V1.0 CD



              Some important and useful information about


                           Distant Frontiers


Each time you want to play >Distant Frontiers<, you have to change to your
CD-ROM Drive. To start the game just execute DF.EXE.
(Type in at the dos prompt: DF + <ENTER>).


             





Now some technical information:



        You need:

        - a 100% IBM compatible 386 SX machine or higher + VGA.
        - at least 500 kB of conventional memory (memory below 1MB).
        - at least 1.5 MB of EMS-Memory and also an installed EMS-Driver!
        - a ready installed CD-ROM drive.
        - 2 MB free diskspace on your C-drive (for your savegames).
        - a DOS version 3.3 or higher.





                       Information for CD-Drives


        - The titlemusic will be played from the CD.
          If your CD-ROM-drive is not connected to the internal mixer
          of the SoundBlaster card (SoundBlaster PRO or higher), you
          should listen to the intro-music by using a headphone and
          connecting it to the CD-ROM socket or to the sound-output of
          the CD-ROM drive (if you have got one).







                       Installing the EMS-Driver

The EMS driver is neccessary for using the memory over 1MB.
The game needs at least 1.5 MB of this EMS-memory. To install the
EMS-driver you will have to edit (use a simple text editor; In DOS5.0 it
is called EDIT) the CONFIG.SYS file in your booting Directory (C:).
The following two lines should be included in the CONFIG.SYS file:

        DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
        DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 1536
                  ³   ³          ³
                  ³   ³          À This is the memory-size you want to use
                  ³   ³            for EMS (1.5 MB = 1024kB+512kB = 1536).
                  ³   ³            This value can be higher than 1536.
                  ³   À This is the driver itself
                  À This is the directory with the EMM386.EXE driver.



The HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE drivers are also delivered with MSDOS 5.0.
Some systems could have a special EMS-Driver (for example QEMM386,...).
Please refer to your computer's manual how to install this driver.


              Using a joystick for playing >Distant Frontiers<

If you want you can use a joystick for playing >Distant Frontiers<.

>Distant Frontiers< will dedect any joystick and calibrate it
automatically. When you start the game, the joystick must be connected
and you must not press any button or key. The actual position of
the joystick will be the middle-position.

During the game you can turn the joystick on/off by pressing the key 'J'.


                        Additional features...

Press F1 to change to the CSN1 Mode. This allows a better picture
quality with brighter colors and tinier pixels. There might be some
monitors which cannot display this mode. Just press F1 again to return to
the standard MCGA-Mode.

If you do not hear the sound FX, please try to copy the file CT-VOICE.DRV
from your SoundBlaster directory (or install disks) to the directory
C:\DFCD and rename it to CT_VOICE.DRV.

If you think that the intro isn't displayed in Super VGA then the
VESA-driver is missing. Try to start the game by entering DFSVGA >ENTER<.
Then a universal VESA driver is installed which should work with most
of the Super-VGA cards.

                   We wish you a lot of fun and enjoy playing!

