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1. CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS A An IBM PC AT or 100 compatible computer 386 DX 33 MHz minimum 4 MB RAM of which 2760 KB EMS Expanded Memory Specification 592 KB conventional memory VGA 256 colour graphic mode Hard disk compulsory 35 MB free required CD ROM drive with audio output MSCDEX 2 21 or higher Sound card Sound Blaster or 100 compatible OPTIONAL e Microsoft WINDOWS 3 0 or higher WARNING Since this booklet was written some last minute changes may have been made to the program If this is the case the updates will be outlined in the README TXT file that has been included on the CD ROM Under DOS type type G readme txt in HIT i For convenience in this manual we suppose that your CD ROM drive is G If this is not the case replace G by the correct letter in the above command line If you are not sure check the letter of the CD ROM DRIVE while booting INSTALLATION UNDER DOS INSTALLING THE GAME UNDER DOS Switch on your CD ROM drive Switch on your computer Insert the CD in the CD ROM drive At the C gt prompt type GAINSTALL and press RETURN 3 icons will be displayed Options To access the installation options Install To start the installation Exit To exit the installation Click onto the chosen icon the program will guide your steps m PC CD ROM m 2 EEEO A SR NENNEN Pen en CD RONGA m PC CD ROM m 4 CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION UNDER DOS2. SAVING LOADING AND VARIOUS PARAMETERS Press the ESC key to access the following screen Use the cursor keys to choose an option and press RETURN OPEN SEARCH Place yourself as near as possible to the item or the piece of furniture you wish to open or search Press the space bar and keep it pressed long enough to search thoroughly PUSH To move a large object or a piece of furniture press the space bar and use the appropriate arrow key Ta ee JUMP Select the Actions option Window 1 then the Jump command Window 3 Ret 4 Gams if it is available When you are back in the game use the space bar to jump is gt en el Difficulty Level TAKING AN ITEM When you get near an item a window will be displayed asking D NES be ii whether or not you wish to take the item Beware You cannot carry more than 50 Yen Detail Level High items When you reach this number it will be necessary to drop some of them if Inter KA di you wish to take other ones RETURN TO GAME To resume game play LOST IN SLAUGHTER GULCH SAVE A GAME Use the arrows LEFT RIGHT to choose the volume and the directory i to which you want to save the game Then move the cursor to the line of your choice Press the TAB key An overall view of the ghost town will be displayed A small using the arrows UP DOWN Type in the name of your game to be saved e g sheriff flashing sign will indicate where you are RESUME A SAVED GAME Use the curs
3. Now or later on you can change a number of game parameters language sound card e Atthe DOS prompt C gt goto the directory which contains the game using the DOS command CD e g CD INFOGRAM INDARKS3 Type INSTALL and press RETURN e After modifying the parameters in the Options window click on the Update icon to validate the changes STARTING THE PROGRAM UNDER DOS Before starting the game be sure that the CD is in the CD ROM drive Place yourself in the directory in which you installed the game using the DOS command CD e g CD INFOGRAM INDARKS3 and press RETURN Type in AITD3 and press RETURN Be careful During play the CD ROM ALONE IN THE DARK 3 must always be loaded and the CD ROM drive must be locked A INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS e Switch on your CD ROM drive e Switch on the computer e Insert the CD in the CD ROM drive e Load the WINDOWS program if necessary e Inthe Program Manager screen click onto FILE Next click onto the RUN option e The RUN dialogue box opens with the cursor flashing in the Command Line input field Type G WINSTALL then click onto the OK button e 3 icons will be displayed Options To access the installation options Install To start the installation Exit To exit the installation e Click onto the chosen icon the program will guide your steps CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION UNDER WINDOWS Now or later on you can change a number of game pa
