CLUE BOOK
Final Notes
UPDATING DARKLANDS
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Various update disks have been made available for Darklands. For more details about the disk, load it into a drive, switch to that drive, and type README. If your version of Darklands is less than the required minimum for upgrading, do not attempt to upgrade using that disk. Instead, call MicroProse Customer Service (410-771-1151) and ask for the update disk(s). (You're probably in this situation because you purchased the game soon after release and neglected to send in your registration warranty card.) To use an update disk, you need a certain minimum amount of free space on your hard disk (the README describes exacty how much). If you have enough, you can proceed. If you don't, you need to make the necessary space on your hard disk. First copy the entire disk into MPS\DARKLAND, or whatever subdirectory you specified during installation. Then type UPDATE and tap the ENTER key. The update process can take some time, possibly an hour or more, depending on the speed of your machine. However, you can leave the computer unattended. When the program finnishes, the files on your hard disk will be changed to the new form, as if you'd installed them from distribution disks. Even the file time and date stamps are adjusted to mirror the information on installed distribution disk files. When you're done, you can erase the files UPDATE.EXE and PATCH.RTP, which frees significant hard disk space. If you need to reinstall Darklands on your hard disk, simply install the game normally, then perform the update process again. If you have multiple update disks, simply perform each update in order, one after another. |
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