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3. 11 If you installed the game to a directory other than C ULTIMA8 backspace over the default destination and enter that directory s path 12 Highlight INSTALL and press E The speech files are copied and decompressed onto your hard drive 13 When the installation process is finished make sure that you are in your Pagan game directory then type U8 Ex to begin play CHANGING YOUR SOUND CARD OR MUSIC CARD CONFIGURATION ops MS If you ever add a sound card or change from one sound card to another you must reconfigure the sound card configuration for Ultima VIII These changes will also apply to your saved games Return to the drive and directory where you installed the game default C ULTIMA8 and type INSTALL Exe This allows you to change the selections you made when you originally installed the game Select CHANGE SOUND CONFIGURATION from the menu and follow the Installation Options Steps 5 8 then highlight INSTALL and press Ew to save your changes and return to the DOS prompt BOOT DISKS AND SHORTCUTS IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE INSTALLING If you are experiencing problems running Ultima VIII or cannot free the appropriate amount of memory it might help to create a separate boot disk and decrease the number of memory resident programs TSRs you have loaded First review System Requirements to be sure your hardware setup and Ultima VIII are compatible Then see Creating a Boot Disk or Creating a Windows 95 Shortcut MEM
4. Boot Disk The steps are outlined below the information you need to include appears earlier in this guide under the section heading Creating a Boot Disk 8 Double left click on the icon to start the game EDITING THE GAME SHORTCUT ICON kl Before the game will launch with your new icon you need to edit the shortcut Right click once on the shortcut icon you created above 2 Left click once on PROPERTIES then left click on the PROGRAM tab at the top of the window 3 If the box next to Close on exit is empty left click on it Left click on the ADVANCED button The Advanced Program Settings screen appears 5 Make sure checkmarks appear next to MS DOS mode and Warn before entering MS DOS mode If not left click once in the box next to the item 10 11 12 13 Left click in the circle next to Specify a new MS DOS configuration Make sure there is a dot in this circle Two windows open up one labeled CONFIG SYS for MS DOS mode and one labeled AUTOEXEC BAT for MS DOS mode These are the two windows in which you will create a boot disk that runs the game directly in DOS The text in these windows is a copy of a Windows 95 boot You will be replacing this with the text you would normally use to make a boot disk Modifying or deleting this text has no effect on the files your system normally uses to boot up Make backup copies of your original startup files as a precaution a Left click on the START button
5. b Highlight Programs then left click on MS DOS PROMPT You ll be in a DOS window c Type CDI and press Ex Type COPY C CONFIG SYS C CONFIG OSI and press E You should see File s copied e Type COPY C AUTOEXEC BAT C AUTOEXEC Os and press E You should see File s copied f Type EXIT to return to Windows 95 Right click inside the CONFIG SYS for MS DOS mode window Highlight Select All then lefi click and press Ed Do the same for the AUTOEXEC BAT for MS DOS mode window Leave the Advanced Program Settings window open and open Notepad Left click the START button Highlight Programs and then Accessories Left click on NOTEPAD Open the CONFIG OSI file on your hard drive a Left click on FILE and then on OPEN b Type C CONFIG OSI in the box under File Name c Left click on the OPEN button Copy this file to the CONFIG SYS window inside the Advanced Program Settings window where you are setting up your shortcut Left click EDIT and highlight Select All Press to copy the contents of the file Left click on the button in the upper right corner to minimize Notepad Click anywhere on the Advanced Program Settings window to return to it Left click inside the CONFIG SYS for MS DOS mode window Press EJM to paste the file contents into the window oJ Notepad again Tip Look on the tool bar at the bottom of your screen for a CONFIG OSI NOTEPAD button Left click on this button If you don t see this
