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IndyCar Racing II Troubleshooting Guide
For Windows '95 Systems
Revised 7/23/96
Sierra Technical Support provides this documentation as a reference to Sierra
customers using Sierra software products. Sierra Technical Support makes
reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained in this
documentation is accurate. However, Sierra makes no warranty, either express
or implied, as to the accuracy, effectiveness, or completeness of the
information contained in this documentation.
Sierra On-Line, Inc. does not warranty or promise that the information herein
will work with any or all computer systems. Sierra does not assume any
liability, either incidental or consequential, for the use of the information
herein, including any and all damage to or lost use of computer hardware or
software products, loss of warranties, or lost data by the customer or any
third party. No oral or written information or advice given by Sierra, its
employees, distributors, dealer or agents shall change the restriction of
liability or create any new warranties. In no case shall Sierra's liability
exceed the purchase price of the Sierra software product.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 - HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
SECTION 3 - COMMON INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
SECTION 4 - COMMON GAME PROBLEMS
SECTION 5 - COMMON SOUND PROBLEMS
SECTION 6 - DOS BOOT DISK INSTRUCTIONS
SECTION 7 - WINDOWS 95 BOOT DISK INSTRUCTIONS
SECTION 8 - IF YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS
SECTION 9 - SOUND CARD DRIVER INFORMATION
SECTION 1 - HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED 486DX33 16 MB RAM 2X Speed CD ROM drive 15 MB hard drive space
(30 MB compressed) MS-DOS 5.0 or higher VGA Mouse
RECOMMENDED FOR BEST PERFORMANCE Pentium 47 MB hard drive space (94 MB
compressed) Sound Blaster or 100% compatible SVGA (640x480x256) Joystick
or Driving Wheel/Pedal Combo
SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
DOS Installation
1. Before installing the game, make sure that your computer is turned on
and that the MS-DOS prompt is showing. The prompt should look like this C> or
like this C:\> (the letter may be different if you are installing to a
different drive). Exit completely out of any other program you may have
running such as Windows or DOS Shell.
2. Insert the IndyCar Racing II CD into your CD-ROM drive. Change to
your CD-ROM drive by typing the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by a
colon, and then press <ENTER>. For example, if "D" is your CD-ROM drive,
type D: and press <ENTER>.
3. Type CD\DOS and press <ENTER>.
4. Type INSTALL and press <ENTER>. Follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the installation.
5. By default, the installation program will create a directory on your
C: drive called ICR2 and place all game files in that directory.
6. The game will prompt you for sound configurations. This will only
occur when you have newly installed the game. You must run each setup before
you can play IndyCar Racing II.
7. To play IndyCar Racing II after you have installed the program,
change to the ICR2 directory on your hard drive by typing CD\ICR2 and
pressing <ENTER>.
8. From the game directory, type INDYCAR (for VGA) and press <ENTER> or
INDYCAR -H (for SVGA) to begin the game.
You may reconfigure your sound setup after you have installed the game. To do
so, change to your IndyCar Racing II game directory, as explained in Step 5
above, type SETUP and press <ENTER>. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
Manual Installation Instructions for DOS
1. Before installing the game, make sure that your computer is turned on
and that the MS-DOS prompt is showing. The prompt should look like this C> or
like this C:\> (the letter may be different if you are installing to a
different drive). Exit completely out of any other program you may have running
such as Windows or DOS Shell.
2. Type MD ICR2 <Enter>
3. Type CD ICR2 <Enter>
4. Type XCOPY D:\DOS\ICR2\*.* /S <Enter> (where D is your CD-ROM drive
letter)
5. Type SETUP to select sound card and settings
Windows 95 Installation
1. Insert the IndyCar Racing II CD into your CD-ROM drive. After a few
seconds, a window will automatically appear on your Desktop and ask you if you
would like to install IndyCar Racing II. If this message doesn't appear then
see Section 3 or go to START menu and select RUN. In the box type D:\SETUP
(where D is your CD-ROM letter).
2. Choose "Yes, please" and follow the on-screen instructions.
To play IndyCar Racing II from Windows 95 after installation, insert the CD
in your CD-ROM
drive. It will ask you if you want to play IndyCar Racing II. Click on "yes".
NOTE: IndyCar Racing II may not play properly if any other programs are running
in Windows 95. Make sure no other programs are running, including screen
savers and virus scanners BEFORE you start IndyCar Racing II.
If no window appears after putting the CD in the drive, you may have Autoplay
disabled in Windows 95. To re-enable it, click on your Start button, go to
Settings, then Control Panel. From Control Panel, double-click on the System
icon. Choose the Device Manager tab, then find the section labeled "CD-ROM".
Click the plus (+) next to CD-ROM, then click the name of the CD-ROM beneath
it. Then click the "Properties" button. When the Properties window comes up,
choose the "Settings" tab. In the "Options" section, put a check mark next to
"Auto insert notification". Then click "Apply" and "OK". Follow the on-screen
directions (you may need to restart Windows 95). Now when you insert the
IndyCar Racing II CD, a window should automatically appear.
If you have trouble installing IndyCar Racing II under Windows 95, we
recommend booting your system in MS-DOS mode and installing the game following
the instructions below.
SECTION 3 - COMMON INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
Problem: (For the Windows '95 install only) You insert the CD, you never get
a message asking if you want to play IndyCar Racing II.
Solution: You need to enable the Autoplay feature of Windows 95. Click on your
Start button, go to Settings, then Control Panel. From Control Panel,
double-click on the System icon. Choose the Device Manager tab, then find the
section labeled "CD-ROM". Click the plus (+) next to CD-ROM, then click the
name of the CD-ROM beneath it. Then click the "Properties" button. When the
properties window comes up, choose the "Settings" tab. In the "Options"
section, put a check mark next to "Auto insert notification". Then click
"Apply" and "OK". Follow the on-screen directions (you may need to restart
Windows 95). Now when you insert the IndyCar Racing II CD, a window should
automatically appear.
Problem: (For the DOS install only) After typing INSTALL from a DOS prompt, a
row of dots goes across the screen and stops. The computer is locked up with
this row of dots appearing on the screen.
Solution: The dots indicate the hardware detection portion of the installation
program. You can bypass the hardware detection (and therefore the lockup)
by typing INSTALL /M. If this entry doesn't work, try INSTALL /F. One of
these entries should get you past the lockup. If this does not work, create
a boot disk using the boot disk instructions included with this document.
After booting up with the boot disk, install the game. If that still doesn't
help see Section 2 for DOS Manual Installation Instructions.
SECTION 4 - COMMON GAME PROBLEMS
Problem: When starting a race you get the error "WINDY.EXE has caused an
illegal operation in module KERNEL32.DLL".
Solution: From the OPTIONS menu select GRAPHICS. In the GRAPHICS OPTIONS
box select ADVANCED. In ADVANCED GRAPHICS OPTIONS unselect the box that
displays USE DIRECT DRAW.
Problem: The Formula T1/T2 Thrustmaster steering wheel won't calibrate in
Windows '95.
Solution: This device requires a special adapter for use in Windows '95
that can be obtained directly from Thrustmaster.
Problem: Whenever you attempt to setup the joystick through Set Controls
it automatically select