Harvester
Installation / Technical Reference / Play Guide
Thank you for purchasing “Harvester”, one most intense adventure game
products ever released! Please refer to this brief information card
for quick and easy reference regarding “Harvester”.
HARVESTER CONTENTS
Inside the box you should find:
3 Compact Discs
Harvester Game Play Guide
Registration card
If any of these items are not in the box, please contact us for these
items.
HARVESTER INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Harvester. We would like to take a moment to help you
become familiar with the installation instructions if this is the
first time you have setup the game. During the installation, the
screen will guide you through the setup process. Following are the
basic system requirements. Please make sure your system matches the
minimum specifications.
GAME SPECIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
Harvester requires the following MINIMUM configuration in order to
play properly:
IBM™ PC or Compatible 486DX/33 MHz Processor or greater
VESA local bus video card with 512K video memory or greater
8MB RAM or greater (16MB RAM recommended)
Double Speed (2X) CD-ROM drive or greater
Sound device with Digital Sound Capability
MSCDEX drivers v 2.1 or greater
Microsoft™ compatible mouse and mouse driver (version 8.0 or greater)
30MB free hard disk drive space
Note: If your system is using disk compression software such as
Double Space or Drive Space, you will probably notice longer program
loading time. Harvester will run on computer systems that have such
compression software installed. However, we cannot guarantee that
problems may occur if other compression software is used. For better
performance we recommend using a drive without software disk
compression.
BEFORE INSTALLING
Before installing the game, it is always a good idea to verify the
integrity and data on your hard disk drive. To do this simply run
SCANDISK or DEFRAG from the dos prompt or from Windows. Damaged data
on your hard disk may result in your system not working properly.
INSTALLING HARVESTER FROM DOS
To install Harvester,
- Insert CD #1 in your drive.
- Type the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by a colon,
(Example: D🙂 then press ENTER. The prompt should display D:\
or somthing similar.
- Type “INSTALL” and press ENTER
- Follow the on screen instructions to install “Harvester” on your
computer system.
- When installation is complete, type “HARVEST” to begin game.
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION NOTES FOR DOS USERS
If you are using the EMS memory option/switch make sure you have at
least 8MB (8192K) or more specified in the device= statement in the
config.sys. You may also use the option switch AUTO or do not
specify any optional memory control parameters, such as the NOEMS
option, or you may remove the line from your CONFIG.SYS file
entirely.
Example line for the CONFIG.SYS file:
device=emm386.exe 8192, or
device=emm386.exe noems
device=emm386.exe auto
Please make sure your CONFIG.SYS file has the statement “FILES=20” or
greater.
“Harvester” requires 500K of FREE available conventional (low) RAM in
order to function properly. If your system has less than 500K FREE
conventional (low) memory, you may need to run the “MEMMAKER” utility
in order to increase your FREE RAM.
If your system has only 8MB of RAM, you will need to disable the
SMARTDRV or any other disk caching program. “Harvester” uses
approximately 7MB of available memory so with SMARTDRV or other disk
caching programs loaded there is not enough memory available for the
game.
IMPORTANT! “Harvester” requires a swap file of 20MB to be available
on your local hard disk drive. If you do not have at least 20MB of
free disk space when playing “Harvester” the program may stop or
crash the computer system. If your system has 16MB of RAM or greater,
this swapfile is not needed.
INSTALLING HARVESTER FROM WINDOWS 3.1
To install Harvester, from Windows 3.1
- Insert CD #1 in your drive.,
- Use your mouse to click “File” then select “RUN”.
- Type “D:\SETUP” and press ENTER to begin the installation.
(Where D:\ is the CD-ROM Drive)
When the installation program is complete, there will be a Harvester
Program Group which will contain several icons which you may select.
To begin Harvester click on the Harvester icon to start.
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION NOTES FOR WINDOWS 3.1 USERS
If your system has only 8MB of RAM, you will need to disable the
SMARTDRV disk caching program. “Harvester” uses approximately 7MB of
available memory so with SMARTDRV loaded there is not enough memory
available for the game.
If while starting the program in Windows, you have a moderately long
‘open program’ sound association, then “Harvester” may fail to detect
your computer’s sound card when it starts, and thus not initialize.
Windows will not allow more than one sound device to be used at a
time. To correct this problem, simply set your ‘open program’ sound
to ‘none’.
IMPORTANT! “Harvester” requires a swap file of 20MB to be available
on your local hard disk drive. If you do not have at least 20MB of
free disk space when playing “Harvester” the program may stop or
crash the computer system. If your system has 16MB of RAM or greater,
this swapfile is not needed.
INSTALLING HARVESTER FROM WINDOWS 95
To install Harvester, from Windows 95
- Insert CD #1 in your drive.,
- Use your mouse to click “Start Menu” then select “RUN”.
- Type “D:\SETUP” and press ENTER to begin the installation.