6. button use the instructions in Step 9 to open Notepad Open the AUTOEXEC OSI file on your hard drive a Left click on FILE then on OPEN b Type C AUTOEXEC OS in the box under File Name c Left click OPEN moan B 10 14 Copy this file to the AUTOEXEC BAT window inside the Advanced Program Settings screen where you are setting up your shortcut a Left click on EDIT and highlight Select All b Press to copy the contents of the screen c Click anywhere on the Advanced Program Settings window to return to it Press 1 if you are prompted to save changes to the file you were editing d Left click inside the AUTOEXEC BAT for MS DOS mode window e Press JM to paste the Notepad contents into the window 15 Left click OK then left click OK again USING THE SHORTCUT TO RUN THE GAME Double left click your new shortcut to restart your system If you ve set up the shortcut correctly your machine will reboot To start the game change to the directory where the game is installed the default is CAULTIMA8 and type U8 When you are done playing the game type EXIT from the DOS prompt and hit E to reboot into Windows 95 answer E if prompted If you receive an error message or the machine returns to Windows double check the lines in the CONFIG SYS for MS DOS mode and AUTOEXEC BAT for MS DOS mode windows in the Advanced Program Settings screen against the boot disk instructions GENERAL MIDI Ultima VIII has joined
7. essentially the same as from DOS only the method for starting the programs is different A First run SCANDISK To start SCANDISK left click on the START button from the Taskbar The START menu opens From the START menu highlight PROGRAMS and then select ACCESSORIES from the menu that appears from that menu select SYSTEM TOOLS Finally click on SCANDISK and the program starts Once activated make sure there is a check mark in the AUTOMATICALLY FIX ERRORS box and select the hard drive you are installing the game to e g C Once everything is set up correctly click START to have the program scan the drive and correct any errors 2 Next run DEFRAG To start DEFRAG go to SYSTEM TOOLS as in the previous step and click on DISK DEFRAGMENTER As with SCANDISK select the drive you are installing the game to and click OK INSTALLATION Boot Disk Shortcuts Boot disks and shortcuts solve most installation problems See Creating a Boot Disk or Creating a Windows 95 Shortcut for instructions Disk Cache If you are running a disk cache such as SMARTDrive you will need to disable it to ensure clean installation Refer to your SMARTDrive documentation or make a system boot disk or shortcut to disable this cache This only affects the installation SMARTDrive will work normally during gameplay CHKDSK Before installing any software run CHKDSK for DOS 5 0 amp 6 0 users or SCANDISK for DOS 6 2 and up users from your DOS direct
8. 700K or less CREATING A BOOT DISK Do not delete your AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS files completely without them your computer will not function Paper Copy Before creating a boot disk we recommend that you make a paper copy of your hard drive s CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT start up files Type at the DOS prompt TYPE CONFIG SYS Either hand copy or if you have a printer use EJ to generate a printout of this startup file Now at the DOS prompt type TYPE AUTOEXEC BAT Hand copy or use E to generate a printout of this startup file Setup To create a separate boot disk insert a blank high density HD disk in your A drive Your computer will not boot from a B drive From the DOS prompt type FORMAT A S If you already have a formatted disk handy for your A drive then you will need to transfer the necessary system files From the DOS prompt type SYS A Modifying CONFIG SYS When the DOS prompt returns and the format is complete type EDIT A CONFIG SYS When the new screen appears determine which memory management system you are using if any from those listed below and type the commands shown under that system CONFIG SYS without EMS driver FILES 40 BUFFERS 35 DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DOS HIGH SHELL C DOS COMMAND COM P CONFIG SYS using EMM386 EXE EMS with DOS 5 0 6 0 6 2 Windows 3 1 on 4 megabyte system FILES 40 BUFFERS 35 DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE NOEMS RAM DOS UMB DOS H
9. At some point since the last time you saved you destroyed an item or character necessary to the completion of the game You may continue without the save option or return to a previously saved game Q Why does my computer crash when I try to play Ultima VIII while I am logged into a local area network LAN A LAN software often tries to take over the same system resources that Ultima VIII uses We recommend that you boot from a clean boot disk that does not load your LAN drivers Please refer to Creating a Boot Disk O I have a 100 compatible sound card but I m not getting any sound Why not Or Q Ultima VIII says that it cannot find my sound card or that the sound initialization failed What s wrong A If your sound card is not one of the cards listed on the box or in the installation program but is 100 compatible with one of the cards listed it may have to be put into SB Sound Blaster emulation mode through its software or a switch setting on the card Consult your sound card manual or its manufacturer 0 My copy of Ultima VIII may be defective Every time I play it quits to DOS with an Out of Memory Error A This indicates that not enough memory existed to continue game play Make sure that you have enough free memory in either conventional base RAM or extended memory XMS Use the DOS mem command to determine how much free memory you have available There must be at least 3 580 000 bytes free in conventional memory and
