SHADOW PRESIDENT


Requirements:
  DOS 3.1 or greater
  IBM AT or 100% compatibles
  12 MHz 286 minimum
  (386 or faster & mouse recommended)
  640K RAM (525K minimum free)
  CD-ROM drive
  Hard drive (7.5MB free)
  SVGA
  EMS 3.2, XMS 2.0 and math coprocessor support


INSTALLATION

DOS
Place Shadow President in your CD-ROM drive and type:
           D: <Enter> (where D: is your CD-ROM drive)
           SELECT <Enter>

WINDOWS
Place Shadow President in your CD-ROM drive.
From Program Manager, select:
           FILE
           RUN
           Then type:  (CD Drive Letter):\WSELECT
           
Example:  D:\WSELECT <carriage return>    (where D: is your CD drive)            

Simply follow the on-screen instructions.

NOTE:     KNOWN UNSUPPORTED BOARD -- DIAMOND VIPER


NOTE:  You will need a copy of the Quotes sheet in order to play Shadow President.  The on-screen instructions on the Welcome screen will give you the option of printing the Quotes before you run Shadow President.  You can also access and print the Quotes within the on-line manual.


Shadow President

Note:  If you are experiencing problems, and have met the above requirements, the following documentation may assist you.

User System Configuration Problems
Fixes/Workarounds

PROBLEM:  The game dies at various spots early in the game.

Verification:  This error is usually caused by a conflict with some other program loaded into memory.  (Using a "DOS SHELL" like PC-Tools, PC-Desktop, or Windows to launch Shadow President.)

Permanent Fix:  Shadow President is a DOS program and should be run directly from the DOS prompt.  Do not use the "DOS SHELL" to launch Shadow President.


PROBLEM:  The game dies at various spots early in the game.

Verification:  This error is similar to the one above because it is caused by another type of resident software.  We have had several reports of STACKER (a hard drive compression program or "disk doubler") users having problems with Shadow President locking up.

Permanent Fix:  In several instances, the line that loaded the STACKER software in their CONFIG.SYS file had "/ems" somewhere on the line.  We believe this parameter instructs STACKER to either load portions of itself into EMS, or utilize EMS in some other fashion.  Removing this parameter seemed to solve the conflict for these people.  Another problem was found when a user was loading STACKER "high."  This is signaled by something on the line that reads "DEVICE HIGH" or "LOADHI" or something similar.  The last conflict with stacker usually involved using QEMM, 386MAX, or EMM386 at the same time as STACKER.  In these cases, creating a clean boot diskette that loaded nothing but the STACKER driver worked best.


PROBLEM:  The game dies when the WHC advisor is pressed.

Verification:  This error is usually caused by insufficient available RAM (not to be confused with hard drive space).  There is usually (but not always) an error 0009 message in the screen.  When at the DOS prompt in the Shadow President directory, type MEM (ENTER) (or CHKDSK (ENTER) (for DOS 3.1).  The largest executable program size (or free RAM) must be at least 525 K (or 537,600 bytes).

Temporary Workaround:  The user needs to remove some of the resident software that is taking up available memory.  The user needs to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files located in the root directory of their hard drive to make them similar to the sample versions shown in the manual.  

Permanent Fix:  The user can make permanent changes to their normal CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or they can create a Clean Boot Disk.  To help the user create a Clean Boot Disk, see "Making Bootable Diskettes."  Upgrading to DOS 5 is also a good idea for those who haven't already.  It is much easier to maximize your available memory with DOS 5 than with older versions.


PROBLEM:  Program hangs right after tutorial (while redrawing world map)

Verification:  The user probably has the TEMP or TMP environment variable set to a drive that does not have enough available space to store the temporary files that Shadow President creates.  Look For a "SET TEMP=" or "SET TMP=" line in their AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Permanent Fix:  Change the "SET TEMP=" line to point to a drive and directory that has at least 1 Megabyte. of available space.  If the Shadow President directory has at least 1 megabyte of free space, you can simply remove the "SET TEMP=" line.


PROBLEM:  Sound Blaster Interrupt Problem (Game Locks up when a sound plays)

Verification:  The user has just installed Sound Blaster (regular, Pro, or 16 ASP), and after running SNDsetup, the game now locks up (may occur before or after the Shadow President introduction).

Permanent Fix:  User must know what the Base address, IRQ their Sound Blaster (regular, Pro, or 16 ASP) is set at.  See chart below on how to test for these settings.  After the settings are determined redo SNDsetup.exe and reset the proper settings (also see chart to for sound driver selection to use).

SOUND BLASTER CHART:  Regular
Sound Driver Selection:  (A)
Test.exe:  Test-SBc

SOUND BLASTER CHART:  Pro
Sound Driver Selection:  (B)
Test.exe:  Test-SBp

SOUND BLASTER CHART:16 ASP
Sound Driver Selection:  (A)
Test.exe:  TestSB16


PROBLEM:  Media Vision's Pro Audio:  Sound driver selection.

Verification:  Locks up when sound proper sound driver run SNDsetup from DOS prompt and select:

MEDIA VISION'S SOUND BOARD:  Regular
Sound Driver Selection:  (C) Pro Audio

MEDIA VISION'S SOUND BOARD:  Pro Audio 16 (PAS 16)
Sound Driver Selection:  (A) Sound Blaster

MEDIA VISION'S SOUND BOARD:  Pro Audio Plus
Sound Driver Selection:  (A) Sound Blaster

Note:  This regular driver requires knowledge of the board's base address and IRQ settings for the driver to work correctly.


IF YOU ARE USING SELECTPAC WITHOUT A MOUSE, THE KEYBOARD SELECTION KEYS FOR THE MAIN SCREEN ARE AS FOLLOWS:

     A  -  INSTALL / PLAY
     U  -  UNINSTALL
     M  -  MANUAL
     T  -  SELECT TIPS
     G  -  USER'S GUIDE
     O  -  OPTIONS
     X  -  EXIT

Some of the above sections have additional options.  These options can be selected with your keyboard by typing the underlined and/or highlighted key.

To move through the MANUAL, SELECT TIPS, and USER'S GUIDE when using the keyboard, operation is as follows:

The various sections are listed in the bottom right corner of the screen. 
     U  -  Moves up one section
     D  -  Moves down one section 

The text for each section is displayed on the top half of the screen, as the section is selected.  To move through the text:
     Page Up - Moves up one page of text
     Page Down - Moves down one page of text
     Home - Moves to the beginning of the text
     End - Moves to the end of the text
     Up Arrow - Moves up one line of text
     Down Arrow - Moves down one line of text

There is an Exit button and a Print button inside the MANUAL, SELECT TIPS and USER'S GUIDE.  Keyboard controls are:
     X  -  Exit
     P  -  Print

The User's Guide contains complete information on how to use SelectPAC.
