
                        SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

1.  The installation set consists of 1 disk containing DOS and Windows
    MCI MPEG drivers and dependent files, DOS MPEG Player files, and batch
    files for playing games.

    Drivers and dependent files:
    ----------------------------
    CDIDLL   EXE  - DOS memory allocation DLL for MCI MPEG Driver
    CS4920   BIN  - firmware for CS-4920
    DRAM450  BIN  - firmware for CL-450
    HWINIT   EXE  - Hardware initialization utility.
    MCIMPEG  DRV  - MCI MPEG Driver
    R0MPEG   INI  - General .INI file
    RZMPEG   EXE  - DOS MPEG Driver
    RZSETUP  EXE  - Setup utility for DOS
    VGASYS   FON  - Font file for Setup utility
    MVPDOS   BIN  - MCT initialization file for DOS
    MVPDOS   INI  - MCT initialization file for DOS
    MVPWIN   BIN  - MCT initialization file for WIN
    MVPWIN   INI  - MCT initialization file for WIN

    Games files:
    -----------------------
    D        BAT  - Batch file for playing Dragon's Lair game
    H        BAT  - Batch file for playing Horde game
    Z        BAT  - Batch file for playing Zork game

    Player files:
    -----------------------
    PLAYER   DAT  - Data file for MPEG player
    PLAYER   EXE  - MPEG player for DOS
    RZPLAY   BAT  - Batch file for launching MPEG player
    SPLAYER  EXE  - Simple full screen player for DOS

2.  General Installation Notes:
    2.1.  You should have CD-ROM drive fully compatible with CD-i and
          Video-CD formats.  (CD-ROM drive should be marked with
          letters BC, BD, or following).
    2.2   Remove /K switch from command line for CD-ROM driver in
	  CONFIG.SYS.
    2.3.  If you have SMARTDRIVE on your system, the CD-ROM drive
          should not be under SMARTDRIVE - it is incompatible with
          Video-CD and CD-i.
    2.4.  To be able to play Return To Zork you'll need at least 612K.
	  Please remove all unnecessary parts from AUTOEXEC.BAT
	  and CONFIG.SYS and then run MEMMAKER (DOS utility).
    2.5.  If your MPEG board is older one and has Omega FPGA on it instead
	  of OMEGA ASIC, you have to modify RZMPEG.INI file.
	  Locate section [Omega] and change the entry
		ASIC=1
			to
		ASIC=0
	  or just remove it.
	  Otherwise you will see picture breakups while playing PAL Video CD
	  or CDI movies (PAL and NTSC).
    2.6.  To change Product Name displyed by the Installation program
	  edit entry "title" in [install] section of the INSTALL.INI file
	  located on Disk #1.
    2.7.  To change text displayed on the caption bar of DOS Player
	  edit entry "title" in [player title] section of the INSTALL.INI
	  file located on Disk #1.

3.  R0 DOS MPEG Player:
    3.1.  To run DOS Player you need the following files:
          RZPLAY   BAT  - batch file
          PLAYER   DAT  - player GUI data file
          PLAYER   EXE  - player
	  SPLAYER  EXE  - simple full screen player
    3.2.  Run RZPLAY.BAT to start the player
    3.3   Run RZPLAY /? to see available options.

4.  Dragon's Lair:
    4.1.  To play it you need the following files:
          D        BAT  - batch file
    4.2.  Please be sure that you inserted the correct CD in CD-ROM Drive
    4.3.  Run D.BAT

5.  Horde:
    5.1.  To play it you need the following files:
          H        BAT  - batch file
    5.2.  Please be sure that you inserted the correct CD in CD-ROM Drive
    5.3.  Run H.BAT

6.  Return To Zork:
    6.1.  To play it you need the following files:
          Z        BAT  - batch file
          RTZRM    DAT  - Zork DAT file   (not included in installation)
          MADERM   EXE  - Zork executable (not included in installation)
    6.2.  To obtain RTZRM.DAT and MADERM.EXE files do the regular ZORK
	  installation. Refuse to install ReelMagic software when being
          asked for. Copy these two files in our installation directory.
    6.3.  Please be sure that you inserted the correct CD in CD-ROM Drive
    6.4.  Run Z.BAT

