PC Gamer 4.3/1998-09_Disc_4.3.iso/gtgolf/readme.txt

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Incredible Technologies
Golden Tee Golf: 3-hole Playable Demo
4/14/98

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Thank you for your interest in Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf.
We recommend that you read this file to get the most up-to-date
Information about installing, running, and maximizing the
performance of this playable demo.

For more information, please visit our website at:
www.itsgames.com/gtgolf-press

1) Installing and Playing Golden Tee Golf Demo
   a) Installation
   b) Running the demo.
   c) Starting a round of golf.

2) Game play Issues
   a) Demo Speed/Resolution Issues
   b) Control Issues
   c) Keyboard Control
   d) Joystick Issues
   e) Sound Issues
   f) Video Issues

3) Options and Game Settings
   a) Options Menu
   b) Game Settings
   c) Help
   d) Highlights
   e) Restart Course
   f) New Game
   g) Quit
   h) Play Alone

4) Shadow Players

5) Multi-player Games

6) How to Contact Incredible Technologies


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1) Installing and playing Golden Tee Golf Demo

   a) Installation
        Run the setup program SETUP.EXE.  This will copy the
        Golden Tee Golf Demo files to your system.  Before
        running the demo, you will need to install DirectX 5
        to your system.  This is available elsewhere on this
        demo CD.

   b) Running the Demo
        Once installed, you can play the demo by selecting the
        icon from your Start Menu.

  c) Starting a round of Golf
    Once you get past the opening screens, you will come to
    a screen called "How Many Players". From here you may
    start a 1, 2, 3, or 4-player game. You may also start
    up a game against a shadow player. (See shadow players)

2) Game play Issues

   a) Demo Speed/Resolution Issues
       Golden Tee Golf is meant to be played with a high frame
    rate. If you experience choppy animation, you are not
    getting the best experience possible.  To increase the
    performance of this demo, there are several things you
    do from the "Game Settings" screen.
        * Lower the resolution (Screen Mode)
        * Turn off the (Fog)
        * Turn off the (Screen Softness)
        * Turn off the (Full Screen Approach) cam
          * Turn off the (Picture in Picture) cam
    Of course if you have the horsepower, turn these options
    on, and up as desired.

   b) Control Issues
    The mouse controls the golfer's swing. How you
    control the mouse affects how the ball is hit. For a
    tutorial of the different swings available, refer to
    the help screens.  From within the demo press the [Esc]
    key to bring up the option screen. From there select
    "help" to bring up the help window.

   c) Keyboard Controls
    Here is a list of keyboard controls and hot keys.

    Select Club                 Arrow Keys Up/Down
    Turn player position     Arrow Keys Left/Right

    Bring up options menu                      Esc
    Help                                       F-1
    Image Softness                             F-2
    Fog                                        F-3
    Resolution                                 F-4
    Full Screen Approach                       F-6
    Picture in Picture Select                  F-7
    Mouse Sensitivity                          F-8
    Mouse Calibration                          F-9
    Switch to desktop           Alt-Tab or Alt-Esc

   d) Joystick
    There is no need for Joystick support in Golden Tee
    Golf. Everything can be controlled with the keyboard
    and mouse.

   e) Sound issues
    This demo requires Direct X 5.0 or higher, without
    up to date drivers, the demo may not work properly.
    If you are having audio problems, and you have Direct
    X 5.0 installed, you should contact your audio card
    manufacturer.
    This demo is a work in progress and does contain
    some sound problems which we are currently working on.
    These includes:

        * Some of the sounds cutting out. (the
          announcer, the sound effects, or the
          ambient sounds)
        * Some of the sound effects may have a
          looping problem. This is where part
          of a sound is replayed over and over.

   f) Video Issues
    This demo requires Direct X 5.0 or higher, without
    up to date drivers, the demo may not work properly.
    If you are having video problems, and you have Direct
    X 5.0 installed, you should contact your video card
    manufacturer.

3) Options and Game settings

   a) Options Menu
    From within the demo you may open the Options menu by
    either clicking on the options button located on the
    bottom center of the screen, or by hitting the Esc key.

   b) Game Settings
    This will bring up a menu so that you may customize the
    demo to your preferred settings.
    Skill Level, Fog Density, Camera options, and Resolution.

   c) Help
    This will bring up a small window that shows you how to
    use the mouse with the demo. Here you can find out how
    to make those more difficult shots.

   d) Highlights
    This will play back the greatest shots currently saved.
    The demo will automatically prompt you to save any great
    shots made.

   e) Restart Course
    This will let you restart the current game with the
    same number of players on the same course.

   f) New Game
    This will let you go back to the setup screen so you
    can select another course or number of players.

   g) Quit
    This will let one or more players quit the demo. If
    there is only one player left in the game, this will
    quit the game and return the player to the Windows 95
    desktop.

   h) Play Alone
    This is a networking feature and will not be active
    for this demo.

