Microsoft KB Archive/136676

Basketball 95-96: README.TXT Contents - Part 1

PSS ID Number: Q136676 Article last modified on 12-21-1998

1995-1996

WINDOWS

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The following article contains a copy of the Complete Basketball Readme.txt file.

NOTE: This Readme document refers to the Microsoft Download Service (MSDL). As of 12/31/1998, the MSDL service is no longer available. To download support files, visit one of the following Microsoft Internet sites:

http://support.microsoft.com/support

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles

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Readme Info
This document contains additional information about using Complete NBA Basketball with Microsoft Windows 3.1. For more information about Microsoft Windows 95, see your Windows 95 documentation.

To read this document, use the Page Down and Page Up keys. To print this document, choose Print from the File menu.

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====================== Complete NBA Basketball Performance ===================================

Complete NBA Basketball uses your computer’s system memory to display information quickly. If Complete NBA Basketball runs slowly, or if you encounter out-of-memory errors, Complete NBA Basketball probably doesn’t have access to enough memory.

To improve your computer’s performance, close any applications that you aren’t using. If that doesn’t help, set up a permanent Windows swap file. Windows works best when hard disk space has been allocated for swapping a file into or out of your computer’s memory. Windows usually creates a temporary swap file by default, but if your disk is full or fragmented, this temporary file can become unavailable.

To Set Up a Permanent Windows Swap File on Your Hard Disk

 * 1) Open the Windows Control Panel (usually in the “Main” program group of Program Manager), and double-click the “386 Enhanced” icon.
 * 2) Click the “Virtual Memory” button. This enables you to see whether your current swap file is temporary or permanent, to check the size of the current swap file, and to make changes.
 * 3) If you can, make the size of the permanent swap file at least 4096K.

For more information about swap files, see the Windows Control Panel Help, or refer to your Windows documentation.

If closing all applications and setting up a permanent swap file doesn’t improve Complete NBA Basketball’s performance:


 * Defragment or optimize your hard disk by running a defragmentation program.

For example, MS-DOS 6.0 includes a utility called Microsoft Defrag. Some other popular utilities are PC Tools, Norton Utilities, and Mace Utilities.


 * Add more RAM (memory) to your computer.

To determine how much memory is available, start MS-DOS, then type mem and press ENTER. Complete NBA Basketball requires at least 4 megabytes (sometimes listed as 4096 kilobytes, or KB) of RAM, and at least 4 megabytes in your hard disk’s Windows swap file. For more details about improving performance, consult your Windows documentation.

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== CD-ROM Problems ===============

Do not remove the Complete NBA Basketball compact disc from your CD- ROM drive while running Complete NBA Basketball. If you do, you will probably need to restart your computer and run Complete NBA Basketball again.

If the Complete NBA Basketball program cannot find the data files that it needs from the Complete NBA Basketball compact disc, you’ll see a message that asks you to select the drive containing the files. To find the source of the problem, do the following:


 * Make sure the Complete NBA Basketball compact disc is correctly inserted into the CD-ROM drive.
 * Make sure the Complete NBA Basketball program is looking for the compact disc on the correct drive.

Check to see if the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive has changed. You can use the Windows File Manager to determine which drive letter is assigned to the CD-ROM drive. The Select Drive command in the Disk menu will say “CD-ROM” next to the CD-ROM drive letter. In your Windows directory, open the MSSPORTS.INI file. The section called [MSBK95] should have an entry called “CD.” The path should be set to the drive on which your CD-ROM drive appears. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is drive D:, the entry would appear as follows:

[MSBK95] cd=D:

If you have an external CD-ROM drive, make sure that the drive is connected to your computer, plugged in, and turned on.

If you still see an error message after checking the preceding points, check the manuals that came with your CD-ROM drive for information about how a CD-ROM is to be set up, or contact the company that supplied the drive.

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==================================== Printing and Copying (Windows 3.1 and Windows 95) =================================================

Most Complete NBA Basketball screens enable you to print and copy images, text, and statistics. Depending on the type of printer you have, printing an image may take several minutes. Also, screen resolution and printer resolution often aren’t the same, so the resulting printout may not match the quality you see on the screen.

Because the images can be quite large, you may have difficulty copying or printing in low-memory conditions. In this case, close all other running applications and try again.

Pictures copied from Complete NBA Basketball and pasted into a word processing program may look different if the word processor isn’t set up to display 256 colors. The picture should still print correctly on a color printer; only the display in the word processing program is affected. You may get poor results when printing to Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printers, including the DeskJet 500, 500c, 520, 540, 550, 550c, and 560 printers. The problem can occur with Hewlett-Packard DeskJet drivers versions 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0. Either obtain the Hewlett- Packard DeskJet printer driver version 6.1d from Hewlett-Packard, or do not use the DeskJet Automatic printing mode. To change the DeskJet printing mode, see the documentation that came with your printer.

