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                T  O  M  B     R  A  I  D  E  R

               IMPORTANT LAST MINUTE INFORMATION
             Sold Out Software Readme V2.1  ENGLISH


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**NOTE**

For further help and information please refer to the Sold 
Out HelpBox, which is on the Sold Out Installer. To open 
the HelpBox, click on the <?> icon on the left-hand side 
of the Sold Out installers screen.

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 Contained in this 'Readme' file:

 1. Sold-Out Software quick reference guide
 2. About Acrobat Reader.
 3. Instructions for installing the software.
 4. Instructions for loading the software.
 5. Last Minute Information & FAQ's.
 6. Troubleshooting.

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        1.  SOLD OUT SOFTWARE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

Loading computer games can sometimes be a daunting task. We 
here at Sold Out Software try to make the installation of 
our games as quick, simple and effortless as possible. To aid 
yourself in the installation of this piece of software it 
is helpful that you have at hand certain bits of information 
regarding your system set-up.

1. The drive letters associated with your machine: 

All computers have letters assigned to different drives. By 
default your 'floppy' drive will have the letter A:\ assigned 
to it, your hard drive will be C:\ and your CD-ROM will be 
lettered D:\. If, let's say, you have more than one hard 
Drive then it is most likely that the second hard drive 
would be D:\ and your CD-ROM would have E:\ assigned to it.

To avoid confusion, it is recommended that you familiarize 
yourself with the letters assigned to your computer's drives 
before trying to install your game. To do this, click on the 
'My Computer' icon on your Windows desktop with your right 
mouse button and then select 'Explore' with the left mouse 
button. The left-hand window will contain all your drives 
and applicable letters.

2.	When we specify 'default directory' it means the 
directory and drive that the game installation has been 
pre-set to install to. You may change the installation 
directory if, let's say, all games are installed to a 
directory called 'Games' on your system.

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       2.  ACROBAT READER AND YOUR ELECTRONIC MANUAL

We have provided an electronic manual for this product. This 
manual is in a PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat 
Reader 4.0 or better to view. We have provided you with 
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for Windows 95/98/ Windows NT. 

Once you have successfully installed Acrobat Reader 4.0 you 
can open the electronic manual PDF file, which is located 
on your CD-ROM and called MANUAL. Use the scroll bar to 
browse through the pages (for full instructions on Acrobat 
Reader use the on-line guide from the Help menu). 

You are free to distribute Acrobat Reader but you must 
follow to Adobe's License Agreement and proprietary notices 
that are contained in the Reader installer program. For 
further information, see the README file within the ACROBAT 
folder on your CDROM.

Adobe Acrobat
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To manually install Acrobat Reader you should 
do the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\DATA.NOW\ACROBAT\SETUP.EXE
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.

Manual
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To view the manual you should do the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\MANUAL.PDF
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.

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               3.  INSTALLING TOMB RAIDER	

Windows 95/98

The following is the complete step-by-step loading 
instructions for Tomb Raider.


1.  Insert the 'Tomb Raider' CD in your CD-Rom drive.
2.  The autorun should automatically launch the Sold Out 
    installer. If it does not come up, then follow these 
    instructions:

    - Click 'START' on your Windows task bar,
    - Select 'RUN' and then type:  D:\SETUP.NOW.EXE
      (where D: represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive)
    - Click OK.

    If you still cannot see the Sold Out installer then 
    please refer to Section 6 (Troubleshooting & FAQ's) later 
    in this readme file.

3.  Click on the 'Install Game' button.
4.  At the 'Tomb Raider setup' screen, select 'INSTALL'.
5.  Choose the installation directory. Press 'ENTER' to 
    except the default location (recommended) or change the 
    directory location and press 'ENTER'.
6.  Now you have to configure your soundcard. 
    Select 'NO SOUNDCARD' then press 'ENTER'
7.  Choose 'SOUNDBLASTER PRO' then press 'ENTER' 
8.  Choose port '220' then press 'ENTER'
9.  Choose DMA '1' then press 'ENTER' 
10. Choose IRQ '5' then press 'ENTER'
11. Press 'ENTER' on CONTINUE.
12. Press 'ENTER' on TEST and you should hear a voice.
13. When a voice is heard, select 'CONTINUE'
14. At the 'COMPLETE SETUP' Screen, select 'SAVE SETTINGS'
15. The game is now installed. 

