Animations
Determines the resolution used for animated sequences.
VGA:
Normal resolution, 320x200 pixels.
SVGA:
VESA 640x400 pixels (requires VESA compatible graphics card or graphics card with VESA-driver and a fast CD-Rom drive).
VGA
SVGA
Illustrations
Determines the resolution used for chapter illustrations.
VGA:
Normal resolution, 320x200 pixels.
SVGA:
VESA 640x400 pixels (requires VESA compatible graphics card or graphics card with VESA-driver).
Printer
Determines the destination of printout requests.
Off:
No Printouts possible.
File:
Printouts are rerouted into files.
LPT1:
Printer at LPT1 bus.
LPT2:
Printer at LPT2 bus.
Off
File
LPT1
LPT2
Music
Determines whether the CD soundtrack is played or not.
On:
Music soundtrack active.
Off:
No Music.
Off
On
Sounds
Determines sound effects and speech.
On:
All sound effects active.
Off:
No sound effects, no speech.
Menu Boxes
Determines the position of menu boxes.
Free:
Menu boxes open at the current mouse cursor position.
Center:
Menu boxes open at the center of the screen.
Free
Center
SVGA Delay
Some monitors need a bit of time to build up a new picture after switching from VGA to SVGA.
Enter the appropriate value in seconds for your monitor here. You can try different values using the “Test- button”.
The settings are correct if you can see the creation of the numbers “1” to “10” after pressing the “test-button”. If you cannot see the numbers, please increase the waiting time.
Characs Per Line
Set the number of characters per line available on your printer. (Standard:^80).
Lines Per Page
Set the number of lines per page your printer prints. (Standard:^64).
Volume Balance
Depending on the computer used, the volume of the music soundtrack may be too loud or too soft in comparison with the sound effects.
Adjust the balance between music^/^SoundFX here.
Play Mode
Here, you can decide in which mode you want to play “Shadows Over Riva”.
Novice:
The game takes care of most of the character administration for you.
Advanced:
You manage every aspect of your characters yourself.
Novice
Advanced
Text Display
Select a speed for the text to scroll across the screen.
Fast:
For fast readers.
Medium:
Average speed.
Slow:
Leaves you a lot of time to read.
Fast
Medium
Slow
Combat Speed
Depending on your computer, the combat animation may be too fast or too slow for your liking. Select your preferred value here.
Fast:
As fast as possible.
Medium:
Just the interesting details.
Slow:
Let’s take a good look at it.
Screen Saver
You should consider activating the screen saver for your monitor’s sake.
Off:
Inactive.
2 min.:
Activates after 2 minutes.
5 min.:
Activates after 5 minutes.
10 min.:
Activates after 10 minutes.
Off
2 min.
5 min.
10 min.
3D Viewing
The deeper the view, the slower the graphics and vice versa.
Near:
Very fast, but you only see a few steps ahead.
Medium:
You see several blocks ahead.
Far:
Full “natural” depth of view.
Near
Medium
Far
3D Detail
To speed up the 3D graphics, you can reduce the detail displayed. Of course, this will also reduce the attractiveness of the picture.
Low:
Less detail.
High:
Full details.
Low
High
Full Screen 3D
You have a choice between two display modes:
Full Screen:
The 3D view takes up the whole screen. This slows the game down a bit.
Mask:
Other important data are displayed alongside the 3D graphics in a faster display.
Mask
Full Screen
Test
Some monitors need a little time to build a new picture after switching from VGA to SVGA.
If you can see the building of the number 1 in the following animation, everything is fine. If not, enter a higher delay value!
You can test the value using this button.
Load
This loads previously saved option values!
Do you want to overwrite the currently entered values?
Save
This saves the currently entered option values.
Do you want to overwrite the previously saved values?
Reset
All options are reset to their default values.
Do you want to overwrite the currently entered values?
Unfortunately, SVGA is only available on systems using a VESA compatible graphics card and/or driver, as well as a fast CD-ROM drive.
Your system does not fulfill these requirements.
With kilobytes per second, your CD ROM drive’s measured transfer rate is too slow to display the linking SVGA animations (Minimal requirement is %).
Do you want to
Stay with VGA
Measure the CD transfer rate again a little longer to get a more precise value
If you haven’t changed the display of animated sequences, manuals or chapter illustrations to SVGA, this test is unnecessary!
I’m sorry, but your CD ROM drive’s transfer rate really is only kilobytes per second.