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- Microsoft NFL Fever 2000 README File
- July 1999
- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999
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- Welcome to Microsoft NFL Fever 2000
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-
- This document contains important information and late-breaking
- news about Microsoft NFL Fever 2000. For more information on
- playing the game, see the online Player's Guide. To access the
- Player's Guide, click the Help button in the upper right corner
- of any pregame screen and then click Player's Guide.
-
- For Microsoft Product Support information, see Support.txt.
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- Contents
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- A. Setup
- B. System Requirements
- C. Known Issues
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- A. Setup
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- Before installing Microsoft NFL Fever 2000, please uninstall any
- previous versions of the game via the Control Panel, Add/Remove
- Programs icon. To install, run Setup.exe from the root of the
- Microsoft NFL Fever 2000 CD. When setup is complete, you must
- restart your machine to play the game.
-
- Note: The first time you start the game, you will be shown the
- Options dialog. Adjust the Display, Sound, Performance, and
- Settings options to optimize NFL Fever 2000 performance on your
- machine. By default, only the lowest detail settings are selected.
- You can change game options in the future from the Options menu,
- which is located in the upper-right corner of the Main screen.
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- Note: You can't change the display Driver and Resolution options
- once a game has started.
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- B. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- * Multimedia PC with a 200 MHz processor
- (300 MHz or higher recommended)
- * Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system
- * 32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
- * Quad-speed CD-ROM drive (8x or faster recommended)
- * Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
- * Windows 95 or Windows 98 compatible sound device
- * Headphones or speakers for audio
- * Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor
- * DirectX 6.1 (included on CD)
- * 2 MB VRAM card (for software rasterizer only) -or-
- 4MB VRAM card (for hardware acceleration)
- * 50 MB hard disk space (minimum install) Additional space
- is required for DirectX 6.1 installation and Windows swap file)
- * 50 MB or greater of virtual memory
- * Recommended: Microsoft Direct 3D-compliant 3D graphics
- accelerator card and 8MB VRAM.
- * Recommended: Microsoft SideWinder game pad
- or other 8-button game pad
- * Recommended: Windows 95 or Windows 98 compatible 28.8 or
- higher baud modem for online registration
- * Compatibility: Supports AGP Technology
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- Note: NFL Fever 2000 requires DirectX 6.1 for accelerated 3D
- graphics support, which is not supported on Windows NT 4.0 or
- earlier. You can install the game on NT, but this not supported
- or recommended.
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- C. KNOWN ISSUES
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- * Team rosters and player ratings are accurate as of July 1, 1999.
- Please visit the NFL Fever 2000 website to download an update
- of this data.
- The URL is http://www.microsoft.com/sports/fever2000/
-
- * If your computer has Mindspring Internet Service Provider
- software installed, a program called ARMON32.EXE may be running
- that can cause problems when NFL Fever 2000 tries to verify that
- its program CD is available. To temporarily disable ARMON32.EXE
- and avoid the problem, hold down CTRL+ALT+DELETE to bring up the
- Close Program window. Find ARMON32.EXE in the list of running
- programs, click on it, and choose End Task. Then, launch NFL Fever
- 2000.
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- * If you are running the game on Windows 95 Gold (Windows 95
- version 950), you may not hear audio in the game. To correct
- this, install audio compression. To do this, click Start,
- Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup.
- Under Components, select Multimedia, then click the Details
- button. Check the Audio Compression box and click OK. Make
- sure the Multimedia box is checked, and click OK. Then,
- restart NFL Fever 2000.
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- * Certain CD-ROM drives may have difficulty playing audio during
- NFL Fever 2000 setup and/or the introductory video. This will
- not effect gameplay.
-
- * NFL Fever was designed to run with a 6-button (or more)
- game pad, 8-button recommended. If your game pad does not have
- a "Start" button, you will not be able to access the paused-
- game menu if you're playing with more than one player. If you
- are playing with one player, you can press the keyboard ESC
- key.
-
- * In rare cases, the fonts required for NFL Fever 2000 do not
- install correctly during Setup, and the text in the game UI is
- unreadable. If this occurs, go to the \Game directory on the
- NFL Fever 2000 CD and copy the following files to the
- \windows\fonts directory on your machine:
- - trebuc.ttf
- - trebucbd.ttf
- - trebucbi.ttf
- - trebucit.ttf
-
- * If you rename a user-created Play file, the internal name that
- is displayed in the game remains the same as it was.
-
- * If you save a game, exit the game, and then make global
- changes, such as changing audibles or player attributes, then
- those changes will not be reflected when you load the saved
- game. The changes will be valid in games, seasons, and playoffs
- you begin after the global changes.
