G
Guest
warcraft II tides of darkness looks like its about to load screen goes black then it just kicks back out to my desktop any sugestions?
J
Jimmy S.
Hi Gibbs,
Try installing and playing Warcraft using 95/98 Compatibility mode.
(Note: The Battle.net edition of Warcraft should work as is)
To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:
To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).
1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
2.. Click on Properties.
3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
a.. Windows 95
b.. Windows 98
c.. Windows NT 4
d.. Windows 2000
5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
a.. Run in 256 colors.
b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
c.. Disable visual themes.
Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.
Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc112202/WC112202.ppt
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
| warcraft II tides of darkness looks like its about to load screen goes black then it just kicks back out to my desktop any
sugestions?
Try installing and playing Warcraft using 95/98 Compatibility mode.
(Note: The Battle.net edition of Warcraft should work as is)
To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:
To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).
1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
2.. Click on Properties.
3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
a.. Windows 95
b.. Windows 98
c.. Windows NT 4
d.. Windows 2000
5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
a.. Run in 256 colors.
b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
c.. Disable visual themes.
Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.
Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc112202/WC112202.ppt
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
| warcraft II tides of darkness looks like its about to load screen goes black then it just kicks back out to my desktop any
sugestions?
H
hajas
I'm having also problems to run old games, and I read all
the documents that you point us. thanks.
The game Need for Speed 2 that works fine here in my work,
not works in my home, I tryed the compability mode but
don't works with any configuration.
I read about Service Pack 1, that is installed here in my
work where the game run without problems, but isn't
installed in my home. This could be the problem.
I saw that SP1 is a online update, but my machine with
winXP don't have internet access, I only have a slow
internet access at home in my old machine with modem 33.6.
Can I download the service pack 1 here from my work where
I have a fast connection and burn a CD and install SP1 at
my home? where can I download the SP1?
is this possible?
thanks,
Freddy
desktop any
the documents that you point us. thanks.
The game Need for Speed 2 that works fine here in my work,
not works in my home, I tryed the compability mode but
don't works with any configuration.
I read about Service Pack 1, that is installed here in my
work where the game run without problems, but isn't
installed in my home. This could be the problem.
I saw that SP1 is a online update, but my machine with
winXP don't have internet access, I only have a slow
internet access at home in my old machine with modem 33.6.
Can I download the service pack 1 here from my work where
I have a fast connection and burn a CD and install SP1 at
my home? where can I download the SP1?
is this possible?
thanks,
Freddy
compatibility mode, you can click the
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
message (e-mail address removed)...
load screen goes black then it just kicks back out to my
desktop any
H
hajas
I found that exist a downloaded version of the SP1, and
the support of my work have it and will burn a CD to me.
I'll install and let you know what happens.
here the readme.txt of the game to you take a look,
and any other tips to make this game works will be great.
thanks, Freddy.
======================================================
Electronic Arts(R) presents
NEED FOR SPEED(TM) II
MANUAL AND REFERENCE CARD
ADDENDUM
WHAT THIS FILE IS
================
This file contains information which became available
after the manual and reference card
were printed. If you are experiencing problems not covered
in the Reference Card or in this
README, please contact EA Customer Support (see contact
methods in the Reference Card).
***********************************************************
*******************************
ADDENDUM
***********************************************************
*******************************
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===================
Some information printed in the reference card is
incorrect. The following is the accurate
system requirement list which matches the label on the box:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows 95
CPU Type & Speed: 90MHz Pentium Class processor (Intel,
Cyrix 6x86)
Hard Drive Specs: 10 MB free space for game plus space for
save games (additional space
required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
Memory: 16 MB RAM
CD-ROM Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600 KB/second transfer rate)
Other Needs:
* DirectX 3.0 (included on game CD)
* Hi Color (65,535 color) capable 1 MB PCI video card
with DirectDraw 3.0 compatible
driver
* Keyboard
* Optional joystick or mouse
* Optional Sound Card with DirectX compatible sound
driver
Supported Input Devices: Any analog joystick, steering
wheel, or game pad supported by
Windows 95 including but not limited to: ThrustMaster
T1 and T2, CH Products Virtual
Pilot and CH pedals, CH Products Force FX, Gravis
GamePad, Microsoft SideWinder game
pad, Extreme Competition Controls
REQUIRED FOR MULTI-PLAYERS
* Network (2-8 players): Pentium 133 MHz CPU or faster,
IPX compliant network,
1 CD per network game
* Modem (2 player); 100% Hayes compatible 9600bps or
faster modem; high speed serial
port (16550 UART)
* Serial play (2 player): null modem cable, high speed
serial port (16550 UART)
RECOMMENDED
* Pentium 166 MHz CPU or faster
* Hard Disk: 70 MB free space for game plus space for save
games (additional space
required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
* Mouse
* Analog joystick, PC game pad, or PC steering wheel
* Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32 sound card
NETWORK PLAY ADDENDUM
=====================
* In the chat screen, you can clear your chat box
completely by pressing the HOME key on
your keyboard.
* DirectPlay IPX is not supported by Need For Speed II. To
play a network game, use the
WinSock IPX protocol.
FORCE FEEDBACK SUPPORT
======================
Need For Speed II includes support for the Immersion
Corporation "I-Force" force feedback
driver and the CH Products ForceFX joystick. The I-Force
driver is automatically copied to
your Need For Speed II directory during game installation.
Future force-feedback devices
which use the "I-Force" driver should also be supported,
although we have no way of
guaranteeing compatibility with future controllers.
Ensure your joystick is configured properly under Windows
95, all joystick cables are
properly attached, and run NFS II. From the main menu,
select OPTIONS, then CONTROLS, and
then FORCE FEEDBACK. A message saying "Auto detecting"
will appear and the game will look
for your force feedback joystick. The message "Device not
found" appears if the joystick is
not detected - double-check your joystick configuration in
Windows 95 is correct and try
again.
If the joystick is detected, the force-feedback
sensitivity menu will appear. Use your mouse
to select the force level you desire; maximum force is
exerted when the bar is all the way
to the right, and all forces are disabled when the bar is
all the way to the left (select
this level if you want to use your force feedback
controller as a normal analog joystick
without any forces). You should notice some resistance on
the joystick as you change the
effects level. As soon as you begin playing, you should
notice the effects immediately. If
you do not, double-check your settings and effects level.
CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION
========================
* If you attempt to configure your controller (ie:
joystick, wheel, pedals) in the
CONTROLS setup, it's important that you keep the
joystick or wheel centered and not
depress the pedals; doing so can cause the controller to
perform in a reverse manner.
Make sure that you have the pedals in the full up
position (off gas) when you select
to map a pedal as a control (ie: ACCELERATE or BRAKE).
If you have the pedal depressed
when you try to map it as either ACCELERATE or BRAKE
(and then release the pedal to map
it), then the pedal will have a reverse effect in
gameplay. (ie: releasing the pedal
with your foot will act as acceleration, while
depressing the pedal will let off the
gas).
Make sure that you have the steering wheel in the center
position when you select STEER
LEFT in the CONTROLS setup menu and then move the
steering wheel to the left to map it
correctly. If you are holding the steering wheel to the
left when you click on the STEER
LEFT selection, and then release the steering wheel,
this will result in your steering
wheel being mapped backwards in gameplay (ie: Steering
Left with the steering wheel in
gameplay will result in your car steering more to the
right).
