The 3DO Company Legends of Might and Magic(TM) First Look April 16, 2001 Version 0.5 Thank you for installing the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo. We recommend that you read this file to get the most up-to-date information about installing, running, and maximizing performance of the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo. This document contains information you might find useful, and we think will help you to get as much enjoyment out of this game as possible. Note: The information within this document is accurate as of the date of the release of this product. ------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------- 1. System Requirements 2. Game Information 3. Hardware / DirectX® 4. Troubleshooting Installation Issues Launching the Game I Launching the Game II General Guidelines DirectX and Drivers 5. GameUpdate(TM) 6. Purchasing 3DO Software 7. Reporting Game Issues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. System Requirements The following are minimum system requirements to play the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo. If these requirements are not met, the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo may not work properly. Computer System: IBM PC and 100% compatibles Operating System: Windows® 95/98/ME/2000* CPU: Pentium®II 300 MHz (or equivalent) or faster recommended Memory: 64MB RAM or higher Free Hard Disk Space: 150MB Sound Card: All major DirectX 8.0 compatible sound cards Video Card: DirectX 8.0 compatible 16MB 3D accelerator card with Direct3D® support. Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse 56K modem or broadband for modem/internet play, TCP/IP protocol for network play. Note: If your system has a later version of DirectX, make sure that your hardware drivers are updated and comply with that version of DirectX. *Windows 2000 requires local administrator access. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Game Information Playing the game: 1. At the Main Menu, select "Game". 2. Select "Join". 3. Name your character in the "ChangeMe" window. 4. Select the Internet, LAN tabs to view the available list of servers. 5. Select a server, then double-click to join in the game. Note: Right-clicking on a selected server will allow you to Add it to your Favorites list, Remove it from your Favorites list or Refresh the Server. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scenarios: The Temple of Bark - Scenario Description - Deep inside the Temple of Bark lies the ancient Tree of Leesh, the focal point for the energies of that religion. However, it is said that he who destroys the heart of the tree shall permanently gain the powers of Bark for himself. - Good Objective - Seek the Sword of Canis that is hidden somewhere in the Temple, and destroy the heart of the Tree of Leesh. Do not let the forces of Evil accomplish this task first, lest they wield the powers of Bark for themselves! - Evil Objective - The forces of Good have entered the Temple seeking to use the Sword of Canis to destroy the Tree of Leesh. You must not let them succeed! Either destroy them or slay the Tree yourself and use the powers of Bark to crush them once and for all! Rescue at the Ruins - Scenario Description - The daughter of a wealthy Merchant King has been kidnapped and is being held captive at a castle ruins deep within the Stonewood Forest. - Good Objective - The Merchant King Regis is one of the wealthiest people in the land, but there is only one thing that matters more to him than money: his daughter, Elise. You are tasked with rescuing the Princess, and if possible, eliminating her captors. - Evil Objective - You were successful in kidnapping the Princess, but you know that King Regis is more likely to send a rescue party than pay a ransom. If you can defeat the rescuers, you will certainly have additional leverage against the King to get him to agree to your demands. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Characters: Paladin (Good) Druid (Good) Sorceress (Good) Warrior (Evil) Heretic (Evil) Archer (Evil) Princess (NPC) Visit the Gallery to view the characters that exist on each team. With the Game Option "Show Player Names" set to ON, your teammate's name will display over the character when you aim your mouse cursor at them when inside the game. Opposing team characters will not have a player name appear when aiming the mouse cursor. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Purchase Zones: The place where your character can purchase items is represented by a spinning gold coin on the lower right side of the screen. Zones are located at the team's starting position. Note: the Earthquake Hammer, Gatling Crossbow, Eye Bow, Rod of Souls, Dragon Staff, Sunray Wand and Single-Use Items cannot be purchased in this version of the game. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Default Controls Mouse: Mouse Movement Look in any direction. Button 1 Primary attack. Button 2 Secondary attack. (Some weapons do not have a secondary attack). Wheel Display the weapon list. Keyboard: A/D Strafe left/right. W/S Move forward/backwards. E Use item. (Open doors, pull switches, etc.) SPACE Jump Left-[Ctrl] Crouch B Buy item. (Purchase weapons and armor in the designated area at the beginning of the round.) G Drop current weapon. T Talk. (Type a message to all players.) Y Team Talk. (Type a message to your teammates.) Z Team Commands. [Tab] Current Player Statistics screen. 1 Readies the bought weapon you are currently carrying. 2 Readies the default ranged weapon of your character class. 