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- -------------Troubleshooting Cylindrix------------------
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- (Answers to common problems)
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- Q: Help! My screen is black and nothing is happening!
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- A: Your computer is off...turn it on.
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- Q: Sometimes when I play from Windows95 it all of a sudden
- jumps to Windows and puts Cylindrix in the background!
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- A: Pressing certain key combinations will allow you to jump
- back and forth between Windows programs. To disable this
- right click on the icon you use to load Cylindrix (or the
- Dos prompt icon you use if you call it from the shell) and
- go to properties. Then go to the misc thing, and at the
- bottom you will see some checkboxes for windows shortcut
- keys. Make sure there are no check marks by key combinations
- you use in the game
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- Q: Cylindrix won't run! It says math coprocessor not found!
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- A: That's because a math coprocessor wasn't found. Read the
- box, math coprocessor REQUIRED.
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- Q: Aren't you being a little rude?
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- A: No.
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- Q: Cylindrix is running REALLY slow!
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- A: Well, if you are running on a 486/66DX (minimum system) it
- should run ok...(around 12fps in low detail mode). Unless
- you have a nice Pentium you shouldn't run the game from
- Windows95, exit to dos instead. (For those of you who don't
- know...to exit to Dos hit the start button, then go to shut
- down, then go to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode...it
- doesn't really restart the computer...it's just a little joke)
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- Q: Cylindrix is running REALLY FAST!!!
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- A: Well, if you have a super fast computer you might also want to
- exit to Dos to play Cylindrix. Inside of Windows95 we were
- unable to trap the timer to make a frame rate ceiling correctly.
- Exit to Dos and the game should run at a reasonable speed.
- (See above question on how to restart (wink wink) the computer
- in MS-DOS mode)
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- Q: I can't shoot my guns and fire at the same time with my CH
- Flightstick Pro!
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- A: In order to facilitate the hat, multiple buttonpresses don't
- quite work right. This is a limitation of the Joystick itself,
- not of Cylindrix.
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- Q: Cylindrix won't work with my video card!
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- A: Yes it does, you don't know what you're talking about.
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- Q: Certain keyboard combinations won't work! Like if I
- strafe while moving left, I can't move forward!
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- A: It's hard to believe, but different PC's have different
- combinations of keys that won't work. I don't know if
- it's the keyboards, or the BIOS, or the PC itself...I
- have NO idea. All I know is that it's not my fault ;)
- If you play any other game, you will see that the same
- combinations of buttons won't work.
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- Q: There's no texture maps! What up?
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- A: There's no texture maps because we didn't have CPU time
- left over for 'em because the GAME IS REAL 3D BABY!! We're
- not 2D frontin' like 3D! You're all FRONTIN'!!! LIVE WITH IT!!!!!!!!
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- Q: John, what the hell is wrong with you?
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- A: It's 3 A.M. three weeks before the production deadline!
- How am I supposed to act?
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- Q: This AI is absolutely awesome! You're a genious!
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- A: I know.
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- Q: Cylindrix keeps crashing! What do I do?
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- A: I know, it does that all the time.
- If you are running Dos 6 or below(hehe) it will
- probably crash (just kidding)
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