10. IGH SHELL C DOS COMMAND COM P CONFIG SYS using EMM386 EXE EMS with DOS 5 0 6 0 6 2 Windows 3 1 on 8 megabyte or larger system FILES 40 BUFFERS 35 DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE 1024 RAM Remember you can not exceed 4096K of total EMS for Ultima VIII CD to work properly DOS UMB DOS HIGH SHELL C DOS COMMAND COM P CONFIG SYS using EMM386 EXE with DoubleSpace and DOS 6 0 6 2 on 4 megabyte or larger system FILES 40 BUFFERS 35 DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE NOEMS FRAME E000 I B000 B7FF RAM DOS UMB DOS HIGH SHELL C DOS COMMAND COM P DEVICEHIGH C DOS DBLSPACE SYS MOVE Exiting CONFIG SYS After typing these lines you should exit and save your file Do so by typing DJ Modifying AUTOEXEC BAT Next you need an AUTOEXEC BAT file on your boot disk Type EDIT A AUTOEXEC BAT When the new screen appears type PROMPT P G PATH C DOS C MOUSE MOUSE COM Your mouse driver may need to be loaded differently Refer to Mouse Setup p 10 and the printout of your original AUTOEXEC BAT SET COMSPEC C DOS COMMAND COM C CD GAME DIRECTORY The default game directory is ultima8 Type this unless you chose another directory name u8 The AUTOEXEC BAT file does not vary with different memory drivers Exiting AUTOEXEC BAT Exit and save this file by typing J To Use Your New BooT Disk Turn your computer off insert your new boot disk in your A drive and turn the computer back on The
11. ORY REQUIREMENTS Ultima VIII CD uses conventional RAM base memory and extended memory XMS You must have a minimum of 4 megabytes of total RAM installed in your machine Of this memory you must have at least 3 580 000 bytes 3496K free XMS memory for Ultima VIII to run An Expanded Memory Manager driver like EMM386 EXE may be loaded but it must be configured for no EMS memory Consult your memory manager s documentation and Creating a Boot Disk for more information This will allow you to load necessary drivers into upper memory and load Ultima VIII CD If you are unsure about these different types of memory consult your DOS manual To find out how much DOS XMS and EMS memory your computer has available use the DOS MEM command From the DOS prompt type MEM EJ When the memory information is displayed on the screen look for the following listings o LARGEST EXECUTABLE PROGRAM SIZE This number indicates how much DOS conventional memory is available You must have at least 460 800 bytes 450K listed here 0 TOTAL EXTENDED XMS or TOTAL CONTIGUOUS EXTENDED This is the amount of extended memory in your computer You must have at least 3 580 000 bytes 3496K listed here o BYTES FREE OF EMS or FREE EXPANDED EMS This is the amount of expanded memory in your computer If you have a 4 megabyte machine you must nof have this line If your machine has 8 megabytes or more you may have this line as long as it reads 4 194 304 bytes 5
12. OS Then see MANACCOM Product Support Technical Support ULTIMA VIII is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Manaccom Pty Ltd Brisbane If you have problems with your copy of ULTIMA VIIITM you are entitled to customer support from Manaccom You can contact Manaccom s Customer Assistance department in Brisbane on 07 3870 4900 between 8 30 am and 5 00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday or fax 07 3870 9440 anytime Email if you prefer to m_assist manac com au If you would rather write address your letter to Customer Support Manaccom Pty Ltd P O Box 1297 MILTON 4064 AUSTRALIA Please be at or near your computer if possible when you contact Manaccom and be prepared if required to provide name model of your system mouse video card Brand Operating system and version A description of your problem how it occurred amp how to reproduce it A return fax email or postal address for response 14 Limited Warranty Manaccom Pty Ltd warrant this program CD ROM s to be free from defects in materials and workmanship If within 90 days of purchase the program CD s is found to be defective it may be returned to Manaccorn for the CD to be replaced free of charge This product is not warranted in any other way This limited warranty is in lieu of all other warranties oral or written expressed or implied Refer to the Technical Support notes for Manaccom s address details 15 Ft pa
