RESIDENT EVIL Developed by Capcom Co., Ltd Published By Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd. Machine Specification Minimum With 3D card 3D Card With 4MB CPU Pentium 90 RAM 16 Megabytes Sound DirectX 16 bit sound card Video DirectX compatible graphics card Control Keyboard Recommended With 3D card 3D Card With 4MB CPU Pentium 133 RAM 32 Megabytes Sound DirectX 16 bit sound card Video DirectX compatible graphics card Control Joypad Operating System: Windows '95 Only Free Hard Drive Space Required: Minimum 5 MB Recommended 290 MB Maximum 400 MB Please note: If your system has only 16Mb of RAM, Resident Evil will require to create a SWAP file. Therefore, an additional 100Mb of free hard drive space will be needed to run the game. Accelerator Cards Resident Evil supports the following 3D accelerator cards: Matrox Mystique (tm) 4MB Diamond Monster 3D(tm) Orchid Righteous 3D Creative 3D Blaster (tm) Canopus Total 3D Intense 3D 100 by Intergraph Important Note: The 3D card must have a minimum of 4MB RAM on board. Many 3D accelerator cards share the same chipset and are therefore compatible, as a result it's highly possible that Resident Evil could work on other cards not stated above. If when using either a 3Dfx based card or the Matrox Mystique (tm) card you discover Resident Evil doesn't function properly it may be due to the drivers currently installed on your machine. We have included the versions used during the development of Resident Evil in a directory on the game CD called 'Drivers'. The latest versions of the drivers for all the cards are available at the following WWW sites... Matrox Mystique (tm) 4MB The Matrox Mystique drivers on this CD were the latest available drivers at the time of the release of Resident Evil. They have been tested with Resident Evil and are known to work. However, more recent drivers may have become available since that time. The latest Matrox Mystique drivers are available at the Matrox web site at WWW.MATROX.COM. 3Dfx http://www.3dfx.com Diamond Monster 3D (tm) http://www.diamondmm.com Orchid Righteous http://www.orchid.com There are two Orchid Righteous drivers on the Resident Evil CD, in the 'Drivers' directory: r3dv1_2d.zip - Domestic, for use in the United States. r3dv1_di.zip - International, for use everywhere else. Rendition http://www.rendition.com Creative 3D Blaster (tm) http://www.creaf.com Intense 3D 100 by Intergraph http://www.intergraph.com/ics/i3d100/ Canopus Total 3D http://www.canopuscorp.com DirectX Resident Evil has been designed to run with DirectX3a and the drivers located on the disks have been tested with this version of DirectX. Resident Evil will run if you have DirectX 5 or later but you may find that you need to install newer versions of the 3D card drivers. Failing to do so could result in Resident Evil not recognising your 3D card. Card Setup It's possible to force the Resident Evil to use a particular card, this maybe useful if the game fails to recognise your 3D card or you have two 3D cards installed and you wish to select which one to use. This is done by launching the game by using one of the following commands... ResidentEvil.exe /monster launch Diamond Monster 3D TM ResidentEvil.exe /mystique launch Matrox Mystique 4MB TM ResidentEvil.exe /total launch Canopus TOTAL 3D ResidentEvil.exe /blaster launch Creative 3D Blaster TM ResidentEvil.exe /righteous launch Orchid Righteous ResidentEvil.exe /intense launch Intergraph Intense ResidentEvil.exe /? show help To do this follow these steps... 1. Right click on the 'Start Button' and select 'Explore'. 2. Double left click on 'Programs'. 3. Double left click on 'Capcom'. 4. Double left click on 'Resident Evil'. 5. Right click on Resident Evil and select 'Properties'. 6. When the properties window appears, select the 'Shortcut' tab at the top. 7. Add one of the above commands to the 'Target' box (ensure you keep the whole directory path line in tact). If you accidentally erase the whole line then click 'Cancel' and repeat from step 5. 8. Click 'Apply' and then 'OK'. Please note the location of the Resident Evil file is only applicable if you have chosen to install the game in the default path offered. If you have selected to install the game elsewhere then you will need to adjust points 3 and 4 accordingly. Gamma Control Resident Evil doesn't have a screen adjustment facility. If you therefore need to adjust the brightness you should use the gamma control option within the card setup program. Please note It's possible, however unlikely in most Windows games that APM (advanced power management) may become confused and think you're no longer using the your machine. The result is the monitor shutting down or other power saving features kicking in. Please quit as many other programs and functions as possible before you load the game. Keyboard Problems Some keyboards are unable to register multiple key inputs simultaneously so it's possible that some character actions in Resident Evil may seem difficult to perform. It is therefore recommended that a joypad is used. (C) 1997 Matrox Mystique TM is a registered trademark of Matrox Graphics Inc. 3D Blaster TM is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. Total3D display drivers, utilities and accompanying documentation are Copyright 1997 Canopus Corporation. Total3D display drivers are licensed only for use on the Total3D graphics accelerator card. No part of the software or documentation may be duplicated, redistributed, or modified without the expressed written permission of Canopus Corporation. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks and Intense 3D and the Intense 3D logo are trademarks of Intergraph Corporation.