
---MECHWARRIOR 2: EXPANSION PACK---
---GHOST BEAR'S LEGACY INFO---
Date: November 10th, 1995

NOTE: This document is in plain text format, with spacing optimized
for a straight DOS text editor. (such as EDIT) To view this document
with a word processor, select "COURIER NEW" as your font, with a font 
size of 10.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
ESSENTIAL GHOST BEAR INFORMATION
-- Trial of Bloodright --
-- Combat Simulator --
-- Transition Movies --
-- Tips from the Keshik --
QUICK SOLUTIONS: TOP QUESTIONS ANSWERED
INSTALLATION
-- Minimum Requirements for Ghost Bear --
-- Installation Procedure for Ghost Bear under DOS --
-- Installation Procedure for Ghost Bear under Windows 95 --
-- How to Set Up Ghost Bear for Your Sound Card --
-- How to Set Up Ghost Bear for Your Joystick --
-- Optimizing Ghost Bear for Your System --
-- Uninstalling Ghost Bear --
-- Running Ghost Bear --
MANAGING YOUR MEMORY
-- Insufficient Memory --
-- Boot Disks --
-- Letting Ghost Bear Make a Boot Disk for You --
-- Creating Your Own Boot Disk --
-- Common Questions --
-- Memory Managers --
-- Disk Compression --
OPERATING SYSTEMS
-- OS/2 --
-- PC DOS --
-- Windows 3.1x --
-- Windows NT --
-- Windows 95 --
WINDOWS 95
-- Installing Ghost Bear in Windows 95-- 
-- Running Ghost Bear in Windows 95 --
-- Running Ghost Bear in MS-DOS mode from Windows 95 --
GAME PLAY
-- Game Controls-- 
-- Universal Game Questions --
-- Ghost Bear Mission Questions --
LOCK-UPS/CRASHES
PERFORMANCE
VIDEO
-- Supported Video Drivers --
-- What Is a VESA Driver? --
-- ATI --
-- Diamond Video Cards --
-- Diamond Viper Cards --
-- MATROX --
-- Other Video Cards --
-- Video Questions and Answers --
AUDIO
-- Ghost Bear Installer --
-- Supported Sound Devices --
-- Miles Design Audio Drivers --
-- Audio Questions and Answers --
INPUT DEVICES
-- Supported Input Devices --
-- Mouse --
-- Common Mouse Questions --
-- Common Joystick Questions --
-- More SideWinder Joystick ReadMe and Regulatory Info --
-- I/O i-glasses --
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION IN NORTH AMERICA ONLY
CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
-- Customer Support for the U.S.A. --
-- European Customer Service and Technical Support --
-- On-line Technical Support for Europe and Australia --
-- Australia and Pacific Rim Customer Service --
CREDITS
VENDOR LIST
-- Hardware Manufacturers --
-- System Manufacturers --
-- Sound Card Manufacturers --
-- Video Card Manufacturers --
-- CD-ROM Manufacturers --

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
In this document, we will attempt to explain in detail the various tips, 
tricks and troubleshooting techniques we have learned during our rather 
exhaustive test period to really get this game to sing. Ghost Bear is 
a state-of-the-art simulator.  As such it is subject to very specific 
needs in order to run on the average PC. One of the first things that 
you should be aware of is that you may experience problems with the 
program that are not covered in this document.  That is why we have 
assigned a team of testers to continually update this document.  Any 
issues that we become aware of after the program is released will be 
covered in newer updates each week. It will only be available via the
on-line methods listed below and under Customer Support.

The majority of the feedback on our programs is coming from our website, 
the Internet and information services like Microsoft Network, America 
Online, Prodigy, CompuServe and our Bulletin Board System. We felt that 
the easiest way to get the maximum amount of information to our users 
would be via this text file that can be downloaded from these services 
(Prodigy excluded). If you have a problem with Ghost Bear, or if 
there is something in the manual that is not covered, we will try to 
cover it here. Keep those comments and suggestions coming.  We hope 
this will help to decrease the level of frustration many users feel 
when they encounter difficulties with a new program under DOS.

If you really like Ghost Bear, we would really appreciate it if you 
would write to us, or your favorite games magazine and let them know. 
Positive and negative comments are appreciated, since they help us to 
learn what you like and don't like!

One point we want to make before we proceed - you should read the
MechWarrior 2 Codes and Procedures manual, the Ghost Bear's Legacy 
Manual and this file to understand the features and usage of Ghost Bear.
Many customers can save themselves some time and money by reading 
the information provided before calling for assistance.  We love hearing
from you and we are always happy to help, but we would appreciate it 
if you would try this before calling, as it allows us more time to
research other issues involving Ghost Bear and to help customers who
need help with issues not covered here.

ESSENTIAL GHOST BEAR INFORMATION
-- Trial of Bloodright -- 
In Ghost Bear's Legacy, your goal is to complete a vital task that is
important for your Clan to survive and flourish.  After the quest is
complete, if you manage to complete all missions without dying or
failing, you will have the honor of competing in the Trial of
Bloodright.  Every time you are sent to a lower caste or if you die
while in a mission, your name will be followed by a number telling you
how many times you have failed.  If your name has a number following it,
you will not be allowed to compete in the Trial of Bloodright.

-- Combat Simulator --
The combat simulator in Ghost Bear is very different from the Instant
Action option in Mechwarrior 2. You have the option of choosing from a
vast selection of Clan and Inner Sphere 'Mechs (you must learn how your
enemy thinks).  The enemies and landscape will vary every time you
launch into the simulator. You are not allowed starmates because the
Ghost Bear Combat Simulator is meant for you to test your abilities and
'Mech variants and not your starmates.

-- Transition Movies --
The transportation movies that occur in between missions can be turned
off in the Clan halls. Click on the right mouse button to access the
Clan menu and select <COMBAT VARIABLES>  You will find the TRANSITIONS
option just above the ALTERED REALITY options.

-- Tips from the Keshik --
1. Be sure to read all the Details in the Mission Computer and the 
Aftermath briefing when you successfully complete each mission. These
will provide important information concerning you
and your Clan
2. Click on VIEW in the Intelligence box to obtain more information about
your upcoming mission.
Listen carefully to the data provided by the Clan's intelligence sector.
3. You will only be able to select a new 'Mech when you are on Alshain.
Choose your 'Mech wisely.
4. The new weapons of Ghost Bear will help you on your quest immensely.
Use them.
5. Kill or be Killed.

QUICK SOLUTIONS: TOP QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Q1: I get a "Fatal Error #29" message when I try to launch a mission. 
A: Try the following:
1. Remove SMARTDRV and all other disk caching utilities in the 
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also disable any caching switches in 
your CD-ROM driver line in the system files.  
2. Try disabling either the joystick or the mouse...one may be 
conflicting with the other.  Press ESC in the clan hall and enter your
"COCKPIT CONTROLS" screen and unselect one or the other.  (See, Question
Number Six in this section for more on "COCKPIT CONTROLS".) 
3. Try using the UNIVBE shareware VESA driver instead of the one that came 
with your video card. This is available for downloading from our Activision 
BBS or any of our on-line locations. Refer to the "Contacting Customer 
Support" section for details. 
4. Try disabling the MIDI music.  
5. Update your mouse, video and VESA drivers. Newer drivers are often 
available from your hardware manufacturer.
6. Delete current installation, scan the hard drive for bad sectors 
and/or the viruses, and re-install the game.

Q2: When I type GBL to run the game, the computer freezes at a 
blank screen, reboots, or locks up and starts beeping. How do I 
fix this?
A: Follow these troubleshooting steps in order until you find the 
problem:
1. Make sure you have disabled SMARTDRV or any other disk caching utilities.
2. Try running without a memory manager (including EMM386 and QEMM).
3. Make sure your VESA driver is loaded correctly...refer to the "VIDEO" 
section for information.
4. Make sure you have a mouse driver loaded for DOS.
5. Try making a boot disk as outlined under the "MANAGING YOUR MEMORY" 
section of this document.
6. Run the MW2SETUP program in the \GBL directory and select "Configure
Sound Devices".  Then, from the blue menu, "Sound Configuration Options,"
select "No MIDI Music" and "No Digital Audio".  If this works, refer to 
the "AUDIO" section for more help.
7. Try deleting the game and reinstalling, or try a different size 
installation.

Q3: My computer freezes after completing the 1st mission. What can I do?
A: Try these solutions, one of them should help you.
1. Eject and reinsert CD.
2. Disable joystick by going to the Controller Configuration screen 
by pressing the ESC key in the clan hall and selecting "COCKPIT CONTROLS".
3. Disable SMARTDRV or any other disk caching utilities.
4. Run the game without a memory manager.
5. Try disabling MIDI music.  (See question two of this section for more
info on this.)

Q4: My computer has 8 MB of RAM, but I cannot free enough memory to 
run the game.
A: In order to run Ghost Bear, you need over
6.9 MB of free extended memory.   
1. We first recommend making a boot disk.  Please read the "MANAGING 
YOUR MEMORY" section for instructions on how to create and optimize 
your boot disk. 
2. Remove SMARTDRV and any other caching utilities.  This will free a 
minimum of one megabyte. 
3. When using MS-DOS 6.x and loading EMM386.EXE, you will need to have 
EMS size set to NOEMS.  See your DOS manual for information on how to do 
this. 
4. Disable any cache on your CD-ROM driver by removing the switch.  
Refer to your CD-ROM documentation for more information. 

Q5: My joystick works, but I don't like what you have the buttons set 
to do.  How can I customize my joystick to do what I want?
A: To customize the joystick configuration press ESC or click the 
right mouse button in the clan hall or the opening screen, and then 
choose <COCKPIT CONTROLS>.  From the list of "INPUT DEVICES", 
select the devices that you wish to use by clicking on them until they 
turn red.  You may select any combination of <Keyboard>, <Mouse>, 
and <Virtual I/O i-glasses!...> plus any one other device.  

Once the devices that you wish to use are displayed in red, click on 
<CUSTOM CONFIGURATION>.  Three new columns will appear as well 
as several commands used to load and save your custom configurations.   
You may notice that most of the writing appears either in red, white or 
gray lettering.  White lettering indicates an option is available; red 
lettering indicates an option has been selected.  As for gray lettering, 
you cannot click on it.  Try clicking on the white lettering to the 
right instead.  To assign or reassign a command for a button, key or 
joystick, first select a device from the "INPUT DEVICES" column by 
clicking on the device until it turns red.  (If you did not select a 
given device before clicking on <CUSTOM CONFIGURATION>, that device will 
disappear and you will not be able to select it.  To 
configure a device which has disappeared, click <ABORT> and return to the 
beginning of these instructions.)  

Once you have selected (in red) the device you wish to change, turn 
your attention to the "GAME CONTROLS" list.  This is a fairly complicated 
list, so I will try to explain it slowly.  On the left, in gray, you will 
see a list of all the controls that the player may customize.  On the right 
of the first seven of these, you will also notice two white characters 
separated by a white slash.  These white characters define the orientation 
of controls with opposed settings: positive/negative, right/left, up/down, 
or inside/outside.  Clicking on the white characters will reverse the 
controls; if <+> previously accelerated the 'Mech and <-> slowed it, <+> 
would now slow the 'Mech while <-> would accelerate it.  

