DARK SUN: WAKE OF THE RAVAGER 
We know that you’re anxious to begin your adventures, but before you do, 
please make sure that you have the following minimum system requirements 
before attempting to install the game: 
• 386DX/33 IBM PC or compatible 
• 4 MB of RAM 
• CD-ROM drive access time of 350 milliseconds, data transfer rate of 150 
kilobytes 
• An uncompressed hard drive with a minimum of 30 MB of free space 
• VGA graphics and color monitor 
• 100% Microsoft Compatible Mouse or a Logitech Compatible Mouse 
• Microsoft Mouse driver version 8.10+ or higher(not 8.20), or Logitech Mouse 
driver version 6.00+ or higher 
• MS-DOS 5.0 – 6.22 
• CD-ROM driver MSCDEX.EXE Version 2.2 or later 
In addition to the system requirements listed on the front of this data card, Wake 
of the Ravager requires the following:  
620,000 BYTES of FREE BASE RAM 
2,000,000 BYTES OF FREE EMS OR XMS 
NOTE: Wake of the Ravager is not compatible with the following CD hardware: 
Sony CDU 33A Rev 1.0C 
In addition to the basic system requirements, you must also have FILES=30 or 
greater in your CONFIG.SYS. 

Checking free base memory 
Each game included with this compilation has different requirements of free base 
RAM to run. The requirement for each game is listed under the specific title 
information. To check your free base RAM, type MEM from within the DOS 
directory. The free base RAM is listed as “LARGEST EXECUTABLE PROGRAM 
SIZE.” Compare the listed amount to the amount of free memory required by the 
game. Also listed is “FREE EXTENDED MEMORY” (or free XMS). If your 
amount is lower than the game requires, follow the instructions for making a 
“boot disk” given under the “Memory” section of this data card, or free up 
additional memory (see the Memory Management section of your DOS manual) 
before continuing.  
 
 
 
WINDOWS® 95 DISCLAIMER 
These products were developed before Windows 95 was released and have not 
been compatibility tested with the Windows 95 operating system. If you have 
Windows 95 installed on your machine and there are problems running the 
game, you may need to boot up under an MS-DOS operating system, or make a 
boot disk using an MS-DOS version between 5.0-6.22. Please contact SSI 
Technical Support if you require assistance after you have attempted to make a 
boot disk. 

TO PLAY Wake of the Ravager 
Once you have installed the game from the master install program: 
1. Boot your system normally. 
2. Make sure that the CD-ROM is in your CD-ROM drive. 
3. Change the current directory to the game’s directory. For example, to change 
to the default directory, type CD\RAVAGER and press Enter. 
4. Type RAVAGER and press Enter to start the game. 

TO VIEW THE GAME RULE BOOKS AND NOTES 
The CD includes rule books for each of its games. These files 
are in text format (.txt) as well as PDF (Portable Document File) format.The text 
version can be read using any ASCII text reader/editor. The PDF files are read 
by a program called Adobe Acrobat™. Adobe Acrobat can be installed when 
“Install Reference Manuals” is selected from the install menu. 

After you have installed one or more manuals, the installer gives you the chance 
to install Adobe Acrobat™ to your hard drive. (At one point during the install, 
Adobe Acrobat™ will ask for permission to modify Config.sys and Autoexec.bat 
files, we strongly recommend that you tell it to “skip this step”). 
To view game documentation using Adobe Acrobat: 
1. Move to the corresponding Adobe Acrobat directory (default is C:\acrodos). 
2. Type ACROBAT and press Enter. 
3. When the program begins, an OPEN FILE menu is displayed. To view the 
game rule book, select the xxxRULE.PDF file (where “xxx” is the specific game 
program name); to view the game notes file select xxxNOTES.PDF. 
4. Control icons for the Acrobat Reader program can be seen at the top of the 
screen. You can navigate through the documentation by using the arrow icons; 
to customize your view size for a page, use the magnifying glass icons.  
5. You can print the entire document or custom sections by selecting PRINT from 
the FILE pull-down menu.  
NOTE: For more detailed information on using Acrobat™ Reader, pull down the 
HELP menu and select “Acrobat Reader Help,” or open the HELPREAD.PDF 
file.

The Manual, Rule Book, Hint Book and this Data Card are in PDF format on the CD. 
To access them, enter Acrobat and then go to D:\MANUALS.

MEMORY 
Wake of the Ravager requires 620,000 bytes of free base memory and at least 
2,000,000 bytes of XMS to run. If you do not have enough free base memory, 
the game may tell you in the form of an error message or it may crash after 
startup or during play. Not having files and buffers set correctly for the program 
can result in corrupted data in saved games and/or crashes during play.  
In addition to the basic system requirements, you must also have FILES=30 or 
greater in your CONFIG.SYS file. 
Note: hard drive size and total system memory available have no bearing on free 
RAM. Follow the directions on the first page of this data card, under “Read Me 
First,” to determine if you have enough available memory to run the game. 

