Troubleshooting Guide
This troubleshooting guide will provide you with information about Star Wars® Starfighter™. You will find solutions to common problems that were encountered while running the game and DirectX in the Windows 95, 98, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000, and XP Operating Systems.
Table of Contents
1. General Information
2. General Troubleshooting
3. Installation
4. Performance
5. Video Issues
6. Sound Issues
7. CD-ROM Drive Issues
8. Controller Device Issues
9. DirectX Setup
10. How to Contact LucasArts
11. Web Sites
-1- General Information
DISCLAIMER
This troubleshooting guide reflects LucasArts’ best efforts to account for and attempt to solve problems that you may encounter while playing the Star Wars Starfighter computer video game. LucasArts makes no representation or warranty about the accuracy of the information provided in this troubleshooting guide, what may result or not result from following the suggestions contained in this troubleshooting guide or your success in solving the problems that are causing you to consult this troubleshooting guide. Your decision to follow the suggestions contained in this troubleshooting guide is entirely at your own risk and subject to the specific terms and legal disclaimers stated below and set forth in the Software License and Limited Warranty to which you previously agreed to be bound.
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To be able to play Star Wars Starfighter, you must have Windows 95, 98, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000, or XP installed and configured correctly and your computer hardware must be 100% DirectX 8.x compatible. For more information on DirectX, see Section 9 of this Troubleshooting Guide.
If you are running Windows 2000 or XP, you must have local administrator rights to properly install the game.
MS-DOS, Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.0, Linux, and OS/2 are not supported.
Computer: 100% DirectX compatible computer required.
CPU: Pentium II or Athlon class 350 MHz or faster CPU required.
Pentium II or Athlon class 450 MHz or faster recommended.
Memory: 64 MB RAM required. 128 MB RAM recommended.
128 MB required for Windows 2000 and XP.
Graphics Card: 16 MB DirectX 8 compatible PCI or AGP 3D Hardware Accelerator required.
Sound Card: 16-bit sound card required.
CD-ROM: Quad Speed IDE or SCSI CD-ROM drive required.
Input Device: Keyboard or mouse required. Joystick or gamepad recommended.
DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 8.0a and 8.1 are included on this CD. You will be
prompted to install DirectX during the installation of this game if a more
recent version isn’t already properly installed on your system. Please refer
to the Installation and DirectX Setup sections of this Troubleshooting
Guide for more information about DirectX.
NOTE: DirectX may require the "latest" updates for your operating system.
This may also include the latest drivers for your particular motherboard, sound and video hardware.
Installation: Installation requires 580 MB of free hard drive space. It is recommended
that you have at least an additional 100 MB of free space available after
installing the game for the Windows swap/page file and save games.
-2- General Troubleshooting
Star Wars Starfighter was designed to run under Windows 95, 98, Millennium (ME), 2000, or XP with DirectX 8.x. If the game unexpectedly freezes up, returns you to your desktop, or if you experience any other severe problems, you should try to properly shut down Windows and reboot your computer. (As a rule, you should never turn off your computer while the hard drive is active.) This will help prevent possible problems related to the error that you have experienced. It is especially important to reboot your computer before trying any of the troubleshooting tips included in this guide or before attempting to restart the game.
NOTE: If your computer reboots into Safe Mode, go to Shut Down Windows and choose Restart the Computer. This will put you back into Windows’ normal operating mode.
· The Star Wars Starfighter CD may have been removed.
· Your CD-ROM drive may have stopped responding.
· There may be a hardware conflict in your system.
· The Star Wars Starfighter CD may be scratched or dirty.
· Your computer may not be 100% DirectX 8.x compatible.
Please consult DirectX Setup or CD-ROM Drive Issues in this Troubleshooting Guide for more information.
· Check to see how much room is available on your hard drive to make sure that you have enough free space for Star Wars Starfighter to run. It is recommended that you have at least 100 MB of free space after installing the game for the Windows swap/page file and save games.