4. per minute cheap rate 49p per minute at all other times Maximum possible cost 3 68 Please get permission from the person paying the bill The above information is correct at time of publication January 1995 D M cD RONgA LOWE A DARK y Bruno BONNELL presents an INFOGRAMES MULTIMEDIA production PROGRAMMING F Barbier J M Morel C Nazaret L Paret GRAPHICS C Anton D Balage F Bascou P Charpenet Etranges Libellules J Mouclier F Malvesin Studio Miroir SCENARIO H Chardot C Nabais SOUNDTRACK F Mentzen COORDINATION C Sgorlon PUBLISHING P Chouzenoux J Penot B Reiter Vialle V Salmeron QUALITY CONTROL O Robin S Branchu Thanks to R Bottet E Carnby N Cellier P Craponne O Goulay W Hennebois E Mottet V Terraillon ee y KR A INFOGRAMES MULTIMEDIA 1994 MADE IN AUSTRIA ENGLISH ALON3GB5021
5. MEMORY 00 NOT ENOUGH CONVENTIONAL MEMORY To check the amount of conventional memory available use the MEM or CHKDSK tool supplied with your DOS Note 1 KB 1024 bytes Optimising the memory e Check in your CONFIG SYS file which memory manager your computer uses e If you use the memory manager QEMM program run the OPTIMIZE tool e If you use the memory manager EMM386 EXE run the MEMMAKER tool Both of these programs reorganise the memory by trying to make as much room as possible MEMORY 01 NOT ENOUGH EMS e Make sure that your CONFIG SYS file contains an EMS manager such as EMM386 or QEMM Tocheck the amount of available EMS use the MEM or CHKDSK tool supplied with your DOS Note 1 KB 1024 bytes e If you use EMM386 make sure that your CONFIG SYS file contains the following line DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE 3008 RAM 3008 being the number of KBytes of needed EMS Check again the EMS size which has been actually been allocated Ta ee CO RONA ma DUT A DARK 3 CDROM 00 CD ROM DRIVE NOT DETECTED e No CD ROM driver has been detected Make sure that your CONFIG SYS file contains a CD ROM manager and that your AUTOEXEC BAT contains the MSCDEX EXE manager e Tocheck if your CD ROM drive works properly just display the contents of your CD ROM DIR G e Incase of problems re install the drivers from the original disks supplied with your CD ROM drives CDROM 01 WRONG CD ROM e There is no CD ROM in your drive or
6. it is not the right one e Make sure that your CD ROM drive is locked and that you ve inserted the right CD ROM with the label facing upwards FILE 00 READ ERROR An error has occurred while reading data Retry the operation If the error persists please contact our Customer Service Department FILE 01 OPEN FILE ERROR One file cannot be found Re install the game completely If the error persists please contact our Customer Service Department m PC A nn ee 14 If you have tried all the solutions offered in this manual and still cannot solve the problem do not worry contact INFOGRAMES atthe following address after answering the following questions Type of machine microprocessor 386 486 coooocccccoococcconicccaninonnns Largast axoculabla BIOBFEM GILG E Total eXtended Memor AMS usesaneennnnennnnnnennnunn nn sn nennen anne sense SOUNd BOBNEITVDO cari rai breton OEN OE OOE cir Name Grid type of CD ROM I EE Do you use a hard GISK COMPIOSSOR eege geen na rtorncinosasorncranannnses DOS varia cd A ii ssh IICA EIA Eb eee Name OF TAGS graphics Cart airada ee roonoccrocnacocncnao recen nens AE INFOGRAMES Ltd Customer Service Dept 14 Smedley Street CLAPHAM LONDON SW4 6PF Tel 071 738 8199 office hours Message desk operates on 0891 244 444 twenty four hours a day For hints and tips on ALONE IN THE DARK 3 and other INFOGRAMES products call 0891 244 444 Calls on the INFOGRAMES 0891 number cost 39p
7. nu and press the RETURN key to confirm the settings MAIN MENU EXIT THE GAME you will quit the game and return to DOS or WINDOWS The main menu offers four options Selectthe option of yourchoice usingthe cursor keys UP or DOWN and press RETURN to confirm THE GAME MOVING AROUND BEGIN A NEW GAME To start anew game You can move in any direction The movements are exclusively controlled by the cursor keys on the keyboard RESUME A SAVED GAME Gives you access to a table of the files you saved see the section SAVING AND VARIOUS PARAMETERS ma cake wo i M Te eeneg T releasethe ke Use the cursor keys to choose the desired file then press RETURN KE En then quickly press it again a a PC COU ve 6 mm CORONA THE GAME ACTIONS AND USING ITEMS To carry out certain specific actions and to use any objects you have found during play you must switch to an Options screen press the RETURN key _ Actions 1 H SPECIAL WINDOW 1 contains the Actions option the list of items you have found WINDOW 2 shows either your life points or a selected item and any available reloads or cartridges WINDOW 3 offers a choice of actions available either to the character if you selected the Actions option or which can be done with the selected item Tocarry outan action Select the Actions option in Window 1 and press RETURN You will then be switched to Window 3 Use the cursor keys UP DOWN to choose the de