* An ANALOG/DIGITAL toggle option has been added to the
CONTROLS menu. The default setting
is ANALOG. If you have a digital controller, change this
option to DIGITAL. This will
give you better control when driving with a digital
controller.
* The STEERING SENSITIVITY option has no effect if
steering is mapped to a keyboard or
joystick buttons.
THRUSTMASTER T1 AND T2 WHEEL CONFIGURATION
==========================================
ThrustMaster T1 and T2 users may experience control
problems in the game or front end as a
result of Windows 95 driver problems. This can be resolved
by using a special JOYCAL.EXE
program which is automatically copied to your hard disk
during game installation. To
correct these problems, do the following:
1. Install Need For Speed II.
2. Configure your T1 or T2 using the Windows 95 Joystick
control panel (please refer to
either the Windows 95 documentation or your controller
manual for details).
3. Using either Windows Explorer or an MS-DOS Prompt
shell, change your current directory
to where you installed NFS II (the default installation
directory is
"Electronic Arts\Need For Speed II").
4. If using Windows Explorer, click on the "JOYCAL.EXE"
icon. If using an MS-DOS Prompt,
type "JOYCAL.EXE" and press RETURN.
5. A simple controller configuration screen will appear,
with two horizontal bars stacked
on top of one another. Move your wheel all the way to
the left and right, and press
your gas and brake pedals down completely one at a
time. The small white blocks in each
horizontal bar should now be centered within the bar
(it is acceptable for them to jitter
a little).
6. Press a button on your T1 or T2 to exit JOYCAL.
7. Play NFS II. Any previous problems experienced should
no longer occur.
NOTE: If you stop using the T1 or T2 (ie: start using a
joystick instead), be sure to delete
the file JOYCAL.CFG from your NFS II root directory. NFS
II looks for this configuration
file at runtime, and if present, uses the controller
configuration information stored in it
instead of the information supplied by Windows 95.
MODEM COM PORT
==============
Need For Speed II will auto detect your modem's COM port.
However, Need For Speed II may
have difficulty detecting your modem's COM port if you are
using a Plug and Play modem. If
this is the case, you will have an option to manually
select your modem's COM port after you
click 'Dial' or `Answer'. Need For Speed II will remember
this COM port setting until you
exit to Windows 95. You will have to manually enter your
modem's COM port again the next
time you run Need For Speed II. If you are unsure of
which COM port your modem is on, you
can find out this information by following these steps:
- Left click on the START button, and move your mouse
pointer over the SETTINGS item.
- When a submenu appears, select CONTROL PANEL.
- Double click on `Modems'.
- Select your modem and click `Properties'.
- The modem's COM port will be displayed here
If you open 'Modems' from the Control Panel and cannot
locate your modem, you need to
install it in Windows 95 first before using it in Need For
Speed II. Contact your modem
manufacturer if you are having difficulty installing your
modem in Windows 95.
AUDIO ADDENDUM
==============
* An INTERACTIVE MUSIC option has been added to the AUDIO
menu which can be toggled ON and
OFF. Turning this option ON allows interactive racing
music to be played during the game
(each track's racing music is temporarily copied to your
hard disk for that race, and
could increase track load times up to 30 seconds); you
will be notified if you have
insufficient hard disk space to turn interactive music
on. Turning this option OFF will
instead use normal non-interactive music played from the
game disc (songs are not copied
to the hard disk, nor are load times increased). This
option is set to OFF by default.
***********************************************************
*******************************
TROUBLESHOOTING
***********************************************************
*******************************
MODEM PROBLEMS
==============
* Need For Speed II relies upon the modem settings you set
in the Windows 95 Modem control
panel. If you need to adjust your modem's settings, you
will need to do so in the Modem
control panel. Please refer to your Windows 95 manual
for further details on how to
configure a modem's settings using the Modem control
panel.
* To disable Call Waiting, enter the appropriate code
(usually *70 or 70#) before the
telephone number in the modem phone number list (ie: *70-
123-4567). In certain instances,
particularly in an office environment, you may need to
enter a "9" before the telephone
number if you must access an outside line (ie: 9,123-
4567); contact your telephone system
administrator for exact details.
NETWORK PLAY PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS
=================================
The following can help improve performance during network
games:
* The host system MUST be the fastest system participating
in a network game (see
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS section above).
* Performance will improve on systems with additional
memory above the minimum requirement
(ie: total of 24 MB or 32 MB RAM).
* Turn racing music OFF in the AUDIO submenu (from the
main game menu, select OPTIONS, then
AUDIO).
VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS
=========================
* The Diamond Viper Pro 2MB VRAM PCI card is not
explicitly supported by NFS2 using the
2.14b beta driver from Diamond Multimedia. This was the
most recent driver available at
the time of release; for a newer driver, call your local
Diamond Multimedia customer
support office or check the Diamond Multimedia Web site
at www.diamondmm.com (see your
video card manual for the customer support telephone
number for your country).
STUTTERING OR SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE
==================================
In the event that the game stutters or performs sluggishly
on your system, try the following
suggestions for improving game performance. The benefits
of each will vary upon your
computer's processor type and speed, total memory, etc.
* Let Windows 95 manage virtual memory: Some systems may
experience a brief pause during
gameplay. This is due to Windows 95 virtual memory
management. Ensure you allow Windows 95
to manage virtual memory and that your hard disk has at
least 30 MB free space for
Windows 95 swap space. Windows 95 manages virtual memory
by default. To enable automatic
virtual memory management, click on the START button in
the Windows 95 menu bar, select
SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. When the Control Panel
window opens, double click on SYSTEM.
A System Properties control panel will open - select
PERFORMANCE, then VIRTUAL MEMORY.
Ensure that the option "Let Windows manage my virtual
memory settings" is selected. Press
OK, then press OK again. You will need to restart your
system for the change to take effect.
* Avoid running other programs in the background: We
strongly recommend that you shut down
all other Windows 95 applications before running Need
For Speed II. Applications running
in the background use memory and processing power, and
can cause gameplay to be sluggish
or stutter.
* Turn off racing music: From the main menu, select
OPTIONS, then AUDIO, and set the racing
music level to the minimum setting - this turns off the
racing music. All music is played
directly off of the game CD, so by turning off the
racing music, the CD will not longer be
accessed to read music thus lightening the load on the
CPU.
* Disable CD-ROM read-ahead caching: Click on the START
button in the Windows 95 menu bar,
select SETTINGS, and then CONTROL PANEL. Double click on
the SYSTEM control panel. Select
PERFORMANCE, FILE SYSTEM, and then CD-ROM. Change
the "Optimize access pattern for"
option to read "No read-ahead". This will disable CD-ROM
read-ahead caching. Press OK,
then press CLOSE. You will need to restart your system
for the change to take effect.
SERIAL LINK PROBLEMS
====================
If you are experiencing difficulties establishing a serial
game connection, check to ensure
you are using a null-modem cable, and not a standard
serial cable. Null modem cables are
wired in a manner which allows two computers to talk to
one another. If you discover that
you are using a standard serial cable and not a null-modem
cable, you can obtain an
inexpensive "null modem adapter" from almost any
electronics supply shop which you can
connect to one end of the serial cable; this adapter
serves the same function as a standard
null-modem cable when used with a normal serial cable.
