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- Assault Rigs ReadMe
- ===================
-
- Please read ALL of this before you install Assault Rigs...
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- After displaying this Readme, the installation program will allow you
- to install Assault Rigs to your hard disk in one of four ways:
-
- Game Save Only: This requires just 1kByte of hard disk
- space. All the FMV and game data remain on the
- CD. This is the recommended option on most machines.
-
- FMV Only: This copies the program and the FMV (Full Motion Video)
- files to the hard disk. This requires about 31MBytes of
- hard disk space. This is best on a slow machine for
- smoother movie playback.
-
- Data Only: This copies the program and data files to the hard disk.
- This requires about 86MBytes of hard disk space.
- This will make the levels load in more quickly than they
- would from the CD.
-
- Full Installation: This copies all the program code, data files and
- FMV files to the hard disk. About 116MBytes of
- space are needed for this option.
-
- Note: Whatever installation you choose, you'll still need the
- Assault Rigs CD in your CD-ROM when you run the game.
-
- Next the installation program will prompt you for a directory to
- install the game to. By default this is 'c:\rigs' but any other
- directory may be created.
-
- Once the directory is created, the installation program will attempt to
- determine which sound card you have installed. The program will show
- you the sound card settings it has found. If these are incorrect, you'll
- have the chance to change them during the installation, however, a
- complete sound card installation is recommended. The settings must match
- the card for the sound effects to work.
-
- If you've selected to copy data to the hard disk, the installation
- program will do this now. This may take a little time as some of the
- files are quite large.
-
- Once all the files are copied, the installation should be complete. The
- program will exit to the installation directory.
-
- To run Assault Rigs, just type:
- rigs
-
-
- True Colour FMVs
- ================
-
- An undocumented feature of the Assault Rigs movie player allows the
- movies to be played back in 24bit colour mode on some video cards.
- By default the movie will be in 8 or 16 bit mode depending on the
- card, but some cards are capable of more. Try running:
-
- rigs -24bitcol
-
- Sound Effects Options
- =====================
-
- The Assault Rigs options allow you to alter a number of the sound
- effect features. These include:
-
- Music Volume
- ------------
-
- The Assault Rigs in game music is played from the CD. To hear the
- music with the sound effects you need to connect your CD-ROM to the
- sound card with the audio lead supplied with the CD-ROM. The volume
- of the music can be controlled on most sound cards, however on some
- cards the CD volume is fixed.
-
- FX Volume
- ---------
-
- The sound effects volume can be controlled with this feature.
-
- FX Mode
- -------
-
- This gives you a choice of Mono, Stereo, Phased, QSound and Surround
- settings.
-
- Mono: The only choice for a Mono sound card like SoundBlaster 2
-
- If you have a SoundBlaster Pro or better (eg SB16 or AWE32), you can
- also select one of the following:
-
- Stereo: Normal stereo effects.
-
- Phased: Phased stereo. This is an alternative stereo, especially suited
- for headphones. As well as adjusting the volume level, a short
- delay is used between the left and right to create a more
- realistic stereo effect.
-
- QSound: Speakers only! This mode enhances the stereo further by making
- sounds come from either side of your speakers as well as between.
- However, the positioning of the speakers is important! please
- make sure they are set at the same angle either side of your
- monitor.
-
- Surround: The sound effects will run in Dolby Surround Sound Mode.
- If you have a Dolby Prologic decoder, you should hear sounds
- from in front, to your side and behind you!
-
-
- Note: Selecting stereo/phased etc with a mono sound card still just
- gives mono!
-
- No. of FX
- ---------
-
- This sets a limit on how many effects may be mixed at any one time.
- Mixing more effects sounds better, but may cause the game to slow
- down on slower machines. If this is a problem, limit the game to
- just a few effects.
-
- Sample Rate
- -----------
-
- Two sample rates may be selected: 11kHz and 22kHz. The higher sample
- rate produces better quality effects, but is more intensive and may
- slow down the game on a slow machine. Needs machines with more than
- 8Mb memory though!
-
- Reverb
- ------
-
- Assault Rigs contains a Reverb processor which makes sounds played
- in enclosed spaces sound more realistic. When your rig goes through
- a tunnel, the reverb will kick in and the sound effects will sound
- even better. It works best with 16bit sound cards (SB16 and AWE32 etc)
- so you can turn it off with 8bit cards and for slower machines.
-
-
- Network Chat
- ============
-
- If you're playing in a network game, you can hook up a microphone
- to your sound card and send messages, chat or just verbally abuse your
- opponents at any time during the game.
-
- The game will display the names of the other players beside a function
- key. To send a message, hold down this key and talk into the mic.
- Any combination of keys can be held down to talk to one or more
- players in the game.
-
-
- Sound Card Advice
- =================
-
- SoundBlaster
- ------------
-
- Assault Rigs is compatible with all SoundBlaster cards and all
- cards offering 100% compatibility with SoundBlaster.
-
- The sound effects in Assault Rigs need a BLASTER environment to be set.
- This is data the game can use to get the sound card settings.
-
- The BLASTER environment variable is usually set in the autoexec.bat file
- and looks something like:
-
- SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5
- ^ ^ ^ ^
- | | | |
- | | | --- 16bit DMA channel, choice: 5,6 or 7
- | | |
- | | --- 8bit DMA channel, choice: 0,1 or 3
- | |
- | --- Interrupt number, choice: 2,5 or 7
- |
- --- Base Address, choice: usually 220 or 240
-
- It can also be set at the DOS prompt by typing in the above line.
-
- It is important that each part of the line is correct and matches the
- setting on the card.
-
- The Assault Rigs installation program will check to see if a BLASTER
- line is set. If not, or if the currently set line is not correct,
- you will have the chance to change the settings in the installation
- program. This will then add a line in the rigs.bat batch file, which
- should be used to run the game. This will ensure that the BLASTER line
- is set each time you run Assault Rigs.
-
- If your sound card is not a SoundBlaster card, but a compatible one,
- please ensure that it is in SoundBlaster mode before running Assault
- Rigs. A full sound card installation is recommended for all cards.
-
-
- Gravis UltraSound
- -----------------
-
- Assault Rigs also works with the Gravis Ultrasound sound card.
- The GUS needs an ULTRASND environment variable to be set. This contains
- the sound card settings needed for the game's sound effects.
-
- The ULTRASND environment variable is usually set in the autoexec.bat
- file and looks something like:
-
- SET ULTRASND=220,1,3,7,5
-
- The Assault Rigs installation program will check to see if a
- ULTRASND line is set. If not, or if the currently set line is not
- correct, you will have the chance to change the settings in the
- installation program. This will then add a line in the rigs.bat
- batch file, which should be used to run the game. This will ensure
- that the ULTRASND line is set each time you run Assault Rigs.
-
- If you are using the network chat feature with a GUS, ensure that the
- play and record DMA channels are different, these are the second and
- third numbers in the above ULTRASND line.
-
-
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