
*** Read Me file -- V for Victory, Utah Beach PC v1.1 ***


--- INSTALLATION

During installation, if you select a drive which does not have enough space
available to install V for Victory to, you will be asked if you wish to
continue. You should select 'no' unless you are re-installing V4V.


***> BE SURE TO READ THE TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS!
     (it covers freeing EMS and XMS memory, moving DOS high, and much more)

--- CD-ROM Users

The installation program may not work correctly if your CD-ROM
is active, reporting that there are no suitable drive available. The solution
is to deactivate the CD-ROM drivers, install V4V, and reactivate the drivers.


--- CHECKSYS.EXE

This small utility program reports information on your machine, it's memory
setup, and your video system. When calling our customer support line (which
is 409-776-2187 Mon-Fri 9am-6pm cst) it would be helpful to have already
run this program so our technical people can better help to solve your problem.

Additionally, the file CHECKSYS.TXT contains information on the various chip
sets available and their capabilities, as well as our capability to use them.


--- SMARTDRV Users

This utility uses your extended memory as a disk cache, and as such could
cause insufficient memory to be available for V4V. Lowering SMARTDRV's
memory usage or removing this utility (or any other disk cache) could help
if you are experiencing memory problems.


--- Orchid Farenheit 1280 Users

This card uses the AMI VESA BIOS, which has a bug. The result is that when you
quit V4V the screen will be unreadable. This can easily be fixed by creating
a batch file to run V4V which look like so:

	V4V
	\ORCHID\FMODE VGA

Name this batch file PLAY.BAT and type PLAY to run V for Victory. Note
that the batch file assumes the standard installation & directories for the
Orchid utility programs.

NOTE: Other video cards which use the AMI VESA BIOS may have similiar problems
which may be able to be rectified in a similar manner. Check with your card
manufacturer for more details.


--- Diamond SpeedStar Users

This card has a VESA driver in ROM, but you have to run the program
'DIAMOND.COM' to enable it. This utility is included on the disk shipped
with the card. The SpeedStar manual should have specific details.


--- OS/2 Users:

Under OS/2, it is better to load the VESA drive in a .BAT file that starts
V4V instead of in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. In fact, in the configuration program
you should select 'Recommend only' and not make changes to either your CONFIG
or AUTOEXEC files. An example .BAT file is:

	DRIVERS\TSENG.COM
	V4V

This will enable the VESA driver ('tseng.com' in the example) and then run
V for Victory. Upon exit from V4V the DOS session will get shut down,
deactivating the driver automatically.


The V4V.EXE, INSTALL.EXE, CONFIG.EXE, and CHECKSYS.EXE programs should all be
run from a full screen DOS session, as many OS/2 drivers do not support 256
color extended modes to be enabled in a window.
