www.old-gamez.fr.st vous presente : ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars Readme Thank you for purchasing Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars. This document contains information you might find useful, and we think will help you to get as much enjoyment out of the game as possible. -----------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTS------------------------------ 1) CHANGES TO THE MANUAL 2) Troubleshooting A) Windows 95 B) DOS 3) PERFORMANCE TIPS 4) MISC. 5) AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service 6) CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) CHANGES TO THE MANUAL Campaign Game: You are given the option to select a bonus at the start of Evil 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, Good 1, 6, 7, 9, 10. On Evil 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 and on Good 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 you are given a choice of three different castles to choose from. Creatures: Giants (Wizard creature) cost 2000 gold. Structures: The Mausoleum (Necromancer town) does not require the Pyramid. The Graveyard upgrade (Necromancer town) does not require the Mage Guild. The Cloud Castle (Wizard town) requires the Cliff Nest and the Ivory Tower. The Bridge (Barbarian town) requires the Adobe, Den, and Stick Hut. System Options: Video - determines if the video sequences play normally or in interlaced mode. Interlaced mode runs better on slower machines or on Double speed CD-ROM Drives. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) TROUBLESHOOTING Hard Drive Space: The game takes 60 MB of hard drive space, as opposed to the 50 MB listed in the manual. CD Stereo: On machines with older CD-ROM drives including Gateway 2000 double speed drives using CD stereo music may cause frequent crashes. If your computer freezes or crashes try changing the music type setting to MIDI in the system options menu on the adventure screen. Network: IPX is the preferred protocol in Win 95 to Win 95 network games. NetBIOS should be used in DOS to DOS and DOS to Win 95 network games. A) WINDOWS 95 VERSION 1) Display: If you experience problems with you display, you system may have a conflict with the drivers installed by Direct X 3. Consult your graphics card manufacturer for the latest drivers. If the video sequences (i.e. the scenes) is not displaying quickly enough, switch your video to Interlaced (System Options, Video). Interlacing lowers the quality of the video slightly to speed performance. 2) Mouse: Most mouse problems can be fixed by changing the mouse cursor to Black and White or to Color (under System Options, Mouse Cursor). Certain systems run better with Black and White cursors, others with Color cursors. If you have animated cursors, turning this off in windows will also correct certain problems. B) DOS 1) Memory (DOS): If you experience problems with EMM386 or memmaker while running Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars try: 1. Typing EMM386 OFF at your command prompt. If EMM386 reports Inactive then Heroes should run properly. Note: You will need to type EMM386 OFF every time you reboot your computer. 2. Try REMing out EMM386 in your CONFIG.SYS. Type the following at your command prompt and hit ENTER. EDIT C:\CONFIG.SYS (This will edit your system configuration) find the line: DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE or the like and add to the front of the line REM. REM DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE Go to the File Menu and Select Exit and answer YES to save the changes. If you need to re-install EMM386 for any reason you can remove the REM at the front of the line. You will need to re-boot your computer for This change to take effect. 2) Music Volume: Changing the music volume in the DOS version only affects the MIDI volume. To adjust the CD music volume you need to use the mixer volume control program that came with your sound card. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) PERFORMANCE To increase performance, while playing Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars, try : 1) Changing the video to interlaced mode. 2) Turning the music and/or sound to off. 3) Setting your speed and the computer speed to jump. 4) Setting the combat speed to very fast. 5) If you are playing in Windows 95, play in full screen mode. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) MISC. Game Previews: Residing on your game CD is an application named Game Previews. Just double click on the icon to launch a groovy interactive catalog containing updated information on past, present, and future Studio 3DO and New World Computing products. Screen shots, movies, all that good stuff. For best results, set your display to 800x600 and 16-bit color. We hope you enjoy Game Previews- your online guide to the cutting edge in electronic interactive entertainment (or non-abrasive marketing propaganda, depending on how you look at it). Prima: Official strategy guide available from Prima Publishing. To order call 1-800-531-2343. Also available at bookstores and multimedia outlets nationwide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service: AT&T Worldnet (sm) Service is an Internet Service Provider (I.S.P.), a connection between your computer and the Internet. This will allow you to take advantage of the Internet from your home using Netscape 2.0 (included). To install, click More from the Autorun screen, then click on AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service. To finish the installation, you will be asked to enter a registration code. AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service is currently available only in the United States. If AT&T IS your long distance carrier: L61QIM631 IF AT&T IS NOT your long distance carrier: L61QIM632 AT&T WorldNet(sm) Service is currently only available in the United States. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) CONTACTING NEW WORLD COMPUTING To order any New World Computing or 3DO products visit your local retailer or order direct by calling 800-325-8898 or outside the United States by calling 415-261-3227. If you have questions, comments, suggestions and/or problems with Heroes of Might and Magic 2: The Succession Wars or any other New World Computing products, please contact our customer support department through any of the services listed: Customer Support by voice: You may call New World Computing's Technical/Customer Support line at 818-889-5650 from 9am-Noon and from 2pm-5pm (PST). Customer Support on the Internet: You can check out our web page at http://www.nwcomputing.com or you can E-mail Customer Support at support@nwcomputing.com. America Online: You can E-mail Customer Support at NewWorldCo. To reach our Customer Support board in the Industry Connection, use 'Go to' and type NewWorld. In addition to reading and posting messages, you can download files from the "New World Software Library." For membership information and a free starter kit, you can call America Online toll-free at 800-827-6364. CompuServe: To reach our Customer Support board in the Game Publishers Forum, use 'Go to' and type "GAMEDPUB". Then select New World Computing. In addition to reading and posting messages, you can download files from the Library Files. To reach our Customer Service department by E-mail, our address is 76004,3610. For membership information and a free starter kit, you can call CompuServe toll- free at 800-848-8199 and ask for representative #368 which includes an introductory membership and a $15 usage credit. GEnie: You can E-mail Customer Support at "NEW.WORLD". To reach our Customer Support board in the Games RoundTable, Scorpia RT, type M805;1 at any "?" prompt. Then select New World Computing. In addition to reading and posting messages, you can download files from the "Games RoundTable Libraries." For membership information, you can call GEnie toll-free at 800-638-9636. New World Computing BBS: New World Computing's BBS can support up to 28.8k baud rates with a modem setting of 8,N,1. It is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will be able to find files for downloading and Customer Support on this system. Call 818-889-5684 to connect