SOUND CARDS WITHOUT DIRECTX SUPPORT
===================================
If you are using a sound card, Need For Speed II requires
that it be supported by DirectX
drivers. If your sound card drivers do not have DirectX
support, you may experience delayed
sound, stuttering, or sound drop out. In addition, you
may experience some difficulties
maneuvering in the menus with your joystick, if it is
attached to the sound card's game
port. If this is the case, you can maneuver in the menus
with your mouse or keyboard.
WINDOWS NT
==========
Need For Speed II was written to operate under Windows 95
and does not specifically support
Windows NT. If you are attempting to run the game under
Windows NT and have questions
related specifically to Windows NT, please contact
Microsoft directly via the Customer
Support contact methods supplied with your Windows NT
documentation.
LEGAL
=====
NEED FOR SPEED is a trademark of Electronic Arts, Inc.
WINDOWS, WINDOWS 95,
WINDOWS NT, and DIRECTX are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. This document is
Copyright 1997 by Electronic Arts, Inc.
English README Revision 6
the support of my work have it and will burn a CD to me.
I'll install and let you know what happens.
here the readme.txt of the game to you take a look,
and any other tips to make this game works will be great.
thanks, Freddy.
======================================================
Electronic Arts(R) presents
NEED FOR SPEED(TM) II
MANUAL AND REFERENCE CARD
ADDENDUM
WHAT THIS FILE IS
================
This file contains information which became available
after the manual and reference card
were printed. If you are experiencing problems not covered
in the Reference Card or in this
README, please contact EA Customer Support (see contact
methods in the Reference Card).
***********************************************************
*******************************
ADDENDUM
***********************************************************
*******************************
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===================
Some information printed in the reference card is
incorrect. The following is the accurate
system requirement list which matches the label on the box:
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows 95
CPU Type & Speed: 90MHz Pentium Class processor (Intel,
Cyrix 6x86)
Hard Drive Specs: 10 MB free space for game plus space for
save games (additional space
required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
Memory: 16 MB RAM
CD-ROM Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600 KB/second transfer rate)
Other Needs:
* DirectX 3.0 (included on game CD)
* Hi Color (65,535 color) capable 1 MB PCI video card
with DirectDraw 3.0 compatible
driver
* Keyboard
* Optional joystick or mouse
* Optional Sound Card with DirectX compatible sound
driver
Supported Input Devices: Any analog joystick, steering
wheel, or game pad supported by
Windows 95 including but not limited to: ThrustMaster
T1 and T2, CH Products Virtual
Pilot and CH pedals, CH Products Force FX, Gravis
GamePad, Microsoft SideWinder game
pad, Extreme Competition Controls
REQUIRED FOR MULTI-PLAYERS
* Network (2-8 players): Pentium 133 MHz CPU or faster,
IPX compliant network,
1 CD per network game
* Modem (2 player); 100% Hayes compatible 9600bps or
faster modem; high speed serial
port (16550 UART)
* Serial play (2 player): null modem cable, high speed
serial port (16550 UART)
RECOMMENDED
* Pentium 166 MHz CPU or faster
* Hard Disk: 70 MB free space for game plus space for save
games (additional space
required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
* Mouse
* Analog joystick, PC game pad, or PC steering wheel
* Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32 sound card
NETWORK PLAY ADDENDUM
=====================
* In the chat screen, you can clear your chat box
completely by pressing the HOME key on
your keyboard.
* DirectPlay IPX is not supported by Need For Speed II. To
play a network game, use the
WinSock IPX protocol.
FORCE FEEDBACK SUPPORT
======================
Need For Speed II includes support for the Immersion
Corporation "I-Force" force feedback
driver and the CH Products ForceFX joystick. The I-Force
driver is automatically copied to
your Need For Speed II directory during game installation.
Future force-feedback devices
which use the "I-Force" driver should also be supported,
although we have no way of
guaranteeing compatibility with future controllers.
Ensure your joystick is configured properly under Windows
95, all joystick cables are
properly attached, and run NFS II. From the main menu,
select OPTIONS, then CONTROLS, and
then FORCE FEEDBACK. A message saying "Auto detecting"
will appear and the game will look
for your force feedback joystick. The message "Device not
found" appears if the joystick is
not detected - double-check your joystick configuration in
Windows 95 is correct and try
again.
If the joystick is detected, the force-feedback
sensitivity menu will appear. Use your mouse
to select the force level you desire; maximum force is
exerted when the bar is all the way
to the right, and all forces are disabled when the bar is
all the way to the left (select
this level if you want to use your force feedback
controller as a normal analog joystick
without any forces). You should notice some resistance on
the joystick as you change the
effects level. As soon as you begin playing, you should
notice the effects immediately. If
you do not, double-check your settings and effects level.
CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION
========================
* If you attempt to configure your controller (ie:
joystick, wheel, pedals) in the
CONTROLS setup, it's important that you keep the
joystick or wheel centered and not
depress the pedals; doing so can cause the controller to
perform in a reverse manner.
Make sure that you have the pedals in the full up
position (off gas) when you select
to map a pedal as a control (ie: ACCELERATE or BRAKE).
If you have the pedal depressed
when you try to map it as either ACCELERATE or BRAKE
(and then release the pedal to map
it), then the pedal will have a reverse effect in
gameplay. (ie: releasing the pedal
with your foot will act as acceleration, while
depressing the pedal will let off the
gas).
Make sure that you have the steering wheel in the center
position when you select STEER
LEFT in the CONTROLS setup menu and then move the
steering wheel to the left to map it
correctly. If you are holding the steering wheel to the
left when you click on the STEER
LEFT selection, and then release the steering wheel,
this will result in your steering
wheel being mapped backwards in gameplay (ie: Steering
Left with the steering wheel in
gameplay will result in your car steering more to the
right).
* An ANALOG/DIGITAL toggle option has been added to the
CONTROLS menu. The default setting
is ANALOG. If you have a digital controller, change this
option to DIGITAL. This will
give you better control when driving with a digital
controller.
* The STEERING SENSITIVITY option has no effect if
steering is mapped to a keyboard or
joystick buttons.
THRUSTMASTER T1 AND T2 WHEEL CONFIGURATION
==========================================
ThrustMaster T1 and T2 users may experience control
problems in the game or front end as a
result of Windows 95 driver problems. This can be resolved
by using a special JOYCAL.EXE
program which is automatically copied to your hard disk
during game installation. To
correct these problems, do the following:
1. Install Need For Speed II.
2. Configure your T1 or T2 using the Windows 95 Joystick
control panel (please refer to
either the Windows 95 documentation or your controller
manual for details).
3. Using either Windows Explorer or an MS-DOS Prompt
shell, change your current directory
to where you installed NFS II (the default installation
directory is
"Electronic Arts\Need For Speed II").
4. If using Windows Explorer, click on the "JOYCAL.EXE"
icon. If using an MS-DOS Prompt,
type "JOYCAL.EXE" and press RETURN.
