Rapid Assault (tm) Version 1.0 Release Notes
Revised August 3, 1995

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Rapid Assault is designed to run under DOS.  If you run 
Rapid Assault in a DOS window or an OS/2 (tm) DOS box, 
performance will be effected.

For best performance exit from WINDOWS (tm), reboot the 
system, then run Rapid Assault from DOS. You must reboot 
after using WINDOWS or the sound drivers will not be 
properly reset.

Rapid Assault requires a mouse. It will not run unless the 
mouse driver is loaded under DOS. 

The mouse driver needs to be loaded either as 
MOUSE.SYS in CONFIG.SYS or as MOUSE.COM in 
AUTOEXEC.BAT as part of DOS system startup, otherwise 
the game will freeze up after the first screen appears.  If you 
have commented out these mouse driver statements, the 
mouse will still be available in Windows but Rapid Assault 
will not be able to run.

The mouse may also effect the rate at which a vehicle turns 
or accelerates. If it seems too sensitive try pressing the F6 
key to reduce the sensitivity. Press F6 again to set it back to 
the original value.

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AUDIO CARD SUPPORT ISSUES
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You can reconfigure your audio card setup by typing 
SETSOUND from the directory where you installed Rapid 
Assault (RAPID).

Rapid Assault works only with the cards listed in the 
SETSOUND menu. Other cards must be setup in 
SoundBlaster compatible mode - i.e. either SoundBlaster, 
Soundblaster Pro or SoundBlaster 16 mode depending on 
the card.

If you are using OS/2, make sure your OS/2  DOS settings 
specify  that the DOS drivers for the sound card are to be 
used.

If you run WINDOWS and exit from WINDOWS to DOS prior 
to running Rapid Assault some of the sound driver 
information (see below) may not be fully restored.  The 
symptom of this problem is often a high-pitched sound 
when running the game. Please reboot and run Rapid 
Assault directly from DOS.

Rapid Assault reads the SET BLASTER command that is 
included in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to determine the 
interrupt number and port addresses for your audio card.  If 
it does not find this data you will prompted to provide it.

PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM USERS
Rapid Assault will work with the PAS card only in the 
SoundBlaster emulation mode.
If the music is very soft or the sound effects are very  
loud, type  the following command from your PAS 
utilities directory to correct the problem. 

>PAS SET OUTPUT MIXER FM TO 99.

GRAVIS ULTRASOUND USERS
Rapid Assault requires ULTRAMID to be loaded in 
order to support the Gravis UltraSound card.  Please 
refer to your Gravis user manual. You may 
experience slightly longer loading times than with 
other sound devices because the instrument patches 
are loaded to suit individual pieces of music. The 
time sacrifice should be compensated by the 
improved instrumental quality, especially if 
ULTRAMID is configured to use 16-bit patches.

CARDINAL DIGITAL SOUND PRO 16
The sound quality of the music with this card was 
found to be very poor. The problem is apparently in 
the card itself. We suggest users turn off the music 
when using this card.

CREATIVE LABS WAVE BLASTER
Rapid Assault does not make use of the wavetable 
synthesis provided by this 'daughter' card. The  card 
is not compatible with the AWE32 Creative Labs card 
and is not compatible with the  General MIDI MT-32 
sound driver provided by Rapid Assault. Users should 
set the Rapid Assault sound driver to Sound Blaster 
16.

CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER 16
If you own an older model SoundBlaster16 you may   
experience sound problems.  We suggest resetting
the card to the standard SoundBlaster selection.

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VIDEO CARD SUPPORT ISSUE
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DIAMOND VIPER PCI
Systems with the Diamond Viper PCI V.1.10 (Chipset- 
Weitek Power 9000) may experience problems when running 
Rapid Assault.  These problems include color or graphic 
corruption.


