TDR2000 Readme PLEASE READ Welcome to TDR2000 This document contains valuable information about running TDR2000. 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2. DIRECTX 7.0a 3. GAME LAUNCHER 4. IN-GAME CONTROLS 5. TROUBLESHOOTING 6. QA REPORT ON D3D SUPPORT AND PERFORMANCE 7. 3D CARD SUPPORT SITES 8. CONTACT 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Minimum Spec: Intel Pentium II 266 / AMD K6-2 300Mhz 32MB RAM Windows 95/98 Hardware Accelerated Mode: DirectX 7 supported D3D Accelerated Graphics Card with 8Mb RAM or above (D3D performance will vary from card to card) Software Mode: DirectX 7 supported 8Mb graphics card 400MB hard drive space DirectX 7 supported soundcard 8 x Speed CD-ROM or above 200MB Swap file Full Performance Recommended Spec: Intel Pentium III / AMD Athlon / 500Mhz 64MB RAM Windows 95/98 DirectX 7 supported D3D Accelerated Graphics Card with 32Mb RAM or above 400MB hard drive space DirectX 7 supported soundcard 8 x Speed CD-ROM or above 200MB Swap File 2. DIRECTX 7.0a TDR2000 has been optimised for DirectX 7.0a, in order to take advantage of this optimisation you are strongly advised to install DirectX 7.0a when prompted to. Hardware Acceleration TDR2000 runs in Direct3D, this ensures that the game provides the best performance on the widest range of 3D video cards. Software Acceleration TDR2000 runs in software, this ensures that the game provides the best performance on the widest range of 2D video cards. ======================================================================== 3. GAME LAUNCHER When the game starts for the first time it examines the hardware in your PC and works out the best graphics mode to run in (Do Not Change this). You may choose a higher resolution if required (we recommend 640x480 or 800x600) A software mode is available and can be selected via the TDR2000 setup icon placed in your Windows start menu. It is possible to override the options the launcher selects but we recommend playing the game in whatever default mode is initially presented before selecting any alternate modes. In the launcher clicking on the Advanced button offers extra options. If you have any performance issues in Direct3D turning off some of these options may improve the games performance. You may need to install the latest drivers for your graphics and sound card to secure the best performance from the game. These drivers are normally available from your card manufacturer or they may be downloaded from the Internet. (See the 3D CARD SUPPORT SITES below) ======================================================================== 4. IN-GAME CONTROLS Action Default TDR Keys Recover - You?re going to need this one when you manage to flip yourself on your head - Return Turn Left - Left Cursor Key Turn Right - Right Cursor Key Accelerate - Up Cursor Key Brake/Reverse - Down Cursor Key Handbrake - Space Wheel Spin - Z Repair - Double tap this key for full repair but look out, you pay for every repair! - Backspace Map - Don?t get lost now! - Tab Cockpit View - Get up close & personal - F6 or C Change Camera Mode F1 - F9 Auto Target - Gives you a rolling update on your opponents well-being (or lack of it) - T Target Cycle - Set your sights on any opponent and keep track of their state of health - Y HUD On/Off - H Select Powerups - A S Use Power-up - Alt Use Mission Item - Left Ctrl Manual Gear Change Up - Q Manual Gear Change Down - W Action Replay On/Off - Numpad Enter Mission Reminder - / Screen Shot - Prt Scr Race Camera - Move back & up - PgUp Race Camera - Move forward & down - PgDn Show Car Names - Just in case you want to know who you?re running into! - N Open Doors - Great for inflicting a wider damage area. - D Mouse Look - This lets you take a quick peek in the area around your car it?s very handy when you?re looking for stuff in the missions. - L See what opponent cars are doing - M Look backwards - needed alot when you?re being taken from behind! - B ACTION REPLAY CONTROLS Action TDR Keys Play Forward (Normal Speed) - . Play Backward (Normal Speed) - , Pause - P Rewind to Start - R Wind to End- F Backward | Frame - ; Forward | Frame - ? Change Camera - Fancy yourself as a budding director? You?ve got 12 different camera views to play with, have fun! F1 - F12 Record On/Off - Enter ======================================================================== 