-
- * If the Desktop and Window background colors on your machine
- are both set to light gray, you will not be able to see
- right-click Help text in the game interface. To correct this,
- exit NFL Fever 2000. Then, select Start, Settings, Control
- Panel, Display, and Appearance. Under "Item:" select "Window"
- and under "Color" select white. Restart NFL Fever 2000.
-
- * If you are using any of the following video cards you may
- experience graphics problems. Please make sure you have the
- latest drivers installed on your machine before
- running NFL Fever 2000 with these cards:
- ** Matrox Mystique
- ** Matrox Millenium II
- ** Rendition Verite 1000
- ** Diamond Stealth 3D 2000
- ** Diamond Monster 3D
- ** Diamond Fire GL 1000 PRO
- ** Diamond Viper V330, V770, and V770 Ultra
- ** Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Exxtreme
- ** Quantum3D Obsidian2
- ** Hercules Terminator Beast
- ** ATI 3D Rage Pro
- ** Voodoo II-based card
- ** STB Velocity 4400
- ** ELSA Erasor III (TNT2)
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- Card-specific information:
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- * Hercules Terminator Beast video card: You may experience
- problems running NFL Fever 2000 in the 1024x768 resolution. To
- solve this problem, please make sure you are using the latest
- drivers.
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- * Diamond Viper V330 video card: 3D hardware rendering may not be
- available. To fix this problem, download drivers from NVidia.com
- for the Riva 128.
-
- * Diamond Viper V770 or V770 Ultra video
- card on Windows 95 Gold (Windows 95 version 950) or Windows 95
- OSR2 (Windows 95 version 950B or 950C): You will not be able
- to select the video card in the Display, Options dialog. You
- will only be able to play NFL Fever 2000 in software mode.
-
- * ATI 3D Rage Pro-based video card: You may experience
- problems with mipmapping, especially if filtering is off. We
- recommend that you turn mipmapping off when using this card.
- The mipmapping on/off selector is under Options, Display.
-
- * ATI Rage Pro video card: This card does not support AGP on
- Windows 95 Gold (Windows 95 version 950) or
- Windows 95 OSR2 (Windows 95 version 950B or 950C). In these
- configurations, you will only be able to run the game in
- 640x480 with low-resolution texture detail.
-
- * ATI Rage IIc AGP video card: You may experience poor 3D graphics
- performance, even with the latest drivers for this card. We do not
- recommend using this card with NFL Fever 2000.
-
- * NVidia RIVA 128/128ZX video card: You may experience problems
- with mipmapping. We recommend that you turn mipmapping off when
- using this card. The mipmapping on/off selector is under
- Options, Display.
-
- * Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Exxtreme video card: If the
- card's name doesn't appear in the Options, Display, Driver list,
- please make sure you are using the latest drivers available.
-
- * Creative Labs Graphics Blaster Exxtreme video card: If you are
- using old drivers, the loading screen may appear corrupted and/or
- off-centered. This does not affect gameplay.
-
- * Voodoo II-based video card: The game may not use hardware
- acceleration. To correct this, please install the latest drivers
- for this card.
-
- * STB Velocity 128 video card: You will encounter a
- performance hit before and during the first kickoff of a game
- and during the first play from scrimmage. After the first few
- plays, the performance should greatly improve.
-
- * S3 Virge VX-based video card (e.g. Diamond Stealth 3D 3000):
- You may experience performance problems. We recommend that you
- run the game in software mode.
-
- * RIVA TNT2-based video card: You may experience graphics
- problems if an edit-control window (such as Save Game) is open
- and you ALT-TAB to Windows and back to the game. If the dialog
- doesn't display properly after you ALT-TAB back to the game,
- right-click anywhere on the screen and then left-click (to bring
- up and dismiss help) to correct the problem. This will work for
- all edit-control dialogs except "Create Free Agent,"
- so do not ALT-TAB out of that screen.
-
- * RIVA TNT2-based video card: The card may not
- appear in the NFL Fever 2000 Options, Display, Drivers list.
- The latest TNT2 reference drivers from NVidia will solve this
- problem.
-
- * ELSA Erasor III video card: You can fix the ALT-TAB problem
- described above for RIVA TNT2-based video cards by installing the
- latest drivers for this card from ELSA.
-
- * If your machine includes two 2D/3D cards, the second card may
- not appear in the Drivers list under Options, Display. Please
- consult your video card manufacturer for information on how to
- disable a 2D/3D card.
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