Ten Commandments CD Technical Notes
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Installation:
If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 you'll need to download the latest free version of Quicktime from www.sundaysoftware.com/quicktime.htm The CD installation checks to see if you have Quicktime 4.0 or higher. QT4 or higher is required to run the videos and animations on the CD.The installation also checks if your computer screen is set to 800x600 resolution. If not, you'll be prompted to change. Smaller resolutions, such as 640x480 will cause the screen to be distorted and cut off. Higher resolutions will place a large black border around the photobubbles. The program has been designed for optimal viewing at 800x600 but can stretch wider.
The CD does not install a start-up icon on your computer. To run the CD, simply put it in your CD tray and it will self-start. If you have this featured turned off or need to start it manually, simply find the executable 'start' file on the Ten C's CD. You can also copy the CD to a folder on your harddrive and run it from there, but this is not permission to make multiple copies. That would be violating the 8th commandment!
If you encounter strange audio pops, hisses, garbles or other rude noises... they're not all ours! (though there is a camel snort when you click our name on the control shield at your feet in each photobubble). If you encounter audio pops and snorts, change your Sound Out option in the Quicktime Control Panel on your system to "wave out." See www.sundaysoftware.com/quicktime.htm for complete help on this. By the way...that's a real camel snort too... man did our sound guy hate us.
If the Summit Chapel's Ten C Tablet Activity doesn't print, or gives you a blank page... Open up your computer's Printer Control Panel and select "draft" or "quick" (or whatever else your printer calls "draft mode") and then print the tablets. Ten C's authoring program- Macromedia Director- and some printer drivers don't get along. The CD contains a blank version of the Tablets which can be printed by your operating system just fine.
Attention: Mac Users
You will need to 'turn off' your Virtual Memory to get the photobubbles to run. IPIX xtra which loads to run the photobubbles is not compatible with virtual memory. If you're screen freezes right after Moses' office, your virtual memory is on.
Performance:
It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you close ALL other programs before running Ten C's CD. The photobubbles and multimedia require plenty of RAM and the attention of your system. Close browsers, word processors and anti-virus programs.Minimum: Windows 98, 300 mhz, 64 RAM, 6 mb videocard. However, it will run much better on a faster computer.
Avoid over-clicking. We have a lot of audio that is trigger by mouse rollover. Under-powered computers may freeze if a click-happy camper goes wild.
Crank up those speakers! We use hi-fi stereo sound throughout the CD. We even put a "stereo CD player" in the Summit Chapel with various selections of our ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC. If you have a good soundcard, good soundcard software and good speakers --you'll enjoy the CD's many audio nuances.
VERSION NOTICE:
We updated this program several times over the years. The last version, v 2.0, includes several tweaks.
Questions? Email Neil
Sunday Software Inc.