3 Readies the melee weapon of your character class. 4 Readies Single Use Items (not available in the First Look game). Note: the keyboard Number-Pad keys do not ready weapons or items. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Network Options: The 'Network Options' screen can be accessed by clicking the "Options" button on the 'Join' or 'Host' screens. The Network Options allow you to set your "Network Type", set server "Filter Options" and establish a "Buddy List". The 'Network Type' is your connection type to the server. The 'Filter Options' are "Ping" (the time it takes a game packet to reach the server and then return), "Min # Players", and "Dedicated Only" (show only Dedicated Servers). These options will filter out servers that don't match the Filter Options settings. The 'Buddy List' will search all the Servers for players with the name(s) in the list (it searches for substrings). It will then display a Happy Face icon in the "Players" column in the Server list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hardware / DirectX DirectX 8.0 or later is required to run the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo. If the Legends of Might and Magic First Look setup has determined that you do not have the most current version of DirectX, go to: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ This website will have all the latest DirectX information and DirectX version for you to download and install. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recommended Hardware: Pentium II 400MHz (or faster) or any Athlon(TM) processors. Voodoo 3(TM) or Voodoo 5(TM) display adapter or nVidia® GeForce(TM) with latest Dell(TM) Drivers or nVidia Detonator3 drivers (We found them very reliable) 128 or more RAM Sound Blaster® Live!(TM) (EAX(TM) support) LAN game or Broadband Internet connection (DSL or Cable Modems) Dedicated Server: Pentium III 550MHz (or faster) or any Athlon(TM) processors. Note: Dedicated Servers should be left as a standalone, DO NOT try to join it from a game on the same system. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Legends of Might and Magic First Look setup utility: The Legends of Might and Magic setup utility will allow you to adjust Display and Audio setting before launching the demo. Go to the Start [Menu]->Programs->3DO->Legends of Might and Magic First Look folder and select the "Legends of Might and Magic First Look Setup" icon link. This will launch the setup utility. The Display button will allow adjustment of the demo's display resolution and color depth. The [Advanced...] button will take you to additional setting options. There is a warning message that will appear when first activated. Heed the warning. Selecting the [3D sound...] button on the Advanced screen will query your systems audio hardware and then present you with a list of providers that your audio card supports. - - - - Known Issues: No Sound: - Sound Blaster Live! - From the Legends of Might and Magic First Look setup utility go to the [3D Sound...] options and let the utility query your system. After the audio card query, select the "EAX 2.0" Provider. - Montego or Diamond Monster Sound - From the Legends of Might and Magic First Look setup utility go to the [3D Sound...] options and let the utility query your system. After the audio card query, select the "Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio" Provider. - Crashes when loading a level map - When running any audio card using the Aureal(TM) chipset, (Turtle Beach(TM) Montego, Vortex®, Diamond Monster Sound, etc) make sure that you can see the System Volume, speaker icon in the Windows System Tray. If it is not there, the game may crash during the level load. Rebooting your system may properly reload the sound drivers. If not, install the latest drivers and try again. Video Card specific: - Voodoo(TM) Banshee - Light Map feature must be switched off for the Levels to load. From the Main Menu go to Options->Video Options and mouse click on the "Light Map" item to set it to "Off" in the "Options" list. click "Ok", exit and relaunch the game. - nVidia TNT® & TNT2® - Overall the game appears dark. Adjusting you monitor's brightness will correct this. - GeForce® - Mouse cursor is sluggish in Windows2000. Using the latest nVidia Detonator3 drivers will correct this. Or from the Main Menu go to Options->Video Options and mouse click on the "Max FPS" item to set it to "80" in the "Options" list. - S3® Savage4(TM) - Video cards based on the Savage4 chipset run the game excessively dark in Win9X. The latest reference drivers from S3 will correct this. If the issue persists, changing the Light Map and Detail Textures may correct this. From the Main Menu go to Options->Video Options and mouse click on the "Light Map" item to set it to "Off" in the "Options" list. Click "Ok", "Back" and "Resume" the game. Note: this problem is not as pronounced running under Win2000. - Revolution IV Ticket to Ride(TM) - This card has shown to run the game very dark when run in 32-bit color in the game. Setting the game to 16-bit color will correct this. - Voodoo II SLI - Not a feature that DirectX is capable of, therefore the game does not support the Voodoo II SLI. Note: A single card is below the game's required specification. Therefore, Voodoo II is not supported. Other: - Systems with two Network Cards - Servers cannot be seen when running on a system with dual network cards. Disabling the secondary network card in your device manager will rectify the issue. - Hosting Games and Linksys® Routers - If you have a Linksys router (or potentially other devices which