The next column to the right consists of either two white dashes or 
"Ctrl", "Shft", or "Alt".  In the right-hand "GAME CONTROLS" column, you 
will see either four white dashes or a device name ("key", "mouse", 
"msjstick, sidewndr", depending on which device has been selected) 
and an appropriate button, key, or movement.  Now, put this together 
and you can understand your 'Mech; for example "Nearest Enemy Ctrl mouse 
MiddleBtn" means that pressing CTRL and the middle mouse button will 
target the nearest enemy 'Mech.  Lastly, you may wonder about the 
<Page One> visible in white just to the right of the "GAME CONTROL"
heading.  Because we know you will want to assign one control to more 
than one key, button or movement, we have provided four control screens, 
which are all active and all programmable.  Feel free to use any of the 
four screens. Just select <Next Page> to cycle through all 4 pages.

To reassign commands on these screens, find the control you wish to 
assign and click on the white lettering to the right.  To the farthest 
right, you will notice a list of functions that correspond to the red 
INPUT DEVICE that you have selected.  This list is often completely 
gray (not available), but notice, the moment that you select a GAME 
CONTROL, some of the options turn white and the GAME CONTROL turns red.  
Even better, if you now click on one of the new white options of your 
input device, the red lettering in your GAME CONTROL columns transforms 
into the option that you selected.  

Repeating this, you can quickly configure your 'Mech to do exactly 
what you want.  When you are satisfied, click on <Save Custom 1>.  Now, 
if you exit and return to this screen, you will be able to recall your 
custom job by pressing <Load Custom 1>.  If you do not save, when you 
return, your controls will have returned to the default settings and you 
will have no way to recall your settings without reconfiguring everything 
again.  In other words, save!  Lastly, click on <ACCEPT CONFIG AND EXIT> 
and then <OK> to return to your rectangular option box.

Note that when you click on a <Save Custom ...> or the
<ACCEPT CONFIG AND EXIT>buttons, you may get a warning 
that more than one function has been assigned
to a given control. While you may have done this intentionally, the 
warning is there to let you go back and fix it if you did it accidentally. 
If it was intentional, you can just ignore the warning.

NOTE: A major source of controller problems arises from the four control 
screens since commands can conflict with each other.  Commonly, the 
Turret L/R is configured by the user for the Thrustmaster L/R on the 
Flightstick, while the original settings are still active on the 
third and fourth pages of the default config.  This causes a 
conflict in the controls where the turret and chassis are controlled 
by both the L/R of the stick and the L/R of the rudder pedals 
(using the Thrustmaster system as an example.)

Q6: My joystick won't calibrate correctly.  It seems to have a "drift" 
effect.  How do I correct this?
A: Try the following:
1) Hit the "/" or the keypad "5" key to recenter your torso.
2) Re-calibrate the joystick.  Make sure that you wait for the dot to 
appear before proceeding with the joystick calibration.
3) Adjust your joystick's trim controls (if it has them).  You'll find 
these normally on the base of the joystick.
4) Use a dedicated game card (available at most major computer dealers) 
and disable all other game ports on your computer.

INSTALLATION
-- Minimum Requirements for Ghost Bear --
In order to run the Ghost Bear, your system must meet the 
following minimum requirements: 
 
*       MechWarrior 2 CD-ROM (DOS or WIN 95)
*       IBM PC or 100% compatible 
*       486DX2/66 MHz processor 
*       8 MB RAM (7 MB of free Extended memory) 
*       Double-speed CD-ROM drive (300K/sec transfer rate) 
*       Hard disk drive with 40 MB of un-compressed space available 
         (Full installation occupies 160 MB; minimum installation 
         occupies 40 MB)
*       VESA Local Bus (VLB) or PCI video 
*       256 color SVGA (640 x 480) 
*       MS-DOS 6.0  
*       100% Microsoft compatible mouse and driver 
*       100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card  
	  (Digital and FM/MIDI audio) 
*       Dedicated game card highly recommended for joystick 

NOTE:  Ghost Bear requires a minimum 8 MB of system memory (RAM), with 
at least 7 MB of FREE extended memory. On some machines, even if 
you have the required 8 MB, Ghost Bear may report that you do 
not have enough free extended or conventional memory. If this is 
the case, your best alternative is to create a boot disk.  See the 
"MANAGING YOUR MEMORY" section for more information on creating a 
boot disk.

NOTE: Ghost Bear may have trouble working with some 
1993 or earlier Matsushita CD-ROM Drives. These CD-ROM drives have 
trouble reading beyond 63 minutes on CDs. Ghost Bear uses the 
full CD. These drives were sold under the name of Panasonic, JVC, 
Reveal, Creative Labs, and  Plextor.  Gameplay may occasionally 
slow down and the CD-ROM drive will be accessed constantly. If 
this problem occurs, simply turning off the music in the game 
should allow you to play the game.  We highly recommend that you 
upgrade to a newer CD-ROM drive to avoid problems with other 
programs in the future.  These drives are outdated and do not meet 
the higher standards imposed by games like Ghost Bear

-- Installation Procedure for Ghost Bear under DOS --
From your CD-ROM DOS prompt, type INSTALL and press ENTER.  Follow the 
installation procedures.  If you have less than 7 MB of free memory,
you may want to have the INSTALL program create a boot disk.  
(See the section on "MANAGING YOUR MEMORY".)

-- Installation Procedure for Ghost Bear under Windows 95 --
Please refer to the WINDOWS 95 section, "Installing Ghost Bear
in Windows 95."

Q: The Ghost Bear install program crashes.  Why?
A: This is probably a conflict with a loaded memory resident 
program. Try making a boot disk as per the instructions in this 
file. Ignore the "Bad Command or Filename" message that appears 
when using the boot disk for installation. Also try running the 
INSTALL program with no mouse driver loaded. See your mouse manual 
for information on disabling the mouse.

-- How to Set Up Ghost Bear for Your Sound Card --
Please see "Optimizing Ghost Bear for Your System".

-- How to Set Up Ghost Bear for Your Joystick --
Ghost Bear allows you to select different joysticks from inside the game.  
From the clan hall, press ESC and select <COCKPIT CONTROLS> and 
click on your joystick until it turns red.  Then, click on <ACCEPT>.  
For more information on how to use "COCKPIT CONTROLS" to customize 
Ghost Bear for your joystick, see question five of the "QUICK SOLUTIONS:
TOP QUESTIONS ANSWERED" section.

-- Optimizing Ghost Bear for Your System --
After you have installed, Ghost Bear  you may want to run the MW2SETUP 
program provided with the game.  MW2SETUP will inspect your system 
to see that it meets Ghost Bear's system requirements and will auto-detect
your sound card.  Also, if you need a boot disk, MW2SETUP can make
one for you.

To run MW2SETUP, type MW2SETUP and press ENTER while in your \GBL 
directory.  Follow the menu instructions. 

-- Uninstalling Ghost Bear --
To uninstall Ghost Bear, use the DELTREE command in DOS and delete the 
\GBL directory.  For instance, if you installed this demo into your root
directory using the default directory \GBL, you would enter the 
following at the DOS prompt:
	
	  CD\
	  DELTREE GBL

REMEMBER:  ALL DATA IN THIS DIRECTORY AND EVERY SUBDIRECTORY THEREIN 
WILL BE LOST FOREVER.  ANY 'MECH CONFIGURATIONS OR CAREERS WILL BE 
LOST.

NOTE:  If you want to save your pilot careers, make a copy of
       MW2REG.CFG before deleting the \GBL directory.  After
       installation, copy this file back into the directory where
       you installed Ghost Bear.

-- Running Ghost Bear --
Find your \GBL directory.  (If you selected the default, you can reach
it by entering CD\GBL.)  From there, type GBL and press ENTER.

MANAGING YOUR MEMORY
-- Insufficient Memory --
Q: My computer has 8 MB of RAM, but I cannot free enough memory to run 
the game.
A: In order to run Ghost Bear, you need over 6.9 MB of free extended 
memory.   
1: We first recommend running the boot disk maker utility supplied with 
the game.  Please see "Letting Ghost Bear Make A Boot Disk For You" and 
"Creating Your Own Boot Disk" below for instructions on how to create
and optimize a boot disk. 
2: Remove SMARTDRV and any other caching utilities.  This will free a 
minimum of one megabyte. 
3: When using MS-DOS 6.x and loading EMM386.EXE, you will need to have 
EMS size set to NOEMS.  See you DOS manual for information on how to do 
this. 
4: Disable any cache on your CD-ROM driver by removing the switch.  
Refer to the CD-ROM documentation for more information. 

-- Boot Disks -- 
If you experience problems playing Ghost Bear or receive  
messages that you do not have enough memory to play, you will  
probably need to create a boot disk. A boot disk lets your machine  
boot from a floppy disk and will not load memory-eating programs,  
freeing more memory up for Ghost Bear. 

-- Letting Ghost Bear Make a Boot Disk for You --
We have included an option that will automatically create boot disks for 
you in this package. To create a boot disk, first go to the \GBL 
directory. For example if you installed Ghost Bear to C:\GBL, you 
would type CD\GBL and press ENTER. Then type MW2SETUP and press 
ENTER. Select "Make a boot disk".  Follow the on-screen prompts, and 
the program will create a boot disk for you. 

Still not enough memory? Sometimes even a boot disk creator can't get you
past the memory limit required to run a program.  In the event you find 
our automatic boot disk creator doesn't do the job, we have provided the 
following sample CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to assist you in 
getting Ghost Bear up and running quickly.

If you are starting from scratch to create a boot disk, start at 
Step 1.  If you have already used the automatic boot disk creation 
utility in the Ghost Bear installer or in the MW2SETUP program, 
start at Step 3.

--  Disk --
The information listed below should help you to create a boot disk that 
will allow Ghost Bear to run on your system. 

NOTE: In the examples below, the text shown is exactly that, examples.
Your system may vary as to the pathnames used in your PATH  
statement or to find files or the installed directory of a certain  
driver.  It is best to use our boot disk maker and then edit the 
resulting boot disk to your satisfaction, leaving only the bare 
minimum of TSRs needed to run Ghost Bear.
 
Step 1: 
Place a disk in your A: drive.  The next step will destroy any  
data on the disk, so a brand new blank floppy disk should be used.   
Make sure that the disk is the same density as the drive (Use a  
1.44 MB disk in a High Density 3.5" drive, etc.). 
 
Step 2: 
At the C: prompt, type FORMAT A: /S and press ENTER.  The DOS  
Format utility will format the disk and add the necessary DOS  
files required to boot from the floppy disk. 
 
Step 3: 
Change to drive A by typing A: and pressing ENTER.  Then type 
EDIT CONFIG.SYS and press ENTER.  The DOS Edit program will 
appear. 
 
If you used our boot disk maker then just make sure these lines, or
similar lines in the CONFIG.SYS example below, are in your CONFIG.SYS 
file and type REM and a space in front of all other lines not listed.

If you are making your own boot disk manually, then type in the lines 
following CONFIG.SYS in the example below.  When you are 
finished typing the lines, press ALT-F to bring up the File menu,  
and then press X to Exit the DOS Edit program.  When it asks you  
if you want to save your file, choose Yes. 
 
REM CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS 
DOS=UMB 
FILES=40 
BUFFERS=15,0 
STACKS=9,256 
DOS=HIGH 
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROMDRV\D011V109.SYS /D:MSCD000 
 
In the CONFIG.SYS file shown above, replace the last line in the  
example with the line from your current CONFIG.SYS file on drive  
C: that runs your CD-ROM drivers.  It is important that you use  
your CD-ROM line and not our example, otherwise your CD-ROM drive  
will not function properly.   
 
You may also have special lines in your C:\CONFIG.SYS file that  
help your sound card to function properly.  It is very important  
that you copy those lines into this new file on A: so your sound  
card will work.  Place the appropriate lines from your CONFIG.SYS  
file at the end of the example shown above. 
 
