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When the DOS version of [[Terror From the Deep]] was first introduced on CD-ROM, it offered two options to install the game. A partial or full install. The partial installed only installed the necessary files and ran its files off the CD-ROM, while the full hard disk install installed all the game files. Unique to the partial install were the animated intro and the two (bad end) outros, while the full hard disk installation only got screencap slides of the animated intro. | When the DOS version of [[Terror From the Deep]] was first introduced on CD-ROM, it offered two options to install the game. A partial or full install. The partial installed only installed the necessary files and ran its files off the CD-ROM, while the full hard disk install installed all the game files. Unique to the partial install were the animated intro and the two (bad end) outros, while the full hard disk installation only got screencap slides of the animated intro. | ||
| − | With today's hard drive space restrictions being much more lenient that the animation files are | + | With today's hard drive space restrictions being much more lenient that the size of the animation files are minimal compared to what they were on hard drives during the dark ages of home computers. Creating a true ''Full Installation'' is a simple process. |
== Enabling the animations == | == Enabling the animations == | ||
| − | '''NOTE:''' these instructions | + | '''NOTE:''' these instructions only relate to the DOS editions of TFTD. You can also use these steps with the STEAM release of the game if for some reason the Dos portion of it is not playing the animations. |
There two things you need to do to get the animations working. | There two things you need to do to get the animations working. | ||
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The second step is very important, otherwise it will continue to play the intro slides. | The second step is very important, otherwise it will continue to play the intro slides. | ||
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== Misc == | == Misc == | ||
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== SOUND\CDSPEED.DAT == | == SOUND\CDSPEED.DAT == | ||
| − | CDSPEED.DAT is 2 bytes in length and stores a value that represents the speed of your CD-ROM drive. | + | CDSPEED.DAT is 2 bytes in length and stores a 16-bit value that represents the speed of your CD-ROM drive. |
| − | Under normal circumstances, this file is created by CDSPEED.EXE. CDSPEED.EXE is a program used by the partial install to | + | Under normal circumstances, this file is created by CDSPEED.EXE. CDSPEED.EXE is a program used by the partial install to gauge the speed of your CD-ROM Drive. The contents of this file however aren't really important for getting the hard disk installation working with the animations. |
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| − | The contents of this file however aren't really important for getting the hard disk installation working with the animations. | ||
[[Category:TFTD]] | [[Category:TFTD]] | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 16 August 2013
When the DOS version of Terror From the Deep was first introduced on CD-ROM, it offered two options to install the game. A partial or full install. The partial installed only installed the necessary files and ran its files off the CD-ROM, while the full hard disk install installed all the game files. Unique to the partial install were the animated intro and the two (bad end) outros, while the full hard disk installation only got screencap slides of the animated intro.
With today's hard drive space restrictions being much more lenient that the size of the animation files are minimal compared to what they were on hard drives during the dark ages of home computers. Creating a true Full Installation is a simple process.
Enabling the animations
NOTE: these instructions only relate to the DOS editions of TFTD. You can also use these steps with the STEAM release of the game if for some reason the Dos portion of it is not playing the animations.
There two things you need to do to get the animations working.
- Copy the ANIMS\ folder from the CD-ROM into the game directory
- A file called cdspeed.dat must be created and placed in the SOUND\ directory.
The second step is very important, otherwise it will continue to play the intro slides.
Misc
Though not necessary, you can also rename the FLOP_INT folder to FLOP_IN to hide it from the game. That is where all the slide-show images are stored.
You also get the animations to play if you run the game's setup and set no sound to both SFX and Midi output. In this case, the CDSPEED.DAT file is not necessary. This method is not desirable unless you want to run a silent game.
2012-08-13 I've found you don't need to set it silent, you just need to set Sound output to something other than 'Gravis Ultrasound'. I presume the technical limitations (lack of direct DAC) that make this card useless in the modern era also prevent TFTD from playing it's cinematics. I've got the cinematics working in DOSBox with both SB16 sound/MT32 music and SB16 sound/GUS music.
SOUND\CDSPEED.DAT
CDSPEED.DAT is 2 bytes in length and stores a 16-bit value that represents the speed of your CD-ROM drive.
Under normal circumstances, this file is created by CDSPEED.EXE. CDSPEED.EXE is a program used by the partial install to gauge the speed of your CD-ROM Drive. The contents of this file however aren't really important for getting the hard disk installation working with the animations.