This is a text file: CFGHELP.TXT.  You may print it out if you like.

Running the game in MSDOS mode
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  The game probably not work in a regular DOS PROMPT box that runs at the
same time as Windows 95.  This is because this game requires access to your
Sound Blaster card at the hardware level.  In addition to the sound problem,
it is sometimes very hard to get enough CONVENTIONAL memory free in a DOS
BOX under Windows 95.

  To get into MSDOS mode, you can click on 'START' on your taskbar, then
click on 'SHUTDOWN', and then 'Restart the computer in MSDOS MODE?'.  The
computer will then shut down Windows 95, and leave you in DOS.


Requirements to run the game
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  REMEMBER YOU CAN MAKE A BOOT DISK WITH OUR BOOTDISK PROGRAM AND AVOID
  THIS CONFIGURATION PROCESS.

  There are several requirements on your configuration.  You need:

1.) 2.1 Megabytes or more of EMS or XMS memory available (EMS is preferable).
2.) If XMS, 585k of conventional memory (Largest Executable Program)
3.) If EMS, 540k of conventional memory (Largest Executable Program)
4.) SET BLASTER= line in your environment.
5.) Possible sound card driver line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT

How to check if the requirements are satisfied
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  You can check how much memory you have free with the DOS command 'MEM'.
Just type 'MEM' at the DOS prompt to get a report.  The amount of free
XMS memory is reported in the last line of the table.  This must be more
than 2048k free to run the game.

  If you have EMS, then there will be a couple lines below the table telling
you how much you have free.  EMS is preferable, because you don't need as
much conventional memory when you have EMS.

  The conventional memory you have available is listed by the mem program as
'Largest Executable program size'.


How to get your configuration to meet the requirements
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  Any computer that can run Windows 95 will have more than enough memory
to run the game.  However, what matters most is how the first 640k of your
memory is configured.

  Meeting these requirements is a matter of editing two text files called
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS.  These files are examined by the computer when
the computer first starts up.   They load various device drivers, set the
PATH and BLASTER environment variables.  

  The AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files are located in the root directory
of your C: drive.  You can edit these with a text editor, but you must be
careful, because if you mess up these files, you won't be able to reboot
your computer.

  It is much safer to make a new DOS PROMPT shortcut on your desktop, 
because then you can use the ADVANCED settings button to work on your
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files without danger.  We suggest using this
technique.  

  To make a short cut and configure it properly, do the following:


step 1:
  Open the 'My Computer' window on the Windows 95 desktop.

step 2:
  Double click on the C: drive icon.

step 3:
  Find the WINDOWS folder and double click on it.

step 4:
  Find the program COMMAND.COM.  It might be easier to find if you change
the view from icon view to 'list' using the VIEW pulldown menu.  Click on
COMMAND.COM only once to select it.  DO NOT RUN it by double-clicking.

step 5:
  Goto to the FILE pulldown menu, and select the menu item called 'Create
Shortcut'.  

step 6:
  Drag the new shortcut that you just created out of the Windows folder onto
the Windows desktop for easy access.

step 7:
  Close the Windows folder for a better view of the desktop, and then RIGHT
click on the newly created shortcut.  By clicking with the right mouse button,
you will get a little pop up menu.  Select the item 'Properties'.

step 8:
  Along the top of the Properties window for the new short cut, select the
tab called 'Program'.

step 9:
  Click on the big button in the lower right side of the Properties box that
is labeled 'Advanced..'.

step 10:
  Click on the checkbox that is labeled 'MSDOS mode'.

step 11:
  Click on the button in the lower right called 'Configuration'.

step 12:
  If a warning box comes up, just click on the 'Yes' button.

step 13:
  On the configuration window, turn on the Expanded Memory checkbox.

step 14:
  On the configuration window, turn on the mouse checkbox.

step 15:
  Make sure the other check boxes on the configuration window are turned off.
  
step 16:
  Click on the OK button of the configuration window.

step 17:
  Now the advanced properties window should be active again.  There are two
white text editing areas on this window.  The top is for the local CONFIG.SYS
that this shortcut will use.  Find the line in this top edit box that has
the word Emm386.exe on it.  Add the word NOEMS to this line.  Make sure you
put at lease one space before the NOEMS word.  After completetion, the
line should look like the following:

DeviceHigh=c:\Windows\Emm386.Exe NOEMS

step 18:
  Click on the OK button to close the Advanced Properties window.

step 19:
  Click on the OK button to close the main Properties window.  Now the main
Windows 95 desktop should have the focus.

step 20:
  You may rename the shortcut to the name 'GCS' if you like.

step 21:
  Double Click on the shortcut.  This will restart your computer in MSDOS
mode.

step 22:
  When your computer reboots into DOS, type the command MEM to check on 
available DOS memory.  Look at the number given for 'Largest Executable
Program Size'.  It is recommended that 580,000 or bigger to run the GCS.
If have at least 550,000 bytes, you can run the GCS, but you will have 
less memory for your textures.


Back to getting your requirements to be satisfied
-------------------------------------------------

  If you still don't have enough memory to run the game, try going back
into Windows 95, and taking the NOEMS out of the EMM386 line of the
CONFIG.SYS file as accessed through the advanced properties of your new
MSDOS prompt shortcut.

  If you have any devices drivers loaded in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT
files, you might want to make sure that they are loaded with DEVICEHIGH=
in your CONFIG.SYS, or with 'LOADHIGH c:\mouse\mouse.com' type statements.




