========================================== Crashday - ReadMe ========================================== Stay up to date and join the Crashday community at http://www.atari.com/crashday If you want to know more about Atari and their other titles, please visit http://www.atari.com/ Copyright by moon byte Studios / Replay Studios. "Crashday" is a trademark of moon byte Studios. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, rental, public performance, or broadcast of this game is a violation of applicable laws. ========================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS ========================================== 1. INTRODUCTION 2. INSTALLATION & SETUP a - System Requirements b - Installing the Game c - Starting the Game d - Default Control Assignments 3. TROUBLESHOOTING a - Performance Tips b - Graphics Issues c - Network Issues d - Other Issues 4. SUPPORT INFORMATION a - Instruction Manual b - Installing Adobe? Reader? 6.0 c - Trademarks and Copyright 5. HINTS 6. SPECIAL THANKS ========================================== 1. INTRODUCTION ========================================== Thanks for purchasing "Crashday" and welcome to the readme file! This readme contains additional information and last-minute changes on the game that appeared too late to be integrated into the manual. It shall also help you solving any problems you might have running Crashday properly. It's Crashday - Enjoy! ========================================== 2. INSTALLATION & SETUP ========================================== a - System Requirements ======================= Before attempting to install Crashday, please verify that your computer meets the minimum requirements listed below. Minimum requirements: Processor: 1.5 Ghz Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP Memory: 512 MB RAM CD-ROM Drive X32 Harddisk Space: 1 GB Video: 64MB DirectX 8.1 compatible graphics card (GeForce 3/Radeon 8500/similar with pixel shader and vertex shader support) Audio: DirectX compatible sound card Direct X 9.0c (included on CD-ROM) To run Crashday in highest detail settings and high framerate, please verify that your computer meets the recommended requirements listed below. Recommended requirements: Processor: 2.5 Ghz Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP Memory: 1024 MB RAM CD-ROM Drive X32 Harddisk Space: 1 GB Video: 256MB DirectX 9.0 compatible graphics card Audio: DirectX compatible sound card Direct X 9.0c (included on CD-ROM) Please guarantee, that all other applications (especially CPU and memory consuming real-time or graphics applications, anti-virus software or other games) are being closed prior to launching the game to guarantee for a maximum of performance. TIP: If your computer is equipped with only 512 MB of RAM and it has been running since a long time, restarting your computer can often free up some system memory. b - Installing the Game ======================== 1. Insert the disc of Crashday into your CD-ROM Drive. 2. If Autoplay is enabled on your system, the setup of Crashday will launch automatically. If nothing happens after inserting the CD-ROM into the drive, click on "My Computer", double-click on the CD-ROM drive icon, then double-click on "Setup". Setup will now be launched. 3. Once setup is running, follow the on-screen instructions. In order to play back videos properly, you will need to have the Windows Media Player 9 codecs installed. If these codecs are not installed on your computer, please install them from the WM9 folder on the disc. If you experience problems playing back videos, please refer to the troubleshooting section. c - Starting the Game ====================== 1. Insert the disc of Crashday into your CD-ROM Drive. 2. If you answered "Yes" when the installer asked you whether you wanted to create a desktop shortcut, double click on the desktop shortcut to launch Crashday. If you did not create a desktop shortcut, click on the Start Menu, then select "Programs" (or "All Programs" in Windows XP), then select "Atari", then "Crashday", then click on the "Crashday" icon to launch Crashday. d - Default Control Assignments =============================== The default key control assignments are listed below. To reassign them, start the game, go to "Options" and then "Controls". Up - Accelerate Down - Brake/Reverse Left/Right - Steer left/right Spacebar - Handbrake V - Use nitro B - Fire minigun N - Fire missile C - Change camera view R - Recover vehicle Tab - Look back H - Use horn X - Send chat message Page down - External camera Delete - "Freeze mode" ========================================== 3. TROUBLESHOOTING ========================================== a - Performance Tips ==================== To adjust the graphics setup, start the game, go to "Options" and then "Graphics". CPU speed and/or graphics card: old configuration - "very low" to "medium" detail setup medium configuration - "medium" to "high" detail setup high end configuration - "very high" detail setup Graphics card memory: 64 MB - use "low" or "medium" textures 128 MB - use "medium" or "best" textures 256 MB - use "best" textures TIP: If you are running on a low memory system with 512MB RAM and you are experience strong interruptions during gameplay, reducing texture resolution by one level can help improving performance. TIP: Reducing the screen resolution always improves the general framerate. On low memory graphics cards this can also free up more graphics card memory to allow for higher resolution textures. TIP: Sound costs a significant amount of computation time in Crashday; especially if your computer is equipped with an onboard sound chip. If you experience heavy performance problems, turning off sound can help improving the performance (not recommended for gameplay quality). b - Graphics Issues =================== Outdated or incorrect video drivers are the cause of the majority of video issues. Before contacting support, ensure you have the latest production (release) drivers for your video card. * ATI Technologies (http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html) * NVIDIA (http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp) Crashday requires at least a DirectX 8.1 graphics card with vertex and pixel shader support to run. Some graphics cards do not meet these requirements even though they might have the required video memory available. Here is a non-exhaustive list of video cards that are not supported: Intel 82810 Integrated Graphics Intel 82815 Integrated Graphics Intel 82830M Integrated Graphics Intel 82845G Integrated Graphics Intel 82852 Integrated Graphics Intel 82855 Integrated Graphics Intel 82915G GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82910GL GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82915GV GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82855GM Extreme Graphics 2 Intel 82865G Extreme Graphics 2 Intel 82865GV Extreme Graphics 2 Matrox P750 Matrox Parhelia Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Mobile Intel 910GML Express Integrated Graphics Nvidia GeForce 4 MX 440 Nvidia GeForce 4 420 Go Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Go Nvidia GeForce 4 460 Go SiS Xabre series video cards XGI Volari V3 series video cards XGI Volari V8 series video cards Graphical issues were noticed in the menu interfaces on very few graphics cards. Flickering grey triangles or a "foggy" blueish appearance were being observed. These effects only happened on the first run of Crashday before driving the first race. These issues did not come up again until the graphics card was removed from the motherboard and plugged back in. ATI 9xxx series performance problems: At the time of writing an issue related to the ATI 9xxx graphics card series has been discovered. The game runs with constantly low FPS during a race. We are working on a fix for this problem to solve it either a game update or a driver update from ATI. Please make sure you have your latest video drivers installed. c - Network Issues =================== "I cannot play multiplayer mode at all." - If you are using an Internet firewall (such as the default software firewall in Windows XP), please verify that either the application executable (.exe file) or the port numbers used by the game are enabled for incoming and outgoing connections. "I cannot connect to the master server." - If you experience difficulties to connect to the master server, please make sure that you have the latest game updates installed. In many situations it helps to simply reconnect, as the master server could have been busy during a bunch of connection attempts. "Other players cannot join my games." - If you are connected to the Internet through a router from inside a local network, please verify that the router properly forwards incoming messages to your computer. For some routers it is required to configure "port forwarding" to redirect the ports used by the game to your local computer's IP address. Please consult your router manual how to set up port forwarding. If incoming requests are blocked or not forwarded properly, other players might not be able to join your games. To find out which port numbers are used by Crashday, start the game, go to "Multiplayer", then go to "Network Settings". Default port is "9000". d - Other Issues ================ "A required security module can not be activated." / "Emulator detected! Please deactivate virtual drive and emulation software." - This error message is related to the SecuROM copy protection: "A required security module can not be activated" could have different reasons: 1. Emulation tools like Antiblaxx, Virtual CD H...
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