Microsoft KB Archive/231681

Links 99: Contents of the Links LS 1999 Edition Readme.txt File

PSS ID Number: Q231681 Article last modified on 05-17-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Links LS 1999 Edition, version 1.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

This article contains the complete text of the Readme.txt file located on the Links LS 1999 Edition Disc 1 CD-ROM.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Links LS 1999 Readme.txt 9/17/98

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For more information about MOP (Modes of Play) Issues, see the MOPREADME.TXT file.


 * 1) TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR LINKS LS

If you are having PROBLEMS WITH LINKS LS, please use the Manual, the On-Line Help, or refer to the Access ‘TECHBOOK’ (See instructions below) before calling our technical support department. We have tried to cover a broad range of potential questions and problems. Try the HINTS and TIPS section, the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section, and the TROUBLE SHOOTING and TECHNICAL SUPPORT section.

Technical Support:

 793-8324 (Mon-Fri, 7:30am to 8:30pm Mountain Time)

Updates:

WWW.AccessSoftware.com WWW.LinksLS.com WWW.LinksTour98.com

Fax:

 596-9128

 AUTOMATIC CRASH RECOVERY

To make sure that any crash is fully recoverable, Links LS has a built-in Automatic (Emergency) Save feature. The last two games you were playing, whether terminated normally or not, are saved as LASTGAME and OLDLAST. You can resume either of these games by simply clicking on the RESUME button at the bottom of the Links LS main menu screen. If a crash occurs, simply restart Links LS as usual. When the game starts, it will recognize that an abnormal termination occurred and will ask you if you want to resume the previous game. If you say YES, it will automatically resume LASTGAME. If you say NO, you can still re-enter the game later by clicking the RESUME button and then selecting LASTGAME from the list of saved games. Of course, if you start a new game, it will take the place of LASTGAME and LASTGAME will take the place of OLDLAST. The previous version of OLDLAST will be erased.

If resuming your LASTGAME continues to crash, try restarting Windows.

<ol start="3" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> RUNNING OTHER APPLICATIONS WITH LINKS LS</li></ol>

Due to the requirements the Links LS imposes on your system, it is not recommended that you run any applications in the background while Links LS is running. This may cause the program to not run smoothly or even cause errors. Playing an audio CD in your CD-ROM drive can affect the accuracy of the swing gauge, possibly making it behave erraticly.

<ol start="4" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> MASTER VOLUME UNDER WINDOWS NT</li></ol>

The Direct Sound component of DirectX does not allow the setting of the master volume for the individual games. To adjust the overall sound in the game you must adjust it with the volume levels in the Multimedia applet in Control Panel.

<ol start="5" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> OFFLINE TOUR PLAYER FILES</li></ol>

The player names that are used when creating new tours come from a database stored in the game. These names can be modified by selecting Advanced Options under the Tour Maintenance menu, then Edit Name Database. Note, any tours that existed before editing the name database will NOT be modified – only tours that are created after the name database change will be affected.

When the new name database is saved, a file called TOURDB.DAT is written in the LS game directory. This file can be copied to another computer, or emailed to a friend, etc. When creating a new tour, the game will find the TOURDB.DAT file and load names from that file, rather than the default names.

<ol start="6" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> MAKING THE OFFLINE TOUR ‘CUT’</li></ol>

The offline tournament play can consist of 1-6 rounds of play. The game will automatically determine the cut round based on the total number of rounds. When the cut occurs, the total numbers of players on the tour is divided in half, the player’s score who is at that position on the leaderboard is used as the cut score. Any players who are tied with or have a better score than that player will make the cut. That means that the score that is used for the cut will vary from tournament to tournament.

<ol start="7" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> DIGITAL SCORECARD PRINTING ON CANON PRINTERS</li></ol>

Some problems have occurred when using some Canon Bubble Jet printer with LS98 and the digital scorecards. After testing a BJC-4200 with the Win95 drivers that came with the printer, we experienced the same problems; the monochrome printing was just fine, but color printing yeilded a smudged, unreadable page that bore resemblance to the correct image, but obviously wasn’t correct.

The problems with the printing of the digital scorecards in color was solved by downloading the most current Win95 Canon BJ drivers (version 3.70) from Canon’s website at www.ccsi.canon.com.

<ol start="8" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> NOTES FROM MICROSOFT DIRECTX 6 - DXREADME.TXT DATED 7/27/98</li></ol>


 * The latest drivers for US Robotics modems can cause problems hosting a session. This is a bug in the drivers.
 * Disconnecting the phone line while enumerating modem sessions can result in lock ups.

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