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1 :: THE GAME

1.1 :: What's the minimum system requirements?
1.2 :: What is the difference between POSTAL and POSTAL PLUS?
1.3 :: When I installed Special Delivery on my Mac, it tells me that I've got the wrong sound file installed and to run Setup again. What should I do?

2 :: MULTIPLAYER

2.1 :: How can I play in multiplayer?
2.2 :: Is it possible to join games in progress?
2.3 :: Is it possible to play between POSTAL and POSTAL PLUS?
2.4 :: Is it possible to play between PC and MAC?
2.5 :: How can I use custom levels in multiplayer games?
2.6 :: How can I improve multiplayer performance?
2.7 :: How can I play modem to modem?

3 :: LINUX VERSION

3.1 :: What's the minimum system requirements?
3.2 :: Is there any difference between the Linux and Windows version?
3.3 :: Is there a level editor?
3.4 :: Is it possible to import/export custom levels into Windows/Linux versions, and play them??
3.5 :: Is it possible to have multiplayer games between the Linux and Windows version??

1 :: THE GAME

1.1 :: What's minimum system requirements?

• Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000

• 200 MHz Pentium or better

• 16 MB Memory (32 MB recommended)

• 24 MB Hard Drive space

• Any Video Card (with at least 256 colors at 640x480 resolution)

• Sound Blaster 16 or 100% Compatible

1.2 :: What is the difference between POSTAL and POSTAL PLUS?

POSTAL is the original classic game, released in 1997, and POSTAL PLUS is the classic version bundled with the add-on (Special Delivery).

1.3 :: When I installed Special Delivery on my Mac, it tells me that I've got the wrong sound file installed and to run Setup again. What should I do?

Depending on what sound quality you were using in the original Postal, Special Delivery, the expansion pack for Postal, might give you an error message after the installation process regarding your sound files.  This is very easy to fix.

First, open your postal.ini file, located in the folder you installed Postal into.

Second, look for the section labeled [Audio].  It will tell you the DeviceRate and the DeviceBits that you are currently using.

Then, look on your Special Delivery CD in your res/game folder for the corresponding audio file.  Copy that file into your Postal installation/res/game folder on your hard drive.

2 :: MULTIPLAYER

2.1 :: How can I play in multiplayer?

You have 2 options.

By LAN: The game searches for games in your Local Area Network.

By IP: You enter the host's IP and connect. If you are the host just share your ip with the other players and wait for them to connect.

2.2 :: Is it possible to join games in progress?

Only with the add-on for the classic version (Special Delivery) or with POSTAL PLUS.

2.3 :: Is it possible to play between the classic version and POSTAL PLUS?

No. POSTAL has 3 different versions and identifed by numbers. Version 1 is the original and classic version. Version 2 is the add-on. Version 3 is POSTAL PLUS.

Each version only works between themselves.

2.4 :: Is it possible to play between PC and MAC?

Since the MAC version is only available in the original game and the add-on, this would be the only chance. Yet, it's not possible to play between the PC and MAC.

2.5 :: How do I use custom levels on multiplayer games?

One thing to note is that Postal always searches your hard drive first for a INI file before looking for the one on the CD. Once you create an INI file on your hard drive, if you were to install, let's say the Postal Add-on pack (when it is available), it would still be reading the INI file from your hard drive and therefore you might not be able to access the new levels. In such a case, you would have to delete the INI file on your hard drive.

Here's the step-by-setp instructions:

1. Copy realms.INI from YourCD:\res\levels to YourPostalDir\res\levels.

2. Edit the INI and add a section following the last one with the section name incremented by one (i.e., the last one should be [RealmNet15] so add one named [RealmNet16]).

3. Note that this INI change has to be on all machines that are going to play. Here's an example:

[RealmNet16]

Realm -- The relative path to the realm file -- easiest if it is under the res/levels directory on your harddrive.

Realm = res/levels/MyRealms/MyRealm.rlm

Title -- The title you see on the loading screen and in the list of levels in the Host dialog (when hosting a net game).

Title = My Realm, Hoser

Bg -- The background picture to use when loading this realm -- grab one from one of the earlier RealmNet## sections.

Alpha -- Goes with the bg; use the same one as your Bg.

Bg = res/cutscene/monster.bmp
Alpha = res/cutscene/monster.mlp

Text -- The text to appear under the title on the loading screen.

Text = You will die by your friend's hands or something.

Music -- The music to play while waiting for the level to start (I don't think this is used in multi-player mode but perhaps it should be set just in case a future patch uses this value). Use one from one of the earlier RealmNet## sections.

Music = music/71.wav

Here is what this new part of the INI file should look like without the comments:

[RealmNet16]
Realm = res/levels/MyRealms/MyRealm.rlm
Title = My Realm, Hoser
Bg = res/cutscene/monster.bmp
Alpha = res/cutscene/monster.mlp
Text = You will die by your friend's hands or something.
Music = music/71.wav

These lines can be in any order.

2.6 :: How can I improve multiplayer performance?

In order to improve the performance of multi-player games, you should change one of your POSTAL settings.  Note that you can ONLY do this AFTER you have already installed POSTAL on your hard drive.

1. Open the folder where you installed POSTAL and look for the file "Postal.ini".  (Windows Only - the .ini extension is only visible if you have the MS-DOS file extension active.  Depending on how your computer is set up, the ".ini" portion of the file's name may be hidden, in which case look for the file named "Postal" that has the "Notepad" icon displayed with it.)

2. Double-click on the file to open it with "Notepad" (Windows) or "SimpleText" (MacOS).

3. Look for a section of the file that starts with the line [multi-player].

4. Within that section, look for the line "MaxFrameLag = 1".

5. Change this line to "MaxFrameLag = 2".

6. Save the file and exit from the application.

You can now run POSTAL with improved multiplayer performance.

2.7 :: How can I play modem to modem?

Check for information at gopostal.com. Click here.

3 :: LINUX VERSION

3.1 :: What's the minimum system requirements?

3.2 :: Is there any difference between the Linux and the Windows version?

Only the operating system! Everything's identical to the Windows version.

3.3 :: Is there a level editor?

Yes.

3.4 :: Is it possible to import/export custom levels into Windows/Linux versions, and play them?

Yes. You can play custom levels on the Linux version that were made on the Windows version, and vice-versa.

3.5 :: Is it possible to have multiplayer games between the Linux and Windows version?

Loki was testing Win-Linux network play during and after development. Since Loki closed its doors this question remains uncertain although you can't play between the 2 operating systems.