\Help in configuring your sound card.

The programme first attempts to detect automatically if you have a SoundBlaster or SoundBlaster-compatible sound card in your computer.
Even if you have a SoundBlaster card, the programme may fail to find it or propose the wrong settings.
In both situations, you will have to manually indicate to the programme the type and settings of your sound card.
Some sound cards are compatible with the SoundBlaster standard, for example the "Microsoft Sound System", "Ensonic Soundscape" and the "Pro Audio Spectrum" sound cards.
If your sound card appears among the cards in the list, select it rather than choosing "SoundBlaster (or compatible)" to obtain the best sound quality.

\If you do not know the configuration of your sound card

	To function correctly, Secret Mission needs to know the type and certain settings of your sound card.

The settings are:
-	the port (or port address)
-	the IRQ (or interrupt)
-	the DMA (or DMA channel)

After selecting your type of sound card, the programme will then display a list of possible values and ask you to choose among them for three settings.

Note: On certain sound cards (e.g Microsoft Sound System) the program only requires the port adress. Other sound cards have more than one DMA channel (e.g Sound Blaster 16). When the installation programme asks you to enter the DMA value, choose the value of the high DMA (HDMA) of your sound card.

If you do not know the values for the configuration of your sound card even after opening the SYSTEM.INI file in the Windows directory, try the "Default" option.
The default values are for the most common type of sound card that you have selected.  This set of values should work in most cases.
After selecting the three settings, click on "Test" to check the configuration.  You should then be able to hear music from Secret Mission.

If the message "Sound card not detected" appears, then the configuration that you have selected does not correspond to your sound card or your computer's settings do not enable the card to be detected.

If the message "Testing" appears, but you do not hear any sound, check the volume control on your sound card.

If the message "Testing" appears, but you do not hear any sound, your computer may have frozen.  If, after 30 seconds, your computer does not produce any music, turn it off and then reboot it.  Then choose other settings and try again.

This situation may occur if you have started the installation programme from  Windows 95.
In any case, it is preferable to know the settings of your sound card before starting the test.
If you have any doubts, choose the option "No sound card".  You can then restart the installation programme to reconfigure your sound card.
If you have no idea of the settings of your sound card, follow the procedure below to find them.

\If you use MS-DOS or Windows 3.1 or 3.11

- Your sound card should have been delivered with a test and configuration utility so that you can determine the three required settings (Port, IRQ and DMA or HDMA).

- If not, refer to your sound card's documentation.
If you do not have any documentation for your card, you can still obtain this information by using the EDIT command (in DOS) or Write (in Windows 3.1 or 3.11) to open the SYSTEM.INI file in the Windows directory.

For example (in case of the Sound Blaster AWE32), the following lines can be found in the file SYSTEM.INI:

port=260
int=5
DmaChannel=1
HDmaChannel=7
midiport= 300 

You now have the following three values:	
        Port address = 260
        Interrupt (IRQ) = 5
        DMA = 7

- Once you have obtained this information, start the installation programme again by following the procedure below:
- Exit Windows if you are in Windows.
- Put yourself in the hard disk directory where you have installed Secret Mission.
For example, if you have installed Secret Mission on your C: hard drive in the SMISSION directory, type
C: and then press Return
then type
CD\SMISSION and press Return.
- To start the installation programme, type
INSTALL and then press Return.
- Type in your sound card's configuration settings.
- Then to start the game, type
SMISSION and press Return.

\If you use Windows 95

- In the Start menu, choose "Settings", then "Control Panel"
- In the window that appears, double click on the "System" icon; then click on the "Device Manager" tab.
- Double click on the line "Sound, video and game controller" to bring up the list of peripherals.
- Select the peripheral for your sound card and then click on "Properties".
- Then click on the "Resources" tab.
- Under the line "Resource Settings", you will see a list of values for your sound card.
- The first value following "Input-Output Range" is the port address.
- The next value, "Interruption Request (IRQ)", is the IRQ.
- The next following value, "Direct Access to Memory (DMA)", is the DMA.
- Write down these values.  You will type them in when requested by the installation programme.
- Then click on "Cancel" twice to exit the "Control Panel".
- Then double click on the Secret Mission CD-ROM icon (in the "My Computer" window).

- Click on the button "Configure" to start the installation programme again.
- Enter the three settings that you wrote down above.
- Click on the button "Play" to start Secret Mission.

\If you want to uninstall or reinstall Secret Mission

In Windows 95
- Using the "Windows Explorer",  double click on the DELSMISS.EXE file which is on your hard disk, in the directory where you installed the game.

In PC-DOS or MS-DOS
Delete all the files in the directory in which you have installed Secret Mission (for example, C:\SMISSION) or type DELSMISS after going to this directory.

