
	    Leisure Suit Larry 6:  "Shape Up or Slip Out!"


Thanks a lot for buying our game!  We appreciate your business and
hope you have lots of laughs playing it!

But before you barge in and start flailing away, take a moment to
scan through this file.  After you do, read the leaflet in the CD's
jewel box.


This file covers the following topics:
      1. WHICH VERSION?
      2. PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM 
      3. ADLIB SOUND CARDS
      4. INTERRUPT HELL
      5. BOOT DISKS
      6. FURTHER HELP



			  1. WHICH VERSION?

This is Sierra's first all high-resolution game!  Twice as many
pixels across, plus twice as many pixels up and down means FOUR TIMES
as many pixels are displayed, animated, and pushed around the screen.
Your computer must do four times the work.  Expect it to run slower
than a common lo-res game.

There are 3 (count 'em!) versions of Larry6 on this CD, a version
for DOS, one for Windows, and a lo-res DOS version, just in case you
can't get either of the other two to work!  They all require a mouse,
VGA card, hard drive, sound card with DAC and a CD-ROM drive.  (Duh!)
Unfortunately, their saved games are incompatible.

1. DOS
We recommend the hi-res DOS version; it runs the fastest and has the
best sound.  It needs a VESA compatible video card.  You may have to
run a VESA driver before running the game.  Check your video card's
manuals if you have problems.  For your convenience, we've included
a sub-directory full of VESA drivers; if your card is there, feel
free to use it.  It will run on a 386 with 4 megabytes of RAM.  It
doesn't care much for low memory (below 640k), but LOVES extended
memory, so give it all you can.  To install this version, change to
your CD-ROM drive (e.g., D:<enter>) at the DOS prompt, and type
INSTALL.  It will not run in a Windows DOS shell.

2. WINDOWS
If you have a hot machine and love Windows, run the Windows version.
Since we don't direct control over your sound card, your music may
not sound as good, but it's simple to install and run.  We recommend
a 386 with at least 8 megabytes of RAM.  Windows must be in 256-color
mode before you run the game.  To install this version, pull down the
File menu in Program Manager and select Run,  then type D:SETUP (if 
your CD-ROM drive is D:).  If you are using a screen-saver be sure to 
disable it. If you attempt to play in Windows with less than the 
recommended figures and experience any problems, by all means refer to 
#1 above and play the game in DOS!! You won't be sorry!!

3. LO-RES DOS
If all else fails and you can't find your VESA driver, or you can't
get Windows to sound right, or you have a 286, or whatever, we've
also included a low-resolution version of the game.  Play it now
and at least you'll get to hear the characters' voices, but keep
trying to get one of the other two "real" versions running.  This
version needs as much free low memory as possible (600,000 is nice).
To install it, change to your CD-ROM drive (e.g., D:<enter>) at the
DOS prompt, and type INSTALL.



			2. PRO AUDIO SPECTRUM 

If you're using a Pro Audio Spectrum card and experience problems,
rerun the INSTALL utility and select the OTHER Pro Audio driver.
If that doesn't help, try INSTALLing "Sound Blaster" as your audio 
device.  It may help.
If you're using a Double Fusion sound card for Dac you need to use the
Pro Audio16 driver rather than the Pro Audio driver.


			 3. ADLIB SOUND CARDS

If you're using an Adlib card and experience problems while running
the game with the "Sound Blaster/Adlib Card" driver, rerun INSTALL
and select "Sound Blaster/Adlib Substitute" instead.



			  4. INTERRUPT HELL

A tiny fraction of computers that have a BUS mouse (the mouse is
plugged into a card, not a serial port) prevent us from correctly
determining a sound card's interrupt setting.  Each time you start
the game, it scans your hardware to determine the proper interrupt
configuration for your sound card.  If it guesses wrong, the results
range from distorted or missing digital audio sounds, to very slow
game speed, to complete game lockups.

If you experience any of these symptoms, you can explicitly set your
sound card's interrupt.  Our drivers will use that setting and not
attempt to autodetect.  Add a line like this to your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

	SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1

This specifies the I/O address, interrupt, and DMA channel.  These
are common settings.  Be sure to use the settings corresponding to
your card's actual hardware configuration.  Refer to your card's
manuals for more information.



			    5. BOOT DISKS

If you experience problems getting enough low or high memory to run
the game, try letting the INSTALL program create a boot disk for you.
This often clears up problems immediately and is quite simple.
If you must make a bootdisk you may have to use an editor such as Dos'
EDIT and add the line from your AUTOEXEC.BAT that loads your Vesa driver.
If your video card has a VESA built into the bios this line won't be
necessary. If you are playing on a machine with only 4 meg of RAM, a 
bootdisk is highly recommended for optimum performance.


			   6. FURTHER HELP

Crack open that Sierra game manual that came in the box and read the
Technical Help section.  It includes many ways to contact us,
including voice, fax, our own Sierra BBS, Compuserve, Prodigy,
GEnie, America Online, and INN.


CD:\HIRES\README
