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After you click the Play button, you will be brought to the Hardware Set-up screen. If
you have more than one video card in your system (e.g. a 3D accelerator) you must
select which card you wish to use. In most cases, the default settings are correct for your
system. See the "Hardware Set-up" section of this manual for a closer description of the
various options.
Before playing the game, you must also choose a Player Name to identify your savegames. The default name is the current user's Windows® login name. If no login name
is available, the default player name is set to "April Ryan". If more than one person is
going to play the game, change this to your own name, or a nickname of your choice.
Click OK to continue, or Cancel to return to the Launcher.
You are now ready to embark on The Longest Journey.
Hardware Set-up
Before running the game, you must select your preferred video card driver, colour depth,
and software or hardware rendering-mode. The Hardware Set-up window will appear
automatically when you click the Play button in the Launcher. If you change your video
card at any point, or wish to select an alternative video card driver (i.e. if you have more
than one video card in your system, like a 3Dfx Voodoo or Voodoo 2), you may have to
change these settings.
The Hardware Set-up screen contains the following options:
- Video Driver. Select your desired video card driver from the pull-down menu, and
choose whether to enable or disable hardware rendering. If your video-card doesn't
support hardware rendering, this selection will be greyed out. In most cases, if hardware
rendering is available, you should choose to enable this option. However, if you
encounter any problems running the game, you may want to try selecting software
rendering instead. Please see the trouble-shooting section of the Read Me file for more
information.
- Colour Depth. The default option is 16-bit colour depth (65,000 colours).
However, if you have a Pentium® II or equivalent, and a fast video card with 16MB
RAM or more that supports 32-bit rendering, you may choose to run the game in 32-bit
colour depth (16 million colours). This will dramatically improve the quality of the ingame graphics. However, performance may be affected, and if the game seems to be
running slowly, try changing this back to 16-bit colour depth.
- High Quality April Model. This box is checked by default. If you have a slow
computer or video card, or the game seems to be running slowly, try deselecting this
option. The April character will look less detailed, but the game may run faster.
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If the game has been successfully installed, you will see a Set-up Complete screen.
The Installer will now try to detect the existence of DirectX
TM
7 (or later) on your
system. If DirectX
TM
7 has not been installed it will be installed automatically. If you
need to update your DirectXTMinstallation at any point, you may do so from the
Launcher.
The Installer will then close down, and you will be returned to the Launcher. If you're
connected to the Internet, please take a few minutes to register your product by clicking
the Register button on the Launcher. By registering, we will be able to inform you of
any updates or special offers that are available.
You are now ready to play The Longest Journey!
Running the Game
If you've just installed the game, the Launcher should already be running, and you may
skip the following paragraph.
To run the game, insert The Longest Journey "Disc 1" into your CD-ROM drive.
The game's Launcher will appear automatically if Auto insert notification is enabled. If
Auto insert notification is disabled, you will have to locate the application icon in the
Start Menu, on your desktop, or in the game directory on your hard drive. Double-click
the icon to start the Launcher.
The Launcher now has the following options:
- Play. Start the game.
- Re-install. Updates your installation of The Longest Journey. This may be
necessary if the game files for some reason have become corrupted. Re-installing the
game will not delete your saved games.
- Uninstall. This option removes the game from your computer. You will be asked
whether or not you want to keep your saved games. If you are planning to continue
playing The Longest Journey at some point, keep this check box checked.
- Install DirectX
TM
7. Microsoft® DirectXTM7 must be installed on your system in
order to run the game.
- Register. If you're connected to the Internet, you will be able to submit your
registration electronically.
- View Read Me File. We strongly suggest that you open the Read Me file to view
the most up-to-date information. This document includes a Troubleshooting section for
detailed installation and troubleshooting tips.
- Quit. Quits the Launcher, and returns you to your desktop.