************************************************************* T O M B R A I D E R I I IMPORTANT LAST MINUTE INFORMATION Sold Out Software Readme V.2.2 ENGLISH ************************************************************* Contained in this 'Readme' file: 1. Sold-Out Software quick reference guide 2. About Acrobat Reader. 3. Instructions for installing the software. 4. Instructions for loading the software. 5. Last Minute Information & FAQ's 6. Troubleshooting. ************************************************************* 1. SOLD OUT SOFTWARE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Loading computer games can sometimes be a daunting task. We here at Sold Out Software try to make the installation of our games as quick, simple and effortless as possible. To aid yourself in the installation of this piece of software it is helpful that you have at hand certain bits of information regarding your system set-up. 1. The drive letters associated with your machine: All computers have letters assigned to different drives. By default your 'floppy' drive will have the letter A:\ assigned to it , your hard drive will be C:\ and your CD-ROM will be lettered D:\. If, let's say, you have more than one hard Drive then it is most likely that the second hard drive would be D:\ and your CD-ROM would have E:\ assigned to it. To avoid confusion, it is recommended that you familiarise yourself with the letters assigned to your computer's drives before trying to install your game. To do this, click on the 'My Computer' icon on your Windows desktop with your right mouse button and then select 'Explore' with the left mouse button. The left-hand window will contain all your drives and applicable letters. 2. When we specify 'default directory' it means the directory and drive that the game installation has been pre-set to install to. You may change the installation directory if, let's say, all games are installed to a directory called 'Games' on your system. ************************************************************* 2. ACROBAT READER AND YOUR ELECTRONIC MANUAL We have provided an electronic manual for this product. This manual is in a PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or better to view. We have provided you with Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for Windows 95/98/ Windows NT. Once you have successfully installed Acrobat Reader 4.0 you can open the electronic manual PDF file, which is located on your CD-ROM and called MANUAL. Use the scroll bar to browse through the pages (for full instructions on Acrobat Reader use the on-line guide from the Help menu). You are free to distribute Acrobat Reader but you must follow to Adobe's License Agreement and proprietary notices that are contained in the Reader installer program. For further information see the README file within the ACROBAT folder on your CDROM. Adobe Acrobat ------------- To manually install Acrobat Reader you should do the following... 1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar, 2. Select 'Run', 3. Type:- D:\DATANOW\ACROBAT\SETUP.EXE (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:) 4. Click 'OK'. Manual ------ To view the manual you should do the following... 1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar, 2. Select 'Run', 3. Type:- D:\MANUAL.PDF (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:) 4. Click 'OK'. Or simply open the manual by double-clicking the 'Manual' file in your Windows Explorer. ************************************************************* 3. INSTALLING TOMBRAIDER II Windows The following is the complete step by step loading instructions for TOMBRAIDER II. 1. Insert the 'TOMBRAIDER II' CD in your CD-Rom drive. 2. The autorun should automatically launch the Sold Out EULA agreement. You must accept this agreement before continuing with the game installation. If the Autorun does not display then follow these instructions: Click 'START' on your Windows taskbar, Select 'RUN' and then type: D:\SETUPNOW.EXE (Where D: represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive) Click OK. 3. Read through the Sold Out EULA License Agreement and if you accept click 'ZGADZAM SIE' 4. At the welcome screen click 'Next'. 5. Read through the licence agreement and click 'Yes' if you agree. 6. Now, you must select the location you wish the game to be installed. Click 'Browse' to change the location or click 'Ok' to accept the default location (Recommended). 7. At the select program folder screen click 'Next'. 8. Once the data has being transferred to your hard drive click 'Finish'. 9. If you have installed DirectX you will need to restart your computer before playing the game. NOTE: Before running the game please run the game setup to configure your hardware settings. ************************************************************* 4. LOADING TOMBRAIDER II Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar, select - 'Programs', select - 'Core Design', select - 'Tomb Raider 2' select - 'Tomb Raider II' NOTE: Before running the game please run the game setup to configure your hardware settings. You will be ready to play the game. ************************************************************* 5. LAST MINUTE INFORMATION & FAQ's MISC ----- I have a 32x CD-Rom drive and am having trouble reading my Tomb Raider 2 Gold CD There currently is a problem with Tomb Raider 2 Gold running with 32x CD-ROM drives. We are not aware of any fix for this issue. Core Design is working on a solution but as of yet we have nothing to offer you. There is one possible fix however that we just became aware of. If you are running your CD-ROM as an SCSI CD, contact your hardware manufacturer and get your CD-ROM to run through IDE mode. Contact us please if this does or does not solve your problem. If you happen to have previous CD-ROM drive that is slower it is recommended that you reinstall this and you should be able to the play Tomb Raider 2 Gold with no problems then. We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing you. I get an extremely slow frame rate with I play the game, like 1 frame per sec. Try downloading the TRII Patch. It is intended to resolve the CD problem some users are having when the CD is being accessed continuously, which reduces the frame rate dramatically. This patch addresses no other issues and therefore we recommend that you install this new executable only when experiencing this problem. To get the patch and learn more please See patches above. When I play the game, my computer is constantly accessing the CD-Rom drive. Try downloading the TRII Patch. It is intended to resolve the CD problem some users are having when the CD is being accessed continuously, which reduces the frame rate dramatically. This patch addresses no other issues and therefore we recommend that you install this new executable only when experiencing this problem. To get the patch and learn more please check patches above. I am having trouble with Tomb Raider reading my CD-Rom and I have a multiple CD, CD-Rom drive. If you have a computer system with more than 1 CD-ROM drive, or a CD changer - Tomb Raider II runs most efficiently when the TRII CD is in the first CD-ROM drive. The game will run in any of the CD drives, but you may not get redbook CD audio, and you may experience some slowdown. Depending on your hardware configuration, the game will sometimes try to stream data from the primary CD drive. In order to get the best performance, we recommend using the first occurring CD-ROM drive (or slot if a multi-changer) with Tomb Raider II. TRII couldn't find installation language, and shows an Error 105 message. TRII couldn't find installation language, and shows an Error 105 message. Your CD-ROM may be running a Real Mode DOS Driver. To check this, go to the Control Panel, look under Systems, then under Performance Status. If it shows something other than 32 Bit for File System, consult your hardware manufacturer to resolve this. I keep getting cannot find dinput.dll error when trying to run TRII. You need to (re)install the latest version of DirectX 5.0 onto your machine. You can find this the latest version of DirectX 5.0 on the TRII CD in the folder directx. Run the dxsetup.exe. You may be attempting to run TRII ona computer operating under Windows NT 4.0. TRII is showing a Fatal Exception Error message. Try reinstalling DirectX 5.0, and answer Yes to every prompt. If problems persist, consult your hardware manufacturer. You may need to update the drivers for your sound card and video card. I keep getting a Runtime C++ Error when trying to run TRII. You need to (re)install the latest version of DirectX 5.0 onto your machine. You can find the latest version of DirectX 5.0 on the TRII CD in the folder directx. Run the dxsetup.exe. Also double-check your system's date. If the year is incorrect, change it to the current year. I have a Rendition Verite 1000 and the game crashes out immediately after the copyright screen has been displayed. The Rendition Verite 1000 has difficulty the playing Full Motion Videos and this is why the game crashes out. If you experience this problem, you can turn off the FMV's in the game by selecting the Advanced tab in Setup, and checking the Disable FMV box. If you wish to view the FMV's in ...
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