Step 4: 
Type EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT and press ENTER.  The DOS Edit program  
will appear.  
 
If you used our boot disk maker then just make sure these lines, or 
similar lines, in the AUTOEXEC.BAT example below, are in your 
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Type REM and a space in front of all other lines
not listed.

If you are making your own boot disk manually, then type in the lines 
following AUTOEXEC.BAT in the example below.  When you are finished 
typing the lines, press ALT-F to bring up the File menu, and then 
press X to Exit the DOS Edit program.  When it asks you if you want 
to save your file, choose Yes. 
 
REM AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF 
PROMPT $P$G 
SET PATH=C:\DOS;C:\VIDCARD;C:\SNDCARD 
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 
SET SOUND=C:\SBPRO 
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4 
C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE 
C: 
 
In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file shown above, you would replace line 
(LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000)
with the line from your current AUTOEXEC.BAT file on drive C: that  
loads your CD-ROM drivers.  It is important that you use your CD- 
ROM line and not our example, otherwise your CD-ROM drive will not  
function properly. 
 
You may also have special lines in your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file that  
help your sound card to function properly.  It is very important  
that you copy those lines into this new file on A: so your sound  
card will work.  Replace the examples on lines 5 and 6 (both start with SET)
with the appropriate lines from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 

Additionally, if your graphics card requires a VESA driver it  
should go here as well. (See the following section on VESA video  
drivers.) 
 
Step 5: 
Reboot your system with the boot disk still in drive A. The game  
should start and everything should be working properly.   
 
NOTE:  Once this boot disk is finished and functioning properly, 
and if you still do not have enough memory free, use it 
to boot up your system and then run the DOS MEMMAKER 
utility with the boot disk in the drive.  MEMMAKER will 
ensure that you have squeezed every little bit of RAM out 
of the boot disk.  Run the DOS command MEM before and after 
running MEMMAKER to see what kind of memory increase you 
get from this step. 

-- Common Questions --
Q: Do I need Expanded memory for Ghost Bear?
A: No. Ghost Bear uses Extended memory to cache its data.

Q: How do I create a boot disk with Stacker or DoubleSpace?
A: Before we explain the solution to this issue, we would like to
point out that Ghost Bear DOES NOT support the use of disk
compression software.  If you must run Ghost Bear on a compressed
drive, you will most likely experience performance problems, and
there are no solutions other than using a non-compressed drive.

Stacker version 3.0 and earlier require certain drivers to be
loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file in order to mount the compressed
hard drive.  When creating a boot disk with Stacker 3.0 and
earlier, you must include two lines in the CONFIG.SYS file.
The exact path is dependent upon where you installed Stacker
on your hard disk, but here we will provide the path for the
default installation of Stacker.  The two lines needed in your
CONFIG.SYS file are:

DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK

These lines will load Stacker and mount your compressed drive
when booting from the boot disk.

DoubleSpace/DriveSpace and Stacker 3.1 or later do not require
that lines be added in the CONFIG.SYS file as they copy hidden
files to the boot disk when using the SYS A: or FORMAT A: /S
command.  Make a boot disk according to the normal instructions
for creating a boot disk as discussed above. If you do not feel
comfortable creating a boot disk under Stacker or DoubleSpace,
contact STAC Electronics or Microsoft for technical support.

-- Memory Managers -- 
When using MS-DOS 6.x and loading EMM386.EXE, you will need to  
have the EMS size set to NOEMS. See your DOS manual for  
information on how to do this. 
 
If you are running QEMM in Stealth mode, Ghost Bear may fail to  
recognize your VESA driver built into the video card BIOS.  In
order to correct this problem you will need to run in Frame Mode  
as opposed to Page Mode. To do this, change the "ST:M" parameter  
in your QEMM statement to "ST:F". See your QEMM manual for more  
information on how to do this. We actually recommend that you do  
not run QEMM in Stealth mode while playing Ghost Bear.

-- Disk Compression --
Ghost Bear DOES NOT support the use of disk compression software.  
If you must run Ghost Bear on a compressed drive, you will most 
likely experience performance problems, and there are no solutions 
other than using a non-compressed drive. We recommend that you don't 
run the game using Stacker/DriveSpace/DoubleSpace/etc.!

Q: I use STACKER on my hard drive. When I installed the program, it 
reported that I had plenty of free disk space, however, the install 
terminated before completion and I only had 84000 Bytes left. Is this 
a bug?
A: No. STACKER reports the estimated amount of disk space free, if the 
files being copied to the hard disk can be compressed. Since our files 
come compressed already, it messes up Stacker's estimate. To install 
Ghost Bear on a stacked drive, we don't recommend installing to a 
drive that has less than 60 MB to 200 MB of free disk space depending 
on which installation option your choose, but then again, we recommend 
that you don't run the game using Stacker/DriveSpace/DoubleSpace/etc.!


OPERATING SYSTEMS
Ghost Bear requires MS-DOS 6.0 or later.  Other operating 
systems (e.g., OS/2 Warp, Windows NT) are not supported.  Although 
Ghost Bear may work just fine with them, we have not tested thoroughly 
with them.  If you have a problem using unsupported operating systems it 
is best to contact the company that makes the operating system to try 
and work out compatibility issues. 

-- OS/2 --
Q: Will Ghost Bear run under OS/2?
A: We have tested Ghost Bear under a DOS session in OS/2, but it 
did not work properly.  OS/2 is not supported by Activision at 
this time.  If you have OS/2 and are able to run Ghost Bear under 
MS-DOS, but not under OS/2, please call IBM Technical Support.

-- PC DOS --
Q: Is Ghost Bear compatible with PC-DOS?
A: Ghost Bear is verified compatible under MS-DOS based computers.  
However, successful (but not extensive) testing has been conducted on
PC-DOS 7.0 based systems. 

Q: Why can't I run WINDOWS after I am finished playing Ghost Bear?
A: On some systems, Ghost Bear may create memory allocations 
that will not work with WINDOWS.  Although this problem is 
believed to be solved, if it occurs, the problem can easily be 
solved by rebooting your computer after you are out of Ghost Bear.  
WINDOWS should run properly upon reboot.

-- Windows 3.1x --
Q: Will Ghost Bear run under Windows 3.1 or Windows 3.11?
A: Ghost Bear was developed to run in MS-DOS. We do not support 
it with Windows 3.1 or 3.11. It is possible to run it under Windows, 
but performance will almost certainly suffer. We HIGHLY RECOMMEND 
that you DO NOT RUN IN WINDOWS.

-- Windows NT --
Q: Does Ghost Bear run under Windows NT?
A: Ghost Bear has not been developed to run within Windows NT.
It must be run under DOS.  If you have a dual boot setup, boot
to DOS and run from the DOS prompt.

-- Windows 95 -- 
Ghost Bear is a DOS program, but it has been tested under
Windows 95. You will, however, need to make sure that you are running
with virtual memory ON, so that Windows 95 will give Ghost Bear
sufficient memory in which to run.

 WINDOWS 95
-- Installing Ghost Bear in Windows 95 --
1. Make sure the game's CD is in the CD-ROM drive. 
2. Close all open windows on your screen. You can close a window by 
clicking on the close button ("X") located in the top right-hand corner 
of the window. Also close programs listed on the Taskbar. Do this by 
right-clicking on a program's button and selecting "Close".
3. Double-click on the "My Computer" icon located on the desktop. 
(The name of this icon may have been changed by you or the person
who installed Windows 95 on your system.) In the window that opens, 
double-click on the icon for your CD-ROM drive. Look for the Install 
icon. (The icon is a picture of a window labeled INSTALL.  The window 
may have a gear in the center of it.) Double-click on the Install
 icon to begin the Installer. Follow the onscreen installation instructions.
Note that a message may appear that asks if you want to make a boot disk -
answer "No". The game's boot disk maker utility was designed for systems
using DOS as their operating system and will not work properly with
Windows 95.
4. After installation is complete, if the DOS box is still on the screen,
close it by clicking on the close button ("X") located in the top
right-hand corner of the DOS box window. Note: We suggest that you
have at least 12 MB of RAM to run Ghost Bear in Windows 95.

-- Running Ghost Bear in Windows 95 -- 
1. Make sure the game's CD is in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Close all open windows on your screen. You can close a window by clicking
on the close button ("X") located in the top right-hand corner of the window.
Also close programs listed on the Taskbar. Do this by right-clicking on a
program's button and selecting "Close".
3. Double-click on the "My Computer" icon. In the window that opens,
double-click on the icon for the hard drive where Ghost Bear was installed.
Look for the game's icon. (The icon is a picture of a window with
the name GBL underneath it.) Double-click on this icon to start the game.


If the above process does not work for you, follow the instructions below
on "Running Ghost Bear in MS-DOS mode from Windows 95."

-- Running Ghost Bear in MS-DOS mode from Windows 95 --
Most DOS-based games run successfully in Windows 95 MS-DOS mode. In this
environment, games have access to more of your system's resources.
This is not
always true if you launch a DOS-based game from Windows 95.
To run a program in MS-DOS mode, do the following:
1. Make sure the game's CD is in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Close all open windows on your screen. You can close a window by clicking
on the close button ("X") located in the top right-hand corner of the window.
Also close programs listed on the Taskbar. Do this by right-clicking on a
program's button and selecting "Close".
3. Click on the Start button located on the Taskbar.
4. From the menu that appears, choose Shut Down.
5. This will bring up a dialogue box. From this box, click on the button next to the
option, "Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode?" Click on the "Yes" button to
restart your computer.
6. Once in MS-DOS mode, if you haven't already installed the game, do that
now. (See the game's manual for DOS installation instructions.)
Note that a message may appear that asks if you want to make a boot disk
- answer "No". The game's boot disk maker utility was designed for systems
using DOS as their operating system and will not work properly with
Windows 95.
7. Attempt to run the game as you would in DOS. At the MS-DOS prompt,
go to the directory where Ghost Bear has been installed. Default is \GBL.
From your Ghost Bear directory type GBL and press ENTER to start the game.
 (See the game's manual for instructions).
8. Once you have finished playing, quit the game, type EXIT at the DOS prompt, and
press the Enter key. This will return you to the Windows environment.

NOTE: In order for DOS-based games to run in MS-DOS mode, drivers for your
peripheral devices - CD-ROM drive, sound card, and mouse - must load properly
in MS-DOS mode. If these drivers do not load properly (causing devices not to
function in MS-DOS mode), please refer to your hardware or Windows 95
documentation, or contact the hardware manufacturer or Microsoft directly.