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================== Complete NBA Basketball Display ===============================

DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS
Complete NBA Basketball requires a 256-color display to run. If your computer’s display is less than 256 colors, you need to install a 256- color driver, or obtain one from your video card’s manufacturer. Complete NBA Basketball also requires a 640 X 480 or higher display. If your monitor displays at less than a 640 X 480 resolution, and Complete Basketball doesn’t run, check to make sure that you have a 640 x 480 or higher display driver installed.

To Check Which Video Driver is Currently Installed on Your Computer

 * 1) Run the Windows Setup application (this is usually found in your Main Program group).
 * 2) Locate the Display driver item in the application window.

For information about installing a different display driver, choose Contents from the Help menu in the Windows Setup application, or consult your Windows documentation.

VIDEO DISPLAY PROBLEMS
In some situations, Complete NBA Basketball may encounter video display problems when using high resolution video drivers from various video card manufacturers. These problems include:


 * Images and illustrations appearing grainy or having “glitches.”
 * Videos displaying garbled images or crashing Complete NBA Basketball.

If you experience display problems, try setting your display resolution to 640x480. See your Windows documentation or the documentation that came with your video driver for information about changing the display resolution.

If Windows will not start after installing Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball, try reinstalling your original video driver, or use the SVGA driver that ships on the Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball CD in the directory.

Most problems can be fixed by obtaining new drivers from your video card manufacturer. Contact the manufacturer of your video card to determine if there are newer versions available. Their phone number should be in the manuals that came with your video card or personal computer. Another option for obtaining updated drivers is the Microsoft Download service, an electronic bulletin board that can be accessed via a modem at (206) 936-MSDL (6735).

If you experience errors or lockups when playing videos try turning off direct video access in the WIN.INI file.

To Turn Off Direct Video Access
  In the Program Manager, select Run from the File menu.   In the Command line, type win.ini and then click OK.   In the [DRAWDIB] section, type DVA=0 directly under [DRAWDIB]. Be sure to use the number zero and not the letter “O”. NOTE: If the [DRAWDIB] section doesn’t exist, add the following to your WIN.INI file: [DRAWDIB] DVA=0 

FONT DISPLAY PROBLEMS
Complete NBA Basketball uses two TrueType fonts for its display. If you receive a message stating that one of the fonts is unavailable, make sure that TrueType fonts are enabled on your computer.


 * 1) From the Windows Control Panel, select Fonts and then click the TrueType button.
 * 2) In the TrueType dialog, make sure the Enable TrueType Fonts check box is selected (an X appears in the check box when it’s selected).
 * 3) If the Enable TrueType Fonts check box is selected, in the Fonts dialog, click Help for more information about adding fonts.

The fonts you need are installed with Windows and can be found in the Windows system directory. Make sure to add all the Arial and Times New Roman fonts to your computer.

LARGE FONT DRIVERS
If you are using a Large Font driver, some statistical columns in the Team Rosters section may appear clipped. Switching to the Small Font version of the driver will fix this problem. For more information about installing or changing video drivers, consult your Windows documentation.

ATI/MACH32 DRIVERS
For Complete NBA Basketball to run on the ATI driver, the 256 color palette control in the Advanced Features of the ATI Control Panel needs to be set to ON. For more information, see your video card documentation. If you are using a mach32 video card and driver, image quality will be lost if Crystal fonts are enabled. Make sure that Crystal fonts are disabled.

To Disable Crystal Fonts

 * 1) Open the mach32 Utilities program group.
 * 2) Open the Mach FlexDesk Control Panel.
 * 3) Click the Crystal button to get to FlexDesk Crystal Tune.
 * 4) Choose “off” under the “Crystal” options, then click OK to save this setting.

Image quality may also be lost if you are using a Super VGA video driver with a mach32 video card. Run Windows Setup (as described earlier) to check your video driver and switch to the mach32 driver for better image quality.

It’s best to run Complete NBA Basketball with 256-color resolution. It may not automatically detect color resolution on some ATI Mach cards. If Complete NBA Basketball doesn’t detect that your computer is running with 16-color resolution, it will result in poor screen resolution. To correct this problem, specify a 256-color video driver.

If you continue to have problems, try contacting ATI Technologies to see if they have a newer version of the driver you’re using.

For more information about ATI video cards, contact ATI Technical Support at (416) 756-0711. The ATI cards and driver products referenced here are manufactured by ATI Technologies, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; which makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

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