Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU!mgk4e From: mgk4e@darwin.clas.Virginia.EDU (Toll-Booth Willy) Subject: Re: Rebel Assault setup problems...help needed Message-ID: Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: uva References: Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 21:47:52 GMT Lines: 37 frankp@bbs.xnet.com writes: > ae306@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jerry Gault) writes: > > > > > > >Hello: > > Im using a 386DX33, 4 MEGS RAM, and a 2XCD-ROM. I find Rebel > >Assault slow and the screen jerky. As Im going through the canyon I can't > >understand the voices. Ive played around with different setups and can't > >seem to get the game to flow better, any suggestions besides upgrading to > >a 486 and buying more RAM, although this would be nice it's not possible > >at the moment. Thank You for your help. > > > >Jerry :-) > > > >-- > >Jerry Gault Nepean, Ontario, Canada. > >ae306@freenet.carleton.ca > >jerry@pinetree.org > > > Are you using smartdrive to cache your cd-rom drive? If you are, don't. I've > got a dx2-50 and the game played like you describe until I started loading my > cd-rom driver after smartdrive. Hope this helps. If all else fails, call lucas-arts; you might have to try a billion times to get through and then have to wait a million years to talk to someone, but when i called, the guy knew exactly what was wrong and it was fixed within 2-3 minutes. (it's not really that bad....!) -- 000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 Mat at UVA 0 0 mgk4e@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu 0 000000000000000000000000000000000000000