 REBEL ASSAULT 1.72  July 3, 1996

 Thank you for purchasing Rebel Assault.

    First released in Winter of 1993, Rebel Assault became a 
 surprise runaway hit, catching and helping to propogate the huge
 wave of multimedia upgrades then and in the following year.  

    For me, it was also an opportunity to spread my wings and design my
 first of hopefully many games for this company.  If you get a chance 
 to play Rebel Assault II, please do so.  You'll be able to see how the
 technology and game flow developed for the first game was improved
 upon in the second. In any case, I hope you enjoy the game.

 Sincerely,

 Vince Lee

-------------------- RUNNING THE GAME FROM WINDOWS -------------------------

    To run under Windows 95, first turn off any mail or messaging
 systems and disable any screen savers. Then, switch to your CD-ROM
 drive and look for the following executables:

  REBWIN.EXE

  REBEL.EXE

    Try running by double-clicking on the REBWIN executable first.  
 If you experience difficulties, try double-clicking on REBEL - which
 will reboot the machine to MS-DOS mode. NOTE: Rebooting to MSDOS mode
 will force you to shut down all applications running in Windows 95
 at the time.  If you do reboot to MS-DOS mode, you may return to
 Windows 95 by rebooting your machine after you're finished playing
 Rebel Assault.  MS-DOS mode is only a temporary condition.  

-------------------------- BOOT DISK MAKER ---------------------------------

    To make a boot disk, either choose the 'MAKE BOOT DISK' option in
 the launcher utility, type 'BOOTDISK' at the DOS prompt, or double-
 click on the BOOTDISK icon under Windows 95.

    Follow the instructions that follow.  Be sure to have a blank
 floppy disk ready for your 'A' drive.
        
-------------------------- TROUBLESHOOTING ---------------------------------

I) UNEXPECTED INTERRUPT ERRORS/LOCKUPS

    If you are experiencing crashes running Rebel Assault, first try
 playing with the "NO SOUND" and "JOYSTICK ONLY" options.  If problems
 disappear, you most likely have a DMA and/or IRQ conflict between
 your mouse, soundcard, or another device in your computer.  See your
 specific hardware documentation for instructions on how to reconfigure
 your cards so they do not conflict.

    Do not use DMA 0 for your sound card DMA channel.  This is known to
 conflict with Rebel Assault.

II) SOUNDBLASTER 16

    Note that if you are using a Sound Blaster 16 in 16-bit mode, you
 must configure Rebel Assault to use the 16-DMA channel (default=5)
 your card is set to.  This is not necessarily the same as your 8-bit
 DMA channel (default=1).  Please refer to your Sound Card
 documentation or to the Trouble Shooting Guide in the LucasArts
 Archives Volume II Box for further information.
                                                                
III) SMARTDRIVE / DISK-CACHING SOFTWARE

    CD disk-caching software may confuse Rebel Assault should the CD
 drive encounter a read error.  If you are having problems, disable
 any disk-caching software or caching options of your CD driver.

    Please try making a BOOT DISK before taking these steps. 
 Users who are unsure of what to do should call our Product Support
 after having tried a BOOT DISK.

     
IV) MSCDEX BUFFER SIZE

    Please try making a BOOT DISK before taking these steps. 
 Users who are unsure of what to do should call our Product Support
 after having tried a BOOT DISK.

     We have been told that you can get improve Rebel Assault's speed
 by reducing your MSCDEX buffer size to its minimum.  Locate the 
 MSCDEX line in your autoexec.bat and change number following the
 "/m" to 4.

V) JOYSTICK CONTROLS    

     If you are having problems with joystick controllability, first
 check to see if you have more than one joystick enabled on your PC.
 If so, you should disable one of the ports so they do not conflict.
 In general, the joystick port on your sound card is less likely to 
 have compatibility problems.  If the joystick seems too sensitive,
 make sure any trim controls on the joystick are adjusted to give you
 a full range of motion.  Also see "TWEAKING FRAME RATE" below.


----------------------------- MISC NOTES -----------------------------------

I) CONFIGURATION FILE

    REBWIN.EXE/REBEL.EXE, the Rebel Assault launchers / config-
 utilities save their settings in a file REBEL.CFG on your C: drive
 inside a REBEL\ directory.  The executable will create this directory
 if it cannot find one.

II) HIGH SCORES FILE

    Rebel Assault saves your high scores in a file REBEL.PTS on your
 C: drive in the REBEL directory.  If this directory is not present,
 the file will be saved in the root directory instead.  To clear the
 high scores list, you may delete this file.

III) RUNNING ASSAULT DIRECTLY

    REBWIN.EXE/REBEL.EXE are the launcher utilities, while ASSAULT.EXE
 is the game itself. Under normal circumstances, you should not need to run
 ASSAULT directly, but should instead type REBWIN or REBEL.  ASSAULT
 does not pay attention to your saved game and sound card preferences,
 but instead relies on command-line switches for this information.

