Anime Bowling Babes Manual - Glimmer Games

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| Troubleshooting |

The balls and/or pins are invisible!! What's going on!??

You have enabled the shaders setting in graphics options. Your videocard does not support shaders, and you will need to go back into the graphics options menu and turn shaders off again. You may also wish to try updating your video drivers to see if this will resolve the problem. If it does not, you will need to disable shaders.

How can I increase performance?

If the game is not running as smoothly as you would like, set the resolution to 640x480, turn shaders off, turn shadows off, turn particle effects off and change the color depth to 16 bit. If the game is still not running smoothly, please consider updating your drivers. If the game is now running smoothly, you may try turning some of these settings back on or increasing the resolution. Try to only change one setting at a time; If the performance decreases after you change it, you will know what caused it and how to reverse it.

The game doesn't start or crashes shortly afterwards. What can I do?

This is often caused by using outdated device drivers for your videocard or soundcard. We highly recommend updating your device drivers regularly as this can help eliminate problems with a lot of software. Please see : Updating your Video Drivers for more information.

If this does not resolve the issue, please also try Updating your Audio Drivers as this can poor drivers can often stop games initializing correctly.

Another reason you might be unable to run the game is if you have an old version of DirectX Installed. All our games require DirectX7 or higher be installed, and 99% of you will already have that. If you are not sure or if you would like to install the latest version, please see : How to Check and Update DirectX.

If you are playing the demo version of Kick Shot Pool, it is possible that we need to make some modifications so that the game will support your computer. If you have tried all of the above advice and have not had any success, please email us with as much information about the problem and your computer.

The game starts ok, but it crashes at some point during gameplay. What can I do?

This is often caused by using outdated device drivers for your videocard or soundcard. We highly recommend updating your device drivers regularly as this can help eliminate problems with a lot of software. Please see : Updating your Video Drivers for more information.

Another reason you might be unable to run the game is if you have an old version of DirectX Installed. All our games require DirectX7 or higher be installed, and 99% of you will already have that. If you are not sure or if you would like to install the latest version, please see : How to Check and Update DirectX.

The game works, but it is slow and the screen update is jerky. How can I fix this?

This is often caused by using outdated device drivers for your videocard or soundcard. We highly recommend updating your device drivers regularly as this can help eliminate problems with a lot of software. Please see : Updating your Video Drivers for more information.

Ensure that you are not running other programs at the same time as you play the game. While you may be able to run a software firewall, antivirus software, instant messenger software and other background tasks without complications, we do not support this and recommend that you close all other programs before starting the game. If you are not playing a game against an online opponent over the internet, we recommend that you should not be connected to the internet while playing, as this can also interfere with the proper running of your game.

It is rare, but occasionally, poor audio drivers can cause games to glitch repeatedly. If the above issues have not resolved your problem, please try Updating your Audio Drivers.

General Suggestions and Advice

Updating your Video Drivers

Below we have listed the most common video chipset manufacturers and a link to their website to look for drivers. If you are unsure which chipset you have, please contact your hardware vendor or email us with the full make and model number.

- ATI
- NVidia
- Intel
- SIS

Updating your Sound Drivers

Below we have listed the most common audio chipset manufacturers and a link to their website to look for drivers. If you are unsure which chipset you have, please contact your hardware vendor or email us with the full make and model number.

- Creative ( SoundBlaster )
- Intel
- SIS
- VIA

Checking and Installing DirectX

All of our games expect you to have DirectX 7 or higher installed. 99% of you will already have version 7 or later installed and will not need to update. If you are experiencing difficulties getting the game to run, however, it is a good idea to update your DirectX version to the latest, as your videocard drivers may be optimized to work with recent versions. If you have an earlier version of DirectX than 7, you will need to update. The easiest way to do this is to use Windows Update. If you do not have this option or would prefer to download it manually, you may get the latest version of DirectX here.

If you are uncertain which version of DirectX you have installed, please Read Our Guide to Finding Your DirectX Version or email us