Welcome to

EXTREME ASSAULT

(C) Blue Byte 1997

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In this file you will find important
information about Extreme Assault
that, due to time constraints, could
not be printed with the manual.

Please read this entire file
carefully. If you still have
questions or problems, then contact
our hotline. Information on the
hotline can be found in the manual
on page 2.

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1) Optimizing Slower PCs
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a. When Extreme Assault is played on
slower PCs, it is recommended that
you start the computer directly in
DOS or the DOS mode in Windows 95.
Generally, this will produce the
best processing performance possible.

b. To keep the load times during the
game as short as possible, we
recommend the use of SMARTDRIVE
under DOS. For information
concerning usage and/or installation,
please refer to your DOS manual.

c. If you switch the virtual cockpit
and/or the fog effects off, you will
notice that the game plays decidedly
faster.

2) PCs with Smaller Amounts of Main
Memory Available
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a. If you play Extreme Assault on a
computer with 16MB RAM under Windows
95, problems may occur with the
allocation of memory. If this does
occur, shut down all other programs
and start Extreme Assault by double
clicking on the START file in the
game directory.

b. If that doesn't help, you should
copy the INIT.LOW file to the
INIT.CFG file and then restart
Extreme Assault. You may have to
reconfigure the controls.

c. If problems occur with the
automatic allocation of memory (this
could mean that the program will
crash), you can switch the automatic
memory function off.  To do so you
need to start Extreme Assault through
the use of the "START
FORBIDAUTOALLOC". Problems with
automatic allocation will show up as
extremely long loading times or a
general instability of the program
itself. If you have such problems
give our hotline a call.

d. If the game does not start in
spite of these measures, start
Extreme Assault with the LOWMEM.BAT.
This batch file automatically
presets all applicable game
parameters to the minimum values.

3) Problems with Graphics Cards
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Remember:
Run the "Graphics Resolution" program
during the installation. This program
detects all the resolutions supported
by your graphics card and switches
off all unsupported resolutions.

a. If your graphics card is not able
to support 65000 colors (High color)
in 640 X 480 pixels, you need to
start Extreme Assault with
LOWCOL.BAT. This means, however,
that the only resolution available
in the "Resolution" menu is the
"256 color mode".

b. If the graphic presentation is
deficient, check to see if your
computer has an updated version of
the VESA-driver installed. For
problems and questions please see
your PC distributor.

4) Programmable Joysticks
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We have included pre-programed setup
files for many popular programmable
joysticks in the JOYSTICK directory.

To use them simply change to the
JOYSTICK directory and run the
JOYSTICK.BAT file.  Then download
the appropriate files to your
joystick. You may need to customize
the joystick keys for these files
to work properly.

In the Controls Setup menu choose
between either the 4-button or
Thurustmaster joysticks.


5) M-Path
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We Added M-Player internet play to
the network play options.  Simply
select M-Player in the Network menu.

You must setup a M-Player account
before you can play on this service.
Please see http://www.mplayer.com
for more information.


Have fun playing Extreme Assault.

Your Blue Byte Team

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