    In a few cases, it may be desirable to run ASSAULT.EXE directly.
 For instance, if you have a clone sound card which is set to an IRQ
 or base address not listed in the config program, you will need to 
 pass this information to ASSAULT.EXE directly through command-line
 switches.

    Please try making a BOOT DISK before taking these steps. 
 Users who are unsure of what to do should call our Product Support
 after having tried a BOOT DISK.


   A list of supported command-line switches follows:

   /x1  - use a low detail level
   /x2 - use a med detail level (default)
   /x3 - use a high detail level

   /c0 - no sound
   /c1 - use Sound Blaster driver
   /c2 - use Sound Blaster Pro driver (default)
   /c3 - use Sound Blaster 16 driver
   /c4 - use Pro AudioSpectrum driver
   /c5 - use Pro AudioSpectrum 16 driver
   /c6 - use Aria driver
   /c7 - use Ultrasound driver

   /d<n> - use DMA channel <n> for sound
   /i<n> - use  IRQ <n> for sound
   /b<n> - use base address <n> for sound
   /s<n> - set sound buffer size to <n> bytes
   /f<n> - set frame rate cap to <n> frames per second (default=15)
   /j    - enable joystick control only (default joystick + mouse)
   /m    - enable mouse control only
   
   /t<n> - set rate of multitasking timer in Hertz  (default=300)
   /u<n> - set CD drive cpu-usage (<n>=0-9) 0=detect (default),
           1=20 percent   
		
    Thus, you can run Rebel Assault for a Sound Blaster 16 sound card
 at DMA channel 6, IRQ 5, and Base Address 220 by typing:

   ASSAULT /c3 /d6 /i5 /b220

IV) TWEAKING FRAME RATE

    If you are  experiencing occasional momentary hesitations during
 game play, you may be able to make the game run smoother by slowing 
 down the frame rate from its default of 15 frames per second.  You may
 also want to slow down the frame rate to make the game easier to play.
 Make this adjustment in the launcher/configuration program.

V) DISABLING EMM386

    Please try making a BOOT DISK before taking these steps. 
 Users who are unsure of what to do should call our Product Support
 after having tried a BOOT DISK.

    When disabling EMM386, you must disable or ignore two lines in your
CONFIG.SYS file.  These are:

   C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
   C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM

 If you are commenting these out in the CONFIG.SYS file, add "REM"
 before both lines.
 
   REM C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
   REM C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM

 If ignoring lines by using the F8 key under DOS 6.0, choose to ignore 
 both lines.

VI) CHANGING SOUND CARD VOLUME

    A volume control exists in the options menu, which can be accessed
 either at the beginning of the game from the main menu, or at any time
 by pressing the 'o' key.  To change volume, select the volume item and
 move your controller left or right while holding down the fire button.

    Note that some cards, such as an original Sound Blaster,
 do not have a hardware volume control, and so this menu will have no
 effect.

    Also note that for the Pro AudioSpectrum, you should use the 
 hotkey-activated TSR to change volume instead.  Even if you do not
 wish to change volume during the game, you should install the TSR on
 your  hard drive as the sound card may otherwise default to no volume
 when first booted up.

VII) CHOOSING A CONTROLLER

    We strongly recommend using a joystick when playing Rebel Assault.
 In addition, although it is possible to use both the mouse and
 joystick  in the same playing session, it is best to choose one and
 enable only it, as enabling both at the same time may slow down Rebel
 Assault or cause conflicts when using some mouse drivers.  Also, when
 after plugging or unplugging a joystick, you should recalibrate using
 the 'j' key. 
 
VIII) BRIGHTNESS CONTROLS

    You can adjust the brightness of the graphics in Rebel Assault.
 Press '.' or '>' to brighten, ',' or '<' to darken.

IX) HOW TO REACH US

                     Technical Support

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	TECHNICAL SUPPORT PHONE NUMBER
	This number is for Technical assistance only.  Hints will
 	not be given out over the Technical Support line.

	**Please Note:  Approximately 80 percent of all problems 
        with Rebel Assault can be resolved by using a bootdisk.
  	We highly recommend that you try using one before you 
	contact us (as it will be one of the very first questions
  	that our highly trained technical staff will ask you!)   

    	If you need technical assistance, please don't hesitate to
        contact us after reading this README and the Rebel Assault
    	section of the Trouble Shooting Guide.  For your convenience, 
    	if you cannot get through to a representative by phone and 
	you have access to a fax machine or any of our online areas,
 	please consider contacting us through one of these alternate
 	means.  

    	When contacting us, please include a complete printout of 
    	the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT used for the game, the title
    	and version of the game, and a detailed description of the 
    	problem. If you send us a fax, include your name, return 
    	fax number with the area code, and a voice phone number so 
    	we can contact you.

	You can reach our Technical Support department by calling
 	1-(415) 507-4545.  We are available to help you Monday-
	Thursday from 8:30 AM-5:30 PM and on Friday from 8:30 AM-
	4:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time).   



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