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INPUT DEVICE SUPPORT ISSUES
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Rapid Assault works with standard joysticks connected via 
the PC game port.  If you have more than one game port 
check the manuals and documentation that came with your 
system and make sure that only one is enabled and that 
you are connected to the correct port, e.g. you may have a 
game port on your sound card as well as a game port built-
in to your computer.


THRUSTMASTER FORMULA T1 USERS
An adapter is needed when utilizing some versions 
of the ThrustMaster Formula T1.
The Thrustmaster main cable plugs into your normal 
joystick port.  The Thrustmaster cable and connector 
for the second game port is not used. The accelerator 
pedal can be used very effectively to move the Rapid 
Assault vehicles while turning the wheel.


VR-1 VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET USERS
Rapid Assault should work well with many of the new 
virtual reality headsets.   None of the VR headsets have
been formally tested.  VR headsets may or may 
not work satisfactorily.

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TROUBLESHOOTING ADDENDUM
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Q:  The music and sound are distorted (there is a 
continuous high pitch note) after running a Windows 
program.

A:  If you run a Windows program and then exit to DOS to 
run Rapid Assault, Windows does not  reset  the DOS 
sound drivers. You must restart your computer using ctl-alt-
del or the reset button.

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Q:  Why do the movie sequences appear to be jerky?

A:  If you have a 386/40 based PC or if you are using a 
single -speed CD-ROM drive then the movie sequences 
may not run smoothly.  The movie sequences need to be 
running on a faster machine with a double-speed CD-ROM 
drive in order to run smoothly. You can skip over the movie 
sequences by pressing the escape (esc) key.

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Q:  Why isn't the motion and 3D graphics animation 
smooth?

A:  If the animation is not running smoothly on your system, 
press the F7 key and try reducing from the high (full screen) 
mode to medium or low mode.  Do not use the high (full 
screen ) mode if you have a 386 based PC.

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Q:  The game froze up after the first screen was displayed.

A:  Make sure that the Mouse driver was correctly installed. 
The mouse driver needs to be loaded either as 
MOUSE.SYS in CONFIG.SYS or as MOUSE.COM in 
AUTOEXEC.BAT as part of system setup  If you have 
commented out these mouse driver statements, the mouse 
will still be available in Windows but Rapid Assault will not 
be able to run.

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Q:  My 386 based PC froze up while playing a movie 
sequence.

A:  On some relatively low performance PCs the movie 
sequences may be extremely jerky or may hang the system 
entirely especially if the game is run in full-screen mode.  
Press the F7 key and try reducing from the high (full screen) 
mode to medium or low mode.  Do not use the high (full 
screen ) mode if you have a 386 based PC.
	
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Q:  Why do I sometimes get a different score for destroying 
the same enemy vehicles?

A:  The score that you receive for destroying an enemy 
vehicle depends on several factors. e.g. you get more 
points for destroying heavily armored vehicles although 
they may look the same.

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Q:  The message "Can't find file XXXXXXXX.XXX was 
displayed.

A:  This message indicates that a file was not read correctly 
from your CD-ROM drive. Check your CD-ROM drive and 
make sure that the Rapid Assault CD-ROM is clean and free 
of fingerprints. This message may also occur if you are 
using an out dated version of the MSCDEX program for CD-
ROM that is supplied by Microsoft.

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Q:  The  Q and A keys do not move the DART vehicle up 
and down in the Arena level.

A:  The Arena levels are intentionally simplified practice 
levels. The DART is not allowed to move up and down so 
that all vehicles behave the same. The Arena levels do not 
contribute to the final score .

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If you require additional technical assistance to run Rapid 
Assault, call GTE Interactive Media's technical support line 
at (619) 431-4264.  When calling the technical support line 
please have your system setup and configuration 
information available.

Rapid Assault is a trademark of GTE Interactive Media 
licensed to International Business Machines
GTE Interactive Media is a part of GTE Vantage 
Incorporated.
Copyright 1994, GTE Vantage Incorporated.
