                            Dear Customer

With a game of this complexity there are always last-minute changes.
That's why we have Readme's like this one containing tips and hints,
just in case you encounter any problems with installing or running the
program.

We hope you'll enjoy the game and have lots of fun with

                               C R U S A D E



***************************************************************************

What you'll find in this Readme:

1. How to accelerate the game speed
2. How to start the program if you have more than one CD ROM drive
3. Installation under Novell DOS
4. Creating a startup configuration
5. What to do if you have trouble starting

***************************************************************************

1. How to accelerate the game speed

In order to accelerate the play rate of the animations in the game it helps,
to copy some of the files which reside in the CRUSADE directory on the CD
into the Crusade Installation directory on your hard drive.
This is particularly true when working with a relatively slow CD ROM drive.
The files to copy are the ones that have the extension ".VDF". Please bear
in mind that these are quite large so that you have to make sure there is
enough free space on your hard disk.
You will then have to remove the write-protect attribute from the copied
files, by using the ATTRIB -R *VDF" command.

EXAMPLE:
     - Copy the file CR_ANIMS.VDF from the CD (here drive D) into the
       Installation directory on the hard drive (here C:\CRUSADE ):

        COPY D:\CRUSADE\CR_ANIMS.VDF C:\CRUSADE\CR_ANIMS.VDF /V
 
     - Remove the write-protect attribute from this file:

        ATTRIB -R C:\CRUSADE\CR_ANIMS.VDF


***************************************************************************

2. How to start the program if you have more than one CD ROM drive

If your computer is equipped with more than one CD ROM drive, please read
the following, unless you are intending to start CRUSADE from the first of
these.
After installating CRUSADE on your hard drive (see also the Games manual)
use your usual text editor to make the following edits to the file GAME.CFG
which resides in the Installation directory:
Below the line containing "[VDFS]" replace the dollar sign in the string
"$:\CRUSADE\*.VDF" by the drive letter of the CD ROM drive you want to use. 


***************************************************************************

3. Installation under Novell DOS

After installing CRUSADE on your hard disk (for details see the Game manual)
use your text editor to change the GAME.CFG configuration file as follows:
Below the line containing "[VDFS]", replace the dollar symbol in
"$:\CRUSADE\*.VDF" by the drive letter of your CD ROM drive.


***************************************************************************

4. Creating a startup configuration

In case there is not enough free base memory for the program to start, you'll
have to create a configuration for booting your computer. To do this, follow
the instructions below, after which you should be able to start the game.

Edit the "C:\CONFIG.SYS" and "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT" files so they contain nothing
more than the minimal configuration described below. Before doing anything
else though, make a backup copy of your "C:\CONFIG.SYS" and "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT"
files!


Edits to the "C:\CONFIG.SYS":

  At the beginning, you should have these two lines:

  DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
  FILES=20

  Now define the CD drivers
  (see Installation instructions of your CD ROM drive)

  All additional drivers must not be preceded by DEVICEHIGH, but simply
  by DEVICE.
  EMM386.EXE must have this form:

  DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

  No further parameters such as RAM NOVCPI or similar.


Changes to "C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT":

  @ECHO OFF
  PATH ... (all lines beginning like this)
  SET ... (all lines beginning like this)
  PROMPT $P$G
  C:\DOS\KEYB GR,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
  (integrate mouse driver)
  (integrate CD driver)

  All other lines must not start with LH or LOADHIGH or
  /L:X,XXXX.
  For these lines, remove the LH or comment them out by inserting REM at
  the beginning of the line.


***************************************************************************

5. What to do if you have trouble starting

If the game refuses to start properly, delete the file VDFS.DMP in the
Installation directory on your hard disk by using the DEL VDFS.DMP command.


***************************************************************************

