User Guide

52 DUNE 2000
TROUBLESHOOTING
The game runs slowly on my system. What can I do?
DUNE™ 2000 requires a Pentium 90 processor or higher. If you are running the game on
a slower system, you will experience severe slowdown during play, or the game may not run
at all..
DUNE™ 2000 requires a 2 MB video card in 16 bit mode. Lower memory video cards
render the game too slowly to play.
Do not run other applications while running DUNE™ 2000. This will cause the game to
run slower.
Running DUNE™ 2000 while connected to a network can also cause the game to run
slower. Try running the game without connecting to your network when you start
Windows.
Why do the movies stutter?
DUNE™ 2000 requires at least a 600KB per second (“quad-speed” or “4x”) CD-ROM
drive. You can improve movie playback performance by following these step-by-step
instructions.
a. Go to the START/SETTINGS/CONTROL PANEL menu.
b. Double-click on the SYSTEM icon.
c. Click the PERFORMANCE tab, then click the FILE SYSTEM button.
d. Click the CD-ROM tab.
e.
You will see a slider labeled SUPPLEMENTAL CACHE SIZE. Slide it all the way to the left.
f. Next, look for a window labeled OPTIMIZE ACCESS PATTERN FOR: In the window, set
this to “No Read Ahead.”
g. Click the APPLY button.You will get a window asking you to restart your machine.
Do so.
h. Once you have restarted, run the game normally.
DUNE™ 2000 still doesn’t run. What can I do?
First, see the README.TXT or README.WRI file. You will find a shortcut to it in the
DUNE™ 2000 program group, or look for it in the root directory of the DUNE™ 2000
CD or in the installed game directory on your hard drive. If this doesn’t help, see the
technical support section below.