GANGSTERS - PLAYABLE DEMO Version 1.0 Readme File 11/28/98 *********************************************************************** About This Document: This document contains last-minute information about Gangsters as well as information that pertains to general problems and questions you may have concerning the game or your computer. *********************************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES III. GAME FEATURES IV. EIDOS LEGAL INFORMATION I. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ----------------------- Required: Pentium 166 32MB RAM 2MB SVGA Video Card (May require the latest drivers which may be obtained from the card manufacturer) DirectX 6.0 required. (Not supplied with this demo) 4x CD-ROM 100% Windows '95, '98 & DirectX 6.0 compatible sound card required Recommended: Pentium 200 32MB RAM 2MB SVGA Video Card (May require the latest drivers which may be obtained from the card manufacturer) DirectX 6.0 required. (Not supplied with this demo) 8x CD-ROM 100% Windows '95, '98 & DirectX 6.0 compatible sound card required * Requires the Gangsters CD-ROM to play II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES ---------------------------- - DO NOT REMOVE THE CD WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING GANGSTERS! - If you see a warning saying "Please check disk space, you need at least 50MB free", please ensure that you have at least 50MB of free space on your hard drive. This must be the drive that your swap file is on (normally on C drive). You will also require additional hard drive space to hold your Gangsters saved games. - When Gangsters is played for the first time, the SOUND levels in the game are taken from your Windows settings. If you adjust the levels in game, Gangsters will store these levels and restore them when you next play. On exiting the game, your initial Windows settings will be restored. - IF YOU GET THE MESSAGE "Error...Sorry. Unable to start game as I can’t access the direct draw driver. Please try 256 color mode in 640 x 480, 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768", you must have accidentally highlighted another icon on your Windows desktop as you ran Gangsters. Just re-run the game, ensuring that you don’t click on any other parts of the desktop III. GAME FEATURES ------------------ KEYBOARD HOTKEYS THE GANG ORGANIZER FUNCTION KEY Help ? Lieutenant Section F1 Accountant Section F2 Lawyer Section F3 Newspaper F5 Graphs F6 City Maps F7 Game Options F8 Toggle City Plan / Rooftop view Space Lieutenant 1 1 Lieutenant 2 2 Lieutenant 3 3 Lieutenant 4 4 Lieutenant 5 5 Lieutenant 6 6 Lieutenant 7 7 Lieutenant 8 8 Open Clipboard C Hoods Section H Vehicles Section V Weapons Section W Confirm Return Reject Escape Quit CTRL+Q THE WORKING WEEK FUNCTION KEY Help ? Pause P City Plan Insert Rooftop View Home Street View Page Up Toggle Street View / Rooftop View Space Bar Cycle gangsters from team 1 1 Cycle gangsters from team 2 2 Cycle gangsters from team 3 3 Cycle gangsters from team 4 4 Cycle gangsters from team 5 5 Cycle gangsters from team 6 6 Cycle gangsters from team 7 7 Cycle gangsters from team 8 8 Accelerate time by one step > Decelerate time by one step < Remove / Replace buildings B Kill Street Order F1 Assault Street Order F2 Tail Street Order F3 Go to Street Order F4 Cancel Street Order Escape View Combat Messages F5 View Gangsters and Police Messages F6 View Failed Orders Messages F7 View Waiting / Priority Messages F8 Quit CTRL+Q IV. EIDOS LEGAL INFORMATION =========================== IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT DO NOT INSTALL THE COMPUTER PROGRAM CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCT UNTIL YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE TERMS OF THE LICENCE. YOUR [INSTALLING THE PROGRAM][CLICKING ON "I ACCEPT" BELOW] WILL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE FOLLOWING TERMS. 1. Eidos Interactive Ltd. licenses you to use this product for your own private and domestic use. You may either (a) make one copy of the software program for back-up or archival purposes provided such copy includes all copyright notices and other information on the original disk(s) or (b) transfer the software program to your hard disk provided the original disk is kept by you solely for back-up or archival purposes. All other rights are reserved in full. 2. The following restrictions shall apply to your license: - you will not use this product on more than one computer or terminal at any one time - you will not reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate, adapt, modify or otherwise alter the product in whole or in part nor attempt to do any of the above under any circumstances unless and to the extent permitted to do so by applicable law - you will not make any further copies in any way whatsoever - you will not sell, rent, lend, sub-license or otherwise exploit for profit or otherwise this product (in whole or in part) but you may give away the entire product provided you do not keep any copies of the software program or the accompanying materials; and - you will not use the product or any part of it to develop, design and/or create any programs or other materials based in whole or in part on this product. 3. Eidos Interactive Ltd. reserves the right to make changes and improvements to this product at any time and without notice. The persons, organizations and events in Gangsters - Organized Crime are fictitious. Illegal Business options in the game should not be confused with legitimate businesses, organizations or professions. Any similarity to actual persons, organizations, businesses and events is unintentional.