Microsoft KB Archive/136677

Basketball 95-96: README.TXT Contents - Part 2 of 2

PSS ID Number: Q136677 Article last modified on 04-18-1996

1995-96

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

The following article contains part 2 of the Complete Basketball readme text (readme.txt). This article is part 2 of 2.

= MORE INFORMATION =

CIRRUS LOGIC DRIVERS
The 64K-color Cirrus Logic video driver, version 1.32, that shipped with the Compaq ProLinea and Presario (and presumably other systems having these drivers) is incompatible with the WfW 1.1 drivers shipped with Complete NBA Basketball, 1994. As a result, during Complete NBA Basketball Setup, your system may crash when profiling your video display. This problem doesn’t occur with the latest versions of the 64K-color Cirrus Logic video driver, versions 1.41 and 1.43.

To upgrade your Cirrus Logic video drivers, contact Cirrus Logic product support at:

Cirrus Logic 3100 W. Warren Ave. Freemont, CA 94538 (510) 623-8300

The Cirrus Logic driver products referenced here are manufactured by Cirrus Logic, a vendor independent of Microsoft; which makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

TOSHIBA DRIVERS
If you are using the Toshiba T44V480C.DRV video driver, Complete Basketball video may appear pink. You can fix this problem by changing the WIN.INI file.

To fix this problem:

  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, change 1,0,0,0 to 5,0,0,0. Be sure to use the number zero and not the letter “O”. The [DRAWDIB] section should look something like the following example: [DRAWDIB] t44v480c.drv 640x480x8(5)=5,0,0,0   From the File menu, choose Save to save your WIN.INI file. Then try playing video in Complete NBA Basketball again. 

65,000 COLOR DRIVERS
If your machine has a 16-bit video card, and you are using a 65,000- color driver, some images in Complete NBA Basketball may not display. To fix this problem, switch to a 256-color driver. For more information about installing video drivers, consult your Windows manual.

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= Audio Problems ==============

Although you can install and run Complete NBA Basketball without a sound card, to hear the sounds that come with the product, a sound card is required. If you’re sure you have a sound card, read through the following troubleshooting information, or consult the documentation that came with your sound card for more information.

GENERAL SOUND ISSUES
Audio problems can have many causes. Other applications that play sounds may interrupt sounds in Complete NBA Basketball because your computer cannot play two sounds simultaneously. This is usually a temporary clash that resolves itself. However, a few applications that play sounds, such as some screen savers, may remove audio capability from all other Windows applications. If you suspect you have such an application, turn it off or do not run it while running Complete NBA Basketball.

SOUND PLAYS, BUT NOT WELL
Sound distortion is often caused by sending a higher volume or amplitude of sound than the speakers are able to handle. Also, if the volume control on your audio card is set too high it may cause distortion from the amplifier on the audio card. Sometimes low-quality speakers distort sound at a lower volume than better speakers.

It’s also possible that the software settings on your sound board are causing distortion. For example, if the sound card volume or “WAVE file input” is set to near its maximum, it will produce amplification distortion, just as it would on a stereo system. For information about changing your sound board settings, check the documentation that came with your sound board. This is normally done with either a volume dial on the back of your audio card (in the rear of your computer where the speakers plug in) or with a program that is often called a “mixer,” which is usually installed in the Windows Control Panel of the Main program group. Some audio cards use both types of controls, and they both must be adjusted.

SOUND PLAYS, BUT SKIPS
If audio breaks up or skips periodically it usually means that your CD-ROM drive doesn’t have a fast enough data transfer rate. Complete Basketball requires that your CD be capable of transferring data at a rate of 150 KB per second while utilizing 40 percent or less of the CPU. You can continue to use your CD-ROM drive to run Complete NBA Basketball, but you will continue to experience this choppiness in audio and animation clips.

SOUND DOESN’T PLAY AT ALL
If you don’t hear anything when you play sounds in Complete NBA Basketball, be sure that:


 * A sound card is installed.
 * A speaker is connected to the jack on your sound card (not to the CD-ROM drive).
 * The volume is set to an audible level.
 * You have Sounds turned on in the Complete NBA Basketball Sounds dialog box. This can be accessed from the Options menu.

