User Guide

b. AutoPlay
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If the Sin splash screen does not appear,
try performing the following steps:
1. Double-click on the My Computer icon on
your desktop or right-click on the icon
and choose the Open option.
2. Select the Refresh option located in the
View pull-down menu.
3. Double-click on the Sin CD icon in the
window or right-click on the icon and
choose the AutoPlay option.
4. After the Sin splash screen appears,
click on the Play/Install button.
If the AutoPlay feature does not function,
please check the following:
1. Make sure the CD is clean and properly
placed in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Your CD-ROM driver may not be optimized
for use with Windows 95/98. To verify
this, perform the following steps:
a. Open the Windows 95/98 Control Panel
folder and double-click on the System
icon.
b. Click on the Performance tab. If any
of your hardware drivers are not
fully optimized for use with Windows
95/98, they will be listed here with
an explanation of the exact problem
and suggestions on how to fix it.
c. DirectX 6.0
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Upon completion of the Sin setup, the
installation process will continue by
determining if Microsoft’s DirectX 6.0
needs to be installed on your computer. If
have already installed the HEAT software
from your Sin CD-ROM, you will not need
to download the software. (HEAT upgrades
are automatic).
3. Log in by entering your user name and
password.
4. Choose Sin from the list of games.
5. Click the Play Now button on the Web
page to get to the Sin lobby area.
6. From the HEAT Sin game lobby, you may
choose to create a new “room” or join an
existing room. If you decide to create a
room, you will be the moderator who con-
trols the game setting options. As the
moderator, you can start a game at any
time by clicking the Launch button.
NOTE: SUPPORT FOR PLAYING SIN ON HEAT.NET
IS HANDLED BY HEAT.NET CUSTOMER SUPPORT
ONLY AT WWW.HEAT.NET.
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=== V. Troubleshooting ===
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a. Online Help
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We have supplied a technical help file that
can help you in troubleshooting problems.
There are two ways to access this help
file:
1. From the splash screen, click on More
then Help (see AutoPlay on the next
page).
2. After installation, from the Start menu,
select Programs/Sin/Sin Help.
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