V1.2


             Now some important and useful information about

                            Whales's Voyage


Each time you want to play >Whales's Voyage<, you have to change to the
directory where it has been installed. In this directory you can
find the main program WV.EXE. To start your voyage just execute WV.EXE.
(Type in at the dos prompt: WV + <ENTER>).


             



Now some facts about memory and harddisk-space usage:

        You need:

        - a 100% IBM compatible 386 SX machine or higher + VGA.
        - at least 500 kB of conventional memory (memory below 1MB).
        - at least 1.5 MB of EMS-Memory and also an installed EMS-Driver!
        - at least 7 MB of harddisk-space.
        - a DOS version 3.3 or higher.



                       Installing the EMS-Driver

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

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



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


                         Increasing performance

If you have installed 4MB memory or more in your computer you can use
the harddisk-cache program SMARTDRIVE (Included in MSDOS5.0).
Just add the following line to your CONFIG.SYS file:

        DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.SYS 1024
                  ³   ³          ³
                  ³   ³          À This is the memory-size you want to use
                  ³   ³            for SMARTDRIVE (1 MB = 1024KB = 1024).
                  ³   ³            This value can be higher than 1024.
                  ³   À This is smartdrive itself.
                  À This is the directory where SMARTDRIVE should be.





              Using a joystick for playing >Whale's Voyage<

If you want you can use a joystick for playing >Whales's Voyage<.

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

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



                        Other nice things...

Everything written below will work except in the Character Editor!


Press + on the external (numeric) keybord, to increase the loudness of FX.
(Just with SoundBlaster Pro)
Press - on the external (numeric) keybord, to decrease the loudness of FX.
(Just with SoundBlaster Pro)
Press F1 to change to the CSN1 Mode. This allows a better picture
quality with brighter colors and tinier pixels. There might be some
monitors which cannot display this mode. Just press F1 again to return to
the standard MCGA-Mode.

You will find a program called >WJUKEBOX.EXE< in the WV-directory. Just
start it by entering >WJUKEBOX< and you can listen to a lot of tunes which
will appear during the game.

If you like the music of Whale's Voyage you will be glad to hear, that a
soundtrack is released in July 1993.






If you do not hear the sound FX, please try to copy the file CT-VOICE.DRV
from your SoundBlaster directory to the directory MUSIC of Whale's Voyage.







                               We wish you a lot of fun and enjoy playing,


                                            Yours Neo-Team.