8. or keys to select the saved game that you want to resume according to the volume the directory and the name of the saved file On top of the screen will be the difficulty level of each saved game em CD RON GAD m PC CORON en 10 ALONE DARK y DIFFICULTY LEVEL Gives you access to a screen where you adjust the level of difficulty see section MAIN MENU MUSIC ON OFF Allows you to activate or deactivate the music SOUND EFFECTS ON OFF Allows you to activate or deactivate the sound effects DETAIL LEVEL LOW HIGH This function allows you to set the detail level If you choose DETAIL LEVEL LOW the program will run faster QUIT You will return tothe main menu without saving the game see corresponding section To confirm the chosen option press RETURN OTHER USEFUL KEYS Some keys on the keyboard allow you to change certain parameters during game play without accessing the screen mentioned in the previous section S Activates Deactivates sound effects M Activates Deactivates the music P Pause the game will be frozen until you press the space bar PC CD DO m 12 ALONE 2 DARK 3 It is possible that one of the following error messages appears during installation or game play These errors may be due to the fact that the hardware or software configuration of your computer doesn t suit the configuration requirements Please refer to the user manual of your computer for further details
9. rameters language sound card In the Program Manager screen open the ALONE IN THE DARK 3 window Next double click on the Update icon After modifying the parameters in the Options window click on the Update icon to validate the changes STARTING THE PROGRAM UNDER WINDOWS Open the window ALONE IN THE DARK 3 in the Program Manager screen Then double click on the ALONE IN THE DARK 3 icon to start the game 5 PC CO RONA LOWE A DARK 3 ALONE DARK d DIFFICULTY LEVEL You can adjust the level of difficulty Use the arrows UP DOWN to move around the screen and the arrows LEFT RIGHT to choose the desired difficulty In the upper screen you can independently set Tou are Edward Cary and journalists have nicknamed you Supernatural Prite Catmoys tating power Eye after your two previous investigations This time you mil explore d Go Im The monsters fighting power founded in the times of the cold rush and again you are alone in the dark In the lower screen you can directly choose one of 3 predefined levels of difficulty Easy mode However the following pages will lighten your path and help you to fight the creatures Normatmods mil and you i the Difficult mode In this case the settings for life points and fighting power will be haunting Slaughter Gulch automatically displayed on the upper part of the screen which you can still change as you please Next move the cursor onto the line Return to previous me
10. sired action Push Fight and press RETURN ALONE DARK d Using an item In Window 1 use the cursor keys to select one of the items in your possession and press RETURN to confirm You will then be switched to Window 3 Use the cursor keys UP DOWN to choose the desired action Reload Eat Throw and press RETURN Note Press the cursor key LEFT to return from Window 3 to Window 1 ACTIONS UNARMED FIGHTING Select the Actions option Window 1 then the Fight command Window 3 Press the space bar to get your guard Keep the space bar pressed down and use one of the following arrow keys gm ariris Punch with the left hand I EOE Kick Beaia Punch with the right hand sora Head butt Keep both the space bar and the arrow key pressed long enough for the blow to be delivered correctly FIGHTING WITH SWORDS AND KNIVES After having chosen your weapon Window 1 select the Use option Window 3 Keep the space bar pressed down and use one of the following arrow keys ee Thrust from left to right d 844 Thrust from low to high or straight aan Thrust from right to left forward E Thrust from low to high FIGHTING WITH FIRE ARMS After having chosen your gun Window 1 select the Use option Window 3 Keep the space bar pressed down and use one of the following arrow keys ee Directtheguntowardsthelef Tor J Fire MA Directtheguntowardstheright m PC CD ROM ces _ AAAS LL A A AA CD RONA ma ALONE DARK y OU A DARKS
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