provide Network Address Translating) and you host a Legends server, players who attempt to join your server who are outside of the router may get disconnected. NOTE: This problem only affects servers, this does not affect people using routers who join servers. - ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) - If you are using Windows Internet Connection Sharing and you host a server, only players on your network will be able to see the game. - [Alt]+[Tab] - This function can have unpredictable results when used during screen loads. Please allow the game to complete its loading process before using the [Alt]+[Tab] functionality. - Running on Non-English versions of the Windows Operating System - If you are using a non-English version of Windows and a non-English keyboard, before entering a game please reconfigure your game controls by going to the 'Controls' panel under the 'Options' screen from the Main Menu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Troubleshooting Launching the Game I Problem: After launching the game from the Start menu or Desktop icon, you get a blank screen, a black box that surrounds the mouse cursor, blurring or choppy graphics, vertical lines on the screen, choppy sound, or no sound. Answer: There is probably a conflict between your video or sound card and Microsoft's DirectX. Solution: (see below) For Windows 95 and 98 users: - Press the 'Start' button on the Windows 95/98-task bar and select 'Run...'. - Type "dxdiag" then click on the 'OK' button. This will run the DirectX Diagnostics Tool. - Make sure all your files are DirectX compatible. Select the 'DirectX Files' tab make sure there are no exclamation points next to the file names. If you find exclamation points under this tab you will need to reinstall DirectX. Go to Microsoft's DirectX web page: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ Download and install the latest version of DirectX. - Make sure all of your drivers are DirectX compatible. Select the 'DirectX Drivers' tab and make sure there are no exclamation points next to any of the file names. If you find exclamation points under this tab you will need to update your drivers by contacting the manufacturer of the hardware through their Phone Support or through their web site. 3DO has a listing of manufactures sites available (See the "DirectX and Drivers" section below for more information). - Test your hardware with the DirectX Diagnostics tool. Run the tests that are available on the 'Display', 'Sound', and 'Input' tabs. If one or more tests fail, this could be due to driver incompatibility. Installing the newest drivers available for your sound and video card hardware can usually resolve this. For Windows 98 users: - Press the 'Start' button on the Windows 98 task bar and select 'Help'. Select the 'Search' tab, type `DirectX Troubleshooter' in the text box, and then press the 'List Topics' button. Select 'DirectX Troubleshooter' in the Topics window, click the 'Display Button', and then follow the instructions to troubleshoot your DirectX issue. NOTE: The DirectX Diagnostic tool may not recognize if your current drivers are too old for the current version of DirectX that the game uses. All 3DO games ship with the most current version of DirectX that is available at the time the game is produced. If you've just bought a game that installs a newer version of DirectX over your old version, a good rule of thumb is to update your sound and video drivers. If this is a version of DirectX that has just been released by Microsoft, it is possible that the manufacturer of your sound and video cards may not have drivers that will support it yet. If you have an older video card, the manufacturer may have stopped producing new drivers for it altogether. If the manufacturer has stopped supporting your cards drivers you will need to purchase and install cards that will support the new version of DirectX. Launching the Game II Problem: You try to start the game and the screen flashes briefly, and you are returned to the desktop without an error message. Answer: There are probably miscellaneous programs running in the background that are interfering with the game and causing it to crash. Solution: (see below) For Windows 95 users: - Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys at the same time to open the Close Program window. - Click on a program so that it is highlighted, then click on the 'End Task' button. - Repeat this process until only 'Explorer' and 'Systray' are left in the Close Program list, then try running the game. For Windows 98 users: - Click on the Windows 'Start' button, then choose 'Run...'. - In the Run line type in: "msconfig", then push the 'Enter' key. (This will bring up the System Configuration Utility.) - Select the 'Startup' tab, and turn all of the check boxes off, except for the one next to 'Systray'. - Press 'OK'. When you are prompted to restart your system, click 'Yes'. - Once your machine has restarted try running the program again. General Guidelines If you are experiencing video trouble, difficulties launching the game, or getting kicked-back to the desktop, you may need to make some changes to the Display Settings. All of our newer games are designed to run in 16 bit High Color. If you are running your desktop at any other color resolution, there is a possibility that the color palette will not automatically adjust to 16 bit High Color. You will need to do this from the desktop. To adjust the Color Display Settings, please do the following: For Windows 95 users: - Click on 'Start' in the Start Menu, next on 'Settings', then on 'Control Panel'. When the Control panel window comes up, double-click on the 'Display' Icon and click on the 'Settings' tab. To adjust the Color Palette: - Click on the down arrow at the end of the "Colors" field, select the appropriate setting (in most cases 16 bit High Color) then click on 'Apply' (located at the lower right area of window). A message may appear: "Windows has adjusted your color display. Do you want to keep this setting?"