Killer Loop Demo - killerloop@cravegames.com Beta Version 0.98 ReadMe File November 9, 1999 This is a beta release of the Killer Loop demo. This demo will allow you to race on the Hawaii track in time trial and championship modes. The full version of Killer Loop will include 8 tracks, over 12 tripods (some secret), along with different race modes and more. If you experience any problems with this demo, please send us a detailed description of the problem along with the following specs of your machine: CPU processor and speed, type of video card and amount of RAM. Please send this information to killerloop@cravegames.com This document contains additional information about the Killer Loop demo as well as supplemental technical information about any hardware conflicts and compatibility problems that have come to our attention. Installation Note You must have a version of DirectX 6.1 or greater already installed on your machine before you play the Killer Loop demo. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 100% Microsoft Windows 95 compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for CD-ROM, video card, sound card and input devices) Processor Type: Pentium 166MHz (with MMX), Pentium II 233MHz Recommended. RAM: 32 MB, 64 MB Recommended. Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating system. Requires DirectX 6.1 or later. Requires Glide 2.4 or later for 3Dfx hardware mode, Glide 3.0 Recommended. Requires 30MB of uncompressed disk space for game files plus 50MB for the Windows swap file. 16-bit High Color video card with minimum 1MB RAM (Software mode) 4 MB RAM Recommended. 16-bit High Color video card with minimum 4MB RAM (Hardware mode) 8 MB RAM Recommended. 100% Windows 95 or 98 compatible sound card and drivers. 100% Windows 95 or 98 compatible mouse and driver optional. 100% Windows 95 or 98 compatible Joystick optional. 3D Cards - Optional Feature This game uses Microsoft's Direct 3D for most video cards or Glide for 3Dfx compatible video cards to support 3D hardware acceleration. It has been tested on many but not all of the major cards incorporating the chipsets listed below. Chipsets tested as of product release: 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics, 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee, 3Dfx Voodoo 2, 3Dfx Voodoo 3, Number 9, Nvidia Riva 128 and TNT, Permedia 2, ATI Rage Pro and 128GL, Matrox G200 and G400. Resolution Some video cards may allow you to change to 1024 X 768 or 1280 x 1024 resolution even though the card itself does not have enough memory to run in that resolution. Your game will not run when you drop into the real-time mode. If you encounter this problem, limit your resolutions to 640 x 480 or 800 x 600. Also, you may need a very fast CPU (Pentium III 500 or higher) to run in resolutiuons above 800 X 600 as the framerate may be too low. If you feel that the framerate is unacceptable try lowering the resolution. You can use the chart below to guide you. RESOLUTION MIN. VIDEO MEMORY CPU 640 X 480 4 MB Pentium II 233 800 X 600 8 MB Pentium II 300 1024 X 768 8 MB Pentium II 450 1280 X 1024 16 MB Pentium III 500 Known Issues The Integraph Intense 3D video card (3Dfx Voodoo Rush) does not work in D3D Accelerated or 3Dfx (Glide) modes. This will be fixed in the final version of Killer Loop. The ATI Rage Pro video card does not work at resolutions over 640X480. This will be fixed in the final version of Killer Loop. Using a Matrox G200 might cause re-alignment of icons on your desktop after quitting. If it does, right click on your desktop and select auto-arrange icons. If you press Alt-Tab while racing in D3d Accelerated mode, and attempt to Alt-Tab back into it, the graphics may be severly corrupted. If you are using a Voodoo Banshee video card, do not alt-tab within a race. This will cause your computer to crash. Audio might cut out at resolutions lower than 640X480 when using a sound card with a Crystal PnP CS4232 Sound chipset. The maximum playable resolution for a Voodoo 1 card is 640X480. In order to use a third mouse button, your windows mouse software must be running and the button assigned as a middle or 3rd button within the software. Video Card Drivers Most video problems occur because the latest drivers for the video card in use have not been installed. You can download these drivers from the Internet. If you are experiencing problems with Killer Loop Demo, look for your video card below to find the Web address where you can download the appropriate drivers. Creative Graphics Blaster 3D Creative Graphics Blaster Exxtreme Creative Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT/TNT2 http://support.soundblaster.com/files/download.asp Intergraph Intense 3D 100 http://www.intergraph.com/ics/i3d100/ Diamond Stealth 3000 Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 Diamond Stealth II S220 Diamond Stealth II G460 Diamond Monster 3D Diamond Viper Series http://www.diamondmm.com/products/drivers/driver-index.html Matrox MGA Millennium series Matrox MGA Mystique 200 or 400 Matrox MGA Mystique series Matrox Millennium II series Matrox Productiva G100 AGP http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/latest_drivers/home.htm Rendition Verite 1000 http://www.rendition.com/download.html Revolution IV(HawkEye, DirectX) 9FX Motion 531 9FX Reality 334 http://www.nine.com/support/drivers ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X ATI 3D Rage Pro ATI Rage II ATI Rage II+ ATI 128GL http://support.atitech.ca/drivers/drivers.html STB Nitro 3D (S3 Virge-DX/GX 375/385) http://www.stb.com/drivers/nitro/nt3d.html STB Velocity 128 3D PCI http://www.stb.com/drivers/velocity/vl128.html S3 Velocity 3D (S3 Virge-VX PCI) http://www.s3.com/swlib/ Orchid Righteous 3D http://www.orchid.com/support/driverlist.html 3DLabs Permedia 2 3D http://www.3dlabs.com/drivers/index.html Hercules Thriller 3D Hercules Power Drive http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers/ 3Dfx reference drivers (for all Voodoo cards) http://www.3dfx.com NVidia reference drivers (for all RIVA/TNT/TNT2 cards) http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_drivers.html Grafixstar Apocalypse (NEC PCX2 chipsets) http://www.videologic.com/software/software.htm ASUS 3DexPlorer 3000 http://www.asus.com/downloads/driversidx.asp