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Aptiva - Fixing problems with the 11th Hour game

Applicable to: United States

1. The wrong palette problem in 16 bit color of the 11th Hour game can be solved by running the program UVCONFIG.EXE under the X:\GAMES\11H directory where X: stands for the driver letter of the hard disk where the games has been installed.
2. Once in this configuration program, the following information will appear:

Detected Video Configuration
SuperVGA ID Trident
Chip set ID Unknown TVGA
Video memory 2Mb
RAM DAC ID Trident TDK8001 or Internal 24 bit DAC

3. Change the RAM DAC ID from Trident TDK8001 or Internal 24 bit DAC to Generic 24 bit DAC.

4. Click on the OK button to exit this program.

5. Now, run the file GO.BAT to start the 11th Hour game.

6. In the main menu of this game, set the following settings under "CHANGE SETUP":

COLOR DEPTH 16 BITS PER PIXEL
QUARTER SCREEN VIDEO
INTERLACED VIDEO NO
REQUIRE RETURN TO DISK SWAP YES
SOUND IS PLAYED IN STEREO
HARDWARE PAGE FLIPPING OFF
ANIMATIONS DISPLAYED NORMALLY

7. Once the above settings have been verified, the game should perform correctly.

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Video, Entertainment Software, Non-IBM Hardware/Software

Date Created

16-04-97

Last Updated

22-02-99

Revision Date

22-02-2000

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2144, 2168

Model

2R5; 2R7; 2R8; M30; M35; M50; 21682R6; 21684R7; 21684R8; 2168M40; 2168M54; 2168M58; 21683R0; 21683R8; 2168M60; 2168M70; 3R4; 3R6; 4R1; 4R9; M31; M51; M52; M63; 2R9; 3R1; 3R3; 3R5; 3R7; 3R9; 4R0; 4R2; 4R3; M41; M53; M55; M56; M57; M61; M62; M71; M72

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