
  Thank you for looking at Santa's Rescue 3D!

  Santa's Rescue 3D is three dimensional high quality family game
for the IBM-PC.  Santa has been kidnapped by the evil ice wizard.
Explore the North Pole forests, and Santa's castle, undoing the
wrongs done by the ice wizard.  Finally, rescue Santa, and save 
Christmas!

Requires 386-33 or faster, DOS or Windows 95, Sound Blaster optional.


Pie in the Sky Software
1596 Ayrault Rd
Fairport, NY 14450

  This game was created with the Pie 3D Game Creation System!
  You can create games like this with NO Programming!  Type

GCSINFO 

  At the DOS prompt for more information.

We can be reached via email at  pie@transit.nyser.net

  If all the files listed below are in a directory on a hard drive or
CDROM, and the install.exe program is run, then installation will proceed
without any need to put the files on floppy disk first.

  When the files are arranged on floppy disks as follows, users can install
the game by typing A:INSTALL at a DOS prompt.  They will then be prompted
for the second disk.
  

Contents of Disk 1:
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10521971.exe         ( self extracting .exe to be called by INSTALL.EXE )
file_id.diz
install.exe
license.doc
readme.txt        ( This file )
vendor.doc

Contents of Disk 2:
--------------------
10521972.exe        ( another self-extractor )


Windows 95?
-----------

  No problem, just follow the instructions that come up when you try to
run the game.  To get sound to work, you will probably have to run in
MS_DOS mode, or possibly use the BOOTDISK program to ask Windows 95 to
make a DOS boot disk for you.

SOUND TOO LOUD?
---------------
  Santa's Rescue 3D leaves your volume settings exactly as you last
set them.  If you need to change volume of sound effects, music or both,
please consult your sound card manual.  Most sound cards come with 
DOS utilities to adjust volume levels.  Windows utilities won't work,
however, because when you exit Windows, it will reset your volume settings
to the settings when you entered Windows.

  We have included the program VOLUME.EXE which you can use to set the
volumes of your sound card.  This program can be used by typing the 
values in, or also using command line options, in case you want to make
a batch file that sets your sound volume levels.
  The VOLUME program sets the standard SB Pro volume levels.  Many sound
cards have other volume controls that override the SB pro levels.  See
your sound card manual for more info on changing your sound levels.
  To use VOLUME, just type VOLUME.


Problems running the game?
--------------------------

GAME REPORTS BAD INSTALLATION/MISSING DATA DIRECTORY
----------------------------------------------------
  DID YOU USE THE INSTALL.EXE PROGRAM TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE?
  If not, then probably your directory structure was not preserved.

  When the files are installed correct, there should be a subdirectory
called 'DATA' on your hard drive.  If that is not present, then the
Santa's Rescue game will not work.  If you unzipped the game from
an SANTA3D.ZIP file, make sure that you use the '-d' flag with pkunzip,
or else this subdirectory will not be created.
  It is possible that somebody besides us rezipped these files and 
didn't realize that the DATA subdirectory had to stay intact.   If you
suspect this, then get our original game from our BBS (716)425-2962, or
our FTP site:  ftp.psky.com

BLUE MEMORY WARNING SCREEN COMES UP?
------------------------------------

  If the blue memory warning screen comes up immediately after typing
SANTA'S RESCUE 3D, then you probably need to change your computer's memory 
configuration or make a boot disk on floppy with the BOOTDISK.EXE program.  
  However, due to the huge variety of sound cards, you will have to copy 
the sound card driver lines from your C: drive CONFIG.SYS file to the 
CONFIG.SYS file on your boot floppy, however.
  The boot disk program will attempt to take care of the mouse driver too,
but this might not work, in this case you will have to find where your
mouse driver is loaded in your CONFIG.SYS file or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and
put this in the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your boot floppy.



GAME FAILS WITH CRITICAL ERROR  (blue screen with blinking numbers )
--------------------------------------------------------------------
  If you get Critical Error #165, then you either don't have any EMS
or XMS memory, or else your sound card is either not Sound Blaster
compatible, or your card IS compatible but the sound card driver is
not loaded.  Some sound cards need to have some driver loaded in your
config.sys in order to properly act like a Sound Blaster card.  If 
you are getting CE #165, it is worth trying to run with sound off.
Also, try the 'pnocomp' commands below...

  Also check to make sure you have FILES=25 or greater in your config.sys.

