Dominion Beta Demo version 1.0

4/4/98
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This demo requires a system with these minimums:

•	P133 
•	16 MB Ram (32 Recommended)
•	1 MB FAST SVGA Videocard
•	52 MB of Hard Drive space
•	Sound card
•	Mouse
•	Windows 95
•	DirectX 5.0
•	Direct Play 5.0a patch

Features

Dominion: Storm Over Gift3 delivers what other real time strategies only promise.  
With over 30 frames per second in all 4 resolutions, Dominion is REAL real time for 
quick play.  The most sophisticated AI ever allows your enemies to builds bases, perform
cooperative group attacks and fake attacks.  8 player multi-player allows
deathmatching and cooperative modes.  Incredible gameplay, animations and
speed make Dominion Storm Over Gift3 the Real-time Strategy you've been waiting for.

•	REAL real-time for quick play (30 frames a second or better execution in all resolutions

•	Play 8 Player multi-player with deathmatching and cooperative mode over a LAN or the internet

	Free internet play at EidosGames (www.eidosgames.com) 

•	Most sophisticated AI ever in a real-time strategy

•	Over 95,000 frames of animation

•	4 resolutions (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024)

•	4 races, each with distinctive traits, strengths, and weaknesses

•	6 personnel types per race

•	44 vehicles

•	8 creatures

•	60 Missions (Additional missions at ION Storm web site)

Installation and Operation

Please run the self-extracting archive.  After the files are unzipped to a temporary directory, the
SETUP program will run.  

After installation, you will find an ION STORM folder in your START MENU.  Here you will find the short cut to run the demo.

To Uninstall the demo, go to START MENU>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS - then select the Dominion Public Beta program.

The Dominion Demo will install 59 MB of data onto your hard drive.

Introduction

This is not the retail version of Dominion: Storm over Gift 3.

You will only be allowed to play the HUMAN race.  The full retail version of the game will allow you 
play as the Human, Darken, Mercs, and Scorp races.

Additionally, this version has disabled some of the "special" units such as Dreadnoughts, Meson 
Towers, Hover APC’s and others, which will be available in the retail version.

Gameplay

This demo provides the following options:

SINGLE PLAYER

Five single player missions as the Human Race.  Missions progress from Easy (Mission 1) to Very 
Hard (Mission 5).  Please review the pre-mission briefing for the objectives for each mission.

MULTIPLAYER

Multiplayer selection offers play over a LAN (IPX) or through the Internet (TCP/IP).  Up to FOUR players 
can play against each other or as teams.

The person who creates the game will be the HOST.  On a TCP/IP game, the Host will need to provide 
his IP address to the other users (clients).  If you play TCP/IP over a LAN, the users can select 
SEARCH and then presses ENTER to automatically search for the game. 

The users need to enter a CALL SIGN and then locate the game in the GAME SESSION screen.  Click
the circle button next to the session name and then select join.  Once in the lobby, you can type 
messages to each other.  The HOST will choose the map and allot the men and materials.  Once
everyone is ready, click the GO button to the left of your CALL SIGN.  The Host will click 
START GAME to begin.

OPTIONS

Default - all options are active

Sound 
Difficulty (default is EASY) 
Screen (size) (default is 640x480, we recommend 800x600 or higher)
Performance

EXIT - Returns to the Win 95 desktop.

In the demo directory (Ion Storm\Dominion Beta) you will find these documents that will provide 
in-depth information on the game:

1. Dominion Interface.rtf - graphical representations of the interface and explanation
2. Dominion Walkthrough.rtf - detailed unit and game play information
3. Hint Guide.rtf - gameplay hints for the missions and multiplayer

Please review these documents for Gameplay information.

Open the .rtf files with Wordpad.

When printing the file "Dominion Interface.rtf", use WordPad and be sure to
print the document using the "Landscape" option on the page setup.

Technical Issues 

Before you run this demo, we recommend that you briefly tune-up your system:

* Run SCANDISK on your Hard Drive (Accessories>System Tools)
* Run DISK DEFRAGMENTER (Accessories>System Tools)
* Virus Check your system
* Verify that you have DirectX 5.0 installed - go here for the latest version 
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/directx/dxf/enduser5.0/default.htm
*  Install the Direct Play 5.0a patch  (dplay50a.exe)
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/dominion/downloads.html

For best performance, we highly recommend that you update your DIRECTPLAY version to 5.0a.

If you experience performance problems when running this demo using Direct Draw, you can disable Direct Draw by editing the dominion.ini file in your Windows directory.  Set the DirectDraw entry to 0 as follows:
DirectDraw=0

The Dominion Demo defaults to 640x480 resolution.  This delivers optimal performance.  However, 
from the Main Menu>Options you can increase the resolution.  Please note that the game will play 
slower, but offer better resolution and screen size.  We recommend running the game at 800x600 or higher.

The Dominion Demo was not designed for or tested on the following:

1. Windows 98
2. Laptop Computers
3. Windows NT

If the demo should not work on the above, please attempt play in on a system that meets the 
REQUIRED specifications.

Contact Information

We would like you to send us your comments and suggestions, as well as any compatibility
problems or bugs you may find, so we can implement them in the final version.  Please submit
your comments at the following web site:

Dominion Demo Feedback/Problems (technical support)
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/dominion/beta-index.html

OR send email to:
Dominion@eidos.com

Dominion website
http://www.eidosinteractive.com/dominion

NOTE: this is a beta demo, a fraction of the retail game, therefore the possibility of problems is 
increased.  We can provide only limited support for the demo.

Legal

Eidos Interactive makes no warranties expressed or implied, with respect to the manufactured or 
created material, its quality, merchantability, or fitness for any particular performance.