Technical Support Note
 

Product(s) involve	:	Sound Blaster 16
			:	Sound Blaster Pro

Third party product(s)	:	Rebel Assault


Subject

"Error: Cannot allocate buffer of size XXXXXX" when running Rebel Assault or 
upon exiting the game.

Description

User may encounter the above-mentioned error message when running Rebel 
Assault or upon exiting the game.  The reason is Rebel Assault requires at least 
4 Mb of free XMS to run correctly.  An indication of whether you have enough 
free memory to run the game is by checking the calibration screen of Rebel 
Assault, which appears after clicking "Play Rebel Assault" from the setup/launch 
menu.  The sound buffer size should be 700000 bytes or more.

Solution/Action

This error message can be eliminated by increasing XMS size by disabling any 
memory manager in the CONFIG.SYS file.

It is also recommended in the Rebel Assault manual that memory mangers 
should not be used to run with this game as it will slow down the game and 
cause sound/animation synchronisation problem.


23 December, 1993
Issue No: TSN931207
Technical Services Department, Creative Technology Ltd