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  Microsoft Hover! README
  June 1995
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  (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1995

  This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
  supplement the Microsoft Windows 95 documentation.

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  How to Use This Document
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  To print Hovrread.txt, open it in WordPad, Microsoft Word, or another word
  processor. Then select the entire document and format the text in 10-point
  Courier before printing.


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  CONTENTS
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  Minimum System Requirements
  Recommended System Requirements
  Using Hover! with Mouse Keys Enabled
  Tips for Playing Hover!
  Running Hover! Faster
  If You Have Problems with Sound
  Hover! Stops Responding


  Minimum System Requirements
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  * 486/33 processor
  * 8 MB RAM
  * Sound card
  * CD-ROM drive
  * SVGA monitor
  * Microsoft Windows 95


  Recommended System Requirements
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  * 486/66 DX processor
  * 8 MB RAM
  * Sound card
  * CD-ROM drive
  * SVGA monitor
  * Microsoft Windows 95


  Using Hover! with Mouse Keys Enabled
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  If you have used the Accessibility options in Control Panel to turn on
  Mouse Keys, you must reassign the keys you use to maneuver your Hovercraft.
  1  On the Options menu, click Player Controls.
  2  Click the Set Keys button.
  3  Choose the keys you want to use to move your Hovercraft.


  Tips for Playing Hover!
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  Collect objects such as jumps and walls whenever you have a chance. They
  will be useful on the higher levels.

  If you see a drone that has already captured one of your flags and a flag
  remover pad is nearby, bump the drone onto the pad and the drone will drop
  the flag.

  If a drone is in pursuit or on the way to collecting a flag, you can knock
  it into a skid pad to get it off course, confuse it, and slow it down.

  If a drone is near a hold or skid pad, drop a wall in front of it to send
  it into the wall and onto the pad!

  If you see a hazard coming up that you can't avoid, use a jump (if you have
  one) to jump over the square.

  Use walls and skid pads to rapidly change direction to avoid drones and
  other hazards.


  Running Hover! Faster
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  Quit all other programs.

  If you want to run Hover! in the fastest full-screen mode possible, press
  F4. Hover! will run fast but the graphics will be displayed in less detail.

  If you want to run Hover! in 640x480 full-screen mode, press SHIFT+F4.
  Hover! will display higher resolution graphics, but will run slower.

  If you are using a computer with the Energy Star power-saver feature turned
  on, you will periodically experience very slow frame rates. To allow Hover!
  to run faster, turn off the energy-saving feature.
  1  In Control Panel, double-click the Power Management icon.
  2  Click the Power Management check box.


  If You Have Problems with Sound
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  If you are experiencing problems with the sound effects in Hover!, you can
  run a special program to identify the exact sound card you have. On the
  Windows 95 CD-ROM, in the Funstuff\Hover\Sounds directory you will find
  Wmconfig.exe. Run this program, and follow the instructions in the Sound
  Mixing Configuration dialog box, selecting your sound card from the list
  provided. If you don't know or can't find the sound card, click the first
  Generic option in the list, and then click the Test button. Continue
  selecting Generic sound options in the list until the sound effects sound
  good. You must restart Hover! in order for this change to take effect.


  Hover! Stops Responding
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  Your system could become unresponsive if you have reserved a large amount
  of RAM for a RAM disk or SmartDrive, or if you are low on disk space (for
  the page file), or if you have disabled Virtual Memory.

  Do one or more of the following:
  * Make sure Virtual Memory is enabled
  * Make sure that the hard drive has sufficient space (20MB) free for the
    page file
  * Use only a small (.5 - 2MB) SmartDrive
  * Don't use RAM Drives
