Baldur's Gate(TM) Non Interactive Demo Thanks for downloading the demo - we hope you enjoy this non-interactive tour of Baldur's Gate! The Team at BioWare and Interplay REQUIREMENTS ============ Pentium 100 with 16MB RAM A DirectX certified video card with at least 2MB of video RAM A DirectX certified sound card 53 MB of hardrive space DirectX 5.0 INSTALLATION and RUNNING ======================== Double click the BLDRNID.EXE file. After extracting the files, go to the directory where the files where extracted to. The default is C:\INTRPLAY\BALDURNID Double click BALDUR.EXE to launch the demo. TROUBLESHOOTING =============== Please make sure your system has the most current version of DirectX installed. The Baldur's Gate Non Interactive Demo requires DirectX 5.0. If you don't have the most current version of DirectX, please go to www.microsoft.com/msdownload/dx5/sdk5.0. The newest version of Direct X is 5.2 and some graphics test users have reported the drivers in that version fixed problems they were experiencing with 5.0, 5.01, and 5.1. If you are already running the most recent version of DirectX, you may find the drivers from the video card manufacturer or the maker of the chipset on your video card fix problems as well. Most video card manufacturers have driver updates available at their website. In some cases the drivers available from the manufacturer are newer and fix bugs that may exist in the drivers included in DirectX 5.0+. We have compiled as much information as we have about driver fixes based on the preliminary reports from the Video Driver Test. If you experience any display related problems with this demo, please run the BioWare Video Driver Test program and follow the instructions in the readme file included with that program to identify and report them. KNOWN PROBLEMS AND FIXES FOR SPECIFIC VIDEO CARDS ================================================= Note: The following information has been gathered from users on the internet and is not guaranteed to be correct. If you are experiencing problems and are unable to correct the error with your video card, we apologize. The full version of the game will have options to fix problems on cards that don't fully support the functionality of DirectX. If your card is not listed here, it has either been reported to work correctly or we have not recieved any reports from the internet concerning problems with the card. ATI, all cards: Most ATI users have encountered no problems with the Driver Test. Some problems did occur with older drivers. You can update your drivers from ATI's site at: htttp://support.atitech.ca/drivers/drivers.html Creative Labs, all cards: There are no confirmed fixes for these cards yet. There are several reported display problems with these cards: vertical lines running down the screen, mirroring problems, and animation problems. Diamond, Stealth 64 VRAM/DRAM: This card runs fairly slow and there haven't been any reports of fixes through drivers. It should work with the latest drivers, however performance will be poor. Diamond, Stealth Video xx00: The NID may not run on systems with these cards. There have been conflicting reports from the Driver Test program that the cards work with problems and also that they don't work at all. It is likely that the latest drivers will allow you to run the NID with some performance and display errors. Diamond, Stealth 3D 2000: Newest drivers from S3 reported to fix all errors. Drivers available from S3 at http://www.s3.com/bbs/0main/topindex.htm Diamond, Stealth 3D 3000: Some users have experienced a crash in the Driver Test with this card. There is currently no reported fix for this card. Diamond, Stealth II S220: The newest Diamond drivers fix most problems with this card. Drivers available at http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/driver-index.html Diamond, FireGL: There are graphical errors with this card. Use the latest drivers from Diamond for the best performance, but note that not all display problems will be fixed. Drivers available at http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/driver-index.html Diamond, Viper: The newest Diamond drivers fix all problems with this card. Drivers available at http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/driver-index.html Matrox, Millenium: This card works but suffers from several display problems. The newest drivers from Matrox minimize some display errors. You can get these at http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/drivers/drivers.htm Matrox, Millenium II: Newest drivers from Matrox reported to fix all errors. Drivers available from Matrox at http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/drivers/drivers.htm Matrox, Mystique: Newest drivers from Matrox reported to fix most/all errors. Drivers available from Matrox at http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/drivers/drivers.htm Number Nine, 771 Motion: Some problems fixed with S3 968 drivers. You can get these at http://www.s3.com/bbs/0main/topindex.htm Number Nine, Revolution 3D: There are several display problems with this card and no fix is currently available. Number Nine, Imagine 128: Newest drivers from Trident reported to fix most problems. Drivers available at http://www.nine.com/support/drivers S3, all cards reported: Most or all problems can be fixed by upgrading to DirectX 5.2 or getting the newest drivers from S3 at http://www.s3.com/bbs/0main/topindex.htm STB, Virge cards: Most users with the Virge chipset have been able to fix problems using the newest drivers from S3 at http://www.s3.com/bbs/0main/topindex.htm STB, Velocity: Newest drivers from STB reported to fix most/all problems. Drivers available at http://www.stb.com/drivers/ STB, Nitro 3D: Newest drivers from STB reported to fix most/all problems. Drivers available at http://www.stb.com/drivers/ Trident, 9680: Newest drivers from Trident reported to fix most/all problems. Drivers available at http://www.trid.com/trident/html/DRIVERS.HTM Trident, PCI-47: It is likely that the NID will not run on this card. There are no reports as to whether or not the newest version of DirectX or new drivers will address the problem. 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