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- Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars
- version 0.50 (demo)
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- Copyright + 2000 Ratbag, Pty Ltd.
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- www.ratbaggames.com
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- 1. Notes
- 2. System Requirements
- 3. Graphics Configuration
- 4. Input Configuration
- 5. Multiplayer
- 6. Command Line Options
- 7. Troubleshooting
- 8. Final Note
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- 1. Notes
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- This is the demo of Ratbag's new title Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars
- (DTRSC). Check out our website www.ratbaggames.com for updates and
- information.
-
- Please note that in order to minimise the size of the demo, the textures
- and in-game graphics have been JPEG compressed. This may result in
- reduced image quality.
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- 2. System Requirements
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- Minimum System requirements:
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- Operating System: Windows« 95, Windows« 98, Windows« 2000
- Intel Pentium« 166 or 100% compatible
- 32 MB RAM
- 60 MB of free Hard Disk space
- High Colour (16 bit colour) capable video card (DirectX compatible)
- DirectX 6
- 100% Compatible Mouse
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- Recommended configuration:
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- Intel Pentium« 233MMX or better
- 64 MB RAM
- 3D Accelerator: Glide« or Direct3D« compatible video card with at
- least 8 Mb of RAM
- DirectSound, DirectSound3D, Aureal3D or EAX compatible sound card
- DirectX compatible force feedback device
- AMD K6-2/Athlon 3DNow! optimisation supported
- Pentium III (Katmai) optimisation supported
-
- This demo requires DirectX, but does not include it for reasons of
- size. If you do not already have DirectX 7.0 or newer, then download
- it from:
- http://www.microsoft.com/directx/
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- 3. Graphics Configuration
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- When DTRSC is run, it will first prompt you for which Graphics driver
- you wish to use.
-
- Selecting 'Autodetect' will select the optimum graphics driver for your
- system.
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- Select 'Glide' if you have a non-Banshee 3DFX video card. This will be
- selected automatically by 'Autodetect'.
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- Select 'Banshee' if you have a Banshee 3DFX video card. This will be
- selected automatically by 'Autodetect'. Note that all available drivers
- for the Voodoo Banshee video card contain a bug, in that they do not
- properly support certain texture management functions. Selecting the
- 'Glide' driver if you have a Voodoo Banshee will result in a corrupted
- display.
-
- Select 'Direct3D' if you have a Direct3D compatible video card, or wish
- to run Direct3D on your 3DFX card. This will be selected automatically
- by 'Autodetect', unless you have a 3DFX card. For optimum performance
- under Direct3D with an AGP video card, you should ensure that you have
- either Windows 98 or Windows 95 OSR 2.1 or newer. DTRSC will not run in
- Direct3D under Windows 2000 - you must select 'Glide' (for a 3DFX card)
- or 'Software'.
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- Select 'Software' to use the software renderer. This will be selected
- automatically by 'Autodetect' if you have no 3D hardware.
-
- To change your graphics driver after starting the game, you must exit
- and restart it.
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- If you have a 3D video card, you should ensure that you have the latest
- drivers for it. You should also set your gamma level to 1.0 for correct
- colour reproduction.
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- 4. Input Configuration
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- The input options section of DTRSC allows you to setup your keys or
- other input device. If you have a joystick, wheel or gamepad, before
- running DTRSC ensure that it is properly setup and calibrated in the
- 'Game Controllers' application under the Windows 'Control Panel'. You
- should then calibrate the device in the input options of DTRSC. It is
- only necessary to calibrate a particular joystick once.
-
- The default keys for control are:
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- left, right - Steer.
- up - Accelerate.
- down - Brake.
- space - Change camera view.
- left shift - Half lock steering.
- equals - Move wing forwards.
- minus - Move wing backwards.
- left square bracket - Look left.
- right square bracket - Look right.
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- Other keys you can use when in a race are:
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- escape - In multiplayer, quits the race. In single player, pauses
- the race and provides a few options, such as exit, resume,
- and replay.
- F3 - Toggle display of race information.
- F4 - Toggle display of the rear view mirror.
- F5 - In multiplayer, toggle display of player names.
- F12 - Take a screenshot (useable when in a race and when in the
- game shell). Screenshots are saved to c:\snap-.tga.
-
- When watching a race in multiplayer, the tab key can be used to switch
- between the free camera mode and following each of the cars in turn.
- While following a car, the normal change camera view key (space by
- default) can be used to change views. When in the free camera mode, use
- the mouse to aim the camera. Hold down the left button to accelerate in
- the direction the camera is facing, and hold down the right button to
- slow down.