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               4.  LOADING TOMB RAIDER	

 - Click on the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
 - select 'Run',
 - type:- C:\TOMBRAID\TOMB.EXE
   (assuming that you installed the game to the default 
   directory 'C:\TOMBRAID')
 - select 'OK'. 

Note: When playing the game if you press 'F1' this will 
      set the graphics to hi-res and will improve overall 
      look of the game.



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             5.  LAST MINUTE INFORMATION & FAQ's

TROUBLESHOOTING AND FAQ's 
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Q. I don't have any sound within the game, why?
A. What you need to do is, click Install Game, then Install 
   Game again and go to the sound setup and configure the 
   sound manually, by pressing enter on NO SOUNDCARD and 
   select SoundBlaster Pro, Port 220, DMA 1, IRQ 5 then 
   click continue and then test and make sure that you save 
   the changes then play then load the game as instructed 
   in the readme file.


Q. I can't exit the game.
A. To exit the game press ESC, then the down arrow, scroll 
   around to EXIT TO TITLE press ENTER, then go to EXIT and 
   press ENTER.


Q. I get the message <d:\data\level13a.phd> is version 35 
   <this game code is version 32> this game code is version 
   32 in a dos screen.
A. To solve this problem do the following:-
   Go to the main game menu (the spinning one) and turn the 
   sound volumes to 0. Play past the problem point, then 
   save and put them back up again. 
   Or tyr the following:-
   Delete a file in your C: drive called Tombpath.bat. After 
   this, run the installer from your cdrom and do everything 
   similar to what you did before, including the correct 
   directory path. The files will be overwritten but any 
   save files will not. You can also delete the entire 
   Tombraid directory and the Tombpath.bat file then 
   reinstall. If you have any save files, just place them in 
   a temporary directory.
   If you have multiple CDROM drives, make sure the CDROM 
   you use to play the game is the first drive the game will 
   look, i.e. its ID number is the first among all 
   CDROM drives.


Q. When i start the game all the icons are spinning around 
   or Lara is running in circles.
A. Spinning icons or sudden movements is attributed to the 
   games incompatibility with your joystick/gamepad or game 
   port. Power down your computer and unplug the 
   joystick/gamepad then turn on the computer and play the 
   game. Regardless of the recommendation, if the problems 
   continue to persist, then the game is not compatible with 
   the device.   

General rules
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Don't use QEMM. Disable or reduce the frequency of any 
system agents, i.e. TSR, screen savers, virus programs, etc. 

Disable SMARTDRIVE and DOSKEY.

If you have OS/2, make sure you have version 4 or above and 
are using the DOS session.

SCSI device owners: On some occasions, Tomb Raider will not 
run at all due to the interface incompatibility. We regret 
to inform you that their won’t be any patches for 
this problem.

If you own a PnP type sound card, please get the most recent 
DOS sound drivers from the manufacturer.


CONTENTS
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1) Controllers: Joystick and Gamepads, Icons spin, 
   No Controls.
2) Configuring the Joystick/Gamepad.
3) Sound Issues, Red Book Audio, Sound Detection.
4) Display Blackouts, Image Incompatibility, Mesh Graphics, 
   Animations, FMV (full motion video).
5) CDROM drives faster than 4x, long pauses, 
   Read Error, Vibrations.
6) 3D Video Cards.
7) What operating systems are supported? 
8) Where is the background music? 
9) How to exit.
10) Why is there sound cutouts in the German version?
11) Can I run it on a 486?
12) How to get high resolution or SVGA mode.
13) Can I copy the whole game to the hard drive?
14) Disable the autorun and examining files.
15) Save File Issues.
16) Error Messages.
17) Tomb Raider Story Line Synopsis.


1) Controllers: Joystick and Gamepads, Icons spin, No Controls.

Spinning icons or sudden movements is attributed to the 
games incompatibility with your joystick/gamepad or 
game port. Power down your computer and unplug the 
joystick/gamepad then turn on the computer and play the 
game. Regardless of the recommendation below, if the 
problems continue to persist, then the game is not
compatible with the device.

Diamond Edge 2000 and 3000 series video card has a sega 
gameport included, the only solution is to disable this 
port manually. We suggest you carefully do so as it may
render your card useless if handled incorrectly.

Diamond 3D Rage and the menu ring just keeps on spinning: 
You will need to get the latest drivers for the card from 
Diamond (Version 2.21). This will give you a new Tab in 
the Display Adapter Properties that controls your Joystick 
Port on the card. You will need to disable the joystick 
ports. If you have problems you will need to contact 
Diamond Technical Support to set the card up properly.