4) Shadow Players
    Golden Tee Golf will record your game as you play.
    At the end of the course, you will have the option
    of saving your performance as a shadow game. You
    will then be able to replay that game as a second
    player. The recorded performance will play along
    side the active player. To play against a shadow
    game, select "Shadow Games" from the "How Many
    Players" screen, then highlight a shadow game by
    clicking on it, then load it by clicking on the
    "Load" button.  (For this demo the delete feature
    is not functional)

5) Multi-player Games
    This 3-hole playable demo does not support multi-player
    games over a network.  You can, however, play up to 4
    players on the same machine.  The full release version
    does have network play capability over an internet or
    local area network.

6) How to Contact Incredible Technologies

    You can go to our website and e-mail at:
        www.itsgames.com/gtgolf-press

7) Interplay Customer Service

Telephone:  [phone]
Fax:  [phone]
Attn: Customer Service

Internet E-Mail:  [e-mail]

World Wide Web:  http://www.interplay.com

BBS:  Telnet to bbs.interplay.com

BBS Modem Phone Number:  [phone]

America Online: E-mail IPTECH

Compuserve:  GO GAMBPUB or E-mail 76702,1342

FTP Site:  ftp.interplay.com

Mail:  Interplay Customer Service
       16815 Von Karman
       Irvine, CA 92606


        For Customer Service within the UK and Europe:
        ----------------------------------------------
        Write to:       Customer Support
                        Interplay Productions, Ltd.
                        Harleyford Manor
                        Harleyford
                        Henley Road
                        Marlow
                        Buckinghamshire
                        SL7 2DX
                        ENGLAND

                tel:    [phone]
                Fax:    [phone]

                Email:  [e-mail]

        Limited Warranty
        ----------------
        If within the first ninety days of purchase you have any problems with
        the product please return it to the retailer.

        After ninety (90) days , you may return the software program to
        Interplay Productions, provided the fault is not due to normal wear
        and tear and Interplay will mail a replacement to you.

        To receive a replacement you should enclose the defective medium
        (including the original product label) in protective packaging
        accompanied by:

        1) A cheque or postal order for ú10 sterling (to cover postage and
           packaging).

        2) A brief statement describing the defect.

        3) The original receipt or address of the retailer

        4) Your return address

        Registered mail is recommended for returns.

        Please send to:
        Warranty Replacements, Interplay Productions Ltd., Harleyford Manor,
        Harleyford, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 2DX, ENGLAND


8) SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE

    General Product License.  This copy of Golden Tee Golf Demo (the "Software") is intended
solely for your personal noncommercial home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse
engineer, or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law.  Interplay Productions and
Incredible Technologies retain[s] all right, title and interest in the Software including all
intellectual property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. The Software, including,
without limitation, all code, data structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game
play, derivative works and all other elements of the Software may not be copied, resold, rented,
leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on  pay-per-play, coin-op or other
for-charge basis, or for any commercial purpose. Any permissions granted herein are provided on a
temporary basis and can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time.  All rights not
expressly granted are reserved.

    Modem and Network Play.  If the Software contains modem or network play, you may play the
Software via modem transmission with another person or persons directly without transmission
through a third party service or indirectly through a third party service only if such service is
an authorized licensee of  Interplay.  For the purposes of this license, a "third party service"
refers to any third party service which provides a connection between two or more users of the
Software, manages, organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or otherwise
provides a service which commercially exploits the Software, but does not include a third party
service which merely provides a telephonic connection (and nothing more) for modem or network
play.  Authorized licensee services are listed on the Interplay Productions World Wide Web Site
located at http://www.interplay.com. This limited right to transmit the Software expressly
excludes any transmission of the Software or any data streams thereof on a commercial basis,
including, without limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a commercial service
(excepting those specific commercial services licensed by Interplay) which translates the
protocols or manages or organizes game play sessions.  If you would like information about
obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the Software, please call Interplay Productions
in the US at +[phone].


    Acceptance of License Terms.  By acquiring and retaining this Software, you assent to the
terms and restrictions of this limited license.  If you do not accept the terms of this limited
license, you must return the Software together with all packaging, manuals and other material
contained therein to the store where you acquired the Software for a full refund.