5. A simple controller configuration screen will appear,
with two horizontal bars stacked
on top of one another. Move your wheel all the way to
the left and right, and press
your gas and brake pedals down completely one at a
time. The small white blocks in each
horizontal bar should now be centered within the bar
(it is acceptable for them to jitter
a little).
6. Press a button on your T1 or T2 to exit JOYCAL.
7. Play NFS II. Any previous problems experienced should
no longer occur.
NOTE: If you stop using the T1 or T2 (ie: start using a
joystick instead), be sure to delete
the file JOYCAL.CFG from your NFS II root directory. NFS
II looks for this configuration
file at runtime, and if present, uses the controller
configuration information stored in it
instead of the information supplied by Windows 95.
MODEM COM PORT
==============
Need For Speed II will auto detect your modem's COM port.
However, Need For Speed II may
have difficulty detecting your modem's COM port if you are
using a Plug and Play modem. If
this is the case, you will have an option to manually
select your modem's COM port after you
click 'Dial' or `Answer'. Need For Speed II will remember
this COM port setting until you
exit to Windows 95. You will have to manually enter your
modem's COM port again the next
time you run Need For Speed II. If you are unsure of
which COM port your modem is on, you
can find out this information by following these steps:
- Left click on the START button, and move your mouse
pointer over the SETTINGS item.
- When a submenu appears, select CONTROL PANEL.
- Double click on `Modems'.
- Select your modem and click `Properties'.
- The modem's COM port will be displayed here
If you open 'Modems' from the Control Panel and cannot
locate your modem, you need to
install it in Windows 95 first before using it in Need For
Speed II. Contact your modem
manufacturer if you are having difficulty installing your
modem in Windows 95.
AUDIO ADDENDUM
==============
* An INTERACTIVE MUSIC option has been added to the AUDIO
menu which can be toggled ON and
OFF. Turning this option ON allows interactive racing
music to be played during the game
(each track's racing music is temporarily copied to your
hard disk for that race, and
could increase track load times up to 30 seconds); you
will be notified if you have
insufficient hard disk space to turn interactive music
on. Turning this option OFF will
instead use normal non-interactive music played from the
game disc (songs are not copied
to the hard disk, nor are load times increased). This
option is set to OFF by default.
***********************************************************
*******************************
TROUBLESHOOTING
***********************************************************
*******************************
MODEM PROBLEMS
==============
* Need For Speed II relies upon the modem settings you set
in the Windows 95 Modem control
panel. If you need to adjust your modem's settings, you
will need to do so in the Modem
control panel. Please refer to your Windows 95 manual
for further details on how to
configure a modem's settings using the Modem control
panel.
* To disable Call Waiting, enter the appropriate code
(usually *70 or 70#) before the
telephone number in the modem phone number list (ie: *70-
123-4567). In certain instances,
particularly in an office environment, you may need to
enter a "9" before the telephone
number if you must access an outside line (ie: 9,123-
4567); contact your telephone system
administrator for exact details.
NETWORK PLAY PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS
=================================
The following can help improve performance during network
games:
* The host system MUST be the fastest system participating
in a network game (see
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS section above).
* Performance will improve on systems with additional
memory above the minimum requirement
(ie: total of 24 MB or 32 MB RAM).
* Turn racing music OFF in the AUDIO submenu (from the
main game menu, select OPTIONS, then
AUDIO).
VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS
=========================
* The Diamond Viper Pro 2MB VRAM PCI card is not
explicitly supported by NFS2 using the
2.14b beta driver from Diamond Multimedia. This was the
most recent driver available at
the time of release; for a newer driver, call your local
Diamond Multimedia customer
support office or check the Diamond Multimedia Web site
at www.diamondmm.com (see your
video card manual for the customer support telephone
number for your country).
STUTTERING OR SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE
==================================
In the event that the game stutters or performs sluggishly
on your system, try the following
suggestions for improving game performance. The benefits
of each will vary upon your
computer's processor type and speed, total memory, etc.
* Let Windows 95 manage virtual memory: Some systems may
experience a brief pause during
gameplay. This is due to Windows 95 virtual memory
management. Ensure you allow Windows 95
to manage virtual memory and that your hard disk has at
least 30 MB free space for
Windows 95 swap space. Windows 95 manages virtual memory
by default. To enable automatic
virtual memory management, click on the START button in
the Windows 95 menu bar, select
SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. When the Control Panel
window opens, double click on SYSTEM.
A System Properties control panel will open - select
PERFORMANCE, then VIRTUAL MEMORY.
Ensure that the option "Let Windows manage my virtual
memory settings" is selected. Press
OK, then press OK again. You will need to restart your
system for the change to take effect.
* Avoid running other programs in the background: We
strongly recommend that you shut down
all other Windows 95 applications before running Need
For Speed II. Applications running
in the background use memory and processing power, and
can cause gameplay to be sluggish
or stutter.
* Turn off racing music: From the main menu, select
OPTIONS, then AUDIO, and set the racing
music level to the minimum setting - this turns off the
racing music. All music is played
directly off of the game CD, so by turning off the
racing music, the CD will not longer be
accessed to read music thus lightening the load on the
CPU.
* Disable CD-ROM read-ahead caching: Click on the START
button in the Windows 95 menu bar,
select SETTINGS, and then CONTROL PANEL. Double click on
the SYSTEM control panel. Select
PERFORMANCE, FILE SYSTEM, and then CD-ROM. Change
the "Optimize access pattern for"
option to read "No read-ahead". This will disable CD-ROM
read-ahead caching. Press OK,
then press CLOSE. You will need to restart your system
for the change to take effect.
SERIAL LINK PROBLEMS
====================
If you are experiencing difficulties establishing a serial
game connection, check to ensure
you are using a null-modem cable, and not a standard
serial cable. Null modem cables are
wired in a manner which allows two computers to talk to
one another. If you discover that
you are using a standard serial cable and not a null-modem
cable, you can obtain an
inexpensive "null modem adapter" from almost any
electronics supply shop which you can
connect to one end of the serial cable; this adapter
serves the same function as a standard
null-modem cable when used with a normal serial cable.
SOUND CARDS WITHOUT DIRECTX SUPPORT
===================================
If you are using a sound card, Need For Speed II requires
that it be supported by DirectX
drivers. If your sound card drivers do not have DirectX
support, you may experience delayed
sound, stuttering, or sound drop out. In addition, you
may experience some difficulties
maneuvering in the menus with your joystick, if it is
attached to the sound card's game
port. If this is the case, you can maneuver in the menus
with your mouse or keyboard.
WINDOWS NT
==========
Need For Speed II was written to operate under Windows 95
and does not specifically support
Windows NT. If you are attempting to run the game under
Windows NT and have questions
related specifically to Windows NT, please contact
Microsoft directly via the Customer
Support contact methods supplied with your Windows NT
documentation.
LEGAL
=====
NEED FOR SPEED is a trademark of Electronic Arts, Inc.
WINDOWS, WINDOWS 95,
WINDOWS NT, and DIRECTX are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. This document is
Copyright 1997 by Electronic Arts, Inc.
English README Revision 6
J
Jimmy S.
Hi Hajas,
Let's hope that Service Pack 1 does the trick for you!
If it doesn't, we'll look into the readme in more depth.