HOW TO MAKE A BOOT DISK 
You can free more memory without changing your normal system configuration 
by creating a boot disk. A boot disk is the best way to temporarily change your 
system’s configuration without possible side effects. You can make a pre-
configured boot disk from the install program by following the directions below. 
1. Place a blank disk in your A: drive. (Note: it must be your A: drive to operate 
properly.) 
2. Place your Dark Sun Treasures CD into your CD-ROM drive. 
3. Change the active drive to the CD-ROM drive (usually D:) by typing D: and 
pressing Enter. 
4. Type INSTALL BOOT and press Enter. 
5. Follow the on-screen prompts until you see the message “Boot Disk Creation 
Successful.” 
6. Add the appropriate CD-ROM (and if applicable, sound card) drivers to your 
boot disk. These can be found in the original C:\CONFIG.SYS and 
C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT files, or the appropriate hardware manuals. 
To Start the Game with This Boot Disk 
1. Place your game CD in the CD-ROM drive boot disk in your A: drive. 
2. Reboot your machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del on the keyboard, or hit the reset button). 
After your machine reboots, you will find yourself in the C:\RAVAGER game 
directory. Type RAVAGER and press Enter to start the game.  
This procedure works for most systems. Certain conditions, however, may 
prevent our program from successfully creating a boot disk for your particular 
system setup (a nonstandard mouse driver or operating system other than MS-
DOS or DR-DOS, for example). If you experience problems using this procedure, 
try the manual boot disk procedure below. (Note: This procedure may not work 
with PS/1s or laptops.) 

To Create a Boot Disk Manually 
1. Place a floppy disk in drive A: (Note: it must be in drive A:). 
2. From the C: prompt type FORMAT A:/S and press Enter. 
3. Go to the A: drive by typing A: and press Enter. 
4. Type EDIT CONFIG.SYS and press Enter. When the blue screen appears, 
type in the lines just as they appear in the sample CONFIG.SYS below. Save 
this file (choose ‘Save’, not ‘Save As’), then exit. 
5. Type EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT and press Enter. When the blue screen appears, 
type in the lines just as they appear in the sample AUTOEXEC.BAT below. Save 
this file (choose ‘Save’, not ‘Save As’), and exit. 
Sample files:  
CONFIG.SYS	AUTOEXEC.BAT 
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS	PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\MOUSE 
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS	PROMPT $P$G 
DOS=HIGH,UMB	LOADHIGH MOUSE 
FILES=30 
BUFFERS=25 
IMPORTANT: Be sure to include the necessary CD and sound card drivers in the 
appropriate files. Refer to your respective CD and sound card manuals, or 
original CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, for the correct names and 
locations of the drivers required.  
For example, the Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 users may need the 
following line in their CONFIG.SYS: 
DEVICEHIGH=C:\PROAUDIO\MVSOUND.SYS D:3 Q:7 S:1,220,1,5 M:0 J:1 
To Start the Game with This Boot Disk: 
1. Place your game CD in the CD-ROM drive boot disk in your A: drive. 
2. Reboot your machine (Ctrl-Alt-Del on the keyboard, or press the reset button). 
3. Be sure that the hard disk containing the game is the active drive. 
4. Change the current directory to the game’s directory. For example, to change 
to the default directory type CD RAVAGER and press Enter. 
5. Type RAVAGER and press Enter to start the game. 

SAVING GAMES  
In Wake of the Ravager you can have 10 saved games in your game directory at 
one time. Each saved game can take up to about 1,330,000 bytes of hard disk 
space (but they start off much smaller). If you do not have enough space on your 
hard drive you may see: 
“Disk Space Low!!!” — If you get this message when saving, you should exit the 
game and free up more disk space. 
“Disk Space Very Low!!!” — If you get this message when saving, you must exit 
the game and free up more disk space. The game informs you if it can’t save. 
Your saved game information is stored in files labeled SAVE01.SAV through 
SAVE10.SAV. The numbers in the filenames match the slot number of your 
saves in the game. 

If, at the start of the game, you receive the message: “Maximum of # save 
games!” (where # is an actual digit), it means that you only have the stated 
number of saves in the game. 
Make sure to alternate save games between at least three spearate save slots. 
That way, if there is a problem, or something you may have missed doing, you 
have the option of returning to an old save game rather than restarting the game 
from the beginning. 

SOUND CARDS FOR Wake of the Ravager 
After installation, you may modify the sound configuration for your particular 
system. Select the type of sound on your system. Valid selections are: Aria, 
Ultrasound (CD-ROM music only), Sound Blaster Regular, Sound Blaster Pro I 
and II, Sound Blaster 16, Soundwave/Gamewave 32, Ensoniq SoundScape, or 
none. If you wish to change the sound configuration after installation, simply type 
SOUND (and then press Enter) while in the game directory and follow the on-
screen prompts. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ultrasound owners must choose CD-ROM music only. This 
allows you to hear music without sound effects while playing the game. Jazz 16 
users should choose the Sound Blaster Pro or Sound Blaster Regular for optimal 
sound and music performance. 
The game starts with both the music and sound effects enabled. Once you get 
into the game, you may go to preferences to enable/disable music and sound 
effects. 

