                  Leisure Suit Larry in "Love For Sail!"
                               DOS Read Me

This file isn't like your normal README file, with warnings about bugs 
and stuff. We have none!

On behalf of our entire development team, thanks for buying our game. 
I think "Love For Sail!" is the funniest Larry game yet. I hope you 
think so too. We've been laughing at it here for a year. Now it's your 
turn! Enjoy.

                                  Al Lowe
                                  Game Designer



                         INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
                         -----------------------

This README file is for MS-DOS issues.  There is a separate README
file for Windows problems and solutions.

Under Windows 95, double-click on README.DOC in this same sub-directory.

Under Windows 3.x, double-click on README.WRI in this same sub-directory.

Under MS-DOS, follow these instructions:
   1. Exit Windows completely (as if you weren't already!).
   2. Insert your "Love For Sail!" CD into your CD-ROM drive. (Duh!)
   3. At your DOS prompt, type:  
           D: <Enter>
      (If your CD-Drive isn't "D," substitute its letter instead.)
   4. Then type:  
           INSTALL <Enter>
      Note: Do not add "D:\" to this command, as many cheaper products
      require!
   5. Follow the on-screen prompts.

A list of BBS and Tech Support Numbers for Sound Card, Video Card,
and Miscellaneous Computer Peripheral / Software Manufacturers is 
provided on the CD.  To view this file, type:
"EDIT D:\CONTACT.TXT" (if your CD-ROM drive is D:).




                    ERROR MESSAGES DURING INSTALLATION
                    ----------------------------------

    PROBLEM: The INSTALL program fails with the message:
             "Invalid directory. Bad command or file name."
   SOLUTION: You probably typed "D:INSTALL".  Please type "D:" and
             then press ENTER, then type "INSTALL" and press ENTER.

    PROBLEM: "Can't create output file" during installation.
   SOLUTION: You need to free up more hard drive space before
             installing the game.

    PROBLEM: The install doesn't work from your second CD-ROM drive.
   SOLUTION: Run the install from your first CD-ROM drive.

    
             
                         COMMON MS DOS PROBLEMS
                         ----------------------

    PROBLEM: "DOS/4GW Professional Fatal Error:," followed by a screen
             of technical information while running in an MS-DOS box
             under Windows 95.
   SOLUTION: Although you can run Love For Sail through an MS-DOS box
             under Windows 95, it is highly recommended that you reboot
             Win95 into an MS-DOS session before installing and running
             the DOS version of the program.  If you run in an MS-DOS box
             inside Windows, you may see "DOS/4GW Fatal error" messages.
             To allow Win95 to boot to an MS-DOS session, reboot your
             computer and press the F8 key on your keyboard when you see
             the screen message "Starting Windows 95".

    PROBLEM: "DOS/4GW Professional Fatal Error (1307): Not enough
             memory"
   SOLUTION: You will need to create a boot disk to free more memory.
             At the DOS prompt, type:
             D: (If your CD-Drive isn't "D," substitute its letter
             instead.) and press ENTER.  Type:
             BOOTDISK -c -p and press ENTER to start the automatic boot
             disk maker included on the CD.  Follow the instructions
             that appear on-screen.  When finished, leave the boot disk
             in the A: drive, and restart the computer.  When the
             computer has restarted, try the game again.

             Note:  The above instructions are very literal.  You must
             use a lower case c and p for the boot disk maker to work
             properly.

    PROBLEM: "No mouse driver was found in MS-DOS"
   SOLUTION: This means your MS-DOS mouse program was not run before
             the game started, or no MS-DOS mouse is available.  Rerun
             INSTALL and choose MAKE A BOOTABLE FLOPPY DISK to help us
             find and use your MS-DOS mouse driver.
             More Information: MS-DOS needs a mouse program to be run
             before it can use the mouse.  To see if a mouse program is
             hidden on your hard drive, type "DIR \MOUSE.* /S /P".
             Let's say you see:
             Directory of C:\MSMOUSE
             MOUSE   COM
             Directory of C:\WINDOWS
             MOUSE   DRV
             MOUSE   INI
             A mouse program will end in ".COM" or ".EXE", so the mouse
             drivers in C:\WINDOWS in this example won't do.  To run the
             mouse driver in MSMOUSE in this example, type:
             "C:\MSMOUSE\MOUSE.COM".  You should see a message saying
             your mouse is now enabled.  You can now play Love For Sail.

