Comanche: Maximum Overkill

INSTALLING THE PROGRAM

      Place the install disk in drive A: or B:, change to that drive
   and type INSTALL.

GETTING THE PROGRAM TO RUN

      This Game Requires a 386/486 computer with at least 4 megabytes
   of RAM.  In general, 500K of conventional memory and 3 Megabytes
   of XMS memory.  This Game will not work with EMS emulators such as
   386MAX, QEMM386 and EMM386.  These drivers must be removed from your
   CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or you should re-boot from a normal
   boot disk.  To make a boot disk, place a blank disk in drive a: and type
   FORMAT A:/S.  Then type BOOTXMS from the COMANCHE sub directory to copy
   standard boot files to the floppy.

      If you have QEMM386 or 386MAX installed, you may temporally disable
   it by pressing ALT during boot up.  Try running the game with QEMM
   disabled.  If the game does not run, you will need to install HIMEM.SYS
   after QEMM386 or 386MAX.  With EMM386, you can try typing EMM386 OFF
   before running Comanche.

      If the game runs out of memory, check your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
   for SMARTDRV.  Try reducing the size of the SMARTDRV disk cache or
   removing it entirely.  If you are using DOS 5 with HIMEM.SYS, make sure
   the CONFIG.SYS file contains DOS=HIGH.

      If the game will not work, verify that your CONFIG.SYS file
   contains the line DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS.  The HIMEM.SYS file
   comes with both DOS 5 and WINDOWS.

      Dr. DOS 6.0 comes with HIDOS.SYS which can be used instead of
   HIMEM.SYS.

      WARNING: Always have a working boot disk before modifying the
   CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files on your hard drive.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

   DISTORTED DIGITAL SOUND WITH IRQ7
      If your sound card is using IRQ7 and you get choppy digital sound,
   you may have a noisy IRQ7 line. Change to another free IRQ. Noisy IRQ7
   lines are most common in systems with IDE/MULTI I/O cards.

   NO SOUND FROM THE PROAUDIO SPECTRUM
      Verify that the driver MVSOUND.SYS is loaded by CONFIG.SYS.  If you
   made a boot disk, copy the MVSOUND.SYS line from your hard drive's
   CONFIG.SYS to your boot disk's CONFIG.SYS. The ProAudio Spectrum defaults
   to IRQ 5 for SOUND BLASTER emulation, so you will need to run SOUNDSET
   from the COMANCHE directory and choose IRQ 5.

   NO SOUND FROM THE ULTRASOUND
      The ULTRASOUND requires that the SBOS driver be loaded to be
   Sound Blaster Compatible.  Check your ULTRASOUND manual for intructions
   on loading the SBOS driver.

   NO SOUND FROM THE SOUND BLASTER PRO16
      The Sound Blaster Pro16 defaults to 220h, IRQ 5, and DMA 1.  If you
   have selected other settings, you must have the ASP.SYS driver in your
   CONFIG.SYS.  If you have made a boot disk, copy the ASP.SYS line from
   your hard drive's CONFIG.SYS to your boot disk's CONFIG.SYS

   HORIZONTAL LINES
      Comanche requires a 100% VGA hardware compatible video card.  The
   Headland Video 7 VRAM cards will display horizontal lines during the
   game if it is not set to VGA PURE mode.  Run the V7VGA program that
   came with the VRAM board and select VGA PURE.  If you have a Radius
   VRAM card (which uses the Headland Chipset), you must run the RADIUS
   program and turn on PURE MODE.

   IMMEDIATE GAME LOCKUP
      Check for HIMEM.SYS in your startup config.sys file.  Type MEM and
   verify that you have XMS memory and no EMS memory.

   GAME RUNS SLOW OR LOCKS WITH DIGITAL SOUND
      Check for a conflict between the sound card and another card.  Run
   SOUNDSET and disable digital sounds.  Consult the sound card manual for
   information on resolving IRQ, I/O, and DMA conflicts with other cards
   in your system.

   MENU SCREENS HAVE VERTICAL STRIPES OR COLORS ARE WRONG
   GAME REBOOTS OR KEYBOARD LOCKS
      If you have fast I/O (such as on a 486), your video card may miss
   I/O commands.  If possible, adjust your CMOS to add I/O wait states,
   slow down your AT BUS SPEED or change video cards.

   JOYSTICK THROTTLE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK
      Verify that your joystick card supports two joysticks.  Joysticks with
   throttles can not be used with Y-cables or with cards that support only
   one joystick.