GAME PLAY
-- Game Controls -
COCKPIT WEAPON CONTROLS  
Fire                                     SPACEBAR 
Select Weapon/Group                         ENTER 
Chain-Fire/Group-Fire Toggle                    \ 
Add Weapon to Group 1, 2, 3       SHIFT + 1, 2, 3 
Fire Group 1, 2, 3        Num Lock, /, * (Keypad) 
Jettison Ammunition                             K 
 
Cycle Through All Targets                       T 
Previous Target                                 R 
Target Nearest Enemy                            E 
Target Friendly (Starmate)                      F 
Target Object Underneath Reticle                Q 
Inspect Targeted Object                         I 
Targeting OFF                            CTRL + T 
 
HUD SYSTEM CONTROLS 
Cycle Through Multi-Function Display           F1 
Displays   
Radar Display (Normal/Full Screen)             F2 
Wire-Frame Damage Display                      F5 
HTAL (Head/Torso/Arms/Legs)                    F6 
Armor Damage Report                            F6 
Enable/Disable HUD                            F11 
Systems Status                                  U 
Objectives/Briefing Summary                   F12 
Cameras   
Target View                                    F4 
Rear View                                      F7 
Down View                                      F8 
Weapon View                                    F9 
Weapon View (Full Screen, After Launch)       F10 
 
MECH PILOTING 
Direct Throttle (Stop to 100%)             1 to 0 
Increase/Decrease Throttle                    +/- 
Steer Left and Right          Left & Right Arrows 
Reverse Direction                       BACKSPACE 
Torso Twist                             <  and  > 
Recenter Torso                                  / 
Recenter Legs to Torso                          M 
Jump Jet (on applicable 'Mechs)                 J 
Jump Jet Steering  
and Turning                   6-Key "Home" Keypad
Select NAV Point                                N 
Autopilot ON/OFF                                A 
MASC ON/OFF                                     V 
Manual Shutdown/Restart                         S 
Override Automatic Thermal Shutdown             O 
Pilot Ejection                     CTRL + ALT + E 
Auto-Ejection ON/OFF                     CTRL + E 
Self-Destruct                      CTRL + ALT + X 
Commanding Starmates                CTRL+ F1 or B  
Command Point 1, 2                  CTRL + F2, F3 
 
PILOT VIEW CONTROLS 
Zoom In                                         Z 
Zoom Out                                SHIFT + Z 
Reset Zoom Magnification                 CTRL + Z 
Glance Left, Right                    Keypad 7, 9 
Pilot Eye Control                   CTRL + ARROWS 
Low-Light Amplification ON/OFF                  L 
Enhanced Imaging ON/OFF                         W 
Satellite Uplink ON/OFF                        F3 
Radar/Satellite Uplink Zoom In                  X 
Radar/Satellite Uplink Zoom Out         SHIFT + X 
External Tracking Camera (XTC) ON/OFF           C 
External Camera Controls            CTRL + ARROWS 
 
NON-GAME CONTROLS 
Options/Battle Parameters                     ESC 
Pause                               ALT + P/PAUSE 
Snap a Screenshot                        CTRL + P 
Abort/Exit Mission to Clan Hall          CTRL + Q 

-- Universal Game Questions --
Q: Why is my 'Mech really difficult to turn at higher throttle settings?
A: When moving at a faster speed, your 'Mech is less maneuverable.  
Real-world physics apply here.  It isn't easy getting something that 
weighs in at 100 Tons and traveling at 40 KPH to make a 90 degree 
turn.  You might want to pay better attention to speed to get the 
optimum turn performance out of your 'Mech.

Q: How do I target objects other than 'Mechs to inspect them?
A: Refer to the section  "Cockpit Weapon Controls" under "Game Controls"
in this document, and find the commands for "Target Object Underneath
Reticle "and "Inspect Targeted Object."

Q: Why are parts of my 'Mech and other objects on the screen 
disappearing and re-appearing?
A: You are running low on memory.  Try some of the steps listed above 
in the "Managing your Memory" section to increase your available RAM.

Q: I can't seem to get my 'Mech to come to a complete stop.
A: Be sure to have the throttle at complete stop (press 1 on the 
keyboard). Also: Make sure your joystick isn't drifting out of calibration.
The slight turn input will cause your 'Mech to move forward to compensate 
for the turning. 
 
Q: What does the message "Enemy Power Up Detected" mean?
A: This message means that an enemy 'Mech was hidden nearby in a state 
of shut-down and has just activated its fusion reactor.  Remember, 
if you or the enemy 'Mech is in "shut down" mode you will not be 
visible on radar.

Q: I started the game and then changed my mind.  I don't want to play  
right now.  Can I leave? 
A: Cowardice is always an unfortunate option. Press ESC while in combat and
select option 5, 

Q: Why is my frame rate choppy? 
A: Frame rate is based on a number of factors.  The easiest (and  
less expensive) way to increase the frame rate during missions is  
to turn off the detail levels in the escape menu of the game.  The  
DOS performance of your video card and its bus type also affects  
your frame rate.  For this reason, Ghost Bear requires a VESA  
Local Bus video card.  Additionally, many of the video cards  
specifically designed as Windows accelerators neglect DOS  
performance and the performance of Ghost Bear will suffer  
accordingly.  Lastly, your processor will greatly affect the frame  
rate.  Upgrading a 486 to a Pentium will make a great difference  
in performance and will allow you to run in high resolution modes. 

Q: How can I just fire one weapon and not have it switch automatically 
to others?
A: Create a weapon group with one weapon in it.  Then select that 
group and every time you fire, only that weapon will fire repeatedly.

Q: Why doesn't my starmate join up when I tell him to?
A: If your starmate is engaged in battle, he will not break combat.  
He is bound by honor to finish the battle.

Q: The autopilot function runs my 'Mech into walls and buildings.  
Is this intentional?
A: MechWarrior's are known for their piloting and gunnery skills.  
Use of autopilot as the exclusive means of travel between navigational 
points is considered dishonorable among the ranks of the MechWarrior, 
although you will not be penalized for its use.  Consequently, 
development of sophisticated autopilot computers has not been a 
concern of the clans.  The best use of autopilot is as a directional 
aid.  Selecting a NAV point and hitting autopilot will turn your 
'Mech in the direction of the NAV point.

Q: When pressing A to activate the autopilot, it immediately disables.
Why?
A: Your joystick is probably out of calibration. Even a slight turn 
input from the joystick will disable the autopilot. See the section 
on "INPUT DEVICES" for information on calibration.

Q: Why does my light amplification not function sometimes? -OR- Why do 
my satellite map and other displays flicker during the missions?
A: When your 'Mech takes damage from enemy fire, your systems began to 
shut down.  Eventually you will lose certain systems in your HUD and 
other displays.  Screens will begin to flicker and eventually go dead.  
The solution is simple:  Kill or be killed.

Q: Jump jets do not work in close proximity to other 'Mechs. Why not?
A: Your 'Mech is probably just stuck on the opposing 'Mech.

Q: When I use the "Pause" key to unpause the game, I sometimes get a
barrage of weapon fire which I don't want! What can I do?
A: This problem occurs occasionally on some systems. Since any key will
unpause the game, avoid using the "Pause" key.

Q: How do I name my customized 'Mech?
A: When you make a customized 'Mech, click on the white lettering next to
Variant. Delete the lettering and type in the name of your choice.
Don't press <RETURN> as this will make the name disappear.
Complete your customizing and click on <SAVE> to save your customized 'Mech.

-- Ghost Bear Mission Questions --
Q: There is one mission I just can't beat.  Is there any way to go 
past it?
A: Try these:
1: Before you launch the mission, press ESC and select <COMBAT 
VARIABLES>.  In the "COMBAT VARIABLES" menu, switch from HARD or 
MEDIUM mode to EASY.  You will find those enemy 'Mechs a lot easier 
to kill now.  You can use this trick for specific missions or an 
entire career.
2: To complete a tough mission, try practicing them in Altered 
Reality first. (Refer to the MechWarrior 2 Codes and Procedures manual
under "Combat Variables" for more details).
3. Be sure to read all the info pertaining to the mission in the Mission
Computer before and after each mission. These details will give you an
idea of what's going on.
4: Or call the Ghost Bear hintline.  In the U.S. just dial 
1 (900) 680-HINT ($.95 per min.) or in Canada call 1 (900) 
451-4849 ($1.25 per min.). Prices subject to change without notice.


Q: After I complete a mission the game freezes before I get back 
to the debriefing screen.  Why?
A: We have determined that this is caused when the game is trying 
to tell the CD-ROM drive to stop the music and doesn't get a 
response.  When it freezes, don't reboot your machine.  Simply 
press the EJECT button on your CD-ROM drive, and the game should 
drop back into the debriefing screen.  Then reinsert your CD to 
continue playing.  This error occurs infrequently, and this step 
should take care of it.

Q: I get an "Out of Memory" error when I attempt to access one of 
the clan halls. -OR- I cannot launch missions from the pre-mission 
launch area ("shell") portion of the game.
A: This problem occurs most often in computers with 8 MB of RAM.  
Ghost Bear will run properly in machines with 8 MB of RAM.  
However, this RAM must be configured to allow Ghost Bear enough 
room.  In most cases, the conflict is with SMARTDRV.  SMARTDRV, by 
default, will occupy 2 MB of RAM in machines with more than 6 MB 
of extended memory.  By placing "REM" and a space in front of your 
SMARTDRV statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT and rebooting, you should 
be able to solve the problem.  However, if this does not work, you 
must remove drivers or other TSR's which are occupying memory.  A 
better solution is the creation of a boot disk that you can use to 
run the program under optimum memory conditions. NOTE: If you are
running under Windows 95, make sure that virtual memory is ON and
you are playing version 1.1.

Q: When I try to run certain missions in Windows 95 I get a
"Page Fault" error message.  What's wrong?
A: Although Ghost Bear has been tested in Windows 95 successfully,
you may still encounter "Page Fault" errors. Please understand that
Ghost Bear is NOT a Windows 95 product. We suggest you restart your
computer in MS-DOS mode and play Ghost Bear from DOS.

Q: I am running Windows 95 and I keep getting low memory warnings.
What's wrong?
A: If you have sufficient memory to run Ghost Bear under DOS but
have problems in Windows 95, make sure that you have Virtual Memory
turned on. If it is turned off, Windows 95 will not give Ghost Bear
enough memory in which to run, even if you have 16 MB of RAM.

Q: I am launching Ghost Bear from a shortcut in Windows 95, and
my screen keeps flashing to my Windows desktop when making the transition
from the shell to the combat simulator. Can this be fixed?
A: Yes. Use the right mouse button to edit the "Properties" of your
shortcut, select the "Screen" tab, and check the "Full-screen" option.

Q: Why are my jump jets harder to maneuver in some missions?
A: The varying gravitational and atmospheric conditions of planets 
can either supplement or limit the jump jet capabilities.  For 
example, a planet with low gravity will enable a 'Mech to jump 
higher and longer than a planet with a high gravity. Thin air will 
impair the efficiency of the jets, giving you less thrust...etc.

Q: Should the GBL\MEK\ directory be completely empty?
A: Yes.  The \MEK directory is where user-created BattleMech files are 
stored.  If you have not created any custom BattleMechs, this 
directory will be empty.

Q: I killed twelve 'Mechs in my last mission and the mission summary 
screen said I killed only nine.  Am I getting cheated out of those three
kills?
A: The clan will only reward direct kills.  You must be precise with 
your shots to receive credit and honor.  'Mechs that die as a result 
of "splash damage" (damage resulting from nearby explosions of 
'Mechs or weapons and overheating) will not be counted towards your 
total kills.  The clan also does not reward you for deaths caused by 
internal ammunition explosions.  So although it may appear that you 
blew that last Marauder to pieces, remember that his demise may not 
always be your doing.

LOCK-UPS/CRASHES
Q: Ghost Bear locks up. Why?
A: This is more than likely the result of a conflict between 
Ghost Bear and a memory-resident program that is being loaded 
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files. The best solution to 
this is to create a boot disk as outlined in the instructions in 
this file. If this does not help, try running the MW2SETUP program 
in the Ghost Bear directory and select "Configure Sound Devices, and 
then from the blue, "Sound Configuration Options" menu, select "No MIDI 
Music" and "No Digital Audio.

If this doesn't help, call Activision Customer Support.

