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- = U P L I N K =
- = V1.2 =
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- Welcome to Uplink!
- Produced by Introversion Software.
-
- For information on Uplink, visit www.introversion.co.uk
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- CONTENTS
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-
- - Installing
- From CD
- From an internet download
- Linux
-
- - Command line options
-
- - Troubleshooting
- Getting the game to run
- Crash problems
- Graphical problems
- Controller problems
- Sound problems
- Network problems
- Speed problems
- Windows 2000
- What to do if you find a problem
-
- - Credits
-
- - Legal
-
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- INSTALLING
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-
-
- FROM CD
- Insert the CD into the drive - it should autostart the installation.
- If the installation doesn't start, open the CD, enter the "install"
- directory and run the setup.exe program.
-
-
- FROM AN INTERNET DOWNLOAD
- Double click on the executable and enter a path to install to. Uplink
- will now extract into that directory. You can run uplink by going to
- that directory and running uplink.exe.
-
-
- LINUX
- Simply extract the compressed file into a directory and run.
- You may need to set the attributes of the uplink executable to make it
- runnable.
-
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- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
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-
-
- Uplink can be started with a variety of command line options.
- Each option begins with either a '+' or a '-', to enable or
- disable an option. For example, starting uplink with the command
- uplink -graphics_fullscreen
- would start the game with fullscreen DISABLED, while starting it like this:
- uplink +graphics_fullscreen
- will start the game with fullscreen ENABLED.
-
-
- Here is a complete list of options:
-
- graphics_fullscreen sets the game to run fullscreen
- (default is on)
-
- graphics_buttonanimations enables or disables moving buttons
- (default is on)
-
- graphics_safemode runs slower but should be more
- compatible
- (default is off)
-
- graphics_altlargemap use this to correct problems with
- the large map
- (eg all white) (default is off)
-
- graphics_softwaremouse renders a software mouse.
- Use this to correct problems with
- the mouse cursor
- (default is off)
-
- graphics_screendepth Changes the colour depth to what you
- specify (eg 16, 24, 32)
- If set to -1, the depth is not set
- (Your desktop depth will be used)
- (default is -1)
-
- graphics_screenrefresh Changes the refresh rate to what you
- specify (eg 60, 85, 100)
- If set to -1, the refresh rate will
- not be set
- (Your desktop refresh will be used)
- (default is -1)
-
- sound_musicenabled enables or disables music
- (default is on)
-
- game_debugstart Prints debugging info during start up
- (default is off)
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
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-
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- GETTING THE GAME TO RUN
-
- If the game simply refuses to run (ie a command prompt box appears,
- spits out some garbage then dies) then try looking at the file
- uplink/users/debug.log
-
- This file has loads of debugging information about the game.
- Take a look and see if you can see any obvious error messages.
- Alternativly, send a copy of that file to
- uplink@introversion.co.uk
- and we'll look into the problem as soon as possible.
- It would help if you mentioned what kind of graphics card you have,
- and what operating system you are running.
-
- Its worth mentioning that most problems at this point (ie startup) are
- probably graphics related - i'd always advise you get the newest
- drivers for your card before giving up.
-
- CRASH PROBLEMS
-
- If Uplink crashes or just stops running suddenly, then its a good bet
- that something has gone wrong. The first thing to do is to open up
- the file
- uplink/users/debug.log
- and scroll to the bottom of the file. You will see some information
- on the most recent running of the game. Hopefully there will be
- some information there.
-
- If you can't figure it out, please send a copy of that file, along with
- a detailed explanation of what went wrong, to uplink@introversion.co.uk.
-
-
- GRAPHICAL PROBLEMS
-
- If the graphics appear slow and jerky, try removing the file opengl32.dll
- from the Uplink directory. This allows your local openGL drivers to take
- over and hopefully do a better job. This has fixed problems under win2000.
-
- If you can't see the mouse in game, or if the mouse is causing problems
- in any way, start the game like this:
- uplink +graphics_softwaremouse
-
- The higher the colour depth of your desktop, the better Uplink will look.
- There is a noticable difference in dithering qualtity between 16bit colour
- and 32bit colour.
-
- If the graphics in game appear corrupt, the first thing to try is to
- get the newest OpenGL drivers for your graphics card. The drivers used
- by Uplink are opengl32.dll and glu32.dll. Download the newest drivers
- and install them. You should then delete those 2 files from the uplink
- directory, so that it is forced to use your new drivers.
-
- If that doesn't work, try changing the Windows colour depth.
- We've found on some systems that one colour depth will work,
- but another won't. Try 16bit, 24bit or 32bit colour.