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
|I found that exist a downloaded version of the SP1, and
| the support of my work have it and will burn a CD to me.
|
| I'll install and let you know what happens.
|
| here the readme.txt of the game to you take a look,
| and any other tips to make this game works will be great.
|
| thanks, Freddy.
| ======================================================
|
| Electronic Arts(R) presents
| NEED FOR SPEED(TM) II
|
|
| MANUAL AND REFERENCE CARD
| ADDENDUM
|
|
|
| WHAT THIS FILE IS
| ================
| This file contains information which became available
| after the manual and reference card
| were printed. If you are experiencing problems not covered
| in the Reference Card or in this
| README, please contact EA Customer Support (see contact
| methods in the Reference Card).
|
|
|
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
| ADDENDUM
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
|
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
| ===================
| Some information printed in the reference card is
| incorrect. The following is the accurate
| system requirement list which matches the label on the box:
|
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
| Operating System: Windows 95
| CPU Type & Speed: 90MHz Pentium Class processor (Intel,
| Cyrix 6x86)
| Hard Drive Specs: 10 MB free space for game plus space for
| save games (additional space
| required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
| Memory: 16 MB RAM
| CD-ROM Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600 KB/second transfer rate)
| Other Needs:
| * DirectX 3.0 (included on game CD)
| * Hi Color (65,535 color) capable 1 MB PCI video card
| with DirectDraw 3.0 compatible
| driver
| * Keyboard
| * Optional joystick or mouse
| * Optional Sound Card with DirectX compatible sound
| driver
| Supported Input Devices: Any analog joystick, steering
| wheel, or game pad supported by
| Windows 95 including but not limited to: ThrustMaster
| T1 and T2, CH Products Virtual
| Pilot and CH pedals, CH Products Force FX, Gravis
| GamePad, Microsoft SideWinder game
| pad, Extreme Competition Controls
|
| REQUIRED FOR MULTI-PLAYERS
| * Network (2-8 players): Pentium 133 MHz CPU or faster,
| IPX compliant network,
| 1 CD per network game
| * Modem (2 player); 100% Hayes compatible 9600bps or
| faster modem; high speed serial
| port (16550 UART)
| * Serial play (2 player): null modem cable, high speed
| serial port (16550 UART)
|
| RECOMMENDED
| * Pentium 166 MHz CPU or faster
| * Hard Disk: 70 MB free space for game plus space for save
| games (additional space
| required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
| * Mouse
| * Analog joystick, PC game pad, or PC steering wheel
| * Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32 sound card
|
|
| NETWORK PLAY ADDENDUM
| =====================
| * In the chat screen, you can clear your chat box
| completely by pressing the HOME key on
| your keyboard.
|
| * DirectPlay IPX is not supported by Need For Speed II. To
| play a network game, use the
| WinSock IPX protocol.
|
|
|
| FORCE FEEDBACK SUPPORT
| ======================
| Need For Speed II includes support for the Immersion
| Corporation "I-Force" force feedback
| driver and the CH Products ForceFX joystick. The I-Force
| driver is automatically copied to
| your Need For Speed II directory during game installation.
| Future force-feedback devices
| which use the "I-Force" driver should also be supported,
| although we have no way of
| guaranteeing compatibility with future controllers.
|
| Ensure your joystick is configured properly under Windows
| 95, all joystick cables are
| properly attached, and run NFS II. From the main menu,
| select OPTIONS, then CONTROLS, and
| then FORCE FEEDBACK. A message saying "Auto detecting"
| will appear and the game will look
| for your force feedback joystick. The message "Device not
| found" appears if the joystick is
| not detected - double-check your joystick configuration in
| Windows 95 is correct and try
| again.
|
| If the joystick is detected, the force-feedback
| sensitivity menu will appear. Use your mouse
| to select the force level you desire; maximum force is
| exerted when the bar is all the way
| to the right, and all forces are disabled when the bar is
| all the way to the left (select
| this level if you want to use your force feedback
| controller as a normal analog joystick
| without any forces). You should notice some resistance on
| the joystick as you change the
| effects level. As soon as you begin playing, you should
| notice the effects immediately. If
| you do not, double-check your settings and effects level.
|
|
| CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION
| ========================
| * If you attempt to configure your controller (ie:
| joystick, wheel, pedals) in the
| CONTROLS setup, it's important that you keep the
| joystick or wheel centered and not
| depress the pedals; doing so can cause the controller to
| perform in a reverse manner.
|
| Make sure that you have the pedals in the full up
| position (off gas) when you select
| to map a pedal as a control (ie: ACCELERATE or BRAKE).
| If you have the pedal depressed
| when you try to map it as either ACCELERATE or BRAKE
| (and then release the pedal to map
| it), then the pedal will have a reverse effect in
| gameplay. (ie: releasing the pedal
| with your foot will act as acceleration, while
| depressing the pedal will let off the
| gas).
|
| Make sure that you have the steering wheel in the center
| position when you select STEER
| LEFT in the CONTROLS setup menu and then move the
| steering wheel to the left to map it
| correctly. If you are holding the steering wheel to the
| left when you click on the STEER
| LEFT selection, and then release the steering wheel,
| this will result in your steering
| wheel being mapped backwards in gameplay (ie: Steering
| Left with the steering wheel in
| gameplay will result in your car steering more to the
| right).
|
| * An ANALOG/DIGITAL toggle option has been added to the
| CONTROLS menu. The default setting
| is ANALOG. If you have a digital controller, change this
| option to DIGITAL. This will
| give you better control when driving with a digital
| controller.
|
| * The STEERING SENSITIVITY option has no effect if
| steering is mapped to a keyboard or
| joystick buttons.
|
|
| THRUSTMASTER T1 AND T2 WHEEL CONFIGURATION
| ==========================================
| ThrustMaster T1 and T2 users may experience control
| problems in the game or front end as a
| result of Windows 95 driver problems. This can be resolved
| by using a special JOYCAL.EXE
| program which is automatically copied to your hard disk
| during game installation. To
| correct these problems, do the following:
|
| 1. Install Need For Speed II.
| 2. Configure your T1 or T2 using the Windows 95 Joystick
| control panel (please refer to
| either the Windows 95 documentation or your controller
| manual for details).
| 3. Using either Windows Explorer or an MS-DOS Prompt
| shell, change your current directory
| to where you installed NFS II (the default installation
| directory is
| "Electronic Arts\Need For Speed II").
| 4. If using Windows Explorer, click on the "JOYCAL.EXE"
| icon. If using an MS-DOS Prompt,
| type "JOYCAL.EXE" and press RETURN.
| 5. A simple controller configuration screen will appear,
| with two horizontal bars stacked
| on top of one another. Move your wheel all the way to
| the left and right, and press
| your gas and brake pedals down completely one at a
| time. The small white blocks in each
| horizontal bar should now be centered within the bar
| (it is acceptable for them to jitter
| a little).
| 6. Press a button on your T1 or T2 to exit JOYCAL.
| 7. Play NFS II. Any previous problems experienced should
| no longer occur.
|
| NOTE: If you stop using the T1 or T2 (ie: start using a
| joystick instead), be sure to delete
| the file JOYCAL.CFG from your NFS II root directory. NFS
| II looks for this configuration
| file at runtime, and if present, uses the controller
| configuration information stored in it
| instead of the information supplied by Windows 95.
