BLADES OF EXILE
  A fantasy role-playing game from Spiderweb Software

This text file contains a full description of Blades of Exile 
and some troubleshooting information. If you have trouble installing 
or playing Blades of Exile, look below.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME:

Blades of Exile is a massive, fascinating role-playing game 
for Windows 3.1/95. It has gorgeous, professionally done graphics, 
an elegant one-click interface, and a fascinated, twisting plot. 
Your people are trapped in a cavern nation far below the surface of 
the earth. Your mission: find a way for them to escape. It's from 
Spiderweb Software, Inc. $25 shareware. Requires Windows 3.1/95, 
256 colors. Contact: Spidweb@spidweb.com. 
http://www.spidweb.com

- Jeff Vogel
Keeper of Exile
Spiderweb Software

TROUBLESHOOTING:

The information below should solve many of your problems installing
or running Blades of Exile...

Question:  Blades of Exile refuses to install!
Answer: First, make sure you have ten megabytes of free space on the 
drive you're trying to install to (the game takes up 8, but the 
installer needs a little extra space). Then reboot, make sure no other 
programs are running, and try installing Blades of Exile again. If this 
doesn't work, your download may be corrupted. Try redownloading.

Question:  Blades of Exile crashes sometimes for no reason!
Answer: Several steps to try, which will eliminate many problems.
1. Select Preferences from the File menu. Select Fewer Sounds. If 
this doesn't help, turn off sounds. This will fix most problems.
2. Run Blades of Exile with no other programs running.
3. Make sure you have 3 megabytes of free RAM.

Question:  I get crashes when targeting a spell or missile, and nothing 
helps!
Answer: Select Preferences from the File menu. Select No Targeting
Line.

Question:  The Blades of Exile screen is really tiny!
Answer: Go into Windows preferences, and select a monitor mode with a 
different resolution. 640x480 is recommended. (On windows 95, right 
click on the desktop, select Properties, and click on the settings
tab.)

Question: The Blades of Exile screen colors are all bizarre!
Answer:  You need to play Blades of Exile in 256 color mode. Run Blades of Exile, 
hit F1 (for help), and read the section on troubleshooting to find 
out how to get 256 colors on your screen.

Question:  OK. I installed the game. It runs fine. It looks fine. But I
keep starving, if the monsters don't kill me first, and I don't have any 
gold!
Answer:  Read the Hints For Getting Started section near the end of the 
manual (hit F1 to get the manual).

Question: Sometimes, when I switch to another window and
switch back to Blades of Exile, the colors are all strange.
Answer: One of the other programs you're running is messing with the Blades of 
Exile color management programming. Quit everything else you're using (including the
fancy front-end programs some computers come with) and try running Blades of Exile
again.