Q: When I type GBL to run the game, the computer freezes at a blank 
screen, reboots, or locks up and starts beeping . How do I fix this?
A: Follow these troubleshooting steps in order until you find the 
problem:
1. Make sure you have disabled SMARTDRV or any other disk cache.
2. Try running without a memory manager (including EMM386 and QEMM).
3. Make sure your VESA driver is loaded correctly.  Refer to the "VIDEO"
section for information.
4. Make sure you have a mouse driver loaded for DOS.
5. Try making a boot disk as outlined under the "MANAGING YOUR MEMORY"
section of this document.
6. Run the MW2SETUP program in the \GBL directory and select "Configure
sound devices".  Then, from the blue menu, "Sound Configuration Options",
select "No MIDI Music" and "No Digital Audio".  If this works, refer to 
the "AUDIO" section for more help.
7. Try deleting the game and reinstalling, or try a different size 
installation.

Q: My computer freezes after completing the 1st mission. What can I do?
A: Try these solutions, one of them should help you.
1: Eject and reinsert CD.
2: Disable joystick by going to the Cockpit Controls screen by 
pressing the ESC key in the clan hall and selecting "Cockpit Controls" 
from the menu.  Then, make sure all of the joystick options are white 
(click on them to change color) and click on <ACCEPT>.
3: Disable SMARTDRV or any other disk caching utilities.
4: Run the game without a memory manager.
5: Try disabling MIDI music.

PERFORMANCE
Ghost Bear has features that were designed to support a wide range 
of computers. When you initially configure Ghost Bear for play, 
Ghost Bear will make several default settings regarding which 
features should be used and which should be turned off.

To change settings WHILE IN COMBAT, press ESC, and then select <Combat
Variables>.  You will see the following menu:

OBJECT TEXTMAPS: ON or OFF
TERRAIN TEXTMAPS: ON or OFF
DISPLAY DETAIL: HIGH or LOW
OBJECT DENSITY: HIGH or LOW
EXPLOSION CHUNKS: ON or OFF

Switching these options to LOW or OFF will increase the performance of 
the game.  After you have made your selections, press 0 twice to return
to combat.  If you press ESC, your changes will be lost.

To change settings IN A CLAN HALL, press ESC in the clan hall
screen and select <COMBAT VARIABLES>.  Here you may select 
from one of three resolutions: 320x200 (low); 640x480 (medium);
1024x768 (high).  You may also select your display variables:

OBJECT TEXTURES: ON or OFF
TERRAIN TEXTURES: ON or OFF
DISPLAY DETAIL: HIGH or LOW
OBJECT DENSITY: HIGH or LOW
CHUNKY EXPLOSIONS: ON or OFF

Click on ON/OFF, HIGH/LOW, etc. to toggle between options.  Once you
are satisfied with your selections, hit any key to return to the Clan
Hall.

You may also reach these last five options from the combat portion of
the game (although you cannot change resolution).  To do this, first 
press ESC in the combat portion of the game and then select 
<Combat Variables>. After you have made your selections, press 0 twice
to return to your cockpit.

We recommend that all 486 owners use low resolution. 486-66's and up 
with very fast video sub-systems can run in SVGA (640x400), but most 
of the graphic options should be turned off.  Video cards also vary 
dramatically -- many cards are optimized for extremely high performance in
Windows, but can actually be very slow for use in DOS.  Start with low 
resolution (default in demo mode), and select whatever options best 
match your machine's capabilities and your desire for realism. Machine 
and graphics card allowing, move up to a higher resolution, and adjust 
graphic options until you reach a satisfactory balance.  You make the 
call.

Q: Can Ghost Bear make use of a math co-processor?
A: No. All math in the program is integer-based. A math co-processor 
would not help.

Q: I have a 486-66 computer with 8 MB of RAM. How will Ghost Bear 
run on my system?
A: Your computer meets the minimum requirements for the program. While 
it will run adequately on your system, the program performs best on a 
Pentium based system.

Q: Will the reported mathematical error in the Pentium chip affect 
the performance of Ghost Bear?
A: Ghost Bear does not use floating point arithmetic.  The 
performance of the game will not be affected by any floating point 
arithmetic flaws that exist in the Pentium processor.

Q: The movies have skipping audio or skip frames on my computer.
A: Due to the almost infinite combinations of computers, sound cards, 
CD-ROM drives and video cards, it was not possible to optimize the 
video for all systems.  The performance of the video depends on the 
transfer rate of your CD-ROM drive, the speed and type of processor, 
the quality of your sound card and the DOS performance of your video 
card.  Certain video cards have low DOS benchmark scores and will be 
unable to play the videos without some skipping (even in Pentium systems 
with six-speed CD-ROM drives).  Some MGA chipset cards (MATROX and 
Q-Vision) are an example of this.  On the other hand, even the 
fastest video card and highest quality sound card will be unable 
to improve the quality of video played off of a CD-ROM drive that 
cannot maintain a transfer rate close to 270,000 BPS.  And, of 
course, stuttering in sound and/or video in such systems is more 
noticeable on a 486 based computer than a Pentium.

Q: The movies don't run very smooth on my machine.  What can I do to 
make them run better?
A: If you have the disk space available, try the Full Blown installation.  
This will run the movies from your hard disk which will vastly improve 
their performance over running them from the CD-ROM drive.  This does 
not affect play during the 3D simulation however.

Q: Why is my frame rate choppy?
A: Frame rate is based on a number of factors.  The easiest (and less 
expensive) way to increase the frame rate during missions is to turn 
off the detail levels in the ESC menu of the combat portion of the game.  
The DOS performance of your video card and its bus type also affects 
your frame rate.  For this reason, Ghost Bear requires a VESA Local 
Bus video card.  Additionally, many of the video cards specifically 
designed as Windows accelerators neglect DOS performance and the 
performance of Ghost Bear will suffer accordingly.  Lastly, 
your processor will greatly affect the frame rate.  Upgrading a 
486 to a Pentium will make a great difference in performance and will 
allow you to run in high resolution modes.

Q: Occasionally during the missions, the screen freezes for a second 
without explanation.  This is sometimes a problem when in the heat of 
battle.
A: The pause is due to the CD resetting to the beginning of the audio 
track for the mission you are running.  It should last less than a 
second.  However, if you find this annoying, you can turn off the 
CD music.  Simply slide the music slider all the way to the lowest 
volume and the CD will turn off.  No more skip, but no more music 
either though.

VIDEO 
Ghost Bear was designed to take advantage of some of the higher 
resolution video modes on your computer.  The pre-mission launch portion 
of the program (i.e. the "shell") runs in 640x480 SVGA mode, and the 
simulation portion of the program runs by default in 320x200 standard 
VGA mode.  The 3D simulation can also run in 640x480 and 1024x768 mode 
using an SVGA video card (NOTE: To use the 640x480 or 1024x768 HiRes 
modes, you should have a Pentium 90 or 120 with a fast video card and 
16 MB of RAM).  In some cases Ghost Bear will detect and work with 
your video card just fine.  However, some video cards may require that 
a VESA video driver be loaded in order for the video card to work 
properly with Ghost Bear.

-- Supported Video Drivers --
Ghost Bear requires that your system have a standard VESA video 
driver to run your video.  Please verify that you have one loaded before 
running the game. 

-- What Is a VESA Driver? -- 
For one thing, it's something needed to play Ghost Bear.  More  
specifically, VESA stands for Video Electronics Standards Association.  
It is a standard that allows software companies to write programs that  
work on many video cards without having to know how each card  
works. The VESA driver is the program that handles this. Almost  
every video card available today has VESA drivers available for  
it. These drivers may be stored in a chip on the video card, or  
they may be a program that the user has to load by hand (or with a  
batch file). Some cards (such as the Diamond Viper) have the  
driver on the video card, but need the user to run a special  
program to activate the driver.  If the VESA driver is an external  
program, it will probably be found on the disks that accompanied  
your video card. If you don't have a VESA driver you should  
contact your video card manufacturer. We have included a list of  
Customer Service and BBS numbers for major manufacturers near the  
end of this document.  
 
Using most "external" (programs that you must run) VESA drivers is  
as easy as typing the name of the driver at the DOS prompt. For  
instance, if the driver was called VVESA.COM, you would type  
VVESA.COM and then press ENTER.  If you have any difficulty  
running Ghost Bear at a higher resolution, contact the maker of  
your video card for the latest VESA driver for your card. 
 
The next few sections explain some problems and solutions that we  
encountered during our testing with various video cards. 
 
-- ATI -- 
Usually located within the MACH32 or ATI directory on your hard  
drive (or the directory into which all of your video drivers were  
installed) should be a file called VVESA.COM.  (If it is not  
there, it should be on your ATI driver diskettes which came with  
the card.)  This file must be run prior to launching Ghost Bear.
There are two solutions:  
 
1.  Type VVESA prior to running Ghost Bear, each time. 
 
2.  Include the following statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT: 
 
	C:\MACH32\VVESA.COM 
 
This should allow you to run the "shell" without any video  
problems. 
 
-- Diamond Video Cards -- 
Q: My screen goes blank after I have started the game. 
A: If you have a Diamond Stealth 64 video card, the problem is probably 
with the Diamond Power management system that was installed with your 
video card.  In some machines, the activity of the Ghost Bear game 
does not register as activity with this power management system.  To 
solve this, type the following command before running Ghost Bear: 
 
	 C:\>S64DDPMS U 
 
If DOS gives you a "Bad Command" error, the Stealth 64 driver directory 
must not be located in your path.  Change to that directory (for 
Stealth 64 DRAM users, that directory is typically S64D), and retype 
the command. 
 
If you do not have a Stealth 64 video card, determine if you have a 
DOS power saver loaded for your video card.  If you do, disable it prior 
to running Ghost Bear 
 
-- Diamond Viper Cards -- 
The Diamond Viper has its VESA driver on the card, but you need to run 
an external program to activate it. This program is called VPRMODE.EXE. 
To use VPRMODE to activate the VESA driver, type: 
 
	VPRMODE VESA, then press ENTER. 
 
The VPRMODE program should have been installed by the software  
that came with the Diamond Viper card. 
 

Q: I have a Diamond Stealth/Viper and I get funny lines on my  
display.  Why? 
A: This is a problem with Ghost Bear and some early versions of  
the Diamond drivers. There are software patches available for both  
the Stealth and Viper to alleviate this problem. The Stealth patch  
is available as a software program called STLBIOS.EXE or as a  
hardware upgrade. For the Diamond Viper, a software upgrade called  
VPRM202.EXE will contain a patch. All of these are available  
directly from Diamond. 
 
-- MATROX -- 
Located within the MGA or MATROX directory on your hard drive (or  
the directory into which all of your video drivers were installed)  
should be a file called MGAVESA.COM.  (If it is not there, it  
should be on your video card driver diskettes.)  This file must be  
run prior to launching Ghost Bear.  There are two solutions:   
 
1.  Type MGAVESA prior to running Ghost Bear, each time. 
 
	 - OR - 
 
2.  Include the following statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT: 
 
	 C:\MGA\MGAVESA.COM 
 
This should allow you to run Ghost Bear without any problems  
with video. 
 
-- Other Video Cards -- 
If you do not have one of the cards listed above, try to locate  
the VESA driver for your video card in your video card's directory  
on your hard drive, or on the disks supplied by the card's  
manufacturer.  Run the VESA driver as shown above each time before  
you start Ghost Bear or put it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 
 
-- Video Questions and Answers -- 
Q: How come I don't see the cool introductory movie I have heard 
so much about?  The game skips straight to the New Mechwarrior 
screen.
A: You must have the Ghost Bear CD in your CD drive at ALL 
times during the game.  Certain animation's and movies as well as 
other files are accessed by the program at various times 
throughout the game.

Q: The menu screens used to be animated, but now the animation's are 
frozen.  How come?
A: If you take the CD out of your drive during operation of 
Ghost Bear, the game may freeze and/or the screen animation's 
will stop.  In any event, the game will not function properly, if 
at all.