How to disable the EDGE 3D Digital game port in DOS:
From the WINDOWS directory, edit DOSSTART.BAT. You will 
see the following: 

SET NVJOY=ON SET NVMIDI=P330 SET NVDIR=C:\EDGE3D NVWINDIR=C:\WINDOWS 
C:\EDGE3D\DOS\RM.EXE

Change the SET NVJOY=ON to SET NVJOY=OFF. This disables 
the EDGE 3D game port in DOS. Save the file and exit. 
Restart the system in MS-DOS mode for the changes to 
take effect. To enable the game port once again for
the EDGE 3D, simply reverse the procedure.

GRAVIS Grip owners, Gamepad Pro or Grip system, use 
the multiport v1.2, the old multiport drivers, not 
the new ones.

If you have a CH Gamepad, use the speed adjustable 
driver in the autoexec.bat. CH Gameport: Please install 
the DOS driver. You can get a copy from their website
for updated versions.

Gravis Gamepad Pro users, in Win95 only, you can use 
the profiler or multiport drivers. Or for either Win95 
or DOS, on the underside of the pad, make sure the
selector is set to 1-player mode only.

To set up the GRAVIS Grip Key program: set from regular 
keyboard keys and put them on the game pad, save it as 
"Tombraider.GKS" or any other name with .GKS extension. 
Make sure the Tombraider.GKS (Grip Key Set) is 
"Configured" in File/configure GRIP. Then hit the "!" 
icon on the toolbar (8'th from the left) and it should 
be in the bottom right conner. Load the game. To 
download the upgrade for the GRIP KEY 2.10: 
http://www.gravis.com/files/pc/joystick/grip/GRIP210A.ZIP

or http://www.gravis.com/files/pc/joystick/grip/GRIP210B.ZIP


-Contributor: Van Hoesen
Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad:
This pad will not work if you use the Sound Blaster 
AWE32 sound card.

KNOWN JOYSTICKS THAT CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS:
THRUSMASTER T2/T1 STEERING WHEEL
MS SIDWINDER PRO
THRUSTMASTER 2 JS
GRAVIS THUNDERBIRD I
THRUSTMASTER F15E TALON
LOGITECH WINGMAN

How to change the keyboard control keys, avoiding the 
Windows 95 key:
From the Main Title screen, select the Control icon. Use 
the left or right arrow in order for the name to display 
‘User defined keys.’ Use the down or up arrow to select
the action commands you want then hit Enter, the box 
should move to the left. You can now select which keyboard 
key you want to use for this particular action. NOTE: the 
‘Default Keys’ can never be changed. Regardless of any new 
keys you selected under User defined keys, you will be 
able to use those keys at the same time. Flashing cursor 
indicates that you have selected 1 keyboard key for two 
or more actions. Another option to disable the 
Windows 95 key is to get a shareware utility from 
Microsoft that disables the Win95 key.


2) Configuring the Joystick/Gamepad Devices:

To use the gamepad or joystick, go to the Main Title 
screen, select the Control icon, and go to the user defined 
keys. Arrow to the action you want, hit Enter, the box
should move to the left, then hit any button. Ignore the 
forward, backward, right, and left since it will be defaulted 
to the stick. Also, no calibration will appear.


3) Sound Issues, Red Book Audio, Sound Detection.

General Sound Installation if Auto Detect does not work or 
no sound in the game:

If you have Windows 95:
• From the Start menu, select Shut down
• Choose restart in MSDOS MODE

For all users:
Type D: on the prompt (assuming your cdrom drive letter is D:)
Type 'install'
When you see the Sound Setup Screen, select Continue.
Choose Save Settings
Let the Installation continue
The game will play so skip all the animations by pressing ESC.
Exit the game by opening the book or passport with the Enter 
key, the right arrow until you see Exit To Title. 
From the C:\tombraid (default directory) 
Type the command 'setup'
Choose 'manual select.' 
Below is a list of sound cards and settings you will need to 
manually set:
(For all Sound Blaster type sound cards, any model, use the 
following setting as defaults:
Address/Port: 220, IRQ: 5, DMA: 1)
Compaq Computers using SoundBlaster 16/AWE32, set to 
SoundBlaster Pro. SoundBlaster 16 PnP or AWE PnP, manually 
set the sound card. (We highly recommend
you get the DOS drivers from Creative Labs.)
NEC Ready Series Computers, use Soundblaster.
IBM MWave DSP Sound Card/Modem, add this line to your config.sys:
device=c:\mww\manager\dwcfgmg.sys (directory path may vary)