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- 5. Multiplayer
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- From within the interface, you can create a new game by selecting 'new
- game' on the multiplayer server list screen. Other players on your LAN
- will then be able to see the server in their server list, and will be
- able to connect to your game.
-
- For Internet play, the simplest way to connect to other games is to use
- the GameSpy program in the Start Menu, under Dirt Track Racing - Sprint
- Cars. Alternatively, you can specify the IP address of the machine to
- connect to. This can be done by selecting 'join IP' on the multiplayer
- server list screen. The player who hosts the game can determine their
- IP address by selecting Run from the Start menu, and then typing in
- 'winipcfg' (without the quotes).
-
- Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars only supports TCP/IP, so in order to
- play on a LAN each machine will need to have TCP/IP networking for the
- network card set up. To set up TCP/IP networking, follow these steps:
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- 1. Open My Computer -> Control Panel, then run the Network application.
- 2. If TCP/IP for your network card is not in the list, then:
- a) Click Add.
- b) Double-click Protocol.
- c) Select Microsoft on the left hand side, and TCP/IP on the right
- hand side.
- d) Click OK.
- 3. Select the TCP/IP item in the list, for your network card (not for
- dialup networking, if you have that installed).
- 4. Click Properties.
- 5. Select the IP Address tab.
- 6. Click 'Specify an IP address', then enter an IP address of
- 192.168.0.xxx, where xxx is 1 for machine 1 on your LAN, 2 for
- machine 2 on your LAN, etc.
- 7. Enter a Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
- 8. Click OK, then OK on the next screen. You will probably need to
- restart your computer.
-
- The 'DTRSC Network Server' icon installed on the desktop and in the
- start menu can also be used to start a dedicated server, which other
- players can connect to. When the server program is run, it will prompt
- for some values. If desired, you can select to register the server with
- GameSpy, meaning that other players on the Internet will be able to
- connect to the server using the GameSpy launcher program. Note that the
- server executable does not require the data in order to be able to run.
-
- Players with the full version of DTRSC, as well as players with the demo
- version, can join a demo server. However, only full versions of the game
- can join full version servers. Demo servers have 'DEMO' as the first
- part of their name.
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- 6. Command Line Options
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- DTRSC supports several command line options. These options can be
- selected using the 'DTRSC Command Line Options Editor' on the start
- menu. Alternatively, you can enter them when running the game from an
- MS-DOS prompt, or modify the shortcut you use to run DTRSC.
-
- The options are:
-
- -glide2vsync
-
- Forces the Glide 2 graphics driver to wait for screen refreshes. This
- runs slower, but may fix hangs on some Glide video cards, especially
- Voodoo 2s.
-
- -nopersistd3d
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- Causes the Direct3D driver to not retain the same DirectDraw interface
- when switching between a race and the interface. This may fix problems
- on certain video cards.
-
- -3dsound
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- As in version 1.02 and above of DTR (the first patch), DTRSC does not
- use 3D sound by default. This is because it causes errors on certain
- sound cards. Use this option to enable 3D sound if desired.
-
- -nocheckhresult
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- Certain sounds cards report fatal errors during initialisation even
- though the errors are recoverable. Using the -nocheckhresult command
- line option will cause DTRSC to ignore fatal errors from the sound card.
- Use this option if you receive 'HRESULT Error at ...' messages.
-
- -disablesound
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- Use this option to disable sound.
-
- -nolaunch
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- Stops DTRSC from asking you which graphics driver to use every time it
- is run. DTRSC will use whichever driver was selected on the last run.
-
- -nointro
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- Turns off displaying the intro screens.
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- 7. Troubleshooting
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- If you do not hear sound while the in-game movies are playing, this may
- be because you do not have an ADPCM audio codec installed. To install
- the codec, go to My Computer -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs.
- Click on the Windows Setup tab, then double-click Multimedia. Tick
- Audio Compression, then click OK.
-
- If the movies crash or do not play at all, it is possible that the Indeo
- 5 video playing codec has not been correctly installed. To check if it
- is installed, go to My Computer -> Control Panel -> Multimedia
- Properties -> Devices -> Video Compression Codecs, and look for "Indeo«
- video 5.10" (or greater). In Windows 2000, the codec can be found under
- My Computer -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Multimedia -> Hardware ->
- Video Codecs -> Properties -> Properties. If the codec has not been
- installed, you will need to reinstall the game.
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- 8. Final Note
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- You cannot modify data - e. g. create custom car skins (paint jobs) - in
- the demo of DTRSC. This feature is only available in the full version.
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- Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars + 2000 Ratbag Pty Ltd. All Rights
- Reserved.
- Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars, Ratbag, the Ratbag logo, and the
- Difference Engine are trademarks.
-