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Pacific Strike
t e c h n i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n

General Troubleshooting. i.e. This is way too much information.
Boot Configuration	Requirements	Error Messages
Notes	General	Sound

DOS EMS Boot Configuration
for use only with shortcuts and boot disks.

| help on modifiying your config.sys and autoexec.bat |

CONFIG.SYS

	device=c:\windows\himem.sys
	device=c:\windows\emm386.exe 3072 ram i=b000-b7ff
	dos=high
	files=25
	buffers=25
	devicehigh=[Sound lines (if any)]

AUTOEXEC.BAT

	@echo off
	path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\dos;
	prompt $p$g
	lh [Microsoft Mouse driver (required)]
	[Sound lines (if any)]

Color Code:
BLACK:	Must use the exact lettering provided.
RED:	May need to be modified to reflect the wording in your C:\CONFIG.SYS or C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT, respectively.
GREEN:	Optional. These are not required to run the game. However you may like to have sound with your game, so leaving these out may not be helpful.
[ITALICIZED]:	Comments are not to be entered as is.
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Requirements & Other Useful Info

Minimum Requirements

486, 4 Mb RAM, Mouse

Memory Requirements

Conventional: 583K

High: 3072 EMS or XMS

(4120K for engine sound)

Installation Requirements:

Floppy: ~24 MB

Speech Pack: ~5 MB

To Install:

Floppy: A:\INSTALL.EXE

Speech Pack: A:\INSTALL.EXE

To Run:

C:\PS\PACIFIC.EXE

To Quit:

ALT-X

Sound Configuration File:

C:\PS\INSTALL.EXE

Natively Supported Soundcards:

Sound Blaster, Pro, 16

Pro Audio Spectrum

Ad Lib

Roland LAPC-1

Wave Blaster

Hey! My Sound Card isn't listed!!

Savegame File Names

C:\PS\[my file].SAV

Where [my file] is the name of the file and .SAV is the extension.

Input Devices

Keyboard

Mouse

2-button Joystick

CH Flightstick Pro

Thrustmaster FCS

Rudder pedals

Notes

Patches

PACPTCH.EXE Enables Thrustmaster hat switch panning, fixes endgame 1 lockup, removes "attack carrier" option from instant mission Claude selection, increases dive bombing accuracy, no guns will fire when you run out of bullets, improves frame rate over land, makes it easier to hit at various ranges, F3 and F4 look out left and right windows respectively.

Sound Channel

Game only has 1 channel sound, therefore, other sound effects will cut out if a new one starts. (e.g. engine noise will cut out when the guns fire.)

Engine Noise

Requires 4120K of high memory to run with engine sound.

Manual Installation

From the DOS prompt, type: A:\>PKUNZIP PACIFIC C:\GAMES\PACIFIC -D

Pacific Strike
Common Issues

Error Messages

"Error 1910" or "Error 1911"
We suggest that you completely delete and reinstall game.

To ensure that you avoid this problem in the future, make a Boot Disk or Shortcut using the game's Boot Configuration.

"Error 1941"

You must have at least 7 MB free on the hard drive after installation.

Make a Boot Disk or Shortcut. See Boot Configuration for more information.

Completely delete and reinstall the game.

"Error FE36-FFFF"
This error message appears if you have finished the game and you chose "Continue Game". There are no more missions to fly.

"Error FE38-FFFF"
The game is trying to load a carrier that was destroyed earlier. Reload an old savegame before your carrier was destroyed.

General

Game asks for "Disk A:", "Disk _", or "Disk 11" during the install.
Disk #1 of your game set is "Write-Protected." Move the small plastic square on the back of your disk to the "down" position (thereby closing the hole on the left hand side of the disk). After Un-write-protecting Disk 1, put it in the drive and type "install 9". Then, install as normal.

Pausing during speech or gameplay.
To fix this problem, edit the A:\CONFIG.SYS file on your boot disk and find the line that reads DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE Add "d=256" to this line. Save the file and exit. Reboot your system and tyr running the game again. See Boot Configuration for more information.

Flying tanks and carriers.
You are flying in invulnerable mode and has landed under an island. This can also happen in vulnerable mode if you land on certain sections of water.

Not enough EMS memory.
You might have a shadow RAM enabled leaving less than 3072K high memory available (if you have only 4 MB RAM). You will need to consult your hardware documentation for your computer for instructions on how to disable the Shadow RAM. After it is disabled, make an XMS Boot Disk or Shortcut. See Boot Configuration for more information.

Sound

I've done everything I can and I still can't get sound.
Make sure you have turned sound on in the game. Get into flight and hit ALT-O and turn on the sound. The sound defaults to none in the game if you installed previously without sound or the incorrect sound set up. See our Sound Card Help Page for more information.










































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