You can test sounds with the Sound option in the Windows Control Panel. If you hear no sound during the tests, open the Drivers option to check the installed sound driver files. These drivers must be compatible with your sound board. Be sure that a driver for WAVE audio and the entry “[MCI] Sound” appears in the Drivers dialog box. If “[MCI] Sound” is missing, click the Add button in the Drivers dialog box. Then, select“[MCI] Sound” in the list of drivers and click OK. The Drivers application will ask you to insert one of your Windows installation disks that contains the driver, so be sure to have these disks on hand.

If necessary, try setting up your sound board again. If you still can’t hear sounds, contact the sound board manufacturer to verify that you are using the correct drivers and that no hardware conflicts exist.

Please note that Complete NBA Basketball requires a sound board to be installed and isn’t intended to run with drivers which use the PC internal speaker, such as the unsupported “PC Speaker” driver. In most cases, such a driver won’t play any sounds, and if the driver setup option “Enable Interrupts” isn’t checked, the system may crash. Check the “Drivers” configuration in your Windows control panel. If you have both a sound board and the PC Speaker driver installed, it’s best to un-install the PC Speaker driver.

MEDIA VISION PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM CARDS
Audio clips may sound “scratchy” (that is, distorted) when played from the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum card. To correct this problem, change the Media Vision driver DMA setting to 7.

To change the driver setting:


 * 1) In the Windows Control Panel, choose the Drivers icon.
 * 2) Select the Media Vision Wave/MIDI/Aux driver, and then choose Setup.
 * 3) Under the DMA setting, set the selection to 7.
 * 4) Choose OK, and then choose Restart Now.

Audio clips should now play correctly.

The Pro Audio Spectrum sound card and driver products referenced here are manufactured by Media Vision, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; which makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability. For more information, call Media Vision, Inc. Technical Support at (800) 638-2807 or(510) 770- 9905. On CompuServe, Media Vision can be reached by typing GO MEDIAVISION at any prompt.

CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER 16 AND 16 ASP SOUND CARDS
Compressed audio clips may fail to play if you are using a Sound Blaster 16 or Sound Blaster 16 ASP sound card. This problem occurs because some computers are unable to use the 16-bit DMA (direct memory access) channel on the Sound Blaster cards.

To correct this problem, switch the HDMA channel to use DMA or 8-bit DMA. You must change this setting in the following two places:


 * The Drivers dialog box in the Windows Control Panel.
 * The SBCONFIG.EXE configuration program included with the Sound Blaster cards.

To change the settings:


 * 1) In the Windows Control Panel, choose the Drivers icon.
 * 2) Select the Sound Blaster 16 Wave/Midi driver, and then choose Setup.
 * 3) Under the HDMA setting, set the selection to DMA.
 * 4) Choose OK, and then choose Do Not Restart Now.
 * 5) Exit Windows.
 * 6) At the MS-DOS prompt, switch to the SB16 directory and run SBCONFIG.EXE.
 * 7) Follow the instructions on the screen. The program helps you select and test the following variables:

VARIABLE SELECT
Base I/O port Autoscan MidiPort address Autoscan DMA interrupt Current 8-bit DMA Current 16-bit DMA Use 8-bit DMA

After you finish making these selections, the SBCONFIG program will restart your computer.

 If necessary, restart Windows.

All compressed audio should now play correctly.

For more information regarding Sound Blaster cards and about this problem, contact Creative Labs technical support at (405) 742-6622. Sound Blaster is manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd., a vendor independent of Microsoft; which makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product’s performance or reliability.

SOUND BLASTER PRO
On rare occasions the Sound Blaster audio driver WSSSBPRO.DRV may have problems playing very short sound files, causing Complete Basketball to crash. If you encounter this problem, turn off button sounds in Complete NBA Basketball:


 * 1) Click the Options button.
 * 2) In the Options dialog box, click the Sound/Animation button.
 * 3) In the resulting dialog box, click the Button Sounds radio button to turn off button sounds.

For more information about Sound Blaster, contact Creative Labs technical support at (405) 742-6622.

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