13. OUSE DRIVER INSTALLED 12 You must have a 100 compatible Microsoft mouse driver to play this game See the next Troubleshooting answer below Q My mouse is not working with Ultima VIII My mouse works with all of my other software applications Why not with Ultima VIII A You should first check to see if your mouse has been loaded into either DOS in your AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS file or onto the boot disk that you are using to play the game If neither it cannot interact with your game Windows and many other multi tasking shell environments load their own built in mouse driver These mouse drivers will not operate outside their shell environment Loading a mouse driver into the DOS environment can be as simple as typing at the command prompt C V MOUSE A Your mouse may not be 100 Microsoft compatible If you have Windows or DOS 6 0 you can edit the autoexec bat file by adding C WwINDOWS or dos WOUSE and typing REM at the beginning of your previous mouse line If you have the disks to Windows 3 1 you can copy the mouse driver Check each disk s directory by typing DIR to find MOUSE CO Copy it to your game directory ULTIMASB is the default directory Then type EXPAND C ULTIMA8 MOUSE CO__ C ULTIMA8 MOUSE COM Lastly add the line C ULTIMA8 MOUSE to your AUTOEXEC BAT and type REM at the beginning of your previous mouse line Q Ultima VIII was playing perfectly fine but suddenly it won t let me save Why not A
14. VIII I got the following error code What s wrong HALTING INTERNAL ERROR WHERE INSTALL C 248 REASON ERROR 0001 A This error message indicates that you have a bad or corrupted CD You should either ask for an exchange with the software retailer from whom you purchased Ultima VIII or review the warranty information and call MANACCOM Product Support O Ultima VIII fails to load or run and generates an error code What s wrong with my game A Certain error messages can easily be interpreted and remedied YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 3 MEGABYTES OF HARD DRIVE SPACE FREE Ultima VIII needs this much hard drive space to store saved games Make more room on your hard drive by deleting unused files or upgrade to a larger hard drive NOT ENOUGH MEMORY TO RUN ULTIMA VIII PAGAN You either do not have 4 megs of RAM installed on your computer or too much of your memory has been used by an expanded memory manager such as EMM386 EXE See Creating a Boot Disk to make a boot disk THE EXISTING MEMORY IS TOO FRAGMENTED You have some piece of software like a disk cache or an expanded memory manager that is fragmenting too much memory for Ultima VIII to use See Creating a Boot Disk to make a boot disk to solve this problem YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST A 386 Ultima VIII will not run on 286 machines or IBM XT compatibles Though this game will work on a 386 computer we recommend an Intel486 processor or better for speed and playability YOU MUST HAVE A M
15. XMS combined Refer to Creating a Boot Disk 13 0 I have a 386 with 4 megabytes of memory and the game is running very slowly What can I do to speed it up A Turn off animating items in the Options section of the game s Diary Press EJ during the game to bring up the diary and left click on OPTIONS Then left click on ANIMATIONS to make the check disappear Adding memory RAM will also make the game run faster O Ultima VIII CD runs slowly and occasionally locks up A You may be loading other software that is not compatible with Ultima VIII CD First try running the game from a boot disk Refer to Creating a Boot Disk Also you may not be meeting all of the necessary system requirements 386SX and slower processors are not compatible with this game Refer to System Requirements at the beginning of this guide O Why does my game crash when I play Ultima VIII through Microsoft Windows or Windows NT IBM OS 2 or Desqview A Multi tasking environments such as these often conflict with Ultima VII in their use of memory and other system resources We do not recommend playing Ultima VIII under any of these circumstances In general we recommend that you exit out of Windows or similar applications and play from the DOS prompt 9 Ultima VIII still doesn t work after I made a boot disk or shortcut and or modified my CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files A Copy down the error code and information the computer displayed when it quit to D
16. aa A o oa gt Ta A coo ai E ve a 0 a a qe car tecum ee ls ol 2 vp o e ne es o V LI a E e Value Plus Registration Form Why should I register my product Technical support or upgrade news is not offered to users who have not registered How do I register my software Choose from 3 different ways You can cut off this form and post it to us Manaccom Pty Ltd P O Box 1297 MILTON Qld 4064 Australia or fax it to us fax 07 3870 9440 or register online at our internet website www manac com au Thank you for purchasing this software It is in your interest to return these details to us or register online so we can add your details to our user database provide you with any assistance you may need and further information in the future by email Product Ultima 8 Version Value Plus Barcode 9 316631 801710 Y our Name amp Title Company Address Suburb Town State Postcode Phone Date Purchased Email address
