^014@Serendipity Tech Support 1-500-67HUBIE simmer@crl.com

^011@Overview:

   To begin the Hubie install program, type:

^014@INSTALL [Enter]
   The Hubie install program copies all necessary
files to your computer.  You can install Hubie to any
directory you choose by backspacing over the default
installation directory :

^007@C:\HUBIE

   And replacing it with your own, like :

^007@E:\COOL\GAMES\HUBIE

   After installation, the Config program is run to
set up your sound, music and video preferences.
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^011@Operation System Overview:

  Hubie is a DOS program.  It has, however, been
designed to be a 'well-behaved' program which
can run under other Operating Environments, like
Windows, or Operating Systems, like OS/2 or Win95.

  Our policy is to put a fair effort into making
our games 'well-behaved' to help our users, and we
encourage our users to remember :

^012@We can only offer technical assistance to those
^012@users running Hubie from a standard DOS prompt.

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^009@OS/2:

  Hubie was developed under OS/2 2.1 & OS/2 Warp,
so it has always been a priority to keep it stable
under OS/2.  Hubie will run in a window in the PM
Workplace Shell, or as a full-screen application.
Note, however, that in a window, or while switching
between a window and full-screen, the sound may become
scratchy or garbled, due to OS/2 not servicing the
Sound Blaster interrupts in a timely fashion.  The
only workarounds are to keep Hubie in a full-screen
session, or to disable sound effects.

  To create an icon for Hubie, drag the 'Program' icon
from the Templates program into the folder you want
Hubie to reside in (or onto the WorkPlace Shell).  From
the properties notebook, choose Session, click DOS Full
Screen, and type in '*' for the command line.  For the
parameters, type in :

^007@/C C:\HUBIE\HUBIE.EXE


where C:\HUBIE is the directory where Hubie is
installed.  Now, choose DOS Settings.  Most can be
left at their default value, but you should change
the following:

^012    DOS_DPMI_API > Enabled

^012    SESSION_PRIORITY > 32

^012    XGA_REGS_IO_TRAP > Disabled

^012    INT_DURING_IO > Enabled

Next, close the settings notebook, and
Hubie is ready to use from OS/2.

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^009@Windows 3.1-3.11:

  Hubie should run under Windows 3.1-3.11, however,
the sound & music will probably NOT work.
Some users have been able to run Hubie from Windows
3.1-3.11 by using the latest Sound Blaster
Drivers.  Note that if you have a 'clone' sound card
which requires you to run a DOS based setup program
or TSR in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, it will almost
definitely NOT work.  Windows does not like to share
the sound card between itself and DOS programs, so
if you attempt to run Hubie with sound under
Windows 3.1-3.11, you may receive a message from
Windows regarding this.


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^009@Windows 95:

  Hubie SHOULD work under Windows 95.  Windows 95 does
a much better job than Windows 3.1 with DOS compatibility,
so users should have little trouble running Hubie.  Note
that the same issue applies with sound cards: If your
sound card requires a special TSR or program to reset it
before use, make sure that your DOS prompt is set up to
run it in the AUTOEXEC.BAT.

  Hubie will run in a window, but the visible frame rate
will be about half of what it should be.  This is due to
Windows 95 slowly polling the VGA display memory.  To
get the proper frame rate with Hubie, we recommend
running Hubie in a full screen.

  Norton Utilities for Windows 95 may cause Hubie to
freeze or hang.  The conflict appears to be related
to the Norton Utilities Protected Recycle Bin.
Serendipity recommends disabling the Protected
Recycling Bin or, booting to DOS before play.