Hardware - [EBPEdit Help Contents]

At minimum, EBPEdit requires the following computer equipment:

.... Wintel '486 computer/tablet or newer

.... 32M RAM available

.... Windows (98, NT4, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, etc.)

.... XGA display (256-color mode minimum, higher recommended)

.... Mouse or other pointing device

Note also you must be a registered user of EB Pronto to play the game on maps created and/or modified with EBPEdit.

TABLETS

Tablets that run a full version of Windows, such as Microsoft's Surface Pro, are typically also EBPEdit-compatible. An easy way to check a device is to install and run EBPEdit's free trial version.

Note that map creation usually requires some detailed effort and typing of text. Tablets with a small display or without a physical keyboard are less than ideal for such tasks. We recommend running EBPEdit on a computer with a physical keyboard and a display larger than that of a tablet.

On devices equipped with a touch screen, generally a tap is the equivalent of a mouse left click, and a press+hold is the equivalent of a mouse right click. NOTE: Windows does not tell EBPEdit you have touched the screen until you either lift your finger/stylus or slide it.

When using tablets, or any touch device and/or small display, we recommend the following:

* enlarge the program's text fonts

* if you turn off the Windows "press and hold to right click" feature, you can still access EBPEdit's right click popup menu features by choosing Edit, Right-click menu

WINDOWS VISTA / 7 / 8 / 10

EBPEdit has been tested to work properly up through at least Windows 10. During the initial setup and registration process, you must run EBPEdit as an Administrator. Running Windows as Administrator is not enough, you have to run EBPEdit as Administrator. The easiest way to do so is to right click on the program's desktop icon and choose Run as Administrator.

DRIVERS

If you wish to use EBPEdit's Web features (Download Update) the MSINET.OCX and MSWINSCK.OCX drivers must be installed on your computer. Many computers already have these Windows internet communication drivers installed, but if yours does not, when you attempt to use the features they provide, EBPEdit will detect a problem (usually error number 372 or 339) and offer to automatically install the drivers.

If the automated install fails or if you prefer to install the drivers manually, here is what to do: exit EBPEdit and look for the MSINET.INF and MSWINSCK.INF files in the directory in which you installed EBPEdit. If they are not there, you can find them on an EBP CD, at our Web site, or at Microsoft's Web site (search for msinet.ocx and mswinsck.ocx). Using Windows to view the folder contents, right click on MSINET.INF file and choose Install, and then repeat for MSWINSCK.INF. Finally restart EBPEdit and retry the feature.

If you continue to have trouble, check the FAQ at our Web site for updated driver information..