Wake of the Ravager GAME NOTES 
• To skip cinematics, press the Shift key. 
• To find and disarm traps, have a thief character lead the party. 
• To speed up the game, turn animations OFF. 
• The speed of your computer may affect the speed of some region timers (most 
notably, inside the volcano). If the timer is going too quickly for you to complete a 
task, toggle your computer speed and set the game difficulty to “Easy.” 
• The game includes a utility to transfer characters from Dark Sun: Shattered 
Lands to Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager. To run the transfer utility, go to the 
game directory (i.e., CD\RAVAGER) and type CHARTRAN to start the transfer. 
The transfer utility will transfer characters from a Dark Sun: Shattered Lands 
SAVE GAME, and place them into Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager’s party list. 
You will then be able to add those characters into your party when you start the 
game. 
NOTE: Not all of Shattered Lands weapons/items and spells/psionics are 
available in the new game. These items/spells will translate into an equivalent 
item/spell. Those items/spells that simply will not translate will be turned into their 
cash value. 
Do not try to carry too many items from region to region.The game may produce 
strange results including crashes, or disappearing items. If this should occur, 
load a previous save and drop unnecessary items prior to changing regions. 
THE SSI HINT LINE 
If you need hints, call our Hint Line at 1-900-737-HINT. Canadian customers 
please call (1-900-451-6009). Recorded hints are available 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week. Each call costs 95 cents for the first minute and 75 cents for each 
additional minute. If you are under 18 years of age, you must have parental 
permission. If you don’t hear the information you need, please write to us at 
HINTS, STRATEGIC SIMULATIONS, INC., 675 ALMANOR AVE, SUITE 201, 
SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-2901. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for 
a reply. 

ContactING SSI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 
If you are having problems, please consult the “Troubleshooting” section of this 
data card before calling technical support. We have a staff of technical support 
specialists ready to help you with any problem you may encounter with the 
game. If your problem is due to your system configuration they will tell you of the 
game’s requirements and suggest some possible solutions. 
Because of the millions of different hardware and software combinations possible 
with today’s PCs, you may still have to consult with your computer dealer, 
hardware manufacturer, or software publisher in order to properly configure their 
product to run with our game. 
If at all possible, be near your computer when you call. The technical support 
specialist will need specific information about your machine and may need you to 
access or change some files while you are on the phone. If it is not possible to 
be near your computer, be sure to have the following information: 
• A listing of all of your machine’s hardware and its settings. 
• The contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files. 
• All the information listed after the MEM command (read the “To Check Your 
Free RAM” section for pertinent information). 
• The current configuration of your game. 
Our technical support number is (408) 737-6850. Our hours are 11 am to 5 pm, 
Pacific time, Monday through Friday, holidays excluded. ABSOLUTELY NO 
GAME PLAYING HINTS WILL BE GIVEN THROUGH THIS NUMBER. 
If you cannot get through during our normal business hours, please fax our 
Technical Support Dept. at (408) 737-6814. Pleas include a printout of your 
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files along with a complete description of 
the problem. 
SSI BBS 
We have a BBS containing patch files to update most of our products to the most 
current version, as well as product demos and new product announcements. If 
you have a 9600, 14.4K, 21.6K, or 28.8K baud modem, call (408) 739-6137. If 
you have a 1200, 2400, 9600, 14.4K, 21.6K, or 28.8K  baud modem, call (408) 
739-6623. Your communications software needs to be set to N,8,1 and your 
modem must be 100% Hayes compatible. Demos are not available to users with 
modem speeds under 9600 due to file size and download time. 
Canadian customers using 2400—14.4K modems can call our Canadian Affiliate 
board, Instant Access, at (403) 473-9131, (403) 473-2025, or (403) 472-0178 for 
the latest updates/demos. 
SSI ONLINE 
Strategic Simulations, Inc. is currently represented on three online networks: 
CompuServe, GEnie, and America Online. We also maintain a home site on the 
World Wide Web. You can reach us on these networks as stated below. 
World Wide Web 
http://www.ssionline.com 
America Online 
E-Mail: Stratsim 	(stratsim@aol.com) 
SSI Files/Discussion are at Keyword: SSI 
CompuServe 
E-Mail: 76711,250 	(76711.250@compuserve.com) 
SSI Files/Discussion are at GOTO GAMAPUB 
GEnie 
E-Mail: SSI.TECH	(ssi.tech@genie.geis.com) 
SSI Files/Discussion are in the Game Publishers Forum (Type SCORPIA) 