· Check to see if your Windows desktop color palette is set to High Color (16-bit) and the desktop area is set to 800 by 600. On some video cards, other desktop settings may cause problems in Star Wars Starfighter. Please consult Video Issues (Section 5) for more information.
· Check to see if you have any other applications running, such as memory managers, screen savers, or virus protection programs. If you receive the error: Error: Cannot Initialize Sound System, another application may be using the sound system on your computer. Please refer to Should I have Other Programs Running in the Background in this section and Sound Issues (Section 6) for more information.
· Check to see if Direct3D is disabled. This may occur because of driver incompatibilities. Please refer to DirectX Setup (Section 9) for information on how to check if Direct3D is enabled.
· Check DirectX Setup (Section 9) in this Troubleshooting Guide for directions on how to find out if DirectX supports your computer hardware.
· Check the Star Wars Starfighter CD to see if it is dirty or scratched. The CD-ROM drive may be having trouble reading the CD. Please check CD-ROM Drive Issues (Section 7) for more information.
· Make sure that your CD-ROM drive letter didn’t change since installing Star Wars Starfighter. If it did, you will need to uninstall the game and reinstall it with the new drive letter. Make sure to choose Yes when prompted to keep your player and configuration files when uninstalling, so you do not lose your progress.
· If none of the suggestions above help, you may have a corrupted installation. Try uninstalling, then reinstalling Star Wars Starfighter.
When installing DirectX 8.x in Windows 95 or 98, you may see an error at the end of installation stating that you need to install DCOM and providing download information. If this occurs, click on OK. This error is due to the fact that you have not installed the latest updates for your operating system from Microsoft.
If you end up at a black screen or the game appears to lock up, please press ALT-F4, then ENTER before trying anything else. If these fail, press CTRL-ALT-DEL once and choose END TASK on Star Wars Starfighter, which should take you back to the desktop. Windows 2000 and XP users will need to click on Task Manager, and then choose END TASK. If you do not see a dialog box after pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL, press ENTER twice and this should take you back to the desktop. Then restart your computer and try running the game again.
· Your sound card may not be fully DirectX compatible. Please look at the DirectX Setup section in this Troubleshooting Guide for information about how to check for DirectX compatibility.
· You may need to update the drivers for your sound card.
· Your volume may be turned up too loud in Windows.
· Your amplified speakers may be plugged into speaker-out on your sound card.
Please consult Sound Issues (Section 6) in this Troubleshooting Guide for more information.
Generally, we have found that it is not a good idea to run any other programs in the background while playing Star Wars Starfighter. Please turn off any active screen savers while running this game, as they may interrupt the game and cause problems. Various video, sound, or memory problems may occur if other programs are running, including virus-detection utilities. You may need to disable or close programs that start automatically when Windows is started, such as the Microsoft Office Toolbar and the Live!Ware Creative Launcher. Some of these programs display icons on your system tray. If you have icons on your taskbar, right-click on each of them and select the option to disable, unload, or close them before running Star Wars Starfighter. The next time you start your computer, these items will load once more and the icons will return. If you cannot disable them from the taskbar and you experience problems running Star Wars Starfighter, we recommend that you consult Windows Help for information on how to remove shortcuts or how to keep other programs from running in the background.
We recommend that you do not task switch while playing Star Wars Starfighter. You may experience various issues, such as graphical corruption or loss of textures in some areas of the game or loss of keyboard or mouse function when task switching from the game.
When running Star Wars Starfighter on a low-end system or a system with 64 MB of RAM, you may experience some stuttering in the sound and graphics. This usually happens if other programs are running or your system resources are low. Freeing up system resources may improve performance. Check Performance (Section 4) in this troubleshooting guide for more performance tips.
If your computer is equipped with a Power Management feature, you may want to disable it. Please consult your computer's documentation or the manufacturer for assistance in doing this. When Power Management is enabled, the following problems may occur:
· The game may crash or go to a blue screen when sleep mode activates.
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