\Memory problems

In PC-DOS or MS-DOS

The programme requires 2.5 MB (2,500 Kb) of free memory:
To check the amount of available memory, type MEM at the C:\ prompt and then press Return.

A table like the one below is displayed:

Type of memory          Total  =    Used  +  Free             
---------------    ------      -----   ------            
Conventional              640K          81K      559K              
Upper                        91K          91K        0K           
Standby                    384K        384K        0K           
Extended (XMS)         7,077K      4,005K   3,072K           
---------------   -------     ------  -------           
Total memory           8,192K       4,561K    3,631K             
Total under 1 MB           731K         172K      559K           

Total expanded memory (EMS)	 3,072K (3,145,728 bytes)
Free expanded memory (EMS)	 3,072K (3,145,728 bytes)

Maximum size of executable:	      559K (572,112 bytes)
Maximum block of free upper memory      0K (0 bytes)
MS-DOS resident in upper memory (HMA).
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In the example above, the free extended memory is 3,072 Kb, which is sufficient for the game.
If you do not have enough memory, then you must modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file by typing EDIT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT from the DOS prompt C:\.

Here is an example:

---------- AUTOEXEC.BAT -----------------
SET SOUND=C:\SBPRO
SET BLASTER=A260 I5 D1 H1 P330 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E
LH C:\SBPRO\SBPSET /P /Q
LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
LH C:\BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDROM01 /M:15 /E /V
set comspec=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
PATH=C:\UTIL\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS
prompt $P$G
LH C:\DOS\MOUSE
LH C:\DOS\KEYB US,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS /ID:189

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Place the cursor at the end of the line LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X and then type 512 128.  The line will then read LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X 512 128.
Now, in the File menu, select Exit and then select Yes to validate and save the file.
Reboot your computer so that the changes take effect.
In DOS at the C:\> prompt, type MEM again and press Return to check that you have more free extended memory (XMS).
If you still do not have 2,500 Kb, edit the Autoexec.bat file and type in REM and a space in front of LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X.

\Error message for the mouse in DOS or Windows 3.1 or 3.11

Once again, you must exit Windows 3.1 or 3.11 to play the game.
If, when you start the game, the programme tells you the mouse driver is not present, then you must install it. 
This driver is usually called Mouse.com and activates the mouse in DOS.  To find it, you must type, while in DOS, DIR MOUSE.COM /S from the C:\> prompt and then press Return.
Please refer to your mouse manual to install it.


\ VESA Mode not supported

Some graphic cards do not have default VESA mode support.
MGA Matrox Impression
MGA Matrox Impression +
ATI Technologies 18800, 28800, Mach32
Ahead A & B
Chips & Technologies 82c451/452/453/450, 655x0
Everex EvNR
Genoa Systems GVGA
OAK Technologies OTI-037C/057/067/077/087
Paradise PVGA1A, WD90C00/10/11/20/21/26A/30/31/33
NCR 77C20/21/22E/32BLT
Trident 88/8900/9000/8900CL/8900D/9200CXr/9400CXi/GUI9420
Video7 VEGA, HT208/209/216
Tseng Labs ET3000, ET4000, ET4000/W32
S3 86c911/924/801/805/928
Advance Logic AL2101/2201/2228/2301 SuperVGA
MXIC 86000/86010 SuperVGA
Primus 2000 SuperVGA
RealTek RTG3103/3105/3106 SuperVGA
Cirrus Logic CL-GD6205/15/25/35/45, 5402/20/22/24/26/28/29/30/34
UMC 85c408
Hualon HMC86304
Weitek 5086/5186/5286 (on P9000 based boards)
Compaq IVGS/AVGA, QVision QV1024/1280
Orchid ProDesigner IIs, Fahrenheit 1280

In most cases, the manufacturer of these cards provides a VESA mode driver.
VESA.exe 
UNIVESA.exe 
UNIVBE.exe 
MGAVESA.exe (Matrox)
ORCHDVSA.bat (Orchid)


If you do not have one, contact your reseller to obtain one.
You will find UNIVESA on the CD-ROM.
Run the driver before starting Secret Mission.


\ Windows 95 \ image freezing during animation

Your CD-ROM drive may be poorly configured under Windows 95.
Go to the Start menu and select Settings and then Control Panel.
In the window displayed, double click on the System icon.  Then click on the Performance tab.  At the bottom on the left, click on File system, then click on the CD-ROM tab.  Check that the CD-ROM drive highlighted in "Optimize access pattern for :" has the speed of your CD-ROM drive.  If it does not, change the speed (double, triple, quadruple or higher speed).

\ Windows 95 \ returning to the desktop during the game

Check that the screen saver is desactivated.
To desactivate the screen saver, place your mouse pointer on an "empty" space.  Press the right button of the mouse and choose "Properties".  Select the "Screensaver" tab and choose "none".