-
- If that doesn't work, try running in a Window -
- by starting uplink with the command
- uplink -graphics_fullscreen
-
- If that doesn't work, try running in safe mode -
- uplink +graphics_safemode
-
- If that doesn't work, try disabling any hardware acceleration
- if you have it.
-
- If you are having problems with the large world map
- (eg it may appear all white) then run like this
- uplink +graphics_altlargemap
-
- If all that fails, please send a report of what went wrong to
- uplink@introversion.co.uk
-
-
- CONTROLLER PROBLEMS
-
- If the mouse doesn't appear in game or appears corrupted, try starting the
- game like this:
- uplink +graphics_softwaremouse
- This will render a software mouse on screen for you.
-
-
- SOUND PROBLEMS
-
- If the sounds in game are causing any problems, you can disable
- them by running uplink with the command
- uplink -sound_musicenabled
-
-
- NETWORK PROBLEMS
-
- The networking system in Uplink is currently untested and experimental.
- If you have any problems, please send a report of what went wrong to
- uplink@introversion.co.uk
-
-
- SPEED PROBLEMS
-
- Uplink uses openGL - so it should work fine on pretty much any system
- you choose to run it on. However, it will run better on some.
-
- If the graphics appear slow and jerky, try removing the file opengl32.dll
- from the Uplink directory. This allows your local openGL drivers to take
- over and hopefully do a better job. This has fixed problems under win2000.
-
- Voodoo cards are pretty notorious for bad openGL support - anything up
- to a Voodoo3 won't help very much as the game will still be using software
- rendering. People who have Voodoo1/2/3 cards will need reasonably fast
- processors to get Uplink to run well - at least a Pentium 300.
-
- The best graphics cards are those with excellent openGL support,
- like the Matrox G400 or the GeForce2 (these are excellent).
-
- Some Win98 systems that use split-screen (ie two monitors) have been seen
- to run Uplink in software mode very slowly. This can be fixed by
- temporarily disabling the second monitor (from display properties->settings)
-
- If the game is running too slowly (ie the moving icons are jerking around
- the screen) you can disable the moving animations by starting Uplink with
- the command
- uplink -graphics_buttonanimations
-
- WINDOWS 2000
-
- Uplink has been heavily tested on Windows 2000 (in fact, it was developed
- on this system). We have found only one problem - on some Windows 2000
- systems the game runs very slowly. This can be fixed by deleting the file
- opengl32.dll from your Uplink directory.
-
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- WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND A PROBLEM
-
- If something is going wrong for you, you should follow these steps.
-
- The first thing to do is to check out the bug report forums on our website:
- www.introversion.co.uk
- (click on Forum)
- You will find information there about existing bugs that people have found.
-
- If that doesn't help, send an email to uplink@introversion.co.uk
- include the file uplink/users/debug.log
- and a complete description of exactly what goes wrong and when.
- If you could tell us how to reproduce the bug, we'd be greatful.
- You should also tell us what type of graphics card you have, what operating
- system etc etc. The more information the better.
-
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- CREDITS
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-
-
- PRODUCED BY INTROVERSION SOFTWARE
-
- - Chris Delay
- - Mark Morris
- - Thomas Arundel
-
-
- WITH HELP FROM
-
- - John Knottenbelt
- - Gareth Sidebottom
-
-
- VOICE TALENT
-
- - Chris Delay
- - Mark Morris
- - Thomas Arundel
- - Casey Wireman
-
-
- BETA TESTERS
-
- - Alex Bevi
- - Joe Elleson
- - Casey Wireman
- - Woody Folsom
- - Alastair Growcott
- - Andrew 'Einstein' Clark
- - Derek 'PunisherBass' Schott
- - Alison 'Ravenshadow' Jarvis
- - Gary 'Icepick' Chambers
- - Ryan 'Zaptan' Thoma
- - Leander 'elDiablo' Hambley
-
-
- MUSIC
-
- - BlueValley written by Karsten Koch (koch3@larry.scc.hab-weimar.de)
- http://www.scc.hab-weimar.de/~koch
-
- - Symphonic written by Dual Crew
-
- - Serenity written by Ryan Cramer (rcramer@di.net)
-
- - Mystique PartI written by Timelord (timelord@nol.net)
- - Mystique PartII http://www.phoenix.net/~dspyre/timelord.html
-
- - A94Final written by Skaven
-
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- LEGAL
- ===============================================================================
-
- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
- EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
- WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- IN NO EVENT SHALL INTROVERSION SOFTWARE OR ITS MEMBERS BE LIABLE FOR
- ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
- OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
- WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF
- LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
- OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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