter the directory created
                Ex: "CD \GAMES\FOOTY"
        3. Copy the FF-REG.EXE file from the floppy disk
                Ex: "COPY A:\FF-REG.EXE"
        4. Run FF-REG.EXE to decompress the files
        5. When asked if you wish to overwrite a file answer "Yes"
        6. Run FF.EXE to play the game

        If you encounter any run-time errors or CRC checksum failures
        contact us at footy@thunderbear.com right away.
        We also suggest you run Norton Utilities Disk Doctor or similar
        program to attempt to repair any files that may have been damaged
        or corrupted.


Unzipping Files for Football Fanatic

        When we supply patches or add-on files, they are usually in ZIP
        format.  This is used to compress files in order to reduce transfer
        times and space. In the examples the file is called FF-DATA.ZIP.
        Follow the following steps:

        1. Enter the directory into which you have downloaded the ZIP file
                Ex: "CD \APPS\NETSCAPE"
        2. Copy the file into your Football Fanatic directory
                Ex: "COPY FF-DATA.ZIP \GAMES\FOOTY"
        3. Enter the Football Fanatic directory
                Ex: "CD \GAMES\FOOTY"
        4. UnZIP the file
                Ex: "PKUNZIP FF-DATA.ZIP"
        5. When asked if you wish to overwrite a file answer "Yes"
        6. Delete FF-DATA.ZIP
                Ex: "DEL FF-DATA.ZIP"


Manually Copying Files

        There has been some confusion about copying NAM files to be used with
        the Data-File Editor.  By this we mean that you make a copy of
        DEFAULT.NAM under a different name.
                Ex: "COPY DEFAULT.NAM MY_NAMES.NAM"



Games Crashes After Intro Screen

        This is due to low memory.  Usually happens if you are running the
        game in a DOS box.  Make sure that the settings allocate at least
        2 Megs of RAM for the game.  If you are using Windows 3.1 or Windows
        95, try to exit the operating system and boot to DOS.
        If the problems persist try running Football Fanatic with
        "FF MEMLOW" or "FF VERYLOW".  This will reduce the memory requirements
        of the game.


Still Have Problems?

        If you still have questions or problems, please contact us via
        e-mail at footy@thunderbear.com.  When reporting a problem please
        include the following:

        - What exactly you were trying to do.
        - What went wrong and any error messages displayed.
        - Which steps were successful in the above examples.
        - What operating system you are using.
        - The specs of your system (cpu, RAM and devices installed).
        - If Football Fanatic has worked fine before.
        - How comfortable you are with DOS.
        - Have you properly installed PKZip.
        - If you can receive files by e-mail or if you have web-access.

        This will aid us immenselly in quickly determining what the problem
        is and how we best can assist you.