Applies to Acer and IBM Aptiva Computers.
1. From Windows 95, choose START. 
2. Choose "Run." 
3. In the "Open" box, type SYSEDIT and press ENTER. 
4. Click on the Window that says CONFIG.SYS
5. Add the following line, if it isn’t present, 
   device=c:\mww\manager\dwcfgmg.sys
6. Click on file|exit and save when the programs asks you.

1. Click on START|Shutdown|Restart Computer and then click YES.
2. Select Restart Computer
   in MS DOS Mode and then click YES.
3. Once you are in DOS change to your CD-ROM by typing
   either D: or G:
4. When you have a D:\ or G:\ prompt type INSTALL and press 
   the enter key.
5. When Tomb Raider Setup menu comes up choose Set Up Sound.
6. At Sound Setup chose manually select sound card.
7. Chose Sound Blaster , Port 220, DMA 1, IRQ 5. Then 
   choose test.
8. If you heard Lara say, "Right, Let’s go adventuring!", 
   chose Continue.
9. Chose save settings. At this point the game will load. 
   After you go through the introduction exit the game. 
   Once you hav the DOS prompt, type exit and press enter,
   Windows will now restart. 

After Windows has started, double click on My Computer 
Icon, then double click
on the CD-ROM drive the game should now start with no problem.

HP computers using Yamaha sound cards in Win95: 
in the Autoexec.bat file, REM the SET BLASTER line, reboot

HP Pavilion PC with the Yamaha OPL3-SA, shut down to DOS, 
manually select the Sound Blaster.

PACKARD BELL COMPUTERs, use Sound Blaster. 
YAHAMA OPL3 SOUND Card, use SOUND BLASTER
Yamaha OPL3sa audio device: select MS Sound System, 
Port 530, DMA 1.
COMPAQ computers with ESS AUDIO: select ESS AUDIO using 
similar Sound Blaster settings.
SONY computers: select Sound Blaster.
RAP 10 sound cards: be cautious when you configure the 
setting, the game does not
support this card.
Gravis Ultrasound Card: After you have installed the game, 
either from DOS or Win95,
edit the HMISET.CFG in the Tombraid dir. Under the [DIGITAL] 
section, look for the
line: DEVICEID = ...

If you manually set or autodetect the sound card for Gravis 
Ultrasound, this
number should be 0xe024. Change this to the following: 
DEVICEID=0xe023
(changing the number from 24 to 23).

Do not run sound setup anymore but you must run the game 
from DOS.

-Contributor: Andrew Liebeskind
Make sure your SCSI jumpers and IRQ's are configured properly 
and are not conflicting with any other devices. Also, for all 
sound cards, check that the AUTOEXEC.BAT has the proper 
configured settings in the SET BLASTER and SET SOUND lines.

For sound or background music, if it plays in DOS, use DOS 
exclusively; if it works in Win95, use Win95. In you are able 
to play in DOS but want to keep Win95 running, you can create 
a shortcut by right clicking TOMB.EXE then select 'Shortcut'. 
Right click on the shortcut icon and select 'Properties'.
Click on the 'Program' tab then select 'Advanced'. Choose 
'MsDos Mode' and click 'Use current.....configuration'.

If you get an error message: "...sound is already in use by 
another program...", shut down to DOS and manually set the 
sound card, as described from the top.

If you have the demo and the sound setting was working and 
now your full game version does not, copy the HMISET.CFG from 
the demo directory into your full game directory.

No music in any animations and the Main Title Screen: This 
problem has been found in computers using SCSI devices (SCSI 
cdroms) or the drive letter is greater than D. Right now, the 
only solution is to plug an RCA audio cable from the cdrom 
headset jack to the audio input of sound card. This is the 
same with the PnP and second sound daughterboards.

Creative Labs Plug and Play Sound card and Windows 95:
You will need to install the DOS drivers for the Sound Blaster 
16. To obtain these driver, do a web search for Creative Labs. 
If you don’t have Internet access, call Creative Labs 
Technical Support at (405) 742-6622.