... select 'YES', then the 'OK' button (Located at the lower left area of window). For Windows 98 users: - The above steps are correct except 'Color Palette' is called 'Colors'. Most of our newer games are designed to run at a resolution of 800x600. If your monitor is not capable of switching to this resolution, the game will fail to launch. To check to see what resolution your monitor is set to: For Windows 95 and 98 users: - Right-click on an empty area on your desktop and choose 'Properties' from the menu that appears. - When your Display Properties comes up, go to the 'Settings' tab. Make sure the Desktop Area (Win 95) / Screen Area (Win 98) is set to 800x600 or higher. - If the slider is grayed out and cannot be changed, your monitor may not be capable of running at this resolution. There can be two reasons for this. First, your monitor may be setup incorrectly under Windows. If Windows says that your monitor is a "Standard VGA 640x480" or "Unknown Monitor", you should go to your monitor manufacturer's website and download the latest driver for your monitor and install it. If you have your monitor configured correctly and it still can't run at 800x600 mode, then your monitor may not be capable of running at that high of a resolution. You may want to consult the monitor's documentation or contact it's manufacturer to confirm this. If your monitor cannot switch to 800x600 resolution and the game requires this particular resolution you will not be able to run the game on it. For the Desktop Area adjustment: - Click to the left or right of the slider bar to the recommended Desktop Settings then click on 'Apply' (Located at the lower right area of window). You will receive a message: Windows has now resized your Desktop Area, keep these settings?, select 'YES', then on the 'OK' (Located at the lower left area of the window). DirectX and Drivers Video and Sound card manufacturers regularly update their software drivers to enhance performance and stability, and to improve compatibility with DirectX. If you are a US customer you can find links to many of these manufacturers' sites by going to the "DirectX" section of our support web site, which is located at http://www.3do.com/support. If you are a European customer, please go to www.3doeurope.com. From the US site, http://www.3do.com/support), approximately half way down you should find the 'PC Games' link, click on the 'PC Games' link, scroll down and click on the 'Troubleshooting' link. The 'Troubleshooting' section is divided into two sections: "Basic Troubleshooting" and "Advanced Troubleshooting". Choose which section applies to you, you will find 'DirectX and Drivers' within both sections. To find the 'DirectX and Drivers' link, locate the pull down menu ("Please Choose A Topic"), click on the down arrow at the end of the field and select 'DirectX and Drivers', click on "Go". Click on the desired link under 'DirectX and Driver Updates'. The "DirectX" section will provide info and examples, and also provided is Microsoft's website for the latest version of DirectX to download and install. The "Drivers" section provides info and links to company's sites for the latest drivers. - You may obtain a list of Microsoft-certified video and audio drivers for your hardware by going to http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/. Drivers listed here are confirmed to be compatible with Windows 95 and Windows 98. - Microsoft updates DirectX and its components regularly and posts them for download off of their web site at http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. GameUpdate(TM) GameUpdate is a program that will search the 3DO web site for game updates. You must be connected to the Internet for GameUpdate to function. -Connect to the Internet -Go to Start | Programs | 3DO | GameUpdate -Follow the instructions when the GameUpdate window opens Please note: If a newer version of GameUpdate exists, GameUpdate will update itself. If using GameUpdate from outside of North America, please only use it to update the Legends of Might and Magic First Look demo. Do not update other 3do products with GameUpdate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Purchasing 3DO Software You can order other 3DO software directly in the United States, through our order web page at http://www.3do.com/direct, or you can call the 3DO Direct line at 800-336-3506. If you would like to order the 3do software directly in Europe, please visit http://www.3doeurope.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Reporting Game Issues For any game bugs or gameplay issues fill out the bug report form on the Legends website at: http://www.mightandmagic.com/legends/firstlook_support.html If you have difficulties accessing the bug form please send an email to legends-firstlook@3do.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2001 The 3DO Company. All Rights Reserved. 3DO, Legends of Might and Magic, GameUpdate, and their respective logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of The 3DO Company in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. New World Computing is a division of The 3DO Company. --The End--