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- Tex Murphy: Overseer
- Access Software, Inc.
- Version 1.04 Update
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- Installation Instructions
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- 1. Tex Murphy Overseer must already be installed on the harddisk.
-
- 2. Unzip the files into a temporary directory on your harddisk.
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- 3. Run the Update.exe program by double clicking on its icon.
- The Update program copies all the updated files to the Overseer directory
- and writes new information into the default.ini and tex.ini game files.
-
- 4. The game has now been updated and is ready to play.
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- Problems Fixed by the Update
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- Version 1.04:
- 1. Added support for:
- Chromatic Mpact DVD and Mpact2 3DVD
- LuxSonor LS220 DVD (see LuxSonor note below)
- QI Software Cinemaster
- IntelDVD
- Mediamatics DVD Express (see Mediamatics note below)
- Toshiba DVD (see Toshiba note below)
- 2. Added support for the Dec 15, 1997 version of Quadrant Cinemaster I/II DVD driver.
- This driver allows the Cinemaster to run with nVidia Riva 128, as well as
- the ATI Rage Pro. Fixed video squishing and sizing issues with the new driver.
- 3. Subtitle syncronization was improved for videos on Creative Labs Encore DXR2 DVD.
- 4. Using Win98 on a 32MB machine the maximum usable AGP texture memory is limited
- to 12MB. On a 64MB machine, the limit is 24MB. Allowing more than these
- limits causes swapping problems.
- 5. Still images during askabouts are no longer displayed on a DVD capable machine
- playing videos using Smacker.
- 6. The startup Access Logo animation is now played fullscreen.
- 7. A keypress is no longer required after viewing an inventory exam video.
- that was played using Smacker or DVD video.
- 8. A small resource leak was found and fixed.
-
- Version 1.02:
- 1. Fixed a bug where certain machines playing Version 1.01 of the game from
- the CD-ROMs would would lock up immediately.
-
- Version 1.01:
- 1. Added support for Direct 3D compatible 3D accelerator video cards. We have
- tested each of the following cards:
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- nVidia Riva 128 based cards, AGP & PCI
- Matrox Mystique 220
- Rendition V1000 & V2100 - Diamond Stealth II 220
- 3Dfx based cards, Voodoo I and Voodoo II
- ATI 3D Expression & Rage Pro, AGP & PCI
- S3 Virge GX2 based cards - Diamond Stealth 3D 4000
- Cirrus Logic 54xx based cards
- Intel 740 based cards
- Rendition Verite 1000
-
- Cards not currently supported for 3D acceleration:
- Matrox M3D and Millenium II
- S3 Virge VX/DX/MX based cards - Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
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- 2. Magnetic Key Puzzle: No longer locks up during the introductory voice-over
- when using an S3-based video card.
-
- 3. Travel Panel: In 800x600 mode the width of the locked out panel was adjusted
- to look correct.
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- 4. Travel Location update: New travel locations will now show up on the locked
- panel as soon as they are set.
-
- 5. Restarting a game: The travel and inventory panels are now automatically
- unlocked if the game is restarted.
-
- 6. Inventory items: The yellow border is now removed correctly in all cases.
-
- 7. Travel from Greg Call's lab: You can now travel from Call's lab once you
- have removed the implant.
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- 8. Alcatraz Guard hint puzzle: The puzzle will now show up correctly.
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- 9. Improved error checking on room reload.
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- 10. Several misspellings were fixed.
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- 11. Minimum texture memory requirement was reduced to 2 MB.
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- 12. Improved DirectX compliance for texture memory detection.
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- 13. Pitch problem with textures for nVidia Riva 128 and non-AGP 3D accelerators fixed.
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- 14. Fixed the problem with texture reload when texture quality was adjusted on the nVidia.
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- 15. Removed magenta halos on bilinear-filtered textures.
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- 16. Fixed movie playback to correct squashed video that occurred on some MPEG cards.
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- 17. F4 will now bring up the hints screen while the askabout notepad is up.
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- 18. When a movie is played in a child window, like on the Creative Labs Encore, the hints
- screen and vr room render screen and puzzles now take down the child window. Before
- this fix, there could be flickering between the movie's child window and the desired
- game screen.
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- 19. Autodetect for the presence of several video cards and set lockvideo where needed.
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- 20. Moved the Attitude Selection Box farther down the screen in 800x600 mode.