|
|
|
| MODEM COM PORT
| ==============
| Need For Speed II will auto detect your modem's COM port.
| However, Need For Speed II may
| have difficulty detecting your modem's COM port if you are
| using a Plug and Play modem. If
| this is the case, you will have an option to manually
| select your modem's COM port after you
| click 'Dial' or `Answer'. Need For Speed II will remember
| this COM port setting until you
| exit to Windows 95. You will have to manually enter your
| modem's COM port again the next
| time you run Need For Speed II. If you are unsure of
| which COM port your modem is on, you
| can find out this information by following these steps:
|
| - Left click on the START button, and move your mouse
| pointer over the SETTINGS item.
| - When a submenu appears, select CONTROL PANEL.
| - Double click on `Modems'.
| - Select your modem and click `Properties'.
| - The modem's COM port will be displayed here
|
| If you open 'Modems' from the Control Panel and cannot
| locate your modem, you need to
| install it in Windows 95 first before using it in Need For
| Speed II. Contact your modem
| manufacturer if you are having difficulty installing your
| modem in Windows 95.
|
|
| AUDIO ADDENDUM
| ==============
| * An INTERACTIVE MUSIC option has been added to the AUDIO
| menu which can be toggled ON and
| OFF. Turning this option ON allows interactive racing
| music to be played during the game
| (each track's racing music is temporarily copied to your
| hard disk for that race, and
| could increase track load times up to 30 seconds); you
| will be notified if you have
| insufficient hard disk space to turn interactive music
| on. Turning this option OFF will
| instead use normal non-interactive music played from the
| game disc (songs are not copied
| to the hard disk, nor are load times increased). This
| option is set to OFF by default.
|
|
|
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
| TROUBLESHOOTING
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
|
| MODEM PROBLEMS
| ==============
| * Need For Speed II relies upon the modem settings you set
| in the Windows 95 Modem control
| panel. If you need to adjust your modem's settings, you
| will need to do so in the Modem
| control panel. Please refer to your Windows 95 manual
| for further details on how to
| configure a modem's settings using the Modem control
| panel.
|
| * To disable Call Waiting, enter the appropriate code
| (usually *70 or 70#) before the
| telephone number in the modem phone number list (ie: *70-
| 123-4567). In certain instances,
| particularly in an office environment, you may need to
| enter a "9" before the telephone
| number if you must access an outside line (ie: 9,123-
| 4567); contact your telephone system
| administrator for exact details.
|
|
| NETWORK PLAY PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS
| =================================
| The following can help improve performance during network
| games:
|
| * The host system MUST be the fastest system participating
| in a network game (see
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS section above).
|
| * Performance will improve on systems with additional
| memory above the minimum requirement
| (ie: total of 24 MB or 32 MB RAM).
|
| * Turn racing music OFF in the AUDIO submenu (from the
| main game menu, select OPTIONS, then
| AUDIO).
|
|
| VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS
| =========================
| * The Diamond Viper Pro 2MB VRAM PCI card is not
| explicitly supported by NFS2 using the
| 2.14b beta driver from Diamond Multimedia. This was the
| most recent driver available at
| the time of release; for a newer driver, call your local
| Diamond Multimedia customer
| support office or check the Diamond Multimedia Web site
| at www.diamondmm.com (see your
| video card manual for the customer support telephone
| number for your country).
|
|
| STUTTERING OR SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE
| ==================================
| In the event that the game stutters or performs sluggishly
| on your system, try the following
| suggestions for improving game performance. The benefits
| of each will vary upon your
| computer's processor type and speed, total memory, etc.
|
| * Let Windows 95 manage virtual memory: Some systems may
| experience a brief pause during
| gameplay. This is due to Windows 95 virtual memory
| management. Ensure you allow Windows 95
| to manage virtual memory and that your hard disk has at
| least 30 MB free space for
| Windows 95 swap space. Windows 95 manages virtual memory
| by default. To enable automatic
| virtual memory management, click on the START button in
| the Windows 95 menu bar, select
| SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. When the Control Panel
| window opens, double click on SYSTEM.
| A System Properties control panel will open - select
| PERFORMANCE, then VIRTUAL MEMORY.
| Ensure that the option "Let Windows manage my virtual
| memory settings" is selected. Press
| OK, then press OK again. You will need to restart your
| system for the change to take effect.
|
| * Avoid running other programs in the background: We
| strongly recommend that you shut down
| all other Windows 95 applications before running Need
| For Speed II. Applications running
| in the background use memory and processing power, and
| can cause gameplay to be sluggish
| or stutter.
|
| * Turn off racing music: From the main menu, select
| OPTIONS, then AUDIO, and set the racing
| music level to the minimum setting - this turns off the
| racing music. All music is played
| directly off of the game CD, so by turning off the
| racing music, the CD will not longer be
| accessed to read music thus lightening the load on the
| CPU.
|
| * Disable CD-ROM read-ahead caching: Click on the START
| button in the Windows 95 menu bar,
| select SETTINGS, and then CONTROL PANEL. Double click on
| the SYSTEM control panel. Select
| PERFORMANCE, FILE SYSTEM, and then CD-ROM. Change
| the "Optimize access pattern for"
| option to read "No read-ahead". This will disable CD-ROM
| read-ahead caching. Press OK,
| then press CLOSE. You will need to restart your system
| for the change to take effect.
|
|
| SERIAL LINK PROBLEMS
| ====================
| If you are experiencing difficulties establishing a serial
| game connection, check to ensure
| you are using a null-modem cable, and not a standard
| serial cable. Null modem cables are
| wired in a manner which allows two computers to talk to
| one another. If you discover that
| you are using a standard serial cable and not a null-modem
| cable, you can obtain an
| inexpensive "null modem adapter" from almost any
| electronics supply shop which you can
| connect to one end of the serial cable; this adapter
| serves the same function as a standard
| null-modem cable when used with a normal serial cable.
|
|
| SOUND CARDS WITHOUT DIRECTX SUPPORT
| ===================================
| If you are using a sound card, Need For Speed II requires
| that it be supported by DirectX
| drivers. If your sound card drivers do not have DirectX
| support, you may experience delayed
| sound, stuttering, or sound drop out. In addition, you
| may experience some difficulties
| maneuvering in the menus with your joystick, if it is
| attached to the sound card's game
| port. If this is the case, you can maneuver in the menus
| with your mouse or keyboard.
|
|
| WINDOWS NT
| ==========
| Need For Speed II was written to operate under Windows 95
| and does not specifically support
| Windows NT. If you are attempting to run the game under
| Windows NT and have questions
| related specifically to Windows NT, please contact
| Microsoft directly via the Customer
| Support contact methods supplied with your Windows NT
| documentation.
|
|
| LEGAL
| =====
| NEED FOR SPEED is a trademark of Electronic Arts, Inc.
| WINDOWS, WINDOWS 95,
| WINDOWS NT, and DIRECTX are trademarks of Microsoft
| Corporation. This document is
| Copyright 1997 by Electronic Arts, Inc.
|
| English README Revision 6
|
Let's hope that Service Pack 1 does the trick for you!
If it doesn't, we'll look into the readme in more depth.