Dell Latitude Laptop Computer: Your sound card is most likely 
the ESS Audio Drive. "Manually Select Sound Card" and use ESS 
Audio Drive, Your port setting is 220,Your DMA will be 1, 
and IRQ is 5.

Hewlett-Packard , Windows 95, and Tomb Raider:
CAUSE: Tomb Raider operates in a Virtual DOS Machine under 
Windows 95. If there is a SET BLASTER statement in the 
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the sound drivers for Tomb Raider will not 
install properly. 

SOLUTION: The following steps describe how to edit the 
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, REMark the SET BLASTER statement, and 
configure the sound driver for Tomb Raider: 

1.  From Windows 95, choose START. 
2.  Choose "Run." 
3.  In the "Open" box, type SYSEDIT and press ENTER. 
4.  Locate the AUTOEXEC.BAT window and select using the mouse. 
5.  Use the arrow keys to place the cursor in front of 
    the statement: 

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 

6.  Type REM in front of this statement so it looks like this: 

REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4 

7.  Choose "X" to close the AUTOEXEC.BAT window. 
8.  When you see ‘Save Current Changes’, Choose the YES button. 
9.  Select the "X" to close the System Configuration 
    Editor (SYSEDIT). 
10. Choose START, then select "Shutdown." 
11. Select "Restart the Computer" and choose "Yes." 
12. Allow the computer to restart and load Windows 95. 
13. Place the Tomb Raider CD in the CD Drive. 
14. The Tomb Raider software will start automatically. 

NOTE: If you have an HP Pavilion PC Model 7270, double-click 
on "My Computer" and double-click the mouse on the "Tombraider" 
icon to start the Tomb Raider program. 

15. At the Tomb Raider start menu, select "Sound Setup" and 
    press ENTER. 
16. Select "Manually Select Card" and press ENTER. 


17. Select "Sound Blaster Pro" and press ENTER. Select "220" 
    and press ENTER.
18. Select "1" and press ENTER. And finally, select "5" and 
    press ENTER. 

19. Select "Test" and press ENTER. 

You should hear a voice saying, "Right, let's go adventuring." 

20. Select "Continue" and press ENTER. Then select "Save 
    Settings" and press ENTER. 

The game will start and sound should now be heard. 

NOTE: If you complete these steps and no sound or partial 
sound is heard (for example, you can
hear music but cannot hear WAV files), you may need to remove 
the Sound driver in the Windows 95 Device Manager, then 
restart Windows 95 and allow Windows 95 to Plug and Play and 
reinstall the default Sound driver.


4) Display Blackouts, Image Incompatibility, Mesh Graphics, 
   Animation’s, FMV (full motion video).

GENERAL CHECKLIST:

-Disable DOSKEY drivers
-Service Pak 2, Rev B, or OEM SR2, the game will not work.
-Windows NT will not work with the game.
-486 machines: Tomb Raider may work if your video card 
contains more than 2MB of VRAM. Display Problems: Change the 
refresh rates on monitors to at least 72 Mhz and run the 
Univesa driver.

If your screen locks up, is distorted, or only shows a 
certain section, then run these programs/drivers before 
installing or playing the game:
1) the univesa driver that came with the cd or through our 
ftp site, or
2) a DOS UNIVBE shareware driver, you can download one from 
www.scitechsoft.com, or
3) using a commercial application called a Power2Play 
Utility program.
If you have a black screen upon running the installation or 
tomb executables: run any of the above programs, disable 
any TSR's, and do all the steps in DOS.

Known cards that requires VESA drivers:
STB Velocity 3D
Diamond Stealth 64
Imagine Series 128 se
Diamond 2000 or 3000 series cards (some, not all)
Matrox Millenium with Gravis Ultrasound card
STB Video Rage
Tseng ET4000
OAK TECH MODEL 87 W/TRIDENT 81DAC CHIPSET.
STB LIGHTSPEED 128
DIAMOND STEALTH 128
DIAMOND 3D RAGE VIDEO CARD.
MATROX MILLENIUM
Hercules Dynamite 128.

Possible problems with these setups:
Cirrus logic 5430/40 PCI and AZT2316/R sound card.
Diamond EDGE 3D Video Adapter and TYAN Tomcat Motherboard
Diamond TELECOMMANDER Sound/Modem card 
STB Velocity 3D

If you are loading UNIVBE and do not get any animations or
a black screen, disable this driver.

If you have the Tseng ET4000 video card, use the TLIVESA 
driver from Tseng.

