
ARA NGC 6397 README Contents
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  Welcome to ARA NGC 6397 for Microsoft Windows 95!

  Please read this document. It provides important
  information regarding ARA NGC 6397 that wasn't available 
  when the jewel case insert was printed. 

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  this product that your distributor can't answer,
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Contents
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 (A) Improving the performance of ARA NGC 6397
 (B) Notes on video card color settings
 (C) Troubleshooting
       1. DirectX Driver Notes
       2. Sound
       3. Video
       4. Out Of Memory Error starting game
       5. CDROM not in drive error
 (D) Removing ARA NGC 6397 from your system
 (E) Saving and Loading the game
       

(A) Improving the performance of ARA NGC 6397
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  The performance of any CD-ROM application is
  greatly affected by the speed of your computer,
  the speed of your CD-ROM drive, and the amount
  of RAM your system has available.
  To enjoy ARA NGC 6397 at its very best,
  H+a recommends running this game at least on
  a Pentium P90 machine with 16mb RAM memory,
  plenty of free hard drive space, and equipped
  with a QUAD (4x) speed CDROM drive. For maximum
  enjoyment your system should also have a video
  card capable of high color settings, and it
  should have a minimum of 2mb of video memory. 


(B) Notes on video card color settings
======================================

  If you're experiencing quality problems with
  graphics or animation's/video playback with
  ARA NGC 6397, it could be due to your
  video card color settings. This game requires
  your video card to be set to 16 bit color 
  (thousands of colors) or higher to look its 
  best. Note that some video cards are only
  capable of displaying high color when they
  are set to use lower screen resolutions such
  as 640x480. To see if your card is capable of
  high color, and for more information on how to
  adjust the color settings, please consult the
  documentation provided with your video card, or
  your Windows online help guide.


(C) Troubleshooting
===================

  In order to display and play the sophisticated
  sounds and animations, this application makes
  use of Microsoft DirectX drivers for sound and
  video functions. If you seem to be having 
  troubles such as stuttering sounds or bad
  screen refresh, please try reinstalling the
  DirectX drivers. 
  (see below for further information)

1. DirectX Driver Notes
-----------------------
 To reinstall DirectX:
   -Locate and double click the REDIST directory
     on your ARA NGC 6397 disk.
   -Double click on the DIRECTX subdirectory 
   -Locate and double click the DXSETUP.EXE file
     to start the reinstall of the DirectX driver
     files.

  Note that when the main DirectX setup dialog box
  appears on screen, it will display information
  regarding your systems compatibility with
  DirectX drivers. If you require technical
  support for sound or video related issues,
  please make note of the information displayed
  in this box.

2. Sound
--------
  If you're experiencing any sound problems with
  ARA NGC 6397, contact the manufacturer of
  your sound card to make sure you have the
  latest drivers for your sound card. Note that
  your sound drivers should be Microsoft DirectX
  compatible. If you still have difficulties
  after installing the latest drivers, and your
  sound card is working with other Windows 95
  applications, please contact H+a Technical
  Support.

3. Video
--------
  If you're experiencing any problems with
  graphics or animation's/video playback with
  ARA NGC 6397, contact the manufacturer of
  your video card to make sure you have the
  latest drivers for your video card. Note that
  your video drivers should be Microsoft DirectX
  compatible.If you still have difficulties
  after installing the latest drivers, please
  contact H+a Technical Support.

4. Out Of Memory Error starting game   
------------------------------------
  The sophisticated nature of this Win95 game can
  sometimes cause your system to display out of
  memory errors when starting or playing the game.
  The reason for these messages can be due to the
  fact that your system may not have enough free
  hard drive space available for Windows 95 to use
  as a virtual memory swap file. If you have the
  minimum required RAM memory installed on your
  system, this temporary swap file that Windows 95
  creates and manages can sometimes require
  upwards of 30MB of free hard drive space while
  the game is running. If you are experiencing
  this type of problem, please make sure that you
  have adequate free space available on your hard
  drive while the game is in use. For further
  information please read the Virtual Memory
  Settings section in your Windows 95 online help.

5. CDROM not in drive error
---------------------------
  Please note that when you start ARA NGC 6397, 
  the game checks the directory path where
  you installed the game to find the CDROM disk.
  If you have a system with more than one CDROM
  drive, you must insert the disk in the drive that
  was used to do the initial installation. If you
  have changed your CDROM drive letter since you
  installed ARA NGC 6397, you should reinstall
  the game in order to update the path information. 


(D) Removing ARA NGC 6397 from your system
===============================================

 Windows 95

  In order to remove this application from your
  system, select "Uninstall Ara" from the 
  "H+a\Ara" program folder in the start menu.


(E) Saving and Loading the game
==================================

There are three levels to the game ARA.  When you 
complete level 1, the computer will automatically
save a file called "Levels.dat" in the directory
in which you installed the game.

Once this file has been saved, the Teleport function
is enabled (press the F1 key).  On launching the
game the next time, you may Teleport directly to 
level 2. The same is true for finishing level 2
and Teleporting directly to level 3.

If the F1 key does not work, it means that you 
have not yet reached the end of level 1.  If level
3 is not available (greyed out) on the Teleport
dialog, it means you have not yet reached the 
end of level 2.

If you would like to prevent other users of 
your computer from Teleporting to levels 2 or 3,
simply move the file "Levels.dat" to another 
directory or to a floppy disk.

(F) LICENSE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WARRANTY
=============================================

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March/98