(Where D:\ is the CD-ROM Drive)
When the installation program is complete, there will be a Harvester
Program Group which will contain several icons which you may select.
To begin Harvester click on the Harvester icon to start.
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION NOTES FOR WINDOWS 95 USERS
When playing “Harvester” under Windows 95 it is recommended that
there be no other programs running in the background. Should you
attempt to switch back to Windows while playing “Harvester” the game
may cease to function properly. Should this occur, restart your
computer and do not run any other programs while playing “Harvester”.
If your system has less than 16MB of RAM, you may need to set the
MS-DOS Protected Mode (DPMI) Memory option in the Properties section
to 16MB. Right click on the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
Click the Properties option. Next click the Start Menu Programs
option. Next click the Advanced button to open the shortcut icons
windows. Locate the “Harvester” shortcut. Right click on the
“Harvester” icon and select the Properties option. Select the Memory
option. Locate the section called "MS-DOS Protected Mode (DPMI)
Memory" option. Select the value 16384 and click OK. Close all
windows.
Should your Windows screen saver attempt to load while playing
“Harvester”, it may not allow you to return to the program, or it may
halt or quit the game. Turn your screen saver “off” to resolve the
problem
If while starting the program in Windows, you have a moderately long
‘open program’ sound association, then “Harvester” may fail to detect
your computer’s sound card when it starts, and thus not initialize.
Windows will not allow more than one sound device to be used at a
time. To correct this problem, simply set your ‘open program’ sound
to ‘none’.
Note: Because of the initial release of the Windows 95 video drivers
some video cards may have difficulty with DOS SVGA games. Please
consult your video card manufacturer for the latest version of your
Windows 95 video drivers.
NOTE: If you are running Windows 95 and play “Harvester” from a DOS
session, you may be required to place the VESA driver in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
IMPORTANT! “Harvester” requires a swap file of 20MB to be available
on your local hard disk drive. If you do not have at least 20MB of
free disk space when playing “Harvester” the program may stop or
crash the computer system. If your system has 16MB of RAM or greater,
this swapfile is not needed.
SOUND CARD INFORMATION
NOTE: “Harvester” usually detects most sound cards and the
appropriate settings when the game begins. However, should the game
not run, you may run the “SETSOUND” program from the directory in
which you installed the game files. The “SETSOUND” program will
guide you in detecting or selecting the correct parameters for your
sound card.
You may also run the SETSOUND program from within Windows 3.1 or
Windows 95. To run the program simply click on the “Sound Setup”
icon.
In addition, be sure the appropriate sound drivers are installed.
Your sound card should be supplied with an installation program which
configures your sound card to function properly with DOS games. If
these drivers are not installed, or they are incorrectly configured,
the game may not function properly, or may freeze your computer
system.
VIDEO CARD (VESA) INFORMATION
“Harvester” utilizes hi-resolution graphics and requires your
computer system be VESA compatible. This is usually a software
driver which is supplied by your video card manufacturer. When
starting “Harvester” the game will attempt to “detect” if the VESA
driver is loaded. However some newer computer systems have VESA on
the computers motherboard which is automatically enabled when the
game starts. However, if after allowing “Harvester” to run the VESA
driver for you, the computer system freezes or “locks up”, you will
have to manually place the VESA driver in your AUTOEXEC.BAT in order
to function properly. If you do not have a VESA driver for your
video card, CD #1 has the latest VESA drivers available located in
the VESA directory and may solve the VESA problem. Please also refer
to the file VESA.TXT located in the VESA directory. Simply copy the
appropriate VESA driver to your hard disk and add the name of the
driver (usually VESA.EXE, or VESA.COM) to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Next, re-boot your system with the new VESA driver and try again.
STARTING HARVESTER FROM DOS
To play “Harvester” after it has been installed:
1) Make sure the CD-ROM is properly inserted into your CD-ROM drive.
2) Change to the drive and directory where you previously installed
“Harvester”.
3) Type “HARVEST” and press ENTER to begin game.
STARTING HARVESTER FROM WINDOWS 3.1 or 95
To play “Harvester” after it has been installed:
1) Make sure the CD-ROM is properly inserted into your CD-ROM drive.
2) Select the Program Group “Harvester”
3) Select the “HARVESTER” icon and click left mouse button to begin
game.
UNINSTALLING HARVESTER
To remove “Harvester” using DOS select the uninstall utility called
“UNSTALL” located in the directory in which you originally installed
the program. Or, select the “Uninstall Harvester” icon in the Windows
Program Group.
NOTES FOR PLAYING THE “MAKING OF HARVESTER” .AVI FILE
The .AVI file which is located on CD#1 uses a newer
compression/decompression program called Intel Indeo™ Interactive
by Intel. If the video does not play properly, select the "Install
Intel Indeo" icon to setup your computer system. The .AVI file may
be played by selecting “The Making of Harvester” icon or by using the
Media Player which is included with Windows 95.
