Below is a list of potential problems with SCCD and possible solutions for the problems. In all cases, make a boot disk first and foremost before troubleshooting further. The most common problems should be memory related. Refer to your Strike Commander CD install guide for information on making a boot disk. --MEMORY PROBLEMS-- 0203xFFFF ........ Out of Far Memory. This should be rare, however, a boot disk should solve this. If it doesn't, then check for TSR's which may be using upper memory through the "Devicehigh" or "Loadhigh" commands. This includes the "/e" on the MSCDEX line. 0303xFFFF ........ Out of EMS Memory. This one should be more common on machines with 4 megs of RAM and some TSR's loading high. Be sure to have at least 2700K EMS with some breathing room to spare. You may want to maximize the upper memory usage by booting with only an XMS or extended memory manager like HIMEM.SYS from DOS. See the install guide, page 6, for a suggested boot configuration using XMS memory. 1303xFFFF ........ Out of Memory, Memory too Fragmented. This should be rare, but possible on 4 meg machines, and nonexistant on 8+ meg machines. Basically what is happening is that as data is de-allocating memory, the blocks being left open are not sufficient to contain a chunk of data without fragmenting it over several blocks. Since the data must remain contiguous, and have somewhere to go, this error is generated when either of these conditions cannot be met. A boot disk with NO non-essential TSR's should head off this error code. --MISC. PROBLEMS-- C016xFFFF ........ This error occurs when a shape was not in the file cache when the program called on it. Could be a TSR or fragmented memory causing it. Usually restricted to 4 meg machines. 1209xFFFF ........ This error is basically a dos read error. It means the CD Rom drive could not be accessed, the CD is no longer in the drive, or you selected "no" after getting a "disk error, try again? (y/n)" message while playing the CD. Could be a bad CD, IO/IRQ conflict, or corrupted CD-ROM drivers. Try re-installing if you copied the games executables to the hard drive when you originally installed the game. -There is no keyboard or joystick support for the "screen saver game." It will only work with a mouse driver (Microsoft or 100% compatible). -Thrustmaster Mark II WCS with Thrustmaster FCS and RCS (rudder pedals) The best way to describe the "proper" setup is as follows: 1. Plug joystick into WCS. 2. Plug keyboard into WCS. There are two leads coming from the WCS, one circular one for the keyboard, and one flat one for the joystick.) 3. Plug the circular plug coming from the WCS into the keyboard port in the back of your computer. 4. Plug the flat plug coming from the WCS into the joystick port ("preferably a dual port game card"- Thrustmaster's documentation) in the back of your computer. 5. If you are using rudders pedals, plug the flat plug from the WCS into the rudder pedals, then plug the rudder pedals into a joystick port on the back of the computer (or a dual port game card as the documentation recomends). See attached drawing. -If you need more information on boot disks, consult the installation guide, page 5, for information on setting up a boot disk with the optimal configuration for Strike Commander CD ROM Edition. -- Thank you for buying ORIGIN products --