Atari 3 manual Setup and Installation, Installation of DirectX, Microsoft Photo Story

SETUP AND INSTALLATION

1.Start Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP.

2.Insert the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 CD–ROM game disc into your CD–ROM drive.

3.If AutoPlay is enabled, the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 launcher screen should appear. If AutoPlay is not enabled, or the installation does not start automatically, click on the Start button on your Windows® taskbar, then on Run.Type D:\StartMe.exe and click on OK. Note: If your CD- ROM drive is assigned to a letter other than D, substitute that letter.

4.On the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 launcher screen, click the Install RCT3 button and follow the on–screen instructions to finish installing the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 CD-ROM game.

5.After installing the game, we strongly recommend that you check for updates. Re-insert the game disc into your CD-ROM drive and click on the Updates button on the launcher screen.

6.After RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 is installed, you may launch the game either from the launcher screen by clicking Play RCT3, or by clicking on the Start button, then Programs > Atari > RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 > Play RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (for XP users, click on the Start button, then on All Programs > Atari > RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 > Play RollerCoaster Tycoon 3).

7.Visit atari.com/rollercoastertycoon for the latest information about the game.

Note: You must have the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 game disc in your CD-ROM drive to play.

Installation of DirectX®

RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 requires DirectX® 9.0 or higher in order to run. If you do not have DirectX®

9.0or higher installed on your computer, click “Yes” to accept the DirectX® 9.0 License Agreement. This will then launch the DirectX® 9.0 Installer.

Microsoft Photo Story® 3

Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows lets you create fun and exciting video stories from your pictures. By using Photo Story 3, you can touch-up, add motion, effects, music, and more to your pictures and save them as a video story that you and others can watch in a media player that supports playback of Windows Media® Video (WMV) files, such as Windows Media Player 10.

Photo Story 3 is included with RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 so you can share the screenshots and the peep photos you take in RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 with your friends and family in a fun and

exciting way.

When you are installing RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3, the setup program will ask you if you want to install Photo Story 3.To install Photo Story 3 for Windows, click OK, and then follow the instructions on the screen. If Photo Story 3 for Windows is already installed on your computer, or if your computer is not running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, the game setup program will skip this step.

Note: To install Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows, your computer must be running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, and Windows Media Player 10 must be installed. For a complete list of system requirements, see the Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows Web site (www.microsoft.com/photostory).

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If you do not choose to install Photo Story 3 when you are first installing RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3, you can choose to install Photo Story 3 at any time by doing one of the following:

Click the Install Photo Story 3 button on the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 launcher screen.

Insert the RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3 CD in your CD-ROM drive. In Windows Explorer, locate the Photo Story 3 for Windows folder on the game CD-ROM, and then double-click the Photo Story 3 Setup file named PStory.msi file to begin installing Photo Story 3.

For complete information about using Photo Story 3, see Photo Story 3 for Windows Help.

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