- What's in the
Demo?
A lot! The demo contains the animated tutorials and a
complete level called Revolution. It is an early level in the
Imperial Campaign path - in which Artos has been ship-wrecked on the
rocky coast of Cravant, once his father's kingdom - only Artos and a
few of his men have made it to shore, they must now begin securing a
base from which to reclaim the rest of the map and his father's
former lands.....
- What's not in the
Demo?
A huge amount!! Revolution is only one of the 22 levels
contained in the full game. Also the demo does not allow multiplayer
and online play, which are available in the full game.
- Getting Started
It is strongly recommended that you play through the
animated Tutorials.
Whether you're an experienced RTS gamer or a novice - the Tutorial
quickly teaches you the basics
of the game.
Once you have completed the Tutorial you may start the demo level
- 'Revolution'.
- Technical Support
Technical support is not provided for the Warrior
Kings demo.
If you are experiencing difficulties, please check
the rest of this ReadMe and the Warror Kings > Support section of
the Feral website:
www.feral.co.uk
- System Requirements
Minimum Configuration (under Mac OS 9/10):
- Mac OS 9.1 / Mac OS 10.1.3
- Mac PowerPC processor running at 500 MHz
- 128 MB RAM (with virtual memory set to at
least 256 MB)
- Hardware accelerated 3D Graphics Card
with 8 MB VRAM
- 750 MB free hard disk space
- Keyboard & Mouse
Recommended Configuration (under Mac OS 9/10):
- Mac OS 9.2.2 / Mac OS 10.2 or later
- Mac PowerPC processor running at 700 MHz
or faster
- 256 MB RAM
- Hardware accelerated 3D Graphics Card
with 32 MB VRAM
- 1GB MB free hard disk space
- Keyboard & Multi-button mouse
- Installation
Installation is a one-time process that will only
take a few minutes.
- Double-click on the 'Warrior Kings Demo
Install' icon.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to
install the game to your hard disk.
- Once installation is complete, an alias
of the Warrior Kings Demo will appear onyour Mac desktop.
- Uninstalling
If, for whatever reason, you should wish to uninstall
Warrior Kings Demo,
simply drag the folder called 'Warrior Kings Demo'
from your hard
drive to the Trash and from the Finder's Special
menu select Empty Trash.
If you are running
OS X, select
'Empty Trash' from the Finder menu.
To remove all of the saved games and other preferences,
delete the folder called 'Black Cactus'
located inside your computer's 'Preferences' folder.
- Missing Extensions
Warrior Kings requires CarbonLib 1.4 or later to be installed in
your computer's system folder. If this extension is not present
Warrior
Kings Demo will fail to launch and you will see a dialog explaining
why. This problem is most likely to affect you if your
computer is running Mac OS 9.1.
You can get the latest version of CarbonLib
from Apple by using Software Update or downloading it from
http://www.apple.com/updates.
- Video drivers
If you are experiencing video problems with
Warrior Kings, then the most likely cause is outdated video
drivers.
If your Macintosh computer came fitted
with a video card, which you have not changed or upgraded, then you
will find the latest drivers on Apple's website at http://www.apple.com/support
The latest drivers for ATi cards are
available at their website:http://www.ati.com
The latest drivers for nVidia cards are
available via software update.
Also check that you have the latest
version of OpenGL. You can download this from http://www.apple.com/updates
- Performance issues
The most important factors in determining how smoothly
Warrior Kings plays are your CPU speed, the amount of built-in RAM in
your computer and the in game settings you select.
Warrior Kings is playable with the minimum
specifications listed above, but it is memory hungry and plays more
smoothly on faster computers with
more RAM. However, if you are dissatisfied with the
performance of the game on your computer there are several
things you can do to that are likely to improve
performance:
(Points 1, 2 and 3 below are only relevant if
your computer is running MacOS 9)
- Increase virtual memory: you
must ENABLE virtual memory if your computer has 128 MB of RAM or
less. If you
don't know what virtual memory is, that's ok
- it's on by default, but some users manually disable it. A good
setting is twice
the amount of installed physical RAM, but
make sure it is at least 300 MB. To do this,
open the 'Memory' control panel, turn virtual
memory on, and set the box on the right
to at least 300 MB (preferably more). Now
restart your machine.
- Turn off all unnecessary
extensions. Having lots of extensions running on your
system is a burden on its processing. Before
launching Warrior Kings reduce the number of
extensions your system is using. This is most
easily done by selecting the 'base set'
of extensions. From the Extensions Manager
Control Panel choose the base extensions set in the
selected set drop down menu. Now restart your computer.
- Make sure File Sharing is turned off.
- Close all other applications:
You are strongly encouraged to quit all other
applications before launching Warrior Kings -
other applications will drain resources
and slow the overall system down.
- Clear disk space: Ensure that your main hard-disk has a lot of
spare disk space.
In addition to these general Mac actions
there are some specific in-game settings you can select, which will
help speed things up.
- If you have an older, graphics
card with limited VRAM (say less than 16 MB) try lowering the graphics
quality. In the Graphics Setup dialog drag the "Performance vs
Quality" slider to the left. This reduces the resolution and texture
detail, which are the two factors that have the biggest impact on
older graphics cards.
- For older machines with slower
CPUs, it is helpful to adjust the Advanced settings. You can turn
them all off if you want the absolute minimum, but "Character
Shadows", "Building Shadows", "Detailed Landscape", and "High Quality
Animations" are probably the most significant in terms of processing
requirements. Turning these items off should speed up the game.