--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
|I found that exist a downloaded version of the SP1, and
| the support of my work have it and will burn a CD to me.
|
| I'll install and let you know what happens.
|
| here the readme.txt of the game to you take a look,
| and any other tips to make this game works will be great.
|
| thanks, Freddy.
| ======================================================
|
| Electronic Arts(R) presents
| NEED FOR SPEED(TM) II
|
|
| MANUAL AND REFERENCE CARD
| ADDENDUM
|
|
|
| WHAT THIS FILE IS
| ================
| This file contains information which became available
| after the manual and reference card
| were printed. If you are experiencing problems not covered
| in the Reference Card or in this
| README, please contact EA Customer Support (see contact
| methods in the Reference Card).
|
|
|
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
| ADDENDUM
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
|
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
| ===================
| Some information printed in the reference card is
| incorrect. The following is the accurate
| system requirement list which matches the label on the box:
|
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
| Operating System: Windows 95
| CPU Type & Speed: 90MHz Pentium Class processor (Intel,
| Cyrix 6x86)
| Hard Drive Specs: 10 MB free space for game plus space for
| save games (additional space
| required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
| Memory: 16 MB RAM
| CD-ROM Speed: 4x CD-ROM drive (600 KB/second transfer rate)
| Other Needs:
| * DirectX 3.0 (included on game CD)
| * Hi Color (65,535 color) capable 1 MB PCI video card
| with DirectDraw 3.0 compatible
| driver
| * Keyboard
| * Optional joystick or mouse
| * Optional Sound Card with DirectX compatible sound
| driver
| Supported Input Devices: Any analog joystick, steering
| wheel, or game pad supported by
| Windows 95 including but not limited to: ThrustMaster
| T1 and T2, CH Products Virtual
| Pilot and CH pedals, CH Products Force FX, Gravis
| GamePad, Microsoft SideWinder game
| pad, Extreme Competition Controls
|
| REQUIRED FOR MULTI-PLAYERS
| * Network (2-8 players): Pentium 133 MHz CPU or faster,
| IPX compliant network,
| 1 CD per network game
| * Modem (2 player); 100% Hayes compatible 9600bps or
| faster modem; high speed serial
| port (16550 UART)
| * Serial play (2 player): null modem cable, high speed
| serial port (16550 UART)
|
| RECOMMENDED
| * Pentium 166 MHz CPU or faster
| * Hard Disk: 70 MB free space for game plus space for save
| games (additional space
| required for DirectX 3.0 installation)
| * Mouse
| * Analog joystick, PC game pad, or PC steering wheel
| * Sound Blaster 16/32/AWE32 sound card
|
|
| NETWORK PLAY ADDENDUM
| =====================
| * In the chat screen, you can clear your chat box
| completely by pressing the HOME key on
| your keyboard.
|
| * DirectPlay IPX is not supported by Need For Speed II. To
| play a network game, use the
| WinSock IPX protocol.
|
|
|
| FORCE FEEDBACK SUPPORT
| ======================
| Need For Speed II includes support for the Immersion
| Corporation "I-Force" force feedback
| driver and the CH Products ForceFX joystick. The I-Force
| driver is automatically copied to
| your Need For Speed II directory during game installation.
| Future force-feedback devices
| which use the "I-Force" driver should also be supported,
| although we have no way of
| guaranteeing compatibility with future controllers.
|
| Ensure your joystick is configured properly under Windows
| 95, all joystick cables are
| properly attached, and run NFS II. From the main menu,
| select OPTIONS, then CONTROLS, and
| then FORCE FEEDBACK. A message saying "Auto detecting"
| will appear and the game will look
| for your force feedback joystick. The message "Device not
| found" appears if the joystick is
| not detected - double-check your joystick configuration in
| Windows 95 is correct and try
| again.
|
| If the joystick is detected, the force-feedback
| sensitivity menu will appear. Use your mouse
| to select the force level you desire; maximum force is
| exerted when the bar is all the way
| to the right, and all forces are disabled when the bar is
| all the way to the left (select
| this level if you want to use your force feedback
| controller as a normal analog joystick
| without any forces). You should notice some resistance on
| the joystick as you change the
| effects level. As soon as you begin playing, you should
| notice the effects immediately. If
| you do not, double-check your settings and effects level.
|
|
| CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION
| ========================
| * If you attempt to configure your controller (ie:
| joystick, wheel, pedals) in the
| CONTROLS setup, it's important that you keep the
| joystick or wheel centered and not
| depress the pedals; doing so can cause the controller to
| perform in a reverse manner.
|
| Make sure that you have the pedals in the full up
| position (off gas) when you select
| to map a pedal as a control (ie: ACCELERATE or BRAKE).
| If you have the pedal depressed
| when you try to map it as either ACCELERATE or BRAKE
| (and then release the pedal to map
| it), then the pedal will have a reverse effect in
| gameplay. (ie: releasing the pedal
| with your foot will act as acceleration, while
| depressing the pedal will let off the
| gas).
|
| Make sure that you have the steering wheel in the center
| position when you select STEER
| LEFT in the CONTROLS setup menu and then move the
| steering wheel to the left to map it
| correctly. If you are holding the steering wheel to the
| left when you click on the STEER
| LEFT selection, and then release the steering wheel,
| this will result in your steering
| wheel being mapped backwards in gameplay (ie: Steering
| Left with the steering wheel in
| gameplay will result in your car steering more to the
| right).
|
| * An ANALOG/DIGITAL toggle option has been added to the
| CONTROLS menu. The default setting
| is ANALOG. If you have a digital controller, change this
| option to DIGITAL. This will
| give you better control when driving with a digital
| controller.
|
| * The STEERING SENSITIVITY option has no effect if
| steering is mapped to a keyboard or
| joystick buttons.
|
|
| THRUSTMASTER T1 AND T2 WHEEL CONFIGURATION
| ==========================================
| ThrustMaster T1 and T2 users may experience control
| problems in the game or front end as a
| result of Windows 95 driver problems. This can be resolved
| by using a special JOYCAL.EXE
| program which is automatically copied to your hard disk
| during game installation. To
| correct these problems, do the following:
|
| 1. Install Need For Speed II.
| 2. Configure your T1 or T2 using the Windows 95 Joystick
| control panel (please refer to
| either the Windows 95 documentation or your controller
| manual for details).
| 3. Using either Windows Explorer or an MS-DOS Prompt
| shell, change your current directory
| to where you installed NFS II (the default installation
| directory is
| "Electronic Arts\Need For Speed II").
| 4. If using Windows Explorer, click on the "JOYCAL.EXE"
| icon. If using an MS-DOS Prompt,
| type "JOYCAL.EXE" and press RETURN.
| 5. A simple controller configuration screen will appear,
| with two horizontal bars stacked
| on top of one another. Move your wheel all the way to
| the left and right, and press
| your gas and brake pedals down completely one at a
| time. The small white blocks in each
| horizontal bar should now be centered within the bar
| (it is acceptable for them to jitter
| a little).
| 6. Press a button on your T1 or T2 to exit JOYCAL.
| 7. Play NFS II. Any previous problems experienced should
| no longer occur.
|
| NOTE: If you stop using the T1 or T2 (ie: start using a
| joystick instead), be sure to delete
| the file JOYCAL.CFG from your NFS II root directory. NFS
| II looks for this configuration
| file at runtime, and if present, uses the controller
| configuration information stored in it
| instead of the information supplied by Windows 95.
