From within the game, you need to center the joystick then press Alt+C and it should recalibrate to center.
"I get the error message: Create winfont( )- Font creation failed or the game hangs with music running and my desktop is visible."
We have seen this happen on systems that have an extremely large amount of fonts. Go to your c:/windows/fonts directory and delete the amount of fonts you have there to 500 or below. If you are unsure or need help with this, contact your computer manufacturer.
"Nothing happens when insert the game CD into my CD-ROM drive."
The AutoPlay feature is disabled on some computers. To run the game without AutoPlay, please see step 2a of the Installation section above. To enable AutoPlay, contact your computer's manufacturer.
"During launch or while the game is playing, an error message comes up that mentions a 'General Protection Fault'."
This type of error can come up for many reasons. Usually, you can solve the problem by updating your video and/or 3D hardware with the latest drivers available from the manufacturer. If this doesn't help, make sure that you have shut down all of your other applications before playing the game.
"During Launch, the screen just turns black or quits back to Windows without any error message."
There are several methods that you can try to fix this problem:
Shut down any other applications that you may have running on your system such as screen savers, virus scanners, etc.
If you are using a fast machine such as a Pentium 233 or faster, you may need to turn down video hardware acceleration. See the section below on "Turning down Windows' video hardware acceleration".
Try resetting your computer's video resolution to 640x480 with 256 colors.
Update your video card drivers.
For further information on any of these solutions, please see the following documents:
"The game randomly freezes, crashes, or locks up the computer."
First, shut down all other applications that may be running on your computer. Other applications can interfere with the game's operation. For instructions on how to do this, please see our Windows 95/98 General Troubleshooting FAQ.
If this doesn't help, then the software drivers that Windows uses to communicate with your hardware may be out of date, or incompatible with the game. Install the latest DirectX compatible drivers available for your video and sound card from the card's manufacturer. If you have already updated to the latest driver version from the manufacturer and the problem persists, you may want to see if there are any reference drivers available from the chip manufacturer. Reference drivers are usually more standardized than the manufacturer's versions and are available for high-end 3D cards like the TNT, TNT2 and all 3dfx Voodoo cards. For more information on this topic and contact information on a wide variety of hardware vendors, please see our How to Update your Drivers FAQ.
Make sure that your speakers are turned on and any volume controls on them are turned up.
Check your Windows volume settings by clicking on the small yellow speaker icon on your taskbar.
Check the in-game volume settings in the "Sound Options" menu (available from the main Options menu)
If none of the steps above work, then make sure you have installed DirectX from the CD, or the latest version available from Microsoft. If you have already tried this too, then you'll need to update your sound card drivers to the latest version available from the card's manufacturer.
To learn how to install DirectX from the CD, see the section of this document labeled "DirectX Installation".
"The game will not work with my 3dfx Voodoo2 card."
You need to download the 5.144 patch. This will allow you to use your Voodoo2 with F22 ADF.
"I keep getting light boxes, flashes or color distortion."
Go to Control Panel>System>Device Manager> Sound, Video and Game Controllers. Select your audio device and click the Settings tab. Next turn off the 'Allow Full-Duplex operation' (The Duplex operation allows you to record and playback sound at the same time).
Standard video troubleshooting:
Update your video card drivers to the latest version available from the card manufacturer, or the latest reference driver available for your card's chipset.
Make sure that you have installed DirectX version 7.0 or higher on your system before playing. If you have already done this and the problem occurs anyway, then you'll need to update your video card drivers with the latest versions available from the manufacturer.
"The problem I've encountered wasn't listed in this document!"
Make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements as listed at the top of this document. If your system does not meet these requirements, the game will run poorly or not at all.
Shut down all other applications that may be running on your computer. Other programs can interfere with the operation of the game. For more information, please see our Windows 95/98 General Troubleshooting FAQ.
Make sure that the CD itself is not dirty or damaged in any way, and then try re-installing the game from scratch using the instructions at the top of this document.