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- 21. Corrected the movie playback size in 800x600 mode.
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- Known Issues with the Update
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- NOTE: See the Readme.txt file for additional issues.
-
- -- 3DFX Voodoo I/Voodoo II due to hardware limitations do NOT support DVD:
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- Secondary 3D Accelerator boards, namely those cards based on the 3dfx Voodoo I
- and Voodoo II chipsets, do not have hardware support for DVD video playback
- while the Voodoo is active.
-
- We are working with 3dfx on a possible workaround to this problem.
-
- -- SIGMA DESIGNS REALMAGIC HOLLYWOOD: This Hardware MPEG2 decoder does not playback
- correctly if the Windows desktop is not set to the same resolution
- as the game, whether that is 640x480 or 800x600 with 16 bit color
- (Thousands of Colors). The Hollywood2, Hollywood+, and Ventura cards may
- not work properly with the game.
-
- -- ZORAN COMPCORE SOFTDVD/SOFTPEG: This software MPEG2 player does not work
- with the game, since it does not support proper playback in DirectDraw
- fullscreen exclusive mode. We are currently working with Zoran on a
- solution to this problem.
-
- -- TOSHIBA DVD: Support for this MPEG2 player is in the beta stage. It may exhibit
- unpredicted behavior.
-
- -- INTEL DVD: On some machines, videos may play with a low frame rate.
-
- -- LUXSONOR LS220: Support for this MPEG2 player is in the beta stage. It
- may exhibit unpredicted behavior. On machines with a Permedia2 based video
- card other than the Creative Graphics Blaster Exxtreme, Overseer may incorrectly
- detect the MPEG2 device as "LuxSonor DVD w/Graphics Blaster Exxtreme". Other
- Permedia2 cards are not supported by the LuxSonor LS220. Also, some videos may
- stop prematurely.
-
- -- MEDIAMATICS DVD EXPRESS: Support for this MPEG2 player is in the beta stage. It
- may exhibit unpredicted behavior. Some machines with 32 MB RAM or less
- may cause excessive disk swapping when playing certain videos.
-
- -- MATROX M3D: The Matrox M3D is not supported due to unnaceptable frame rates as
- compared to other 3D accelerators and because there is a flaw in the drivers
- that produce a general protection fault intermittently during texture loads.
-
- -- S3 VIRGE VX/DX/MX: The 3d hardware acceleration on these cards is not supported.
- The game can still be played with the software renderer.
-
- -- DIAMOND VIPER V330: Machines with 64 MB RAM or more may have texture memory
- limited to 16 MB. This causes lower image quality than is possible on such
- machines. Using the utility "nv3tweak" from NVIDIA allows setting the amount
- of RAM used for textures to 24 MB, increasing image quality. Note: This is
- not recommended for machines with less that 64 MB RAM. Also, this may not
- be necessary for other RIVA 128 cards.
-
- -- MATROX MILLENNIUM II AGP: 3D hardware acceleration is not supported for this card.
- Matrox does not include Direct 3D support. The game can still be played with
- with the software renderer.
-
- -- QUADRANT CINEMASTER I MPEG2: The first time the game ever uses the
- Quadrant Cinemaster to play MPEG2 video, Cinemaster may display
- a configuration screen. The screen has a white box in each
- corner of the screen and a color bar box in the center of the
- screen. The machine will lock up. The Cinemaster driver is
- waiting for a response from the user about the configuration
- screen, but due to DirectDraw exclusive mode the user never
- sees the response dialog and the response dialog can never
- receive input from the user. You should be able to get past
- problem by hitting Enter 3 times.
-
- The problem will sometimes not go away if the video card in the
- machine is changed and the Cinemaster driver is not reinstalled.
- In this case the Cinemaster driver must be removed completely
- from the Windows device manager, and reinstalled.
-
- Adding the following lines to end of the
- \windows\cinemast.ini file, before the game is started may
- prevent this problem from occurring.
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- [0x1002/0x4742/640/480/15]
- OffsetFormat=1
- StartOffset=0
- OverlayPossible=1
- BytesPerRow=1280
- BytesPerPixel=2
- PixelFormat=3
- Retest=1
-
- [0x1002/0x4742/800/600/15]
- OffsetFormat=1
- StartOffset=0
- OverlayPossible=1
- BytesPerRow=1600
- BytesPerPixel=2
- PixelFormat=3
- Retest=1
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