    PROBLEM: "Cannot find 999.pal resource.  If this is a CD-ROM game,
             please make sure that a CD-ROM is loaded.  If you continue
             to experience this dialog, make sure your CD-ROM drivers
             are loaded properly."
   SOLUTION: Make sure that the Love For Sail CD is in the CD-ROM
             drive before starting the game.  Be sure that it is clean
             and without any scratches, fingerprints or smudges.


For additional technical help and troubleshooting advice consult
THEGUIDE.TXT on your CD.  To view THEGUIDE in DOS, type:
EDIT D:\THEGUIDE.TXT  




                            LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO
                            -----------------

Writing these lines keeps us legal. I don't care if you read them or not:

       DOS / 4GW Professional
       Protected Mode Run-Time
       Copyright (c) 1990 - 1993
       Rational Systems, Inc.

       Data Compression Software
       Copyright (c) 1988-92
       Stac Electronics.
       U.S. patents including
       #5,016,009
       Other patents pending.



BY USING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE BOUND
BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE.

Sierra On-Line End User License Agreement

This software is copyrighted.  This software and documentation
is licensed to you by Sierra On-Line.  You may copy it onto a
computer for your own personal use and you may make back up copies
of the software to protect your software against loss.  This
software may be used by more than one person, and may be freely
moved from one computer location to another provided that there
is no possibility of the software being used at one location or
on one computer while it is being used at another.  The software
can not legally be used by two different people in different
places at the same time.  You may not modify, network, rent,
lease, loan, distribute the software or create derivative works
based upon the software in whole or in part, and you may not
electronically transmit the software from one computer to another
or over a network.

This End User License Agreement grants you a limited license to
use the Redistributable Code licensed to Sierra On-Line, Inc. by
Microsoft Corporation, Inc. together with Microsoft operating
system products.  All intellectual property rights in Microsoft's
Redistributable Code contained in this product belong exclusively
to Microsoft Corporation, Inc.


Limited Warranty

Sierra warrants the diskette(s) to be free of defects in
materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from the date
of purchase.  Sierra On-Line's entire liability and your exclusive
remedy will be replacement of the disk.

SIERRA ON-LINE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights; you may
have others which may vary from state to state.  Some states do
not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages,
or the limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts, so some
of the above may not apply to you.


IF YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS...

If you continue to experience any problems with Love For Sail, or
if you have any questions, our Technical Support Department will
be more than happy to assist you. You can reach Technical Support
at (206) 644-4343 between 8:00 am and 4:45 pm, Monday through
Friday.  We can also be reached by fax at (206) 644-7697 or by
mail at the following address:

Sierra On-Line Technical Support
PO Box 85006
Bellevue, WA  98015-8506

In Europe, please contact our office in England. The Customer
Service number is (0118) 920-9111, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm,
Monday through Friday.   The fax number is (0118) 987-5603.  Customer 
Service can also be reached at the following address:

Sierra On-Line Limited
2 Beacontree Plaza
Gillette Way
Reading, Berkshire
RG2 0BS UNITED KINGDOM

You can also contact our Technical Support Team on one of the
following services:

Sierra BBS           (206) 644-0112 
CompuServe           GO SIERRA
America Online       KEYWORD SIERRA
Internet             support@sierra.com

If you decide to write or fax, please fill out the attached
"Technical Support Request" form and return it to Sierra
Technical Support.  This will give us the information we need to
help you as efficiently as possible.


Sierra Technical Support Request

To help us help you, please fill out this information and return
it to Sierra Technical Support.

Name:
Fax number:
Phone number:
Address:

Game name, version number and S/N number (from disk #1): 

What problem are you having?  Be VERY specific.  Is there an error 
message?  What is it?  Where does it occur? Does it happen the 
same way each time?


Type of computer (486, Pentium, etc.)

Brand of video card (Trident, Diamond, etc.)

Amount of RAM (8 meg, 12 meg, etc.)

DOS version (MS-DOS 6.0, PC-DOS 6.2, etc.)

CD-ROM Speed (2x, 4x, etc.)

Brand of sound card and sound card settings (SoundBlaster Pro, 
Forte16, Mozart, etc.  Please be VERY specific with the brand name. 
Sound card settings include DMA, IRQ and I/O values.)

Any disk compression?  What kind? (Doublespace, Stacker, etc.)

Any third-part memory manager?  What kind?  (QEMM, 386MAX, etc.)

Largest executable program size or bytes free after booting with 
he boot disk. (Type MEM to find out.) 

What have you tried so far?  (Boot disk, no sound, etc.)



Please attach copies of your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from your 
hard drive and the boot disk.