Matrox Millenium cards: run the command "uvcongif.exe /s28" 
from the Matrox directory using the Martrox MGA series 
drivers. -Contributor: Chris

S2 chipset owners, please get the latest drivers from S3.

MATROX MYSTIQUE VIDEO CARD AND THE COLORS ARE ALL WRONG: 
press the F1 key, refer to page 4 of the manual.

Number 9 video card and no FMV: go to www.scitechsoft.com 
web site and download the DOS UNIVBE (Display Doctor) 
shareware program.

Cirrus Logic 7555 with compressed graphics: same as 
Number 9 above. Orchid Righteous 3D: revision "D" cards 
with SEC memory had a few production problems. Please 
consult Orchid for a patch.

Can not initialize FMV player: possible solution is to 
open the CD-ROM drive door and close it as the game 
goes to a black screen.


5) CDROM drives faster than 4x, long pauses, Read 
Error, Vibrations.

GENERAL RULES:
Having a DOS drivers for your CDROM drive solve most 
of problems you encounter with regards to CD audio and 
video. If you don’t have this driver or unsure, please
contact your CDROM or computer maker for more assistance.

If you have a CDROM drive faster than a 4x, using a 4x 
DOS driver also alleviates incompatibilities. Again, 
consult the CDROM or computer maker for more information.

Problems: 
cannot initialize FMV device vibrations

Possible fixes:

Obtain the latest drivers from the CDROM manufacturer. 
Most of them are available on the web site.

NEC CDROM Drive: You must use an older NEC_IDE.SYS DOS 
driver, dated prior to December 1994. -Contributor: Jeff

TOSHIBA CDROM Drives and Other CDROM Drives greater
than 4X: 
There are multiple problems with the Toshiba drives or 
fast CDROM drives and this game such as long pauses, 
loss of the red book audio, and loss of save files. To 
this date, we don't have any fix, just a possible 
solution. We are currently investigating the cause of 
this conflict.
These are possible solutions: 
Changing the DOS driver from the TAISATAP.SYS to the 
Toshiba 4X driver D011v109.sys (an Oak Technology 
driver). -Contributor: CLEVE

Red Book Audio: After you restart the computer, run the 
game screen and select Sound Setup. Redo the sound 
settings until the TEST option work. (Note: If you had 
to shut down to DOS, then you would run SETUP.) After 
you complete the sound setup, run the game.

Loss of Red Book Audio:
When you get to the Main Title Screen and you don't 
hear any sound, you need to reinstall doing 
the following: 

Delete a file in your C: drive called Tombpath.bat. 
After this, run the installer from your cdrom and do 
everything similar to what you did before, including 
the correct directory path. The files will be 
overwritten but any save files will not. You can 
also delete the entire Tombraid directory and the
Tombpath.bat file then reinstall. If you have any 
save files, just place them in a temporary directory.

If you have multiple CDROM drives, make sure the 
CDROM you use to play the game is the first drive 
the game will look, i.e. its ID number is the first
among all CDROM drives.

Other solutions: Disable smartdrv and add "buffer=30"

'S_Loadlevel(): Could not open …..’ Error:
This error is one of the main cause of these drives. 
The solution stated above is the only known 
workaround. Having known these problems, we will try to
investigate and attempt to fix this problem.


6) 3D Video Cards.

You may have noticed why we only support 3DFX, 
Rendition, and Mystique chipsets. The reason for this 
is that their software engineers have worked closely 
with our developers to create such a patch.

List of 3DFX cards:
Diamond Monster 3D
Orchid Righteous 3D

List of Rendition cards:
Creative Labs 3D Blaster
Intergraph Reactor
Sierra On-Line Screamin’ 3D
Canopus Total 3D

and

MATROX Mystique 2MB and 4MB cards.

For 3DFX cards:
Black screen and white line around gun shots: Disable 
the VGA Palette Snoop option in the Bios. We recommend 
this only if you are familiar with your BIOS, consult 
the manual or the computer maker.

Pink colors: You are using a prototype 3DFX board, 
please use a production board.

RENDITION cards:
If you get a message: "COULD NOT OPEN VERITE ERROR 
CODE 50:01", please make sure you have installed the 
VERITE drivers. If you did not get any software 
long with your video card, check from your source 
or the manufacturer itself.