Q: My screen goes blank or is garbled after the intro movie.  Why? 
A: Ghost Bear is designed to operate with any SVGA video card  
that supports standard VESA video modes.  Most, if not all, video  
cards support VESA, either directly in the video hardware or  
through an external driver.  Some of these cards require you to  
load a VESA driver prior to starting Ghost Bear.  In these  
cases, the drivers will most likely be found in the directory into  
which all of the video card files were installed. If you do not  
have a VESA driver for your video card, you will not be able to  
run the game until you obtain one.

Q: What display modes does Ghost Bear use?
A: 320x200, 640x480 and 1024x760 color graphics.

Q: How do I change the resolution?
A: Access "COMBAT VARIABLES" through the ESC option in any non-battle 
segment. You should be able to enable cheats, toggle heat management, 
change the difficulty setting and increase the game's resolution there.

Q: Game play is very choppy. How can I improve the playability?
A: Try these options:
1: Switch to a lower resolution.
2: Turn off some of the graphic detail options.

Q: My monitor is turned to its brightest setting, but my screen is 
still too dark.
A: Try one of these options:
1: If you are in a night mission, you will have to enable Low-Light 
Amplification to see anything clearly. Refer to the section "Game Controls"
under the heading of "GAME PLAY" in this document.
2:  Press the ESC button while in the game, pick <Cockpit 
Controls>, move to "Monitor Brightness" and adjust as needed. 

Q: Objects are disappearing from my screen when I run the missions.
What's the problem?
A: Ghost Bear will run on computers with 8 MB of RAM.  However,
you will need to have about 7 MB of free extended memory.  If you
have SMARTDRV loaded, or TSR's that take up significant amounts of
memory, more than likely you will not have the required memory.
When Ghost Bear begins running out of memory, it will stop loading
objects.  The result is that some objects or parts of objects may
disappear from your screen.  A system with more than 8 MB of memory
would be optimal.  However, making more memory available via a boot
disk should solve this problem.  If you still have problems, turn
off some of the detail levels in the escape menu.

Q: When I try to run missions in 1024x768 mode, I get a "Divide 
Overflow" error and I drop back to the debriefing screen.  Why 
can't I run the missions?
A: We believe this is a problem with certain VESA video drivers.  
It occurred most frequently on ATI Mach32 video cards.  Also, some 
video cards don't support this resolution, or they may require a 
video memory upgrade in order to display this mode.  Consult your 
video card manufacturer for newer VESA drivers.  They may correct 
this problem.

AUDIO
-- Ghost Bear Installer --
The Ghost Bear installer will attempt to automatically detect  
what kind of sound card you have in your machine and select the  
proper driver. However, on some machines you may need to pick your  
sound card out of the lists provided. The installer will then try  
to verify the presence of that sound card in your machine. If your  
sound card is not shown and is 100 percent Sound Blaster  
compatible, you should be able to install for "Creative Labs Sound  
Blaster or 100% compatible" and hear sound and music within the  
game. 

-- Supported Sound Devices -- 
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Basic, Pro, 16 and AWE 32; Media Vision Pro 
Audio Spectrum Basic, Plus and 16; Gravis Ultrasound; Ensoniq 
Soundscape; Roland MT-32; General MIDI devices 

-- Miles Design Audio Drivers -- 
Ghost Bear sound support is accomplished through the use of the  
John Miles Design AIL audio driver libraries. Like VESA drivers,  
these help software companies support many different sound cards  
without having to know how each card works. The Miles Design  
Drivers are automatically installed when you select which sound  
card you wish to use for digital audio and MIDI in Ghost Bear. 

-- Audio Questions and Answers --  
Q: How do I change my sound setup in Ghost Bear  
A: Type MW2SETUP in your \GBL directory and press ENTER.  Select 
"Configure sound devices," and then choose "Select and configure digital
audio driver" or "Select and configure MIDI music driver" from the "Sound 
Configuration Options" menu.  You will be given a list of card from 
which to choose, and the program will attempt to automatically configure 
whichever card you choose.  When you are finished, simply select, "Done".

Q: I have a Sanyo 4X CD-ROM drive in my Gateway 2000 Pentium 
computer.  During the game the music plays just once and stops 
playing or doesn't play at all.  What is wrong?
A: This is caused by your CD-ROM driver.  You most likely have 
v1.2 of the Sanyo driver.  Version 1.3 is available from Gateway 
and should fix the problem.

Q: Will Ghost Bear work with my Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Sound  
Board? 
A: Yes, but Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound cards must have the  
following settings to work with Ghost Bear. 

	   Pro Audio Spectrum Side:      Sound Blaster Side: 
	   Port = None                   Port = 220 
	   Interrupt (IRQ) = 3           Interrupt (IRQ) = 5 
	   DMA Channel = 3               DMA Channel = 1 (Must be 1) 

The PAS 16 consists of two sections, and the Sound Blaster section          
should use the settings shown above.  You may be able to use a          
different IRQ, but the DMA channel must be 1.  Problems with the  
PAS 16 card are usually due to the two sides of the card sharing a  
port, Interrupt or DMA Channel.  The two sides of the card must  
have different settings, or the card will cause the system to lock  
up.  Look at the setting in the SETUP utility for this sound card  
for more information. 

Q: I have an Ad-Lib/Ad-Lib Gold card, and I can't get any digital  
Sound FX to play. How come? 
A: An Ad-Lib card does not have a DAC (Digital Audio Converter) to  
play digital effects, therefore you will only hear synthesized  
musical effects.

Q: How come the music volume control does not affect the volume of  
the music I hear while playing the game? 
A: Some CD-ROM drivers do not have the ability to raise or lower  
the volume.  For these drivers the sound is either on or off.  In  
these instances, the volume slider for music will be non- 
functional except to turn it on and off.

Q: The volume levels of my music, sound effects and/or game voices  
are too low for me to hear.  What can I do? 
A: Check your speakers to see if the volume can be turned up.   
This is the easiest solution.  However, if this cannot solve your  
problems, try adjusting the volume sliders in the escape menus of  
the game.  Finally, your sound card may have a volume or mixer  
utility that can raise the volume of your sound output or the  
volume knob on the back of some sound cards.  Consult your sound  
card manual for more information.

Q: I do not have any sound in the game.  What do I do?
A: There are a number of things that may cause this problem:
1: Ensure that your speakers are properly plugged into your sound card
 and are turned on.
2: Type MW2SETUP in the C:\GBL directory and select 
"Configure sound devices," and then choose "Select and configure digital
audio driver" or "Select and configure MIDI music driver" from the "Sound 
Configuration Options" menu.  You will be given a list of card from 
which to choose, and the program will attempt to automatically configure 
whichever card you choose.  When you are finished, simply select, "Done".
Make sure that you have the appropriate settings. Consult your sound 
card user manual and run any diagnostic utilities that the manufacturer 
supplies.
3: Music during simulations plays directly from the CD, so make sure 
you have a cable that connects the CD line out to your sound card's 
line in.
4: CD audio volume is at 0. Refer to your sound card documentation for 
information on how to adjust.
5: Some CD-ROM drives may have the volume level for Redbook Audio (CD  
music) set too low or off in their CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT  
file.  If you are not hearing music in the game, consult your CD- 
ROM driver manuals or the manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive for  
assistance.  You may simply need to make a small change to a  
command in your startup files to fix the problem. 

Q: Why is the sound fuzzy on my Sound Blaster Pro 2 sound card? 
A: This may be due to a compatibility problem between the Sound  
Blaster Pro 2 and certain video cards.  We discovered it with an  
Orchid Kelvin card installed.  A small amount of distortion plays  
near the beginning and ends of sound effects.  We have no solution  
for this at this time.

Q: Can I listen to the Ghost Bear soundtrack on my audio CD player?
A: Yes. The mission music is spooled from the CD. Tracks #2 - 23 are
regular audio tracks that will play on an audio CD player.

INPUT DEVICES
Ghost Bear supports a wide variety of input devices.  The 
following section will cover many of the most common issues 
encountered with these controllers.  We will be adding more input 
devices to the current list in the near future.  Look on our BBS 
or any of the on-line services that we currently support for 
updates which will allow you to use new devices with Ghost Bear.

To activate input devices perform the following operations. Press ESC 
from the clan hall.   Select <COCKPIT CONTROLS>.  The available input 
drivers are listed along the left side.  Your selected inputs (e.g. 
keyboard and mouse) will appear in red lettering.  Unselected inputs
appear in white lettering.  If you are happy with our default settings,
just click on the devices that you want and then click on <ACCEPT>.  If
you wish, you may also customize your input devices.  See question FIVE
under "QUICK SOLUTIONS: TOP QUESTIONS ANSWERED".

-- Supported Input Devices -- 
Standard two-button joysticks; CH Flightstick and ProPedals; 
Thrustmaster Flight, Weapons, and Rudder Control Systems; Thrustmaster 
F-16 Flightstick; Gravis gamepad and Phoenix joystick; Virtual  
I/O i-glasses; Suncom Technologies SFX gamepad; Microsoft SideWinder 
joystick, Spacetec Spaceball Avenger, Logitech Wingman Extreme, 
Forte VFX-1 Headgear, CH Virtual Pilot PRO.

-- Mouse --
Ghost Bear requires a Microsoft-compatible mouse to run. Most 
mice today (including Logitech, Mouse Systems, and Kensington) are 
Microsoft-compatible. In order for the mouse to work properly in 
Ghost Bear, a mouse driver must be loaded before running 
the game. The mouse driver must also be fairly current and VESA  
compatible. Contact the manufacturer of your mouse or the dealer  
who sold the mouse to you to see if your driver is the most  
current available. 
 
-- Common Mouse Questions --
Q: I have a Honeywell mouse, and it does not work with Ghost Bear. Why?
A: The Honeywell Mouse is not compatible with Microsoft standards  
and does not work with Ghost Bear. 

Q: I told the SETUP to use my mouse to play the demo, but it won't work.
What should I do?
A: Most likely, a mouse driver has not been loaded.  Ghost Bear needs
a DOS mouse driver (as opposed to a Microsoft Windows mouse  
driver). This driver along with instructions on how to load it  
should have been included with your mouse. The less likely problem  
is that the mouse driver is being correctly loaded, but it is an  
older version that is not supported. You should contact the  
manufacturer (or dealer) of your mouse to get a more up-to-date  
mouse driver.  

Q: I got the message "Error: Mouse Not Found" when I tried to load
Ghost Bear.  What does this mean?
A: Some possible causes:
1) A MS-DOS compatible mouse driver has not been loaded.  Ghost Bear
needs a DOS mouse driver to run (as opposed to a Microsoft Windows mouse
driver).  This driver along with instructions on how to load it should 
have been included with your mouse.
2) The less likely problem is that the mouse driver is being correctly
loaded, but it is an older version that is not supported. You should
contact the manufacturer (or dealer) of your mouse to get a more
up-to-date mouse driver.

Q: I have the Forte Technologies VFX-1 Headgear, and I can't seem to
control the mech at all. What could be the problem?
A: Make sure that you do NOT use the VRMOUSE driver for the VFX-1. This
driver turns on the mouse emulation and causes Ghost Bear to get
conflicting information which causes problems controlling your 'Mech.
Also, at the time that VFX-1 support was released, the VFX-1 drivers did
not work under Windows 95, so if you are running under Windows 95 try
rebooting to DOS.

Note: VFX-1 is incompatible with Kraft mouse drivers.