17. boot disk should run and automatically take you into Ultima VIII INSTALLATION FAILS In the unlikely event that the installation fails an error message should tell you the nature of the problem See Troubleshooting for solutions to some common problems OTHER PRECAUTIONS Mouse SETUP Be sure that you are using a 10096 Microsoft compatible mouse driver a Microsoft version 6 11 or higher mouse driver is preferable If you are using a boot disk this driver must be loaded within your boot disk configuration Since the command line may differ from mouse to mouse consult your hard drive s AUTOEXEC BAT If you have not made a paper copy you may view your AUTOEXEC BAT by typing at the DOS prompt type C AUTOEXEC BAT Look for your mouse driver line and copy it into your boot disk s AUTOEXEC BAT replacing the mouse driver information C MOUSE MOUSE COM that we suggest above Consult your mouse user s guide for more detailed instructions on loading the mouse driver Disk CACHE SETUP Before installing Ultima VIII we recommend that you temporarily disable your disk cache Occasionally DOS error messages can erroneously appear when installing with a disk cache active To temporarily disable your disk cache program make a boot disk or shortcut with one of our recommended configurations Refer to Creating a Boot Disk or Creating a Windows 95 Shortcut to learn how Now reboot your computer with this boot disk or shortcut which does not inc
18. ess EJ Type INSTALL ENGLISH and press E To install Ultima VIII in French type install french To install in German type install German You must completely delete and re install if you decide to change languages All of your saved games to that point will be lost they are not transferable 5 When prompted follow the installation program instructions 6 To begin play type U8 at the game s directory and press Ex For more details see Installation THE ULTIMA Vili ONLINE MANUAL WiNDOWS 95 USERS To install the Ultima VIII online manual l Left click START on the taskbar 2 Select RUN 3 Type D MANUAL SETUP and click ok Substitute the name of your CD drive if other than D 4 Follow the prompts to install To access the online manual 1 Left click on START on the taskbar d Select PROGRAMS from the START menu 3 Select MODERN AGE BOOKS from the PROGRAMS menu Select ULTIMA VIII from the MODERN AGE BOOKS menu The Ultima VIII manual appears 5 Select PRINT from the FILE menu if you wish to print the document WINDOWS 3 X USERS To install the Ultima VIII online manual l From the Program Manager select Run from the File menu A Type D MANUAL SETUP and click OK Substitute the name of your CD drive if other than D 3 Follow the prompts to install To access the online manual i From the Program Manager open the Modern Age Books program group 2 Double click the Ultima VIII icon The U
19. ltima VIII manual appears 3 Select Print from the File menu if you wish to print the document PRE INSTALLATION Disk PREPARATION Before you install any software it is critical that your hard drive be in proper working order We recommend running SCANDISK or DEFRAG DOS 6 2 or higher SCANDISK searches your hard drive for any lost allocation units as well as any cross linked files and directories DEFRAG ensures that your data is sorted properly Failure to verify this may result in corrupt data Steps for running these preventative applications are given below for DOS and Windows 95 DOS PREPARATION 1 Type VER Ex from the DOS C gt prompt Your DOS version is displayed on the screen If it says MS DOS VERSION 6 0 6 21 or any version later than 6 2 follow the steps below If you are using DOS version 5 0 you may need to use other utilities such as Norton Utilities or Central Point Tools to check your drive s condition 2 Type SCANDISK C Ed from the DOS prompt This will determine if your drive is in good repair If any damage is found you should repair it before continuing following the instructions in your DOS manual 3 Type DEFRAG C F E from the DOS prompt This runs a complete defragmentation on your hard disk to ensure all your data is sorted properly It also optimizes your hard disk for faster load and access times WiNDOWS 95 PREPARATION The procedure for scanning and defragmenting your disk from Windows 95 is
20. lude the disk cache Then install the game normally If you have SMARTDrive when you have completed the installation follow the instructions below to reconfigure your boot disk or shortcut to include the disk cache program SMARTDRIVE If you decide to install SMARTDrive a disk caching program you will need to add the following line at the beginning of your AUTOEXEC BAT file You may need to change the path on this line depending upon where your disk cache program is located If you use SMARTDrive we recommend using the SMARTDrive versions from Windows 3 1 or DOS 6 0 Type C DOS SMARTDRV EXE 1024 C the final letter is the drive where you installed Ultima VIII Note Though other disk cache programs may work with Ultima VIIT we cannot guarantee their compatibility with this game CREATING A WINDOWS 95 SHORTCUT E Turn on your computer and wait for Windows 95 to load Minimize or close all applications Right click once anywhere on your desktop except on an icon A menu will appear 3 Move your mouse pointer to NEW then left click on SHORTCUT A dialogue box appears asking you to name the shortcut 4 In the box beneath Cmd Line type in CX COMMAND COM Then left click on NEXT 5 Type in the name of the shortcut as it will appear on your desktop Use the name of the game 6 Lefi click on FINISH The new shortcut now appears on your desktop 7 Edit the game s shortcut icon according to the instructions in Creating a
