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- Welcome to the "Wild Wild West Small Demo" Readme file.
-
- We sincerely hope you enjoy reading this file as
- much as we enjoyed writing it!
- SouthPeak Interactive
-
- **********************************************************
- WILD WILD WEST, characters, names, and all related indicia
- are trademarks of Warner Bros., a Time Warner Entertainment
- Company L.P. ⌐ 1999.
-
- SouthPeak Interactive and the SouthPeak Interactive logo are
- trademarks of SouthPeak Interactive LLC. Other brand or
- product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- their respective companies. « indicates USA registration.
-
- Copyright ⌐ 1999 SouthPeak Interactive LLC, Cary, NC, USA.
- All rights reserved.
- ***********************************************************
-
- CONTENTS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I. System Requirements
- II. Game Controls
- III. General Game Issues
- IV. Video Options
- V. Troubleshooting
- VI. DirectX Information
- VII. Contact Information
-
- I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Minimum System Requirements are as follows...
-
- 233MHz Pentium MMX or better required
- 3D Hardware Accelerator recommended
- Windows« 95/98
- DirectX 6.1 (http://www.microsoft.com/directx)
- SVGA Graphics adapter capable of 800x600 High Color (16 bit)
- 32 MB RAM Required (64MB Recommended)
- 8X CD-ROM drive or better
- Microsoft Compatible Mouse or Other Pointing Device
-
- The following graphic accelerator chipsets have been
- tested and are capable of running the Wild Wild West Demo...
- -nVidia
- Riva 128
- Riva TNT
- Riva TNT2
- Riva TNT2 Ultra
- -ATI
- RagePro
- RagePro Turbo
- Rage 128
- -3dfx
- Banshee
- Voodoo2
- Voodoo3
- -Intel i740
- -Matrox G200
- -Rendition Verite 2100
-
-
- Users with graphics adapters other than the ones
- listed here may be able to run the demo. If you
- are unable to run the demo please check with your
- hardware vendor for updated drivers.
-
- II. GAME CONTROLS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Press H within the game to see a list of game controls.
-
- Left mouse click controls your character's navigation and
- interaction with objects and people.
-
- Right mouse click fires a weapon.
-
- Keyboard shortcuts include:
-
- H - Help/Documentation
- C - Turn on/Turn off close captioning
- O - Options
- P - Pause interactive segment
- I - Inventory
-
- III. GENERAL GAME ISSUES
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Your primary source of documentation for the demo is the Help
- system, accessible via the H key from within the demo. Press H
- any time you are confused about how the demo works.
-
- Press the Story button on the Main Menu to learn about the new
- assignment President Grant has given Jim West and Artemus Gordon.
- This demo is a small section of gameplay taken from WestÆs first
- mission in the game.
-
- West will automatically write in his journal as he makes important
- discoveries. Open the Inventory Saddlebag and then open the
- Journal to get a couple of clues during the demo. The level of
- difficulty chosen for Adventure (in the Options Screen) will determine
- how helpful the clues are in the final game, but since the demo
- just shows the action side of things, the Adventure difficulty
- settings are not operational.
-
- The gameplay segment combines the use of strategy and action to
- outwit the bad guys who have ambushed West as he tries to leave
- Mr. StreetÆs tavern (formerly Surratt House). The level of
- difficulty chosen for Action (in the Options Screen) will determine
- how many bad guys ambush you, how accurately they can shoot, and
- how aggressively they pursue you.
-
- In the easiest Action mode, there is a way to use the environment
- against every villain; you should never need to face down a villain
- without being in a place of safety. Yes, you will die (!) if you
- move out of your place of safety and into someone's field of fire,
- but you can treat the action section as an extended puzzle in this mode.
-
- In easy adventure mode (not available in the demo), the Journal
- entries are more explicit. You can change difficulty settings at
- any time if you need additional hints, and the Journal will be
- updated automatically. The MOST difficult adventure mode is not a
- setting you can choose in the game. Instead, you simply avoid
- looking at the Journal at all...
-
- You may want to go to the Options screen (hit O within the game)
- and adjust your Graphics/Audio detail. The default is "better",
- the medium setting; if you have slower hardware, select "good",
- and if you have faster hardware, select "best".
-
- IV. VIDEO OPTIONS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- - Low Video Memory -
- This checkbox is obsolete; the final version of the demo runs in this
- mode regardless of your texture memory.
-
- - No Page Flipping -
- Creates the back buffer in system memory instead of video memory.
- This disables page flipping.
-
- - Double Buffer -
- Tells the system to draw the next frame in an off-screen buffer and
- then "flipping" to the off-screen buffer in a single operation. This
- eliminates some "tearing" artifacts that can occur when the next frame
- is rendered directly into the on-screen buffer.
-
- - Triple buffer -
- For machines with ample video memory (> 8M) this option may improve
- performance. Two off-screen buffers are used instead of one.
