Trouble Shooting

I get an error when I try to run Tiger's Bane!

You probably don't have Microsoft's DirectX installed. Download the latest version of DirectX for Windows 95, or if you are using Windows NT, get the latest Service Pack (which includes DirectX). You should be able to find them both on Microsoft's Web Site.

The colors get all screwed up when I run in a window.

Your desktop is probably only set to 256 colors. Because of the way Tiger's Bane changes colors, there isn't really any way to get a good display on a 256 color desktop. It could be made to be pretty, but would be terribly slow. Either switch to a High Color or True Color desktop, or run Tiger's Bane in full screen mode.

My Joystick isn't detected.

Tiger's Bane accesses the joystick through Windows, so make sure you have configured and properly calibrated your joystick in the Windows Control Panel. On some systems, when Tiger's Bane is run right after the system is booted Windows will incorrectly report that there is no joystick available. If this happens, try simply quitting and restarting the game, or if that fails, Testing the joystick in Control Panel first, and then starting the game again.

Why is full screen slower than windowed mode on my system?

This is mainly a problem with Windows NT 4.0, though it may also occur on Windows 95 systems with certian graphics cards. To be able to open a full screen display mode, Tiger's Bane may have to open a 640x400 or 640x480 mode and ask the system to sctretch the 320x200 game screen up to that size, which can be slow. One solution is to hit the F1 key while in full screen mode, which will turn off the stretching and quickly blit the game screen to the center of the high-res display screen (this is also one way to be sure you have this problem or not). The only other option is to switch to newer drivers (or a different graphics card) that properly support low-res 320x200 or 320x240 modes in 8 bit color.

Why does the full screen display look letterboxed and squished?

Tiger's Bane is designed for a 320x200 pixel display. If your graphics card doesn't properly support that size of display, a 320x240 display will be opened instead and the screen centered within.

The game starts and some funny colors cycle, but everything's blank.

This can happen if Tiger's Bane is run from a Shortcut that doesn't have the "Start in" directory set correctly. Check that and try again, or run the game by double clicking directly on the "Bane.exe" file where it was installed.

In full screen mode everything is completely black, but I can still hear sounds and switch back to windowed mode with F2.

This might be a certian rare bug with some graphics drivers where the card allows the opening of a 320x200 screen but doesn't display anything. You can try getting around it by forcing a letterboxed 320x240 display. To do that create a file named "Bane.ini" in the same directory as the Bane.exe file and include the line:

Letterbox 1

You can also force full screen or windowed mode on startup by including "FullScreen" followed by a "0" or a "1", and whether to initially stretch the window to double size with "Stretch" followed by a "0" or a "1". Joystick options can be forced with "joystick" followed by a "0", "1", or "2". These options will override those currently saved in your FTOpts.dat and FTDefOpts.dat files.

Something's just generally not working right in full screen mode.

Try downloading the latest DirectX display drivers, or the latest drivers for your graphics card direct from the manufacturer's web site.