WELCOME TO AVERNUM!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Avernum! You now have access to 
days, weeks, or even months of role-playing adventure! Avernum is a 
classic fantasy role-playing game, designed for anyone who longs for 
a huge adventure, enjoys a fascinating tale, or misses the classic 
days of Ultima and Wizardry. 

Should you run into any trouble playing Avernum, don't hesitate to 
E-mail us at spidweb@spiderwebsoftware.com or call us at (206) 789-4438. 
You can always find plenty of information at Spiderweb Software, 
Inc.'s web site: http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com.

>>> Troubleshooting <<<

Should you experience trouble with Avernum crashing or with
odd behavior such as static in sounds or graphics, contact the creators at 
the address above. First, however, there are several ways you might be
able to make the problem go away.

Question: I'm using a Gateway computer, and the terrain graphics 
don't look right.
Answer: Switch your computer to 24 bit color (right-click on the 
desktop and select Properties to reach the Settings area) to fix
this problem.

Question: I turned on/off automatic resolution switching and I want
to turn it off/on now.
Answer: You can change this in the Preferences window.

Question: Avernum refuses to install!
Answer: First, make sure you have 20 megabytes of free space on the 
drive you're trying to install to. Then reboot, make sure no other 
programs are running, and try installing Avernum again. If this 
doesn't work, your download may be corrupted. Try redownloading.

Question:  Avernum crashes sometimes for no reason!
Answer: Several steps to try, which will eliminate many problems.
1. Sometimes files can become corrupted. If you have a lot of recurring 
troubles and crashes, redownloading and reinstalling the game might help, 
especially if a crash started happening after a long period of no problems.
2. Get the latest sound and graphics drivers for your computer. These
can almost always be found at the web site for your computer's manufacturer.
3. Select Preferences from the File menu, and turn off sound effects. 
This will fix some problems.
4. Run Avernum with no other programs running.
5. Make sure you have 8 megabytes of free RAM.
6. Play Avernum in 16 bit color. To get 16-bit color, right click on
the desktop, select Properties, and click on the Settings tab.
 
Question:  The Avernum screen is really tiny!
Answer: Right click on the desktop, select Properties, and click 
on the Settings tab. Select a different screen resolution. 800x600 
resoluation is recommended.

Question: The Avernum screen colors are strange!
Answer:  You need to play Avernum in at least 16-bit color mode. 
To get 16-bit color, right click on
the desktop, select Properties, and click on the Settings tab.

Question:  OK. I installed the game. It runs fine. It looks fine. But I
keep starving, if the monsters don't kill me first, and I don't have any 
gold!
Answer:  Read the Beginner's Tutorial section near the end of the 
manual (run the game hit F1 to get the manual).

These steps will solve most problems you encounter. If none of these 
things help, please let us know! If there are any bugs left, we want to 
squish them! Typo reports are welcome too!

- Jeff Vogel
Keeper of Avernum
Spiderweb Software
http://www.spidweb.com
