ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º º º Network Q RAC Rally º º º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ In case this file does not help Technical support is available on our customer hotline (0625) 859333. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Additional informationº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ For your convenience a gear indicator has been added within the Rev Counter, this is only shown if the head up display option is on. þ Gear change light. This is used to indicate when you should change gear, it has four modes: Green Change down, RPM very low. Dull Normal state. Red Change up, Approaching the red line. Flash RED Over-revving! þ Only ANALOGUE joysticks are supported by Rally. þ When it is raining or snowing you may use F12 to toggle to weather effect on the windscreen. þ It is possible to change the release time of the opponent cars by typing RAL 25 Where 25 is the number of seconds between cars being released, this is in the range of 5 to 120 seconds, The number is not actually necessary and if omitted, Rally will use it's default of 30 seconds. þ It is not actually possible to go directly to a stage, however if you save the game regularly this will not be a problem! þ To disable the menu and intro. music type either: RAL M or RALLY M on the command line, this will not affect sound whilst driving! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Joystick optionsº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ These options are used on the command line þ JP Use Gamepad type control þ JD Doubles read range of joystick, this may solve unable to calibrate errors if your joystick calibration range is too small. þ JS Slow reading of joystick, uses an old slow technique to read the joystick, this may help calibration problems. þ JX?? þ JY?? These options are for "multi" joystick controls, for example flight simulator controls. JX controls the steering reading. JY controls the throttle/brake reading. For example use JXAX if you want to use the X range of "Joystick" A on your controls to operate the steering of the car. A command line may look like this: RAL JXAY JYBX Consult your control information for further details of joystick assignment. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Sound Supportº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ Sound will not be available without Expanded memory (EMS). See below for further details. þ As documented in the manual, Rally supports ADLIB, SOUND-BLASTER and the SOUND SOURCE. þ All of the sound types play 4 channels of sound, however this requires a considerable overhead for your PC's processor. It is therefore possible to select which channels you prefer, to ensure that Rally always performs as smoothly as possible with your system. The controls are documented below. CTRL + F1 Toggle Channel 1 Engine CTRL + F2 Toggle Channel 2 Turbo CTRL + F3 Toggle Channel 3 Speech+Sound effects CTRL + F4 Toggle Channel 4 More Sound effects This configuration will be saved when you quit Rally. The music on the main menu is not affected by your choice of channels. þ Sound Blaster PRO users. Both the music and in game sounds are in stereo, so for best results do not use mono headphones or speakers as only two of the channels will be heard. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Memory considerationsº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ Rally requires at least 580Kb free memory at the DOS prompt. If you have DOS 5.00 or above you can check your available memory using the DOS command "mem", see your operating system documentation for further details of this command. þ If available, Rally will take advantage of UMB's. þ Sound will not be available without Expanded memory (EMS). þ The ability to roll your car is not available without EMS. þ Here are some sample configurations for Rally to use. These will give you UMB's and EMS. EMM386 Memory manager in CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM DOS=HIGH,UMB QEMM386 Memory manager in CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM DOS=HIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\QEMM\LOADHI /LINK ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Game performanceº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ Considerable degradation of game performance will be apparent if Rally is run with your PC's TURBO switched off (i.e. low speed). This degradation will be even more pronounced if you are running the game with one of the sound options on. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Default game configurationº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ Many of the game options are stored in a configuration file, you may, however wish to revert to the default configuration. This is possible by simple deleting the RALLY.CFG file. þ Default configuration is: All game options ON Textured road ON Textured ground ON Beeper sound ON ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ· ³Potential pitfallsº ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ þ Disk cacheing programs. Whilst it is allright to use Rally with READ disk caches (Those that cache all disk reads), it is inadvisable to use WRITE BEHIND disk caching as the disk cache may not get an opportunity to write out it's data until Rally is finished. This only really affects the disk operations. SMARTDRV.EXE users. To find out what sort of disk cacheing you have type: SMARTDRV /S This will give information about the current status of smartdrv. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Disk Caching Status ³ ³ drive read cache write cache buffering ³ ³ -------------------------------------------- ³ ³ A: yes no no ³ ³ B: yes no no ³ ³ C: yes yes no ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ If your status looks a bit like the one above, then type: SMARTDRV C This will disable the write behind cacheing but enable the read cacheing. Your status would then look like this: ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Disk Caching Status ³ ³ drive read cache write cache buffering ³ ³ -------------------------------------------- ³ ³ A: yes no no ³ ³ B: yes no no ³ ³ C: yes no no ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ For further information consult your operating system documentation. þ If you experience anything odd try deleting RALLY.CFG to restore the default configuration. þ If the introduction animation does not play correctly this may be due to a either selecting SOUND SOURCE or ADLIB without the relevant hardware. þ If the mouse pointer does not move in the menus, this is due to either SOUND SOURCE or ADLIB having been selected without the relevant hardware. Keyboard operation will still work so it is possible to deselect these. þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ End of File