-- Common Joystick Questions --
Q: My joystick drifts (and autopilot disengages prematurely; my 'Mech will 
not stop).
A: Try these:
1. Hit the "/" key or the keypad "5" key to recenter your torso.
2. Make sure that you have calibrated your joystick from within Ghost Bear.
3. Disable the mouse in the COCKPIT CONTROLS.
4. Adjust the trim controls on your joystick (if it has them) to
compensate for miscalibration.
5. Install and use a dedicated game card and disable the game port on
your sound card. We recommend the Thrustmaster ACM game card.

Q: Which Thrustmaster products are supported by Ghost Bear?
A: Ghost Bear supports several configurations of the following 
Thrustmaster input devices:
Flight Control Systems Mark I & II
Weapons Control Systems Mark II vrs. 5.08
Rudder Control Systems
F-16 Flight Control Systems

Q: The Thrustmaster Mark I Weapons Control System (WCS) does not function.
How can I get it to work?
A: The Mark I WCS should function with Ghost Bear, but it will not be
programmable.  The only way we have found is to use the Mark I with
Ghost Bear  is to set the DIP switches on the Mark I to emulate a game with
similar controls.  Then go into the "Cockpit Controls" screen by pressing
ESC in the clan hall. Configure the keyboard to use the keypresses
generated by the Mark I to enable the functions you want.

Q: My joystick is programmable, but I can't get the programmable functions
of the joystick to work properly.  How do I do this?
A: See CFGS directory on the game CD. Configurations have been provided
for several popular  programmable joysticks.  Ghost Bear provides
configurations for all of the supported programmable input devices.
(Note: The C:\GBL\CFGS directory on your hard disk will not have these
files. They are only on the CD)

Q: I made a custom configuration in the "COCKPIT CONTROLS" screen, but now
the commands don't work properly.  Why?
A: You can assign a game function to up to four controller functions, and
so there are four pages of config. settings.  Click on the heading
<Next Page>  to cycle through the four pages available. You'll find the
arrows assigned to torso elevation on the 2nd or 3rd page.  

Q: My computer freezes when calibrating or does not calibrate the 
CH Flightstick Pro properly.
A: We believe the problem results from conflicts in some sound 
card game-ports.  One possible solution to this problem is to plug 
the joystick cable into a Y-adapter plugged into your sound card 
game port.  The best alternative is to install and use a dedicated 
game port on a separate I/O card and disable the game port on your 
sound card.

Q: I am having problems calibrating my joystick to work with 
Ghost Bear.  What should I do?
A: Ghost Bear is designed to be very sensitive to joystick 
controls to allow for more precision.  The trade-off is that you 
must be delicate in configuring your joystick.  Please follow the 
screen directions very closely and slowly.  The most common 
problem encountered by Ghost Bear players is caused by rushing 
through the joystick configuration screens.  As anxious as you may 
be to play Ghost Bear, take your time to configure properly.  
Remember to wait until the dot appears to move your joystick and 
follow the stick movement and button click sequence precisely.

Q: I am using a Microsoft SideWinder Joystick. I have selected <Microsoft
SideWinder 3D PRO> in the cockpit configuration. Now how do I calibrate my 
SideWinder?
A: Happily you don't have to. Microsoft automatically calibrates your
SideWinder for you, as it's a digital device with digital drivers.

Q: I followed the directions on how to configure my SideWinder and 
selected <MS SideWinder (CH Pro Mode)>.  Now how do I calibrate my 
SideWinder?
A: To calibrate your SideWinder in analog mode, press ESC once you 
have begun the mission, then select option number two, <Device 
calibration> and follow the instructions.

Q: My SideWinder works, but I don't like what you have the buttons set
to do.  How can I customize my SideWinder joystick to do what I want?
A: See question five in QUICK SOLUTIONS: TOP QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.

Q: My SideWinder joystick does not work properly, the buttons fire 
but I can't steer my 'Mech. What can I do?
A: You should re-launch the mission.

Q: My SideWinder joystick still won't steer my 'Mech! Now what should I 
do?
A: If your SideWinder continues to give you problems, then you will
need to select the <MS SideWinder (CH Pro Mode)> from the INPUT 
DEVICES in the cockpit control screen.  Note:  You should calibrate your 
SideWinder when entering the mission. To do this, press ESC once you 
have begun the mission to enter the "MAIN MENU" screen, then select 
option number two <Device Calibration>.  Then select option one <MS 
SideWinder (CH Pro Mode)> and follow the instructions!!!  Good killing, 
freebirth toad!
Q: One more time, what do I do if my SideWinder won't respond to left/right 
movement but will fire the buttons?
A: You will need to go into "COCKPIT CONTROLS", under "INPUT DEVICES"
select <MS SideWinder (CH Pro Mode)>, which is analog mode. Then 
make sure that the gray switch on the far side of the joystick is 
on the right as you hold the joystick normally for gameplay.

Q: I have a Microsoft SideWinder, and my 'Mech is spinning wildly
no matter what direction I try to go.  What can I do?
A: Actually, its an incompatibility between the SideWinder and your 
game card.  You should first test your game card with your SideWinder 
in analog mode. To do so, you will first have to click on <Abort Mission> 
from your "MAIN MENU" screen, and then follow the instructions in the 
answers for Question 1 and 2 above to configure  your SideWinder with the 
<MS SideWinder (CH Pro Mode)> driver.  If this does not stop your 'Mech 
dance, plug your SideWinder into the game port of your sound card.  Once 
you are using the sound card, you may also want to reconfigure your 
SideWinder to digital mode.  See the beginning of this document for a 
listing of supported soundcards and recommended drivers (joystick modes) 
for each.

Q: When I use my joystick, my 'Mech does this crazy thing of 
rotating and tilting around. What is this? The latest 'Mech dance 
craze?   
A: Press </> or <5> on your keypad to re-center your joystick.  

Q: My 'Mech seems to be drifting to the right.  What can I do? 
A: Press </> or <5> on your keypad to re-center your joystick. 

Q: On my joystick, my throttle dial seems to be backwards. When I push 
the throttle away from me, the 'Mech slows down.  When I push it 
towards me, it speeds up. I want to reverse this.  How can I?
A: Follow the directions to custom configure your 'Mech in "QUICK 
SOLUTIONS: TOP QUESTIONS ANSWERED", and select the <+/-> sign just 
to the right of the THROTTLE in the GAME CONTROL section. This will 
reverse the direction of your throttle control.

-- More SideWinder Joystick ReadMe and Regulatory Info --
The following is taken from Microsoft's ReadMe concerning the 
SideWinder joystick.

Network Adapters with an AUI DB 15-pin port resemble the standard
game port.  Plugging your SideWinder 3D Pro joystick into a network 
adapter can damage your joystick.

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GAME PORTS
----------
Game Ports with Limited Functionality

SideWinder 3D Pro functions only in analog mode if you use any of 
the following game ports:

* Thrustmaster ACM Pro
* Colorado Spectrum Notebook
* Advanced Gravis Eliminator
* Media Vision Premium 3D
* Media Vision Pro Sonic

Incompatible Game Ports

The Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-1 (SB 16 SCSI) game port is incompatible 
with the SideWinder 3D Pro in both analog and digital modes.  However, 
all other SoundBlaster game ports are compatible with the SideWinder
3D Pro.

USING SIDEWINDER 3D PRO WITH GAME PORT CABLES
--------------------------------------------

Y-Cables

We recommend that you don't use a y-cable to connect the SideWinder 3D Pro
joystick to your computer because some y-cables can damage your joystick.

Extender Cables

We recommend that you don't use a game port extender cable to connect the 
SideWinder 3D Pro to your computer.  Extender cables severely reduce the 
SideWinder 3D Pro joystick's performance.

This is the end of the Microsoft text ReadMe regarding the Microsoft 
SideWinder.

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-- I/O i-glasses --
Q: I have an IBM Aptiva computer and I can't get my Virtual I/O i-glasses
headset to work. What's the problem?
A: During our testing process, we discovered that the Virtual
I/O i-glasses headset does not function with the IBM Aptiva systems. We
do not have a solution for this at this time, however Virtual I/O may be
able to assist you with a solution. We'll keep you updated in future
versions of this file as we receive more information.


ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION IN NORTH AMERICA ONLY
Ghost Bear is yet another Activision product to offer our
On-line Registration program that uses your modem to call in to our 
Registration Server and register your product.  If you choose to 
use the ON-LINE registration feature and cannot get it to work 
properly, please print out the registration information and mail or
fax it in to Activision Customer Support or use the provided 
registration card in your Ghost Bear package.


CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
-- Customer Support for the U.S.A. --
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions about Ghost Bear, 
or any other Activision product, please feel free to contact us through any 
of the following services:

Online:
Services with Activision Forums, E-Mail and File Library Support:
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   select "Go to" then "Other Location."  At the prompt, type "Activision"
   and click OK.
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   Activision forum.
*  CompuServe:  76004,2122 or [GO GAMEPUB] in the Game Publishers Forum B
*  Activision BBS:  (310) 479-1335  Up to 14,400 Baud; 
   Settings: 8 Bits, No Parity, 1 Stop Bit (8, N, 1)

Services with E-Mail Support :
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Internet:
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For information on how to use our listserver, please send e-mail 
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Fax:	
(310) 479-7355,  24 hours a day.
 
Mail:
Activision Customer Support
P.O. Box 67713
Los Angeles, CA  90067

Phone:
Call our 24-hour voice-mail system for answers to our most frequently 
asked questions at (310) 479-5644.  Or contact a customer support 
representative at the same number between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(Pacific Time) Monday through Friday, except holidays. 

-- European Customer Service and Technical Support --
For Technical Support in the UK:
Telephone technical services please call the UK at 0990 143 525 

For Customer Service in the UK:
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions about Ghost Bear,
or any other Activision product, you can contact us in the UK at
0181 742 9400 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (UK time)
Monday through Friday, with the exception of holidays, or contact a
customer service representative through the following on-line services.

UK Address:
ACTIVISION
Long Island House, 3A
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United Kingdom

For Customer Service in Germany Contact:
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Kelsterbach 65451
Deutschland
Phone: 06107 930 100

-- On-line Technical Support for Europe and Australia --
The following on-line technical services are available IN ENGLISH ONLY:
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*  Internet:  support@activision.com or  http://www.activision.com

For information on how to use our listserver, please send email to
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If you are already familiar with listservers, send email to the same
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list of files available from this service.

For Customer Service and Technical Support for the rest of Europe
please contact your local distributor.

-- Australia and Pacific Rim Customer Service --
For customer service in Australia and the Pacific Rim, please 
refer to the following:

ACTIVISION AUSTRALIA AND PACIFIC RIM
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Australia

Phone: (61) 2-869-0955

CREDITS
The Ghost Bear Update is written and prepared by Members of  
Activision Studio's Customer Support, Quality Assurance and  
Production Departments. 
 
Written by: 
Dave Arnspiger
Matt Candler
Jon Doellstedt
Jack Mamais

VENDOR LIST
-----------	

-- Hardware Manufacturers --
Listings for System, Sound Card, Video Card, and CD-ROM manufacturers.
Wherever possible, we have tried to include the Technical Support and
BBS numbers for each company.  Activision has made every effort to
ensure that these numbers are correct, however, you may want to consult
the documentation for your PC, video card, sound card or CD-ROM drive
for more up-to-date information on each company.

