® ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE RRT Deluxe manual cover 1 8/19/97, 2:55 PM For IBM PC & compatible computers Sid Meier’s ◆◆ RAILROAD TYCOON DELUXE TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT Computer: IBM, or fully compatible, 80386 16MHz Minimum System Hard Drive: with at least 5 million bytes (5 meg) available Requirements Conventional Memory: a system with a base minimum of 640K of RAM Graphics: VGA graphics card and VGA monitor DOS: MS-DOS 5.0 or higher Controls: The simulation can be run entirely from the keyboard, or with a mouse and a keyboard. A mouse is recommended as the interface has been designed to take advantage of the mouse. Railroad Tycoon Deluxe does not support a joystick. The installation program checks your system for a number of conditions, and INSTALLATION advises you if your system does not meet the conditions. The installation program decompresses and copies numerous files from the distri- bution disks onto your hard drive. The install program also auto-detects your computer’s configuration and provides recommendations for sound, speech, and control device (keyboard, mouse). The entire installation procedure can take a variable amount of time depending on the speed of your computer and hard drive. Technical Notes: This install program creates a sub directory on your hard disk titled “C:\MPS\RAILSDX” and copies all files into that sub directory. It then copies a runtime batch file into your root directory titled “RDX.BAT”, for your convenience. If you’re an experienced DOS user, feel free to modify or move “RDX.BAT”. i RRT Deluxe tech supp 1 8/19/97, 3:56 PM This assumes your machine runs under DOS 5.0 when it boots, which is true of most LOADING IBM and compatible machines with hard disks. (1) Turn on your machine. If it is already on, exit all programs and return to the root directory with the “CD” (change directory) DOS command. For example, if your hard disk is C: then “CD C:\” does this. (2) Set Speed: If you have a “turbo” or multi-speed computer, use your normal speed setting. (3) Enter MPS directory: You can enter the MPS directory with the “CD” (change directory) DOS command. For example, if you are in your root directory C:, then “CD MPS” will take you to the MPS directory. (4) Load Program: Type “RDX” and press return. The simulation will begin loading. When Railroad Tycoon Deluxe loads it asks you to select a sound option. The current Sound Driver options include the following: Options No Sound: This turns off all sound throughout the game. IBM Internal Speaker: This default sound setting is appropriate to all IBM machines with no special sound hardware. Adlib or compatible: Use this option only if you have added an Adlib sound card or an Adlib compatible sound card to your computer. Covox Sound Master: Use this option only if you have added a Covox Sound Master II sound card to your computer. Sound Blaster (original): Use this option only if you have added an original Sound Blaster sound card to your computer. Sound Blaster Pro (early): Use this option only if you have added a Sound Blaster Pro (early) sound card to your computer. Sound Blaster Pro (new): Use this option only if you have added a Sound Blaster Pro (new) sound card to your computer. Pro Audio Spectrum: Use this option only if you have added a Pro Audio Spectrum sound card to your computer. Pro Audio Spectrum Plus or Sound Blaster 16: Use this option only if you have added a Pro Audio Spectrum Plus or Sound Blaster 16 to your computer. These cards have the new OPL-3 synthesizer chip. Gold Sound Standard: Use this option only if you have added a Gold Sound Standard card to your computer. Roland MT-32/LAPC-1/CM-32L MIDI Board: Use this option if you have one of these Roland instruments using an MPS-401 or compatible MIDI interface. General MIDI: Use this option if you have a General MIDI compatible synthesizer and an MPU-401 or compatible MIDI interface. ii RRT Deluxe tech supp 2 8/19/97, 3:58 PM As part of the installation process, you are required to designate selections for music, Configuration sound, and digitized speech. Fortunately, the install program auto-detects the majority of the possible options. This configuration process is also utilized to change your selections if you add, delete or modify system equipment or just decide to change the selections. From this panel, selections for music/sound effects and digitized speech are made. Music/Sound The installation program highlights all of the possible music options it detects; the non- detected options are grayed-out. You may, however, select grayed-out options as well as Effects and the highlighted options. If your card is not installed at the factory defaults, it will not be Digitized Spech detected, though you can still use it by manually entering the correct parameters. IRQ card selection and DRQ parameters are NOT auto detected. Separate and distinct options are possible for music/sound effects and digitized speech. The same choice is not required for both. In some cases, the same options are not offered for both. For example, you may select Adlib for music/sound effects, but Adlib is not an option for digitized speech; in this case, you would need to select No Speech. DMA type sound cards have configurable settings. These three settings, address, IRQ and DRQ, are user specified, and must be configured to match the settings on the cards. If the settings do not match, or there is an interrupt and/or DMA conflict in your computer, you will probably not get digitized sounds and your computer may lock up. You may save games currently under way and continue them at a later date. Games may be saved onto your hard drive or onto a previously formatted saved game disk. You SAVED GAMES may not save games onto your original game disks or back-up game disks. To save a current game, open the Game menu and choose “Save Game”. This opens a window that asks you to name the drive to which you wish to save. You may only have four games saved on any disk. 1) Place your previously formatted save game disk in the floppy drive to which you Saving Games to a wish to save, normally either your A: or B: drive. Floppy Disk 2) Enter the letter of the drive where you have previously placed your saved game disk and press RETURN. 3) This opens the saved game files on your disk. Each disk can contain four saved games. Highlight the file into which you wish to save your game and press RETURN. This saves your game into this file. 4) If the game files are full on any disk, move the highlight to the existing saved game you wish to overwrite and press return. This writes the new saved game over the old one, erasing the old one. If you don’t want to erase any game on a full disk, press the ESCAPE key to return to the game, and start over. However, you cannot format a disk while the game is underway, so have additional formatted disks handy. iii RRT Deluxe tech supp 3 8/19/97, 3:58 PM 1) The letter of your hard drive is already shown in the window, just press RETURN. Saving Games to a 2) This opens the saved game files on your hard drive. Move the highlight to the file Hard Drive into which you wish to save your game and press RETURN. This saves your game into this file. Loading a Saved games can only be loaded during the pre-game options. To load a saved game, Saved Game follow these instructions: 1) Choose the option “Load Saved RR” when you start the game. 2) Type the letter of the drive where the saved game disk is located, either your hard drive or a floppy drive. Insert disk if necessary. 3) After selecting the drive, press RETURN. 4) Move the highlight down the list of saved games until the game you wish to load is .highlighted, and press RETURN. This loads the saved game. All saved games consist of two files, a RRD#.SVE and a RRD.MAP. The number corresponds to the saved game on the disk, numbered 0 to 3. If you have several saved game disks, then you have several games named RRD1.SVE, etc. Saved game files are normal DOS files that can be moved and copied using standard DOS commands ADDITIONAL Dissolving Railroads: If the share price of a competing railroad falls below $5 and stays there for too long, there is a chance that the railroad can be dissolved and disappear IBM RAILROAD entirely from the game. TYCOON DELUXE Bankruptcy Penalty: For each bankruptcy that you declare, the interest you must pay for selling new bonds increases by 1%. After enough bankruptcies, you will be unable FEATURES to sell any bonds. Rail Car Costs: Each car you place on your trains costs $5,000. When you make consist changes, you are only charged if the total number of cars on your railroad increases. Menu Options: You may highlight any menu option by pressing the letter key of the first letter in the option. If more than one choice share the same first letter, additional letter key taps cycle through the options that start with the same letter. Sound Effects: If you selected one of the sound driver options when you started your game, you may toggle the sound effects on or off later in the game.