BLOOD(TM) Shareware v 1.01 README.TXT
June 10th, 1997

Other useful files: 

bloodhlp.txt    the text version of the printed manual
monolith.txt    A personal note (and challenge) from Jason Hall, 
                Monolith's CEO

BLOOD CUTSCENES (retail shareware only)
In order to preserve space on your hard drive, we have not installed
the Blood cutscenes. Therefore, you must have the Blood CD in your
CD-ROM drive to view the cutscenes. Copying CS1.SMK and CS2.SMK from
the CD to your Blood directory may improve video performance and will
eliminate the need to keep the CD in the drive.

If you copy the cutscenes, you must modify the BLOOD.INI file to
point the program at the video files. CutSceneA in the [episode1]
section should point to CS1.SMK and CutSceneB in that section
should point to CS2.SMK.

For example:

CutSceneA=c:\blood\cs1.smk

CD AUDIO (retail shareware audio)
CD Audio will only play if the CD is in the drive. If you wish to
view the cutscenes but don't want to listen to CD audio, use the
"-nocd" command line parameter.

SOUND & MUSIC
You should test your SOUND FX card before testing your MUSIC FX card. 

AWE32
If you have problems with your AWE32 card while in DOS mode, make
sure that you have run the SBDIAGNOSE utility that comes with your 
audio card. If you are still having problems playing music, try
switching your music card to SoundBlaster.

PROAUDIO 16
Although the Proaudio 16 is listed in the setup program, it is not
currently supported.

MODEM
When choosing the modem type from the Blood-Setup menu both players should 
use the default modem setting.

FOR MS SIDEWINDER 3D PRO USERS
Configure the Setup Joystick options as normal.  If you wish to use the 
rudder feature, make sure to click the Enable Rudder option.  In the Advanced
Joystick Setup, delete all analog references, and use the digital settings to 
configure the stick to your preferences.  Under Advanced Rudder/Throttle 
Setup, delete all analog references and set the Digital Setup to your 
preferences.  The MS Game Device Profiler software that ships with the 
Sidewinder can be used to configure the four base buttons to your liking, 
and works will with Blood.

MATROX VIDEO CARD
The Diamond Stealth S3 Verge and the Matrox Mellineum 2Meg/wram graphics 
card may cause Out of Memory errors in a Dos environment.  Setting Files, 
Stacks and Buffers in your config.sys to maximum values may help alleviate 
this problem.

MATROX MILLINEUM
Matrox Millineum\2Meg(Wram) does not run correctly in 800x600 graphics mode.
Blood may exit or experience video problems with this card.

MATROX MYSTIC
Matrox Mystic 2Meg graphics card with SGram causes Blood to lockup at 
Main Menu while trying to select new game. Lockup occurs only with this card 
in 800x600 and 640x480.  Avoid these video modes with this card.

CHANGING VIDEO MODES
The F8 command to change video modes has been disabled.  Some users (see 
above) were experiencing problems with their cards in some standard VESA
video modes, so we have disabled this feature.

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TROUBLESHOOTING

If you have sound problems:
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* Verify that you have run SETUP.

* Use the same values as the BLASTER environment variable.

* Make sure that the sound card setup utilities 
  are being run from your AUTOEXEC.BAT

* Don't run under a Win95 full-screen DOS box unless 
  you absolutely have to.


If you are having mouse problems:
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* Using a 3-button mouse requires the latest drivers
  from the vendor, especially if running under Win95.

* If all else fails, configure as a two-button mouse,
  or keyboard only.


If you have crash problems:
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* Don't run Blood under Windows or Win95.

* Blood requires 16MB of RAM right now.

* Blood requires DOS 6.22 or later.

* Blood requires a mouse driver.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT (U.S. & CANADA)

Assistance Via World Wide Web

Get up-to-the-minute technical information at the GT Interactive
Software website, at http://www.gtinteractive.com, 24 hours a day, 
seven days a week. In the Support section you'll have access to our 
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), which contains our latest 
troubleshooting information.  You can also visit our Forums area, 
where you can swap email with other gamers, our FTP (File Transfer 
Protocol) area where you can download patches and new enhancements as 
soon as they become available, our Hints/Cheat Codes area, an E-Mail 
area where you can leave us your tech support problems and questions,
and other areas where you can get valuable information on GT 
Interactive Software products.

