Final Reality 1.0 - Readme.txt 21/11/1997 Official Download sites are: http://www.finalreality.com are http://www.remedy-ent.com/fr/ Please read this file carefully as it contains valuable information which could save you alot of time. At the end of this file is a common Q&A, which is a list of the problems and solutions we are aware of. Please also check the Official FR web sites for more troubleshooting and new versions that can help you in using Final Reality. Furthermore, if you have a undocumented bug please submit via the "Report bugs" facility on http://www.remedy-ent.com/fr/ and we will do our best to find a solution for you. WEB MASTERS: Please feel free to link to either web site! We hope you enjoy Final Reality, we look forward to seeing you again on our next MAJOR release in 1998! The Final Reality Development Team. TROUBLESHOOTING Q&A'S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Display Adapter problems: Q: On a 3Dfx based cards Final Reality freezed to a black screen after the Robots test before starting City Scene. A: You are probably using new reference drivers from 3Dfx or drivers based on the reference drivers such as Monster3D drivers version 1.09. These drivers do not seem to be fully compatible with the previous ones. Until a solution is developed, please use the following drivers Final Reality has been tested with: Diamond Monster3D version 1.08 and Orchid Righteous3D version 2.00.18 Q: On a Diamond Stealth 2000 Pro Final Reality exits after the Robots test A: This seems to be a driver problem. Change the display type back to standard VGA and install the display drivers that come with DirectX 5. Q: Final Reality reports a GENERIC ERROR message on my Hercules Stingray 128/3D My desktop is in 32-bit color mode. A: This is a driver problem. Reduce your color depth to 16-bit and Final Reality should work fine. Same error has been reported on Elsa Erazor and STB Lightspeed. Q: On PowerVR based cards Final Reality reports DDERR_OUTOFVIDEOMEMORY when trying to run the 3D tests. A: Your primary display adapter does not have sufficient amount of memory for frame buffers. Lower your desktop resolution and color depth to get Final Reality working. Q: On PowerVR based cards polygons flicker at some points A: This is a driver problem which has been corrected in new drivers. Download newer drivers from your card manufacturer. Q: On ATI Xpert@Play and Xpert@Work based cards polygons flicker at some points A: This is a driver problem which has been corrected in new drivers. Download newer drivers from ATI Technologies. Q: On nVidia Riva128 based boards bilinear filtering is not on in all surfaces. A: This seems to be a driver problem. Q: On Hercules Stingray 128/3D Final Reality crashes after the Robots test. I'm using driver release 1.17. A: The newest Hercules drivers seem to have produced this new problem. Final Reality works fine with driver version 1.07.2039 that come on the Hercules installation CD-ROM dated August 29, 1997. Q: I have an AGP computer and AGP display adapter but I don't get the "AGP detected" sign at the startup-screen. A: Install the latest certified drivers. Some beta drivers have problems reporting their AGP capability. Some drivers might require you to manually install an AGP patch (available from Intel). AGP also requires Windows OSR 2.1 version (or the USBSUPP.EXE patch, available from Microsoft) General problems: Q: Whenever I try to display results, Final Reality crashes with an error: "An unsupported operation was attempted" A: Your Comctl32.dll version is too old. Download the new DLL and copy it to your Windows/System directory. You need to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode in order to copy the file. Alternate option is to install e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 or 4 which also installs this DLL. Q: Miscellaneous problems, Final Reality does not start! A: Re-installing DirectX 5.0 can help. For example an older game might have installed an older version of DirectX Q: Final Reality reports Direct3D interface not found on startup but it has worked before. A: Direct3D hasn't been properly de-initialized or some program has installed an older version of DirectX. Restart your computer and try again. If necessary, re-install DirectX 5.0. Q: Final Reality loses my Direct3D Accelerator entry from the rendering platforms list. A: This happens if Direct3D doesn't get properly deinitialised. Please restart your computer to get it back. Q: Some parts in Final Reality are too dark on my computer! A: Try adjusting the gamma correction of your 3D card in the Display Properties. Or turn off the lights. Sound problems: Q: I am able to run FR without sound but it crashes with sound. A: Install the latest drivers for your sound card and try different kHz and 8/16 bit modes. Q: Sound slows down in the end of material show in my Pentium II A: This problem seems to occur on only those computers that have a 3Dfx card installed. Try installing your sound card drivers again. Q: There is too much bass in the music. A: Check your sound card and speaker treble / bass settings. Our music has enough attititude without extra accentuations.