-
- V. TROUBLESHOOTNG
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- If you have a 3D hardware accelerator, this demo will attempt
- to use it for character rendering. In some cases, your 3D
- accelerator may not provide all the features needed for quality
- rendering. If you experience problems with the rendering or
- its performance, the Video Options button on the Play dialog
- may allow you to view the demo as intended. A Software
- renderer is available, although this will be slower than using
- a hardware renderer.
-
- If the characters look gray, check the No Page Flipping
- option on the Video Options dialog. If this doesn't work,
- check the Force Software 3D Renderer option.
-
- If you are using a hardware renderer with more than 8MB of
- video memory, you may be able to improve performance by
- selecting the Triple Buffer option on the Video Options
- dialog.
-
- Some users may experience better performance or improved audio
- by disabling '3D sound hardware'. You can find this option under
- Video Options.
-
- VI. DIRECTX INFORMATION
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- What is DirectX?
- Microsoft's DirectX is a set of software components and drivers
- designed to create faster hardware performance in Windows based
- applications. DirectX is comprised of five components: DirectDraw,
- DirectInput, DirectPlay, DirectSound and Direct3D. Along with
- these components, DirectX includes a set of compatible drivers for
- the computer's video and sound cards along with input devices such
- as mice, joysticks and game pads.
-
- When installing the West Demo, the installer checks to see whether
- DirectX is installed on your system. If the installer does not
- detect a standard, current set of DirectX drivers, the demo will
- let you know and exit. However, a handful of video and sound cards
- use DirectX drivers which do not conform to Microsoft standards.
-
- -If the West Demo fails to run due to DirectX problems,
- you may be able to correct the problem by following these steps:
-
- 1. Update your hardware drivers
- IMPORTANT: If you have never updated your drivers
- before, you may want to consult your system/hardware
- vendor and get their recommendation. If you choose
- to update the drivers yourself, follow the installation
- instructions provided with the driver very carefully.
-
- -Notes on obtaining drivers
- Hardware manufacturers post new drivers on their web
- sites regularly that have enhanced performance and
- stability. Please check with your hardware manufacturer
- for an update as some difficulties may be related to
- drivers.
-
- 2 Reinstall DirectX
-
- -To restore your display or audio drivers after installing DirectX:
-
- 1. Close all applications and save your data.
- 2. Bring up the control panel by Selecting the Start button.
- Select Settings then Control Panel.
- 3. Open Add/Remove Programs and select DirectX Drivers.
- Press the Add/Remove option.
- 4. Choose the "Restore Audio drivers" button if you want to
- restore your audio drivers or select the "Restore Display
- drivers" button if you want to restore your display drivers.
- You can only restore one driver at a time, not both.
- 5. Press "OK" to restart your computer.
-
- Note: If DirectX did not install new display or audio drivers
- (or if you have already restored them), then pressing the
- "Restore Audio drivers" or "Restore Display drivers" button will
- just result in a dialogue that says "DirectX setup was
- completed successfully."
-
- VII. CONTACT INFORMATION
- --------------------------
- Visit SouthPeak Interactive's web site at http://www.southpeak.com
- to obtain additional information or contact our Technical Support
- team.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Technical Support - United States and Canada
- Email: support@southpeak.com
- Phone: (919) 677-9775
-
- 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. Eastern time Monday thru Friday and
- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday & Sunday
-
- Technical Support - Australia
- Email: Southpeak@startekeurope.com
- Telephone: 001144 1429 855061
-
- 09:00 - 19:00 Eastern Standard Time
-
-
- Technische Hilfe - Deutschland (Germany)
- Email: Southpeak@startekeurope.com
- Telephone: 44 1429 855061
-
- 09:00 - 19:00 GMT
-
- L'information Technique - France
- Email: Southpeak@startekeurope.com
- Telephone: 44 1429 855061
-
- 09:00 - 19:00 GMT
-
- Technical Support - United Kingdom
- Email: Southpeak@startekeurope.com
- Telephone: 01429 855061
-
- 09:00 - 19:00 GMT
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- We will be able to help you more quickly if you have the following
- information available when you contact us:
- - The manufacturer and model of your computer.
- - The type of CPU and its operating speed.
- (e.g. Pentium-300 MHz, AMD 300MHz, Cyrix PR333)
- - The operating system and version.
- (e.g.. Windows 95/98)
- - The amount of RAM in your computer.
- - The brand name and model of the sound card in your computer.
- - The brand name and model of the video card in your computer.
- - Speed of CD-ROM Drive.
- - The amount of video memory (VRAM/SGRAM) in your computer.
- - Driver versions for your video and audio devices. These can be found by:
- Opening the Control Panel
- Double clicking on System
- Clicking on Display Adapters
- (or Sound, Video and Game Controllers)
- Clicking on appropriate device
- Choosing Properties
- Clicking on the Driver tab
- Clicking on Driver File Details
-