Orchid Righteous 3D: revision "D" cards with SEC 
memory had a few production problems.
Please consult Orchid for a patch. Contributor: steven

Creative Labs 3D BLASTER DOESN’T PLAY : DOWNLOAD 
THE LATEST 3D BLASTER BIOS UPDATE FROM CREATIVE LABS 
WEB SITE or through their support line.


7) What operating systems are supported? 

OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Tomb Raider was not designed to run with Windows NT, 
any version, even using the DOS shell. You have to 
create a dual boot system to enable DOS or 
Windows 95. Also, if you have the Windows 95 Service 
Pack 2 or OEM SP2, the game may not run properly 
since we did not test this new OS. No MACINTOSH 
version of the game will be made at all.


8) Where is the background music? 

Background Music only occurs during the animated 
sequences, Main Title Screen, and Lara’s action 
such discovering a secret room or is in danger. 
Sound effects are gunshots, movement collision, 
footsteps, grunts, and animal sounds. The 
DOS/WIN 95 version only contains 9 audio tracks. 
You can listen to these tracks using your CD 
audio controller. The Sony and Saturn versions
contain more audio tracks. This was a 
design decision.

Below is a summary of each track in the 
DOS/WIN 95 version:
Track 1:  Data files for the whole game
Track 2:  Background music for the Main Title Screen
Track 3:  Ambient music
Track 4:  Another ambient sound
Track 5:  Introduction sound
Track 6:  Another sound
Track 7:  Natla and Lara's dialogue after the Great 
          Pyramid Level
Track 8:  Lara and Larson's dialogue after LEVEL 4
Track 9:  Lara places the scion, after Natla's Mine
Track 10: Lara is reading the hieroglyphics, after 
          Tomb of Tihocan level.


9) How to exit.

To exit the game, hit ESC, arrow down to the 
Passport and hit Enter. Arrow right one or two 
times and select ‘Exit to Title’ then hit Enter. 
This will take you to the Main Title Screen, select 
Passport again, arrow right and select Exit then 
hit Enter.


10) Why is there sound cutouts in the German version?

The initial production copies of the German CD 
version had some problems running the sound
effects and/or the red book audio. There are new 
production copies available; therefore, we suggest 
that you replace your copy with the new copies. 
Please consult the manual for details or contact our 
UK office. 

11) Can I run it on a 486?

We do not recommend running the game with a 486 
processor regardless of the speed, yes even at 
100MHz. That is because the animated sequences 
will not run, only a squeech sound or hissing 
noise. In addition, the graphics will be slow. 
We were able to run it at VGA with reduce screen 
size on a 15" monitor which was adequate for general 
gameplay but difficult to find small places or 
hideaways. If your video card has 2MB or more VRAM, 
you may be able to play all the animations.


12) How to get high resolution or SVGA mode.

To get SVGA mode, press F1 when you are in the game. 
This will let you switch modes between VGA and SVGA. 
If in SVGA mode your speed is slow, press F2 to 
reduce the screen size. F3 to increase it back. 
Refer to the manual, page 4, for more keyboard
commands.


13) Can I copy the whole game to the hard drive?

You cannot copy the full game to your hard drive 
because the game is programmed to installed about 
1MB of files to your hard drive and look for the 
data files from the CDROM. We felt this helps 
reduce the overhead of data installed to the
hard drive and prevent piracy.


14) Disable the ‘Autorun’ and examining files.

To prevent the Autorun feature to execute when 
you insert the CD, simply hold the Shift KEY 
until the CD is loaded. If you want to open the 
CD to examine its contents, just click with the 
Right-Mouse-Button.


15) Save File Issues.

If you find yourself loosing your save files, 
unable to Save or Load game files, or unable to 
save the settings, make sure you have installed 
the game properly.
If you are playing the game from the CDROM, you 
cannot write any files to it. If you are unable to 
install because of sound problems, please refer 
to #3 of this FAQ for more information.

Playing Lara and her double: A bug exists in this 
level that occurs randomly, to save in this area: 
Go to the entrance and jump up to the outside 
direction, slide back into the room and the double 
will now act as before. Wait again until the door
on the other side opens. If not you will have a 
dead double lying around somewhere in the room and 
the exit door stays closed. Afterwards, save the 
game. Don't save in between.


16) Error Messages.

"Cannot allocate Real Mode buffer, Memory allocation 
error: Cannot start COMMAND, exiting"

There are two possible solutions to this message;
1. You have a 486 CPU and the game requires a 
   Pentium 60 or greater to run. You will not be 
   able to run Tomb Raider on your Computer.

