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- ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY 3Dfx Patch
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- 10.10.97
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- If you have any questions about ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY, the best way to
- contact our tech support representatives is by email at: hotline@bluebyte.com
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- Or you can call us at:
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- U.S. - (847) 995-9981 between 8:30 AM and 5 PM
- Central Time
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- U.K. - +44 (0) 1604 259090 between 2 PM and 6 PM
- U.K. Time
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- Germany - +49 (0) 208 450 29 29 between 3 PM and 7 PM
- Mon-Thur and between 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM on
- Friday.
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- For the quickest results, make sure to write down your hardware system
- information including: installed sound cards, graphics cards, main
- memory and any additional hardware like an AVI-Accelerator. Software
- information is also helpful, in case we need to analyze driver problems.
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- Minimum Configuration Requirements
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- To use the 3Dfx version of ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY you must have a Pentium
- processor and 16 MB main memory space (we recommend 32 MB).
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- Although ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY 3Dfx functions well with Windows 95,
- we recommend that you run this program in DOS mode for even
- better performance.
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- Running the Patch
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- First make sure the file 'AD_3Dfx.exe' is located in the ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY
- folder, usually found at C:\Bluebyte\Ad. Double-click on the file to start the
- patch, then follow the instructions on screen. After it's finished click on the
- 'OK.' button. To then start the enhanced 3Dfx version, double-click on the
- 'Ad3dfx.exe' file found within the Ad folder (make sure the game is in your
- CD-ROM drive also).
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- For owners of 3D cards with a Voodoo Rush chip
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- The standard driver is available for cards with a Voodoo chip (glide2x.ovl).
- For those with a Voodoo Rush chip (like the Hercules Stingray 128/3D or the
- Intergraph Intense 3D Voodoo), you'll have to replace the standard driver
- in your ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY directory with the (glide2x.ovl) in the VRUSH
- directory. Simply copy it into the main Ad folder.
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- Changes to the Real-Time Engine
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- The following functions of the Real-Time Engine function differently
- in the 3Dfx version :
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- Half-Line Mode : not supported (always full line)
- Flatshading : not supported (always gouraud)
- Perspective correction : always activated
- Transparency : always activated
- Cockpit shake : not supported
- Cockpit off and small : not supported (on or off)
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- Environment Variables
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- The Real-Time Engine can be controlled by using the following
- environment variables:
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- LORES_TEXTURE=1
- If the variable (set LORES_TEXTURE=1) is used, the high resolution
- textures will be replaced by low resolution textures. The resolution
- will be reduced but will allow computers with only 16MB RAM to obtain
- better performance during complex scenes. The standard setup for
- computers with 16MB or more of RAM memory is to use high resolution
- textures, by those with less the standard setup is low resolution.
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- New Keyboard Commands
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- These Keyboard commands are available for the 3Dfx version:
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- SHIFT F1 Bilinear Interpolation on/off default: on
- SHIFT F2 Dithering Off/2x2/4x4 default: 4x4
- SHIFT F3 Gamma Correction (not supported on VOODOO RUSH)
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- GLIDE Version
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- ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY has been set up to use the GLIDE Version 2.42
- to communicate with 3Dfx cards.
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- Cheats
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- As with all versions of ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY, the 3Dfx version contains
- the following Cheat Codes :
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- LCTRL + RCTRL + 0 : mission successful
- LCTRL + RCTRL + 1 : unlimited ammunition for cannons
- LCTRL + RCTRL + 2 : unlimited number of torpedoes
- LCTRL + RCTRL + 3 : indestructible defensive shield
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- Contacting Blue Byte
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- For more information on any of our other hot titles, go to our web
- site at: http://www.bluebyte.com. Or if you're in the U.S. dial
- (847) 995-9981. For those of you residing in the U.K. dial
- +44 (0) 1-604-259090 or 07000-BLUEBYTE. To get the latest scoop
- on all of our current and future games, e-mail your name and
- address to hotline@bluebyte.com in the US or hotline@bluebyte.co.uk
- in the U.K. Please mention code #ADIN3DFX.
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- Archimedean Dynasty
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- If you have comments, questions, or suggestions concerning
- Archimedean Dynasty, write to the project director of
- Archimedean Dynasty at the following address:
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- ad@bluebyte.de
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- You can also visit our web site at
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- http://www.bluebyte.com
- http://www.massive.de
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- Every e-mail will be read, and taken seriously (we do receive
- quite a lot of e-mail, so please be patient).
-
- We hope you will take this opportunity to make your wishes known
- to us and we are looking forward to hearing from you!
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- Have fun playing ARCHIMEDEAN DYNASTY!
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- Your BLUE BYTE / MASSIVE team.
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