Troubleshooting Guide 
Vivid Conceptions 

by Mr.Chubigans
www.vertigogaming.net

-------------------------------

NOTE: BE SURE TO UNZIP THE GAME BEFORE PLAYING!

Game not running well? Experienced some problems? Before you head off to our Technical
Support forums, lets see if these solutions help answer your question:

-I get a Luminaire error halfway/in the beginning of the game, or a l_controller error.
	Your computer is having trouble displaying the lighting properly. You'll need to 
	download our "core" version, which disables the lighting and runs at a faster 
	framerate for many people. Get it at vertigogaming.net.

-The game is very choppy, and has a poor framerate.
	Vivid Conceptions uses GearGODs Luminaire engine which takes up quite a bit of
	power from your computer. First off, try pressing the window N icon in the level 
	select screen to switch the game to it's native resolution of 640x480. If the game
	performance is still not too good, make sure any outside programs are not running 
	and your computer is defragged and freshly rebooted. If it is still choppy, you may
	need to download the Core version at our site instead of this version.
	Also try turning off the music 	using the note icon on the level select screen.

-The music is garbled and doesn't sound right at all.
	All music is encoded in a MP3 format. Try updating your media player to the latest
	version, and if that still doesn't do the trick then just turn off the music in the level 
	selection screen (second page).

-The game takes a LONG time to load when I double click it.
	There's quite a bit to load with VC, so please be patient. Its the only loading screen 
	in the game, thankfully.

-I tried to reload my game but it says, "No file found."
	Are you sure you selected the right slot? Make sure you run VC unzipped as well.

-I disabled sound fx by clicking the sound icon in the stage select, but I still hear sounds!
	That button is for disabling background FX only (such as the waterfalls, wind blowing,
	etc.) The main sounds are unaffected.

-The game just doesn't run at all when I boot it up.
	This game uses Game Maker 6, which is more graphic intensive than previous Game
	Maker engines. From the GM6 site:
	
	"Game Maker runs on the Windows platform, versions 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP (and later). 
	It does require a DirectX 8 or higher compatible graphics graphics card with at least 
	16MB of video memory (preferably 32 MB or more). Also a DirectX 8 or higher compatible 
	sound card is required. DirectX version 8.0 or later is required."

	You need at least this bare minimum to run Vivid Conceptions. If you have this and the 
	game doesnt run, even when using the core version, drop by our forums at 
	vertigogaming.net and we'll try to help you out.





If you still have some questions, please visit our tech forums at www.vertigogaming.net!