21. mation about your installation and three menu columns Use your mouse to pull down the menu called TEST There are three options TEST FILES TEST MUSIC and TEST SFX Sound Effects 11 Check the integrity of the files that were installed to your hard drive by selecting TEST FILES The program checks each program file of Ultima VIII If PASSED appears your files should be stable However if the word FAILED appears by any of the files listed you should reinstall the game from your disk If you want to hear both music and sound effects and either of these choices are gray you ll need to configure your sound card See Changing Your Sound or Music Card Configuration Test your sound card s based on the options you selected during installation by CHOOSING TEST MUSIC or TEST SFX When you test these options you should hear a brief musical example or sound effect If you do not your sound card is configured incorrectly or you have a conflict A common situation is that your sound card and another peripheral device such as a printer are configured with the same IRQ I O or DMA address Reconfigure your sound card for the appropriate settings or get further information by consulting your sound card documentation or contacting your sound card manufacturer Drag down to QUIT To return to the DOS prompt when you are done select QUIT TO DOS If you want to begin a game select QUIT TO PAGAN COMMON QUESTIONS Q When I was installing Ultima
22. ory This searches for any lost allocation chains pieces of files If any are found please run a disk utility to correct these errors on your hard drive It s also a good idea to fully optimize and de fragment your drive before installing new software Ultima VIII will install without sound or music configuration unless you specify otherwise Use 1 or 1 to move the highlighter up and down INSTALLATION MENU ABORT INSTALLATION CHANGE SOURCE PATH n Sp tp elle Note If you selected install french or install CHANGE SOUND CONFIGURATION gt 4 A CHANGE MUSIC CONFIGURATION German in Step 4 on screen instructions and selections will be in French or German respectively INSTALL 1 4 Follow Steps 1 4 in Quick Installation If you have no sound card skip to Step 9 Highlight CHANGE SOUND CONFIGURATION then press Ex Check the default choice Highlight the appropriate configuration then press El Highlight CHANGE MUSIC CONFIGURATION then press Exe Repeat Step 6 If you wish to install to a drive or directory other than the default C ULTIMA8 highlight CHANGE DESTINATION PATH then press EJ Backspace over the default destination and enter your new path 10 Highlight INSTALL Press E The game is then copied and decompressed onto your hard drive The installation of the Speech Pack then begins If you do not want to install speech or do not have a speech card press EJ and skip to Step 13
23. the next generation of music quality with its support of the instrument voice set known as General MIDI which ensures that the MIDI music data will sound correct on any General MIDI card At the time of publishing only a few cards support MPU 401 These cards include the Roland SCC 1 Roland RAP 10 and Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 16 ASP with the attached Wave Blaster daughterboard Other manufacturers have already released or are planning to release sound cards that utilize the MPU 401 instruction set However sound cards that use a memory resident program TSR to emulate MPU 401 may not work with this software BioForge natively supports supports without using emulation techniques the cards listed above However some music and sound cards require you to load special drivers and or choose specific ports Note Some General MIDI sound cards offer digitized speech or sound effect capabilities However in most cases you will need to use a second sound card such as a Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro or 10096 compatible sound card for digitized speech and effects Review your sound card documentation or contact the manufacturer if you have any questions TROUBLESHOOTING CHECKING YOUR INSTALLATION If you are having trouble with Ultima VIII after installation you may use our internal troubleshooting program Go to the drive and directory where Ultima VIII is installed default C ULTIMA8 and type U8 TEST The Test Screen appears with infor
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