INDEX
Troubleshooting
Requirments

General Hints about GB2
- What is Gamebiz 2 ?
- It seems like all game names is misspelled ?
- What year will the game end ?
- Hiring people, what should i look for ?
- How to speed up development ?
- How to speed up Study tasks ?
Developing engines
- What is it ?
- How to speed up development ?
- Why make an engine?
- How to make an engine ?
- Which type of employees are best suited for making engines ?
Developing games
- How to make Games ?
- Can I make more than one game at a time ?
- Can I make a game for more than one platform at a time ?
- Which type of employees are best suited for making games ?
- How to speed up development ?
Developing Platforms
- How to make a Platform
- Can i make more than one platform at a time ?
- Why is the estimate price wrong when releasing ?

Troubleshooting :
- Game won't start.
>> Try Installing/reinstalling Micorosoft Media player 9.0 or newer.
>>Check the requirement section below to see that your system fits the requirements.
- Game is slow.
>> When in game goto the game options and turn off the map in the Map options page or turn down the number of cars, night or clouds displayed. Uncheck music before starting a new game.
>>Check the requirement section below to see that your system fits the requirements.
-Game Lock up/freeze.   Dual processor problem.  
>>On a dual processor system a user (barlett) found out a possible solution :
1. Go into task manager and right click on the gamebiz II under Applications
2. Select go to process
3. Should be GB2 - right click and select set affinity - make sure only one CPU is ticked and bob's your uncle!
- MCI and sound errors and problems
>>If you receive the following error : "There Was A Problem Initializing MCI" when you start the game or just having troubles with the sound/music here's a few thing to consider doing :
>> Install/reinstall you Microsoft Media player, version 9.0 or newer required.
>> Try to download a new WMA-codec from MS, if any available.
>> Install newest sound card drivers.

Requirments :
-Micrsoft media player 9.0 or newer.
-Windows XP/2000.
-Minimum Pentium 3 - 600 mhz and 128 MB.
-HD space : 50 MB
-Screen resolution minimum 800*600, best at 1024*768 or higher.
Note : Might work on 98 & ME but not tested
 

General :
What is Gamebiz 2 ? Its a game that simulating the game business. You start you own Game company and develop virtual games and platforms/systems that you can sell.

It seems like all game names is misspelled ? This is by design. All real life game names is auto scrambled by GB2. In Patch 3 there will be a way to unscramble the names.

What year will the game end ? In the first week of 2006. It startes in year 1980.

Hiring people, what should i look for ?
- First of check their current wage also check their current Skills in Programming design and graphics, at least one of these should be 3-5 in the begining of the game.
- Also its important to have employees with high leadership skills so they can be assigned as team leaders.
- Also check that their talents for styding is 2-3 or higher in the areas where you will use them.

How to speed up development ? Go to the "Game development" found in the Headquarter menu. Choose "buy tools". From here you can buy tools to decrease development time.

How to speed up Study tasks ? Right click the study task and choose intensify study.

Engines :
What is it ? An Engine in GB2 is the Core part of the Graphical and game user interface. that every game is going to use.

How to speed up development ? Go to the "Game development" found in the Headquarter menu. Choose "buy tools". From here you can buy tools to decrease development time. remember to chose the platform you like to develop the engine for. When making Engines its only the Programming tool you need to upgrade.

Why make an engine? You need an engine to be able to make games in GB2. You can sell engines to make extra cash.

How to make an engine ? You make the engine by using your employees. Click on the "Game development" when you are standing in the HQ (Menu to the left) .

Which type of employees are best suited for making engines ? Preferable you should choose employess with high skills in code/programming. Its also important that the team leader have a high skill in code/programming along side good Leadership skills.

Games :
How to make Games ? You make the games by using your employees. Click on the "Game development" when you are standing in the HQ (Menu to the left) . You need at least one engine to be able to make engines.

Can I make more than one game at a time ? YES as many as you like

Can I make a game for more than one platform at a time ? YES, as long as you have made an engine for the platform and genre you are choosing.

Which type of employees are best suited for making games ? Preferable you should choose employees with high skills in code/programming and some that have high skills in Design and some that have high skills in Graphics. All depending on which genre you are maing the game for that is. This will give you the best possible result. Its also important that the team leader have a high skill in Leadership.

How to speed up development ? Go to the "Game development" found in the Headquarter menu. Choose "buy tools". From here you can buy tools to decrease development time.

Platforms :
How to make a Platform ? You need a factory before you can start making new platforms.

Can i make more than one platform at a time ? YES. Might not be a good idea though.

Why is the estimate price wrong when releasing ?  Its an estimate of what the price per unit will be after you have sold around 500.000 units of it.
The production of units gets Cheaper as new chips arrive and the one you fitted in your console gets cheaper. Also the production cost in your factory will be cheaper the more units you have produced. Factory optimizing and so on. Buts its only an estimate as the chip price is hard to estimate some times. All depending on the number of new chips and their score(How fast).

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