-- System Manufacturers --
Acer
Technical Support                       (800) 445-6495
BBS                                     (408) 428-0140
BBS                                     (800) 833-8241

AST Computers
Technical Support                       USA (800) 727-1278
BBS                                     USA (714) 852-1872

Compaq					USA (713) 378-2000
Technical Support                       USA (800) 652-6672
BBS                                     USA (713) 378-1418

Dell
Technical Support                       USA (800) 624-9896
                                        France 1-30-60-6900 
                                        Germany 61-03-971-0 
                                        Spain 1-32-91080 
                                        United Kingdom 1-344-860-456 
                                        Australia 2-930-3355 
                                        Finland 0-613-4613 
                                        Ireland 61-304091
                                        Poland  644-2525 
                                        Sweden  8-590-05-100 
                                        Austria 2243-34100-0 
                                        Belgium/Luxembourg 2-466-91-99 
                                        Netherlands 20-6812666 
                                        Canada (416) 758-2100 
                                        Czechoslovakia 2-879250 
                                        Mexico 5-228-7800 
                                        Norway 67-125711 
                                        Singapore 33-53688 
                                        Switzerland 22-979-0101 
BBS                                     USA (512) 728-8528

Epson
Technical Support 			USA (310) 782-0770
BBS                                     USA (310) 782-4531

Gateway
Technical Support                       USA (800) 846-2301
International Support                   USA (605) 232-2191
BBS                                     USA (605) 323-2224 or 232-2109
Download Service                        USA (800) 846-7562

Hercules Computer Technology Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (510) 623-6050
                                        Germany 14-24-910-5 
BBS                                     USA (510) 623-7449 (V.32bis)
                                        USA (510) 623-7034 (9,600 baud)
                                        USA (510) 623-7142 (2,400 baud)
                                        Germany 14-24-089-8 

IBM
Technical Support                       USA (800) 992-4777
Support technique                       USA (404) 238-1234
Technical Support Multimedia            USA (908) 329-7131
Technical Support PS/1 PRO              USA (800) 765-4747
Technical Support Valuepoint            USA (800) 772-2227
Technical Support Valuepoint            USA (213) 621-5576
BBS                                     USA (919) 517-0001


Intel
Support technique                       USA (503) 264-7000
BBS                                     USA (503) 264-7999

Leading Edge
Technical Support                       USA (800) 225-2283
Support technique                       USA (508) 836-4800
BBS                                     USA (503) 836-3971

Micronics
BBS                                     USA (510) 651-6837

Packard Bell
Hardware Support                        USA (800) 733-4411
Software Support                        USA (801) 579-0161
Support technique                       France 1-40-64-1000 
                                        Germany 89-83-703-1 
                                        Italy 2-29-52-7444 
                                        Spain 1-45-80055 
BBS                                     USA (801) 250-1600
BBS                                     USA (818) 773-7207

Tandy
Technical Support                       USA (817) 878-6875
Support technique                       United Kingdom 922-434-000 

Toshiba
Technical Support                       USA (800) 999-4273
BBS                                     USA (714) 837-4408

Zenith
Technical Support                       USA (800) 227-3360
BBS                                     USA (800) 888-3058


-- Sound Card Manufacturers --
Advanced Gravis
Technical Support                       USA (206) 881-6945
Support technique                       France 1-39-73-1534
                                        Germany 99-61-507-7
BBS                                     USA (206) 883-3211 

ATI Technologies Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (905) 882-2626
Support technique                       Germany 46-09-077-7 
BBS                                     Germany 46-21-020-1 or 46-09-076-6 
                                        USA (905) 764-9404

Aztech Labs
Technical Support                       USA (800) 886-8879
Support technique                       Germany 11-69-084-3 
BBS                                     Germany 11-69-178-2 


Boca Research Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (407) 241-8088
Support technique                       USA (407) 997-7202
BBS                                     USA (407) 241-1602

Cardinal
Technical Support                       USA (717) 293-3124
BBS                                     USA (717) 293-3074

Creative Labs
Technical Support                       USA (405) 742-6622
Support technique                       France 1-39-20-0421 
                                        Germany 31-10-283-8 
BBS                                     USA (918) 742-2377
                                 	USA (408) 428-6660

Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (408) 736-2000
Support technique                       France 42-20-5959 
                                        Germany 78-04-023-5 
                                        Italy 39-25-16-671 
                                        Spain 1-30-41534 
BBS                                     USA (408) 325-7080 (2400 bps)
                                 	USA (408) 325-7175 (9600+ bps)
							    
Logitech
Technical Support                       USA (510) 795-8100
Support technique                       France 34-48-9050 
                                        Switzerland 21-869-9851 
BBS                                     USA (510) 795-0408                                        

Media Vision 
Technical Support                       USA (800) 638-2807
Support technique                       USA (510) 770-9905
BBS                                     USA (510) 770-0968

Microsoft
Support technique                       France 1-69-86-1020 
                                        Germany 8-93-176-0 
                                        Italy 39-7-03-921 
                                        Spain 1-80-40000 
BBS                                     Belgium 2-735-00-45 
                                        USA (206) 936-4082
                                        USA (206) 936-6735

Reveal
Technical Support                       USA (800) 473-8325
Support technique                       United Kingdom 818-457-400 

Roland US
Technical Support                       USA (213) 685-5141
Support technique                       Germany 5-26-0009-0 
                                        Italy 29-35-81-311 
                                        Spain 3-30-81000 

Turtle Beach
BBS                                     USA (717) 767-5934

-- Video Card Manufacturers --
Actix Systems
Technical Support                       USA (408) 986-1625
BBS                                     USA (408) 970-3719

Advanced Integration Research
Technical Support                       USA (408) 428-1547
BBS                                     USA (408) 428-1735

Advanced Micro Technology
Support technique                       United Kingdom 256-811-101 
BBS                                     USA (909) 594-5770

Alpha Systems Lab
Support technique                       USA (714) 252-9200
BBS                                     USA (714) 252-0624 

Artist Graphics Company
Technical Support                       USA (800) 627-8478, ext. 679
Support technique                       United Kingdom 844-261-313 
BBS                                     USA (612) 631-7664

ATI Technologies
Technical Support                       USA (905) 882-2626
Support technique                       Germany 46-09-077-7 
BBS                                     Germany 46-21-020-1 or 46-09-076-6
                                        USA (905) 764-9404

Atlaz Intl., Limited
Support technique                       USA (516) 239-1854 

Boca Research Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (407) 241-8088
Support technique                       USA (407) 997-7202
BBS                                     USA (407) 241-1602

Cache Computers, Inc.
Support technique                       USA (510) 226-9922
BBS                                     USA (510) 226-7486

Cardinal
Support technique                       USA (717) 293-3124
BBS                                     USA (717) 293-3074

Cirrus Logic
Technical Support                       West Coast (510) 623-8300
                                        East Coast (508) 470-3380
Support technique                       France 1-48-12-2812 
                                        Germany 15-24-008-4 
                                        Italy 92-61-34-836 
BBS                                     USA (510) 440-9080

Colorgraphic Communication
Support technique                       USA (404) 455-3921
BBS                                     USA (404) 452-8238

Cornerstone Technology
BBS                                     USA (408) 435-8943

CSS Laboratories, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (800) 966-2771
Support technique                       USA (714) 852-8161
BBS                                     USA (714) 852-9231

Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (408) 325-7100
Support technique                       France 42-20-5959 
                                        Germany 78-04-023-5 
                                        Italy 39-25-16-671 
BBS                                     USA (408) 325-7175 (9600+ bps)
                                        USA (408) 325-7080 (2400 bps)

ELSA America, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (800) 272-3572
Support technique                       USA (408) 565-9669
BBS                                     USA (408) 565-9630

Focus Information Systems, Inc.
Support technique                       USA (510) 657-4586
BBS                                     USA (510) 657-9451

Genoa
Support technique                       USA (408) 362-2990
BBS                                     USA (408) 943-1231

Hercules Computer Technology Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (510) 623-6050
Support technique                       Germany 14-24-910-5 
BBS                                     Germany 14-24-089-8 
                                        USA (510) 623-7449 (V.32 bis)
                                        USA (510) 623-7034 (9600 baud)
                                        USA (510) 623-7142 (2400 baud)

Liberty Electronics USA
Technical Support                       USA (800) 497-8324
Support technique                       USA (510) 623-6000

Matrox Electronics Systems Limited
Support technique                       USA (514) 685-2630
BBS                                     USA (514) 685-6008

Metheus Corporation
Technical Support                       USA (503) 690-1550
Support technique                       United Kingdom 1-734-312-112 
BBS                                     USA (503) 690-1559

Micron Computer
Support technique                       USA (208) 463-3444 

Mirage Computer Systems
Support technique                       USA (310) 301-4541
BBS                                     USA (310) 301 4542

Number Nine Computer Corporation
Technical Support                       USA (617) 674-0009
Support technique                       Germany 96-14-491-0 
BBS                                     Germany 96-12-139-0 
                                        USA (617) 862-7502

Nth Graphics
Support technique                       USA (512) 832-1944
BBS                                     USA (512) 832-1964

Oak Technology
Support technique                       USA (408) 737-0888
BBS                                     USA (408) 774-5307

Orchid Technology Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (510)683-0323
Support technique                       France 1-47-80-7050 
                                        Germany 13-28-007-1 
                                        United Kingdom 256-479-898 
BBS                                     United Kingdom 256-463-373
                                        USA (510) 683-0327 

Paradise
Technical Support                       USA (800) 832-4778
BBS                                     USA (714) 753-1234 (up to 14.4 bps)

Sigma Designs
Technical Support                       USA (510) 770-0100
Support technique                       Germany 89-33-644-3 
BBS                                     USA (510) 770-0111

STB Systems
Technical Support                       USA (800) 234-4334
Support technique                       United Kingdom 818-970-662 
BBS                                     United Kingdom 818-971-008
                                        USA (214) 437-9615

Swan Technologies, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (800) 468-7926
Support technique                       USA (814) 238-1820
BBS                                     USA (814) 237-6143

Trident Microsystems Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (415) 691-9211
Support technique                       USA (415) 335-1179
BBS                                     USA (415) 691-1016

Tseng Labs
Technical Support                       USA (215) 968-0502
Support technique                       Germany 49-00-004-9 
                                        Belgium 2-716-50-00 
BBS                                     USA (215) 579-7536

Video Logic, Inc.
Technical Support                       USA (415) 875-0606
Support technique                       United Kingdom 923-260-511 
BBS                                     United Kingdom 923-271-301
                                        USA (415) 875-7748 

VidTech Microsystems, Inc.
Support technique                       USA (612) 785-9717
BBS                                     USA (612) 780-3564

Western Digital
Support technique                       USA (714) 932-4900
BBS                                     USA (714) 753-1234

Willow
Support technique                       USA (718) 402-0203
BBS                                     USA (718) 993-2066

-- CD-ROM Manufacturers --
Hitachi
Technical Support                       USA (800) 241-6558
Support technique                       France 1-48-21-6015 
                                        Spain 3-33-08652 

Mitsubishi                              USA (800) 344-6352
BBS                                     USA (714) 236-6286

Mitsumi
Technical Support                       USA (415) 691-4456

NEC
Technical Support                       USA (800) 388-8888
Support technique                       USA (508) 264-8000
BBS                                     USA (508) 635-4706
                                        USA (508) 635-6328

Panasonic
Technical Support for models that start with:
CR                                      (800) 891-3219
KXL-D,LK, or MC				(800) 726-2797
Support technique                       France 1-49-46-4300 
                                        Germany 32-18-702-0 
                                        Spain 7-24-81100 
BBS                                     USA (201) 863-7845

Sony
Support technique                       USA (408) 894-0555
BBS                                     USA (408) 955-5107

Teac
Support technique                       USA (213) 726-0303
BBS                                     USA (213) 727-7660

		    European Mentions - Updated 10/24/95

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