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- * Heli Heroes *
- * Version 1.0 *
- * 11.12.2001 *
- * *
- * Copyright 1999-2001 Reality Pump Studios and Zuxxez Entertainment AG *
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- Table of contents:
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- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 2. DEMO INFORMATION
- 3. ORDERING INFORMATION
- 4. GAME PERFORMANCE
- 5. TROUBLESHOOTING
- 5.1. Video Card Issues
- 5.2. Alt-Tab and Task Switching
- 5.3. Sound and Audio Problems
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- 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- * Windows 95 or 98
- * Pentium 300 or better; (Pentium III 700 recommended)
- * 64 MB of RAM; (128MB of RAM recommended)
- * 3D Hardware Accelerated video card with 8MB RAM;
- (32MB recommended)
- * CD-ROM required only for installation
- * DirectX 8.0 or higher
- * 300 MB minimum hard disk space
- * Internet Service Provider required for internet highscores
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- 2. DEMO INFORMATION
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- "Heli Heroes" Demo contains 4 missions only. Two of them have time limit.
- You can unlock demo to have access to 30 missions and internet scorelists.
- You can download Updates for Heli-Heroeso from our website.
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- In updates you will get:
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- * the game manual as PDF document
- * Videos for the game
- * lector readed briefings for all missions,
- * 8 dynamic music tracks.
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- 3. ORDERING INFORMATION
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- How to order the full version of Heli Heroes:
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- * Start the demo version of Heli Heroes
- * Click in the main menu on the "REGISTER GAME"
-
- If you don't have a serial number for Heli Heroes, click on the
- "BUY IT NOW!" button.
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- In dependence of the installed Heli Heroes demo version the ordering page
- will now open. The www-address for the english order page is:
- https://secure.zuxxez.com/hh/buy_hh.php
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- NOTE: before you continue, make sure, that you have an internet
- connection.
-
- To order Heli Heroes you have to enter your name, your eMail address,
- a valid credit card number and the expiry data of your credit card.
- Following credit cards will be accepted:
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- * VISA
- * EUROCARD / MASTERCARD
- * AMERICAN EXPRESS
-
- Follow now the further instructions on the page. As soon as them
- transaction will be successfully accomplished, you will receive an eMail
- with your personal serial number.
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- Start now Heli Heroes again. Click in the main menu again on "REGISTER
- GAME" and enter your serial number. Click now on "REGISTER GAME".
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- As soon as you have registered successfully your copy of Heli Heroes,
- you have access to further missions, to the competition mode and the
- Internet Highscore list.
-
- NOTE: Only the points achived in the Competition mode, can be entered
- in the internet ranking list.
-
- To view the Highscore list, click in the main menu on "Highscore".
- Now you can select between local, national and international
- highscores. You have also the opinion to see "weekly", "mothly" and
- "Best ever" highscores. The tranfer of local highscores into the internet
- ranking list is only possible with the FULL VERSION of Heli Heroes.
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- To transfer the local highscore, click first on "National Highscore" and
- then on "Update Net Highscore". The International Highscores will be
- updatet automatically.
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- 4. GAME PERFORMANCE
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- If you're playing you may experience some slowdown when there are a lot
- of units firing on the screen.
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- To improve performance, we suggest that you reduce the graphic details
- (F8 key).
- Turning off the music soundtrack will also improve performance.
- You can do it by by setting music volume to zero (F9 key).
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- 5. TROUBLESHOOTING
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- 5.1. Video Card Issues
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- Heli Heroes should run well on almost any Direct3D (Windows 95/ 98 / Me
- Windows Xp and 2000 only) compatible 3D accelerator card that supports
- Z-Buffering, Bilinear Filtering and Alpha-Blending. Video Cards using
- Z-Sorting instead of Z-Buffering are not supported due to advanced
- Z-buffer based tricks used in the 3D engine.
-
- Most video display problems can be corrected by installing the latest
- reference drivers for your particular video card. Please consult your
- video card documentation for details on how to get the latest drivers for
- your card.
-
- If you are using a custom cursor, especially with shadow, it may cause
- video corruption. We strongly recommend disabling custom cursors while
- playing Heli Heroes.
-
- If your system has two or more video cards and you use windowed mode,
- Heli Heroes may appear on the wrong monitor. Whenever you change your
- video card or reinstall drivers, run the Setup.exe to adjust settings.
-
- We strongly recommend using standard resolutions with a 4:3 aspect ratio
- (e.g., 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or 1280x1024) in HighColor or
- TrueColor mode. Remember: the higher the resolution, the slower the game
- will be, especially if your card has only 8MB of video ram.
-
- Memory needed to run the game in a given resolution:
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- Resolution | Video Memory
- ---------------------+-------------------
- 640 x 480 x 16 | 8 MB
- 800 x 600 x 16 | 8 MB
- 1024 x 760 x 16 | 8 MB
- 1280 x 1024 x 16 | 12 MB
- 640 x 480 x 32 | 8 MB
- 800 x 600 x 32 | 10 MB
- 1024 x 760 x 32 | 12 MB
- 1280 x 1024 x 32 | 18 MB
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- Exceptions:
- Voodoo 1 only 640 x 480 x 16 mode
- Voodoo 2 only 640 x 480 x 16, 800 x 600 x 16 modes
- Voodoo Rush only 640 x 480 x 16 mode
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- NOTE: 3dfx Voodoo chipsets only work in 16 bit mode.
-
- OpenGL drivers enumerate TrueColor modes only if the Windows desktop is
- also in TrueColor mode.
-
- If you had a Voodoo card in your system at any time and you did not
- uninstall it properly, the game may crash. To avoid this problem, go to
- the "Windows\System" directory and delete (or rename) "Glide3x.dll".
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- 5.2. Alt-Tab and Task Switching
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- Task switching via Alt-Tab or Alt-Esc is not recommended when playing
- Heli Heroes. Task switching can cause Heli Heroes to lock up and require
- you to restart your computer.
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- 5.3. Sound & Audio Problems
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- Most sound card problems can be corrected by installing the latest
- drivers for your particular card. Please consult your sound card
- documentation for details on how to get the latest drivers for your card.
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