If you have installed Wonderland onto a hard disk with decompressed graphics
but then find yourself running short of disk space at a later date you can
simply remove USER.* from the installed directory. This will save you about
2.5 megabytes (2500K) of disk space at the expense of MUCH slower graphics.
We strongly recommend that you hang on to the decompressed files if at all
possible.
If you are using a SVGA (800x600) graphics mode some of the pictures will not
load due to the lack of 'spare' memory on the video board. Changing to the
normal VGA mode (game -dis v) will solve this. Exactly which picture will not
load depends on the exact configuration of your machine. In extreme cases
this can happen with the normal VGA mode, in this case EGA gives the game a
better chance (game -dis e). See below about how to change graphics mode
after installation.
DIFFERING HARDWARE
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If you have installed Wonderland onto floppy disks you will not always be able
to take them to a new machine and have them "just work". The installation
procedure HAS to know a lot about your hardware to choose a sensible
configuration. If you switch to a different hardware set-up then it's wise to
install from scratch.
If you add a sound board (Adlib or Roland LAPC-1 only) to your hardware after
installing Wonderland onto your hard disk you don't need to install again from
scratch. Simply go to the directory into which you installed the game, and edit
the batch file "WONDERLA.BAT". Add -roland or -adlib to your command just after
the word game.
E.G. change
game -dis v
to
game -dis v -roland
If you upgrade (or downgrade) your display adapter you can run Wonderland
without re-installing from scratch. Wonderland supports 8 different display
types and several are often accesible from the same machine. To get at these
added features try the following
game -dis c ;For CGA display (no graphics) 640*200 resolution
game -dis h ;For hercules display (mono graphics)
If you took our advice and decompressed the graphics for your original display
adapter you wont be able to use the old decompressed graphics with a new card
unless you are switching from VGA to Super VGA (or vice versa). If you want to
have access to decompressed graphics you will have to re-install from scratch.
FILE DESCRIPTORS
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If WONDERLAND terminates early with the message
"Wonderland needs more file descriptors"
then you will have to edit (or create) a version of config.sys which
includes the line
FILES=20
KEYBOARDS
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If you find that occasionally your keyboard stops working whilst you're playing the game. This can be temporarily rectified by unplugging the keyboard and
plugging it back in. However, a longer term solution is to edit your
WONDERL.BAT file adding " -keyhang" to the command.
game -keyhang ; stops the game from freezing the keyboard
Wonderland was written by Magnetic Scrolls Ltd. If you have any comments,