5. TROUBLE SHOOTING Misc display hardware If you have some textures missing from cars or the level, or indeed any graphical problems, please ensure that you have the latest DirectX 7.0a drivers for your particular display hardware. NVIDIA TNT/TNT2 display hardware TDR2000 defaults to using pixel fog if the display driver reports it is available. Even though some TNT/TNT2/TNT2 Vanta/TNT2 M64 drivers have a setting "enable fog table emulation" (ie. enable pixel fog emulation) that is DISABLED, the driver still reports the pixel fog capability. The result, in this case, will be the game level almost entirely drawn in the fog colour. To fix this, enable fog table emulation in your display settings or modify the display options to disable per pixel fogging. 3DFX Voodoo 2 display hardware On some Voodoo2 drivers, the full motion video will not display unless the game is run at a display resolution of 640x480. At a resolutions greater than 640x480 the menu system may be sluggish. Pausing in game or slow down. This may be because of your 'Windows Swap File' Size. You can adjust the size of your Windows swap file to achieve improved performance. The default configuration allows Windows to set the size of your file. Here in the QA department we found that setting the size of your swap file to roughly 2.5 times the amount of physical RAM you have improves game performance. WARNING: You should not change the size or location of your swap file unless you know what you are doing. ======================================================================== 6. QA REPORT ON D3D SUPPORT AND PERFORMANCE TDR2000 was tested on a Base PC of PII 266 Celeron with 64Mb of RAM using Win98 SE. Since PCs from the same manufacturer and the same model performance and compatibility can vary from PC to PC this table is provided purely for information. As with any PC you should generally try and keep it as healthy as possible, you can do so by doing the following tasks. Scandisk your hard drive on a weekly basis Defragment your hard drive on a weekly basis Virus Check (with the latest virus definitions) your Hard Drive. Verify that you have at least 200MB+ of free hard drive space (after the game has been installed). If your hard drive is running out of space, you can make more space available by deleting/uninstalling unnecessary files on the PC. (NOTE: Never delete files unless you are sure of their use) You must have DirectX 7.0 or above compliant drivers for your video card and sound card for the game to run at it optimum. Please note: You will need to obtain the latest DirectX 7.0 or above drivers from your card manufacturer. If `TDR2000` does not run properly on your video card and you are experiencing graphical glitches this may be the cause. A particular card's performance can not be guaranteed. The following list of videocard are cards that were tested and worked well with the game. We tested all the latest drivers at the time of release. With the Nvidia cards we used Nvidia's own Detonator drivers to test with. All specific card drivers based on this version should be fine as well. On the 3dfx cards the drivers from the official 3dfx site were used. Card Chipset Memory Driver Version 3DFX Voodoo 2 8Mb V3.02.02 3DFX Voodoo Banshee 16Mb V1.04.00 3DFX Voodoo 2 12Mb V3.02.02 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 16Mb V1.04.00 DX7 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 16Mb V1.04.00 DX7 3DFX Voodoo 3 3500 16Mb V1.04.02 3DFX Voodoo 5 5500 16Mb V1.01.00 Matrox G200 G200 8Mb V5.52 Matrox G400 G400 16Mb V5.52 Matrox G400 G400 32Mb V5.52 NVIDIA TNT 16Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA TNT2 32Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA TNT2 Ultra 32Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA TNT2 M64 32Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA TNT2 Vanta 8Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA TNT2 Vanta PCI 32Mb Drivers from CD NVIDIA Geforce 32Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA Geforce DDR 32Mb Detonator 3.68 NVIDIA Geforce 2 GTS 32Mb Detonator 5.22 (Creative 5.30 tested OK aswell) NVIDIA Geforce 2 GTS 64Mb Detonator 5.22 (Hercules 5.22 tested OK aswell) NVIDIA Quadro 64Mb Detonator 3.68 ATI Fury Maxx 64Mb Drivers from CD ATI Rage 128 8MB V4.12 6269 ATI 3D ...
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