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NOTE: Please check www.turok.com for patches and upgrades.
We will continue to work at making Turok 2 a great gaming
experience.
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The readme text below refers to the full retail version.
This demo has been reduced in size for easier download, so
references to drive space required, etc. will not reflect
reality for this demo.
NOTE: Unlike the full retail version, a demo server
requires more info be exchanged with GameSpy Master
Servers. The end result of this is that it may take as
long as 5 minutes after hosting a game for your game to
be listed on a GameSpy Master Server for others to join.
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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Contents
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IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS
Supported chipsets
Minimum CPU speeds
Online manual
Video card drivers must be installed
DirectX 6.1 (or later) must be installed
Drive space
Turn off other applications
Turning music volume off may improve performance
Command line options
Strafe Modifier and Look modifer toggle keys
Y Axis Looking
11 KHz, 22 KHz, and Mono options
Quitting Turok 2
Wait for VRetrace
Direct3D initialization errors
3Dfx VXD error
Glide 3x.dll not found
ComCtl32
Running Turok 2 on a 3Dfx Voodoo or Voodoo 2 card
3Dfx Banshee
S3 Savage
Permedia 2 based video cards
How to Start a Turok2 Dedicated Server (ISPs take note)
Known Microsoft Timer Bug
Pen and Ink Mode
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS
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You may experience difficulties running Turok 2 if you don't have
the latest drivers from the manufacturer of your 3D accelerator
card. Drivers were being changed right up to the last minute as
testing with Turok 2 revealed problems with various cards.
Typically, the chipset makers expect you to go to your card
manufacturer for the latest drivers for their card. Although
the chipset makers supply the 3D chip and driver software to
card manufacturers, the manufacturer may tailor the driver to
their particular board configuration, so the safest place to go
for drivers for your board is the card manufacturer. In some
cases, however, the chip maker also manufacturers the board.
The following is list of web site addresses from which you can
obtain the latest drivers. Also, www.turok.com will contain an
updated list. If Turok 2 has problems running under the drivers
you installed with your card, contact your card manufacturer for
the latest version.
ATI Technologies www.atitech.ca
Canopus www.canopuscorp.com
Creative Labs www.creaf.com
Deltron Technology www.deltrontech.com
Diamond Mulitmedia www.diamondmm.com
Elsa www.elsa.com
Hercules www.hercules.com
Intergraph Computer Sys www.intergraph.com
Jazz Multimedia www.jazzmm.com
Leadtek www.leadtek.com
Matrox www.matrox.com
miro Computer products www.miro.de
Number Nine, www.nine.com
Orchid Technology www.orchid.com
Sierra On-line www.sierra.com/hardware/
STB Systems www.stb.com
TechWorks www.techworks.com
Video Logic www.videologic.com
Supported chipsets
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Usually, but not always, if a board is based on one of the
following chipsets, Turok 2 will run on it.
3Dfx Interactive Voodoo 2
3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Banshee
3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Graphics
Intel 1740
Permedia 1000NT
ATI Technologies 3D Rage Pro
ATI Technologies Rage 128
NEC Electronics PowerVR PCX2
Nvidia Riva TNT
Nvidia Riva 128
S3 Savage
Rendition Verite v2100
Rendition Verite v2200
Matrox G100/G200
Minimum CPU speeds
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With a 3Dfx Voodoo or equivalent, P200. 3Dfx Voodoo 2 or equivalent, P166.
Online manual
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A complete manual for Turok 2 can be accessed as a Windows Help
file directly from the Turok 2 as accessed from Windows Start
Menu, or from the Turok 2 folder that will be installed on your
desktop. Also, the Game Launcher's Main Menu will offer a Help
selection that will take you to the help file. You can find
details not listed in the manual there.
Video card drivers must be installed
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Drivers for your 3D graphics card must be installed prior to
running Turok 2. You typically do this when you first install the
card. If you haven't installed the drivers, a message to the
effect that no hardware accelerator cards or drivers were found
will appear when you start Turok 2.
DirectX 6.1 (or later) must be installed
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Direct X 6.1 is installed as a normal part of the Turok 2
installation process.
Drive space
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Turok 2 requires about 200 MB of hard drive space for a complete
installation. In addition, during gameplay, Turok 2 requests 45
MB of virtual memory from Windows. Depending upon how much RAM
you have, Windows may need to increase the size of your swap
file to accommodate this request (this usually happens
automatically). If this results in not enough disc space, Turok
2 will let you know with a message. If you have another drive
or partition with 200 MB free space, you could try installing
Turok 2 there instead of the default location on C: (where your
swap file probably is). This will free up space on C:, allowing
your swap file to grow larger, and, hopefully, Turok 2 to run.
Turn off other applications
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Other Windows applications left running while playing Turok
could be using system resources that would improve Turok's
performance.
Turning music volume off may improve performance
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Turok 2 reads music (not sound effects) from the CD during
gameplay. Each time the music changes (not very often), the
game may pause for a bit while the CD seeks to the new music.
Setting music volume to its lowest setting will prevent this.
You'll still have sound effects.
Command line options
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-output11k
-output22k
-output44k Although you can select 11Khz or 22Khz samples
in the game menu, by default all sounds will mix into a 44Khz
output buffer. Depending on your sound card, changing the output
buffer's frequency (especially if it matches the selected
sample's frequency) may speed up the sound mixing.
-disableambientsounds Turns off ambient sounds (animal
noises). Could improve performance on slower machines.
Strafe Modifier and Look modifer toggle keys
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On the joystick/pad and mouse setup screens, you can set the Y
Axis Behavior (forward/backward movement of the stick or mouse)
to either cause Turok 2 to look up/down or move forward/backward.
You can temporarily swap these behaviors by pressing and holding
the Look Modifier Toggle key on the keyboard while moving the
controller in the Y axis direction. E.g., if the controller's Y
axis movement normally moves Turok forward/backward, he will
temporarily look up/down if this key is being depressed.
The same approach applies to X Axis Behavior (side-to-side
movement of the stick or mouse) which can be set to rotate or
strafe. Pressing and holding the Strafe Modifier Toggle key
on the keyboard while moving the controller in the X axis
direction will temporarily swap behavior.
Y Axis Looking
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In Setup for joysticks and mice, there is a Y Axis Looking
option. This changes how Turok 2 looks up/down when directed by
joystick/mouse movement in the Y axis (and there are two ways Y
axis movement can cause Turok 2 to look up/down: either the Y Axis
Behavior has been set to look up/down, or the Y axis toggle key,
mentioned above, is causing Y axis movement to look up/down).
If "forward looks up" is checked, Y axis movement in the forward
directi