7.  Windows MCI MPEG Driver
    7.1.   Please check that you have the up-to-date version of
           the Windows MCI subsystem: it should support Digital Video.
    7.2.   The following files are installed for you:-
           DIGITALV MCI  - MCI subsystem.  Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.
           MCIOLE   DLL  - MCI subsystem.  Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.
           MMSYSTEM DLL  - MCI subsystem.  Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.
           MSVIDEO  DLL  - MCI subsystem.  Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.
           MPLAYER  EXE  - MediaPlayer.  Should be in WINDOWS dir.
           MPLAYER  REG  - MediaPlayer.  Should be in WINDOWS dir.
           MVP131   DLL                  Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.
           WIN87EM  EXE  - Floating point emulation.
			   Should be in WINDOWS\SYSTEM dir.

    7.3.   We advise you to overwrite the older files with ours.
    7.4.   Check the SYSTEM.INI file. A new section should have been created
                 [R0 MPEG MCI Driver]
                 mpegpath=c:\rzmpeg\
    7.6.   Check the SYSTEM.INI file for these lines in [mci] section
                 [mci]
                 ....
                 MpegVideo=c:\rzmpeg\mcimpeg.drv
                 CDIVideo=c:\rzmpeg\mcimpeg.drv
                 reelmagic=c:\rzmpeg\mcimpeg.drv
                 ....
    7.7.   Check the WIN.INI file for these lines:
                 [windows]
		 ....
                 load=c:\win311\system\win87em.exe c:\rzmpeg\cdidll.exe
		 ....

                 [mci extensions]
                 ....
                 mpg=MpegVideo
                 vbs=MpegVideo
                 dat=MpegVideo
                 ....
    7.8.   Run Windows and run Media Player.  First time it will take
           a while, because Multimedia System will try to load and
           check drivers you just installed.  When it finishes this process
           please check MPLAYER.INI in Windows directory as following.
    7.9.   You'll see these lines in MPLAYER.INI:
                 [Devices]
                 ....
                 MpegVideo=4062, MCI MPEG Driver
                 CDIVideo=4057, MCI CD-I Driver
                 reelmagic=4062, ReelMagic Compatible MPEG Driver
    7.10.  Run Media Player and play MPEG, CD-I and Karaoke
    7.11.  By default when you choose Full Screen from Configuration
	   Dialog in Media Player you will get only 640x480 window even
	   if your VGA is in High Resolution mode (800x600 or greater).
	   If you'd like to get real full screen and don't mind
	   sacrificing picture quality set entry "AdaptiveSizing" to 0
	   (file MVPWIN.INI, section [MCT]).

8.  Compton's Encyclopedia
    8.1.  Install MCI driver as specified above
    8.2.  Follow Encyclopedia's setup and install the program on your
          system.  When it suggest to install AVI, please refuse.

9.  Video Cube
    9.1.  Install MCI driver as specified above
    9.2.  Follow Video Cube setup and install the program on your
          system.

10. The Psychotron.
    10.1.  Install MCI driver as specified above
    10.2.  Follow The Psychotron setup and install the program on your
          system.


11. Windows 95 installation instructions for Ring Zero Systems MCI driver.

    11.1  Restart Windows in MS-DOS mode and install Ring Zero
	  Systems Software using INSTALL.EXE program located on installation disk.
	  When installation is complete restart Windows 95. At that point using
	  MediaPlayer you'll be able to play back MPEG files from hard disk and 
	  CDs which are formatted as MS-DOS file system disks. 
    12.1  In case if you have problems with playing back Video CD
	  and CD-i do the following:
	  make sure that DOS CD-ROM driver is loaded from
	  CONFIG.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE from AUTOEXEC.BAT (Windows 95 may
	  remove it during installation)
	  disable Plug and Play Win95 CD-ROM driver. To do that
	  go to Control Panel  -> System and view device list By
	  Connection. You need to find the CD-ROM node down some of
	  the branches of the device tree. When it's found get to the
	  next level upwards from the CD-ROM and disable corresponding
	  controller (it may be IDE, SCSI or CD-ROM proprietary
	  controller). After your restart Windows 95 that controller
	  will work in MS-DOS compatibility mode which would allow for
	  CD-ROM access at sector level and MCI driver should be able
	  to play CD-i and VCD.
 