|
|
|
| MODEM COM PORT
| ==============
| Need For Speed II will auto detect your modem's COM port.
| However, Need For Speed II may
| have difficulty detecting your modem's COM port if you are
| using a Plug and Play modem. If
| this is the case, you will have an option to manually
| select your modem's COM port after you
| click 'Dial' or `Answer'. Need For Speed II will remember
| this COM port setting until you
| exit to Windows 95. You will have to manually enter your
| modem's COM port again the next
| time you run Need For Speed II. If you are unsure of
| which COM port your modem is on, you
| can find out this information by following these steps:
|
| - Left click on the START button, and move your mouse
| pointer over the SETTINGS item.
| - When a submenu appears, select CONTROL PANEL.
| - Double click on `Modems'.
| - Select your modem and click `Properties'.
| - The modem's COM port will be displayed here
|
| If you open 'Modems' from the Control Panel and cannot
| locate your modem, you need to
| install it in Windows 95 first before using it in Need For
| Speed II. Contact your modem
| manufacturer if you are having difficulty installing your
| modem in Windows 95.
|
|
| AUDIO ADDENDUM
| ==============
| * An INTERACTIVE MUSIC option has been added to the AUDIO
| menu which can be toggled ON and
| OFF. Turning this option ON allows interactive racing
| music to be played during the game
| (each track's racing music is temporarily copied to your
| hard disk for that race, and
| could increase track load times up to 30 seconds); you
| will be notified if you have
| insufficient hard disk space to turn interactive music
| on. Turning this option OFF will
| instead use normal non-interactive music played from the
| game disc (songs are not copied
| to the hard disk, nor are load times increased). This
| option is set to OFF by default.
|
|
|
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
| TROUBLESHOOTING
|
| ***********************************************************
| *******************************
|
|
| MODEM PROBLEMS
| ==============
| * Need For Speed II relies upon the modem settings you set
| in the Windows 95 Modem control
| panel. If you need to adjust your modem's settings, you
| will need to do so in the Modem
| control panel. Please refer to your Windows 95 manual
| for further details on how to
| configure a modem's settings using the Modem control
| panel.
|
| * To disable Call Waiting, enter the appropriate code
| (usually *70 or 70#) before the
| telephone number in the modem phone number list (ie: *70-
| 123-4567). In certain instances,
| particularly in an office environment, you may need to
| enter a "9" before the telephone
| number if you must access an outside line (ie: 9,123-
| 4567); contact your telephone system
| administrator for exact details.
|
|
| NETWORK PLAY PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS
| =================================
| The following can help improve performance during network
| games:
|
| * The host system MUST be the fastest system participating
| in a network game (see
| SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS section above).
|
| * Performance will improve on systems with additional
| memory above the minimum requirement
| (ie: total of 24 MB or 32 MB RAM).
|
| * Turn racing music OFF in the AUDIO submenu (from the
| main game menu, select OPTIONS, then
| AUDIO).
|
|
| VIDEO & GRAPHICS PROBLEMS
| =========================
| * The Diamond Viper Pro 2MB VRAM PCI card is not
| explicitly supported by NFS2 using the
| 2.14b beta driver from Diamond Multimedia. This was the
| most recent driver available at
| the time of release; for a newer driver, call your local
| Diamond Multimedia customer
| support office or check the Diamond Multimedia Web site
| at www.diamondmm.com (see your
| video card manual for the customer support telephone
| number for your country).
|
|
| STUTTERING OR SLUGGISH PERFORMANCE
| ==================================
| In the event that the game stutters or performs sluggishly
| on your system, try the following
| suggestions for improving game performance. The benefits
| of each will vary upon your
| computer's processor type and speed, total memory, etc.
|
| * Let Windows 95 manage virtual memory: Some systems may
| experience a brief pause during
| gameplay. This is due to Windows 95 virtual memory
| management. Ensure you allow Windows 95
| to manage virtual memory and that your hard disk has at
| least 30 MB free space for
| Windows 95 swap space. Windows 95 manages virtual memory
| by default. To enable automatic
| virtual memory management, click on the START button in
| the Windows 95 menu bar, select
| SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL. When the Control Panel
| window opens, double click on SYSTEM.
| A System Properties control panel will open - select
| PERFORMANCE, then VIRTUAL MEMORY.
| Ensure that the option "Let Windows manage my virtual
| memory settings" is selected. Press
| OK, then press OK again. You will need to restart your
| system for the change to take effect.
|
| * Avoid running other programs in the background: We
| strongly recommend that you shut down
| all other Windows 95 applications before running Need
| For Speed II. Applications running
| in the background use memory and processing power, and
| can cause gameplay to be sluggish
| or stutter.
|
| * Turn off racing music: From the main menu, select
| OPTIONS, then AUDIO, and set the racing
| music level to the minimum setting - this turns off the
| racing music. All music is played
| directly off of the game CD, so by turning off the
| racing music, the CD will not longer be
| accessed to read music thus lightening the load on the
| CPU.
|
| * Disable CD-ROM read-ahead caching: Click on the START
| button in the Windows 95 menu bar,
| select SETTINGS, and then CONTROL PANEL. Double click on
| the SYSTEM control panel. Select
| PERFORMANCE, FILE SYSTEM, and then CD-ROM. Change
| the "Optimize access pattern for"
| option to read "No read-ahead". This will disable CD-ROM
| read-ahead caching. Press OK,
| then press CLOSE. You will need to restart your system
| for the change to take effect.
|
|
| SERIAL LINK PROBLEMS
| ====================
| If you are experiencing difficulties establishing a serial
| game connection, check to ensure
| you are using a null-modem cable, and not a standard
| serial cable. Null modem cables are
| wired in a manner which allows two computers to talk to
| one another. If you discover that
| you are using a standard serial cable and not a null-modem
| cable, you can obtain an
| inexpensive "null modem adapter" from almost any
| electronics supply shop which you can
| connect to one end of the serial cable; this adapter
| serves the same function as a standard
| null-modem cable when used with a normal serial cable.
|
|
| SOUND CARDS WITHOUT DIRECTX SUPPORT
| ===================================
| If you are using a sound card, Need For Speed II requires
| that it be supported by DirectX
| drivers. If your sound card drivers do not have DirectX
| support, you may experience delayed
| sound, stuttering, or sound drop out. In addition, you
| may experience some difficulties
| maneuvering in the menus with your joystick, if it is
| attached to the sound card's game
| port. If this is the case, you can maneuver in the menus
| with your mouse or keyboard.
|
|
| WINDOWS NT
| ==========
| Need For Speed II was written to operate under Windows 95
| and does not specifically support
| Windows NT. If you are attempting to run the game under
| Windows NT and have questions
| related specifically to Windows NT, please contact
| Microsoft directly via the Customer
| Support contact methods supplied with your Windows NT
| documentation.
|
|
| LEGAL
| =====
| NEED FOR SPEED is a trademark of Electronic Arts, Inc.
| WINDOWS, WINDOWS 95,
| WINDOWS NT, and DIRECTX are trademarks of Microsoft
| Corporation. This document is
| Copyright 1997 by Electronic Arts, Inc.
|
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