Short: How to get the Gloom3 demo/game to work! Author: gazy@globalnet.co.uk (Gareth Murfin) Uploader: gazy@globalnet.co.uk (Gareth Murfin) Type: docs/help Replaces: Gloom3loading.txt Getting Gloom 3 & Gloom 3 demo's -------------------------------- to work on your setup! vē ---------------------- By Gareth Murfin. When testing Gloom3 I never came across any bugs. It all worked fine, but then once I released demo's onto the AmiNet there were hundreds of people downloading the demo everyday. This mean't that it was being played by a much wider audience than my 3 test Amiga's. I decided to write this document to outline some of the problems people are having, and how to solve them. When playing Gloom3 (or the demo) make sure you have ran the installer and the 'Setup' program. Then you should reboot. Make sure you have atleast 1.3 meg Chip Ram, preferably more by reducing the screenmode & colours etc of your Workbench. In the setup select either the c2p routine for you processor or the 'default-ze' one. Once the setup is correct save it, you can always mess around with the setup later if it still doesn't work. Right, now click the Gloom3 icon and it *should* load up. If it does then start the game and play it. If when you begin the game there are lots of colours on the screen each time you fire the gun, or constantly, then you will need to reboot and try again. keep trying until you get it working (It is a rare bug normally). If none of this works and you still cant get the game to work then try this DOS method. 'cd' your way to the directory like this :- CD Games:Gloom_3/ then type this exactly :- gloom2 The game should load up. It will bypass some checking etc which is done by other files and hopefully work!... ECS users try 'Extra Half Bright' mode in the screenmode section. Cybergraphics users try it in a 256 col screen for best performance. If however it still doesn't work then read the section in the guide about 'problems'. If if all else fails eMail gazy@globalnet.co.uk and ask for help giving details of your setup and software etc. Gloom3 is normally a very stable game, and if you are having trouble with it then I'm very sorry. But I hope you can solve these problems using this text. What I will say is that it was really designed for machines which 2meg chip ram (A1200/A4000) & some fast ram aswell as a standard accelerator (Blizzard/Apollo). It does support lots of types of Gfx cards and screenmodes etc, but I dont know how well because I myself have an A1200Tg 040/25/25 + 34Meg Ram. It has been thoroughly tested but my knowledge of early Amiga's such as A1000/3000/1500 etc is limited :). *NOTE* if you have any tips on how to get Gloom 3 working on your particular setup or piece of hardware then please eMail me them! You'll be credited in this doc. Visit the Gloom 3 official Website :- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/gloom/ Visit my IRC channel to get direct support/help on Gloom 3 :- SpryNet.Us.GalaxyNet.Org #AmIRC 6667 eMail me with any queries :- gazy@globalnet.co.uk Buy the game today! Buy it from :- Epic Marketing Tel: 0500 131 486 (In UK) Tel: 0 1793 514188 (Outside UK) eMail: epicmarketing@dialin.net URL: www.globalnet.co.uk/~epic/ Or visit your local Game or Electronics Boutique! Or ring up one of the numerous Amiga games companies in Amiga Format magazine (or similar).