  If you have enough memory to get into the game without the memory 
message, but the game fails,  then try turning the sound off.  If it
fails after selecting 'Start Game', then try the following
command line:

pnocomp f pdata c                  ( for keyboard control )
pnocomp f pdata c m                ( for mouse control )


MEMORY
------
NOTE:  You can check your current memory status by typing 'MEM' at the DOS
prompt.  This will report the 'largest executable program size', which is
what you need to know.  It also reports EMS and XMS RAM available too. 

  This section applies mostly to DOS users.  Windows 95 users can fiddle
with their CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT if desired, but the BOOTDISK solution
is preferable.

  Memory is the biggest cause of problems.  After you get the memory message
and exit, type the command 'TYPE MEMFAIL' at the DOS prompt.  You will then
get a report explaining the short coming.   If you don't have any EMS 
or XMS memory, then you will need HIMEM.SYS or/and EMM386.SYS in your
config.sys file.  If you don't have enough DOS ram, please read on.

  If the game refuses to run because of memory limitations, you will have
to free up some more memory to run the 3D game portion of the game.

But I have 8 Megabytes!!!!!????

  If you have 4Meg RAM in your computer, you have more than enough to run
the GAME, but the way it is configured is the problem.
 
  The amount of memory in your computer is irrelevant because DOS can only
use the first 640k of RAM.  What matters for DOS programs is how the first
640k is configured.  Don't be angry with us for this problem, it isn't our
fault.  It is Microsoft who never upgraded DOS beyond the initial IBM PC's
640k capabilities!

BUT DON'T WORRY
---------------
  You can bypass the memory test to see the game.  If you truly don't have
enough conventional RAM free, you can still see the slide show and the info.
If you try to run Santa's Rescue 3D, however, you might run into a error
message, or it may lock up.  If you bypassed the memory test, you may want
to try the game with sound off, which uses 8k less memory.


HOW TO FREE UP MEMORY
---------------------

  The game presents you with the option of running our
BOOTDISK program to make a bootable floppy that will have enough memory
free to run the game.  

  Or, you can read the information below...

  If you aren't comfortable with editing your config.sys file, then perhaps
you have made boot disks for other games.  Try 'em out.  You'll need one that
boots with more than 580k free and an EMS memory driver.  Many DOS games have
required this in the past.

  If you do want to try editing your config.sys file, make sure you make a
back up copy of your original, and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BOOT DISK because if
you louse it up, your computer might not boot up.

  Please use these suggestions as general only.  To be sure of what you are
doing, consult your DOS manuals.

  What you'll want in general is to have the following in your config.sys
file, which is the root directory of your drive c:
( you of course need to change the following to use the correct name of the 
DOS directory that you have on your system. )

device=c:\dos\himem.sys
rem   If the following line has 'NOEMS' on it, TAKE THIS 'NOEMS' out!
device=c:\dos\emm386.sys
dos=high

  If you don't have any EMM386.SYS in your DOS directory then, just
leave out the 'emm386' line above.  The game will run using XMS memory 
only, but performance will be slightly lower.

  You may also need to have a sound card driver in there too, in order
to get sound to work.  You may want to use 'LOADHI' to load this sound
driver high.  Please refer to your DOS manual on how to load things high.

  Also, you may want temporarily REM out some of your TSR's in your
autoexec.bat file.  In particular, the CDROM drivers can take up alot of
conventional DOS ram.  It may be possible to 'LOADHI' those, so they
are still loaded, but in 'high' memory that doesn't use up any of the
precious lower 640k.

  Of course buying a commercial memory manager like QEMM or others will
also free up lots of memory, and have extensive manuals packed with info.

NOTE:  If doing things like the above suggest don't even come close to 
freeing up enough RAM.  If this is the case, then perhaps your hard drive
is 'STACKED'.  In this case, your RAM is being used up by this compression
software.  Please consult your manual.


Our example CONFIG.SYS for the bootable floppy:
This system has a Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound card by Media Vision


DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
STACKS=9,256
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=c:\proaudio\mvsound.sys d:3 q:7 s:1,220,1,5 m:0 j:0

   
Our example AUTOEXEC.BAT for the bootable floppy:


PROMPT GCSBOOT $p$g
PATH C:\IBMDOS;
REM Remove the REM on the next line to speed disk access
REM C:\IBMDOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
d:\pas16\sympfix
C:\DOS\UTIL\IMOUSE


