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Shogo: Mobile Armor Division Version 1.0 Readme
Copyright 1998 Monolith Productions, Inc.
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This document contains valuable information about running Shogo on your
PC hardware. For more information about gameplay and general Shogo
information, please refer to the Shogo Manual that came with this CD,
or you can check out the Shogo Online Manual. To access the Online Manual,
click the Help button on the Shogo Launcher, or click Start...Programs...
Monolith Games...Shogo...Shogo Online Manual.
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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2. INSTALLATION
3. DIRECTX6
4. DIRECT3D
5. SHOGO LAUNCHER
6. 3D VIDEO HARDWARE
7. SOUND CARDS AND IMA
8. DISPLAY DETAIL SETTINGS
9. PERFORMANCE TUNING
10. TROUBLESHOOTING
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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Pentium 166 or equivalent (Pentium II Recommended)
- Pentium 233 or equivalent for software rendering
- 4MB (or greater) D3D compatible video card recommended
- 32MB RAM
- Windows95/98
- DIRECTX6
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2. INSTALLATION
If you have autoplay enabled, just place the Shogo CD into your
CD-ROM drive and wait for the onscreen prompts. If you do not
have autoplay enabled, run setup.exe from the root directory of
the Shogo CD.
The Shogo CD must be in your CD-ROM drive in order to play Shogo.
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3. DIRECTX6
DirectX6 is required and will be installed automatically during
a Normal or Minimum install of Shogo. You can also choose to
install DirectX6 through the Custom install option.
In most cases DX6 will install new video and audio drivers
for your system. If you have not updated your drivers for your
video or hardware recently, we strongly suggest that you update
your drivers, regardless of the DX6 recommendations during
installation.
Although you may not be prompted for a restart after
installing DX6, we HIGHLY recommend that you restart your
computer anyway.
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4. DIRECT3D
Shogo supports Microsoft's Direct3D 3D Hardware API.
Direct3D provides excellent performance and hardware support
for most 3D video cards. However, you may need to install the
most recent video drivers for your 2D/3D hardware to get the
best performance from Shogo.
For links to the most recent video/audio drivers, please check the
Shogo Online Manual, or visit the Monolith drivers page at
drivers.lith.com
For informaton on a specific video card, see the 3D HARDWARE
section in this readme.
For information on sound cards, see SOUND CARDS & IMA.
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5. SHOGO LAUNCHER
5.1 Launch Button
Click Launch to start Shogo. The first time you run Shogo, you will
be prompted to select a detail level. This detail setting will
scale the content in Shogo to increase performance or increase
visual quality. You can change this detail setting at any time
during the game by selecting Options...Display from the in-game menus.
Medium detail is the default setting, and is also a good choice
for most systems. The detail settings are explained in depth in the
section on DISPLAY DETAIL SETTTINGS in this readme.
5.2 Display Button
The first time you run Shogo, we strongly suggest that you click
the Display button in the Shogo launch box. This will test your
video drivers to ensure DirectX6 compatibility.
Because Shogo checks the DirectX status of your video card(s)
when you click Display, if you do not have DX6 compatible video
drivers, you may encounter problems. Shogo uses the same routine
to initialize your video card when you click launch, but by clicking
Display you can see the results. If you encounter problems after
clicking Display (this is rare) please refer to the TROUBLE SHOOTING
section of this readme.
5.2.1 Choose your video card
Display allows you to choose your display device (e.g., the
video card) that you want to use to play Shogo. Only DirectX6
compatible devices will be displayed in the display window. You
can also switch your display device at any time during the game
by choosing Options...Display...Change Mode.
5.2.2 LithTech Direct3D Renderer
To use 3D hardware acceleration (if you have a D3D compatible 3D
video card installed in your computer), choose LithTech Direct3D
Renderer in the Renderers window, and then choose your display
driver (your video card) in the Displays window.
If you are running a 2D/3D video card such as a Riva 128, your
card will show up as "Primary Display Driver". If you are running
a pass-through card such as a 3DFX-based card, it will be listed
below Primary Display Driver as something similar to
"3DFX Interactive Voodoo".
Not all video cards support 3D hardware acceleration. If you are
uncertain about whether your video card has 3D hardware acceleration
features, please refer to your card's documentation.
For more information about a specifc 3D video card, see the
3D VIDEO HARDWARE section of this readme.
5.2.3 LithTech Software Renderer
To run Shogo without 3D hardware acceleration, choose LithTech
Software Renderer in the Renderers window. Then choose your video
card in the Displays window. If you are running the LithTech
software renderer on a system with multiple video cards, we
strongly suggest choosing your Primary Display Driver (your 2D card)
in the Displays window.
5.2.4 Resolution
You can also set your resolution screen size in the Shogo Display
Settings. The default resolution for Shogo is 640x480 16bit.
Selecting lower resolutions (512x384) may increase performance
at the expense of detail. Selecting higher resolutions (800x600,
1024x768) may decrease performance, but may look better.
If you are running the LithTech Software Renderer, we suggest
running a low resolution (320x200) first to test the performance
on your computer.
You can also change the resolution at any time during the game by
choosing Options...Display...Change Mode.
5.3 Customize Button
Use Customize to add in additional resources and levels for mods,
patches and multiplayer. Please visit the Shogo website
www.shogo-mad.com for the most up to date customize information.
5.4 More Games Button
Click the More Games button to access demos and movies of other
Monolith titles. All titles are available at your local software
retailer.
5.5 Help Button
Click the Help button to access the Shogo Online Manual.
5.6 Multiplayer Button
Click the Multiplayer button to start the Shogo multiplayer wizard.
For details on setting up multiplayer games, refer to the Online
Manual.
5.7 Advanced Button
The Advanced Options are designed for advanced users and trouble-
shooting only. Some of the advanced options may not be compatible with
all hardware. Mixing and matching some advanced options may cause
unpredictable results. For the most up to date Advanced Options details,