2. You have a DOS system. Tomb Raider requires at 
   least 6.5 megabytes of EMS memory and at l at 
   least 580 kilobytes of conventional memory 
   to run.

You will need to create a boot disk to get the game 
to run. You will need to make sure that your 
EMM386.EXE line has RAM and not NOEMS. Also, you will
want to REM your mouse line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

"Cannot access D:\DATA\LEVEL5.PHD".

"Tomb Raider Core Design Nov. __ (05 or 21) 1996 (Time)
Level __ (E:\data\level_.phd) is version _______. 
(This game code is version 32). Levels 2 and 4 and 
version #'s 7941664 and 10998396."

"Cannot access D:\DATA\LEVEL5.PHD" and then

"Please insert the Tomb Raider CD" (one has to eject 
the CD, reinsert it, let it spin up, and then reload 
Tomb Raider.)

S_LoadLevel( ): Could not open E:\data\level12.phd

Not ready reading drive E

Abort, Retry, Fail?

PLEASE: Refer to the CDROM section, FAQ #5, for more 
        information on possible solutions.

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                     6.  TROUBLESHOOTING

More Help
=========

For further help and information please refer to the Sold 
Out HelpBox, which is on the Sold Out Installer. To open 
the HelpBox, click on the <?> icon on the left-hand side 
of the Sold Out installers screen.


The Sold Out installer still does not work
==========================================

For the Sold Out installer to work you must have the 
following configuration and components installed on 
your machine:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or above
Macromedia Shockwave(TM) Player
Display properties must be 'Small fonts'.

If you get an error message on the preload screen then 
click on the 'AutoFix' button.

To change you display properties to small fonts:
------------------------------------------------

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Settings',
3. Select 'Control Panel',
4. Double click on the 'Display' icon,
5. Select 'Appearance',
6. Change the font settings to 'Small'.

OR

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar, 
2. select 'Settings', 
3. select 'Control Panel'
4. select 'Display'
5. select 'Settings'
6. select 'Advance'
7. select 'General'

then change to Small Fonts. 


To bypass the Sold Out installer and load the separate 
components on this CD follow the instructions below.

The Game
--------
To install the game you should do the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\INSTALL.EXE
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'. 
5. You should now refer to Section 3 from step 4, to 
   install the game.

Adobe Acrobat
-------------
To install Acrobat Reader you should do the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\DATA.NOW\ACROBAT\SETUP.EXE
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.

Manual
------
To view the manual you should do the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\MANUAL.PDF
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.

Internet Explorer
----------------- 
To install Microsoft Internet Explorer you should do 
the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\DATA.NOW\IE\IE5SETUP.EXE
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.

Macromedia Shockwave(TM) Player
---------------------------

To install Macromedia shockwave(TM) Player you should do 
the following...

1. Go to the 'Start' button on your Windows task bar,
2. Select 'Run',
3. Type:- D:\DATA.NOW\SW\SWSETUP.EXE
   (assuming that the letter of your CD-ROM drive is d:)
4. Click 'OK'.


MSVBVM50.DLL Error
==================

If the error "The MSVBVM50.DLL file is linked to missing 
export OLEAUT32.DLL:421." occurs while installing the game.

The error occurs because during the setup process, the 
MSVBVM50.DLL file requires a version of OLEAUT32.DLL that 
is newer than what comes with the original version of 
Windows 95. Therefore you will need to replace this file 
with the copy supplied on the your CD-ROM. 
To replace the file simply double click on AXDIST.EXE file 
which can be found in \DATA.NOW\EXTRAS directory on your 
CD-ROM. You will also have to restart your computer for the 
changes to take effect. 

When done, launch SETUP.NOW again and try to reinstall.


Product Support
================

For our most frequently asked questions simply visit our 
website at www.sold-out.co.uk (English language only).

If you have any questions about this or any other 
Sold Out Software product, you can reach our 
Customer Service/Technical Support Group at:-

                Sold Out Software
		122 Southwark Street 
		London SE1 0SW
		United Kingdom

Customer Service is available from 10.00am to 1.00pm & 2.00pm 
to 5.00pm Monday to Friday 

Tel: +44 (0) 207 928 9655, 
fax: +44 (0) 207 261 0540.

You can also e-mail us on "webmaster@sold-out.co.uk"

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