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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six DEMO Readme
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From the Development Team
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This is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Demo! Please be sure to read this text file, as it contains
important information regarding gameplay in Rainbow Six. Also, customer support and other useful
contact information is included.
============
Known Issues
============
Rainbow Six does not support the Windows key, the Alt-Tab key, and other keyboard
shortcuts for switching applications.
Saving or deleting a plan file will fail if the file is write-protected.
Holding down an action key or a mouse button at the same time you use ESC to call up
the quick menu from the 3-D action interface may cause control problems when you re-enter
the action interface.
Clicking an action key or a mouse button while the action interface is loading may
cause control problems when you enter the action interface.
=============
General Notes
=============
If you experience trouble with the chase camera in third-person mode, switch to
first-person mode and back to clear it.
Key bindings are stored in the file sherman.kmp. This file may be copied and replaced
if you want to swap out multiple sets of bindings.
If you have trouble running Rainbow Six, save a copy of the file sherman.log. This file
may help tech support diagnose the problem.
If you have a Microsoft Intellipoint mouse and you want to assign an action key to
the center wheel button, be sure that the wheel's button assignment is set to "default".
If Rainbow Six is running slowly on your system, several options may improve performance:
* Turn off fog in the video options.
* Turn off music in the sound options.
* Turn off the Max Sounds option. This limits the number of effects played simultaneously.
* Switch to a lower screen resolution.
* While in the 3-D action phase, use the minus key to shrink the 3-D portion of the screen.
========
AI Notes
========
Computer-controlled teams maintain an internal priority list to determine who will go
first if there is a conflict. For instance, if you make a plan that sends the blue and
red teams through a door simultaneously, the red team will wait for the blue team to
move before proceeding. Occasionally a team may think its way is blocked by a higher
priority team even when it isn't. This can be avoided by increasing the distance between
the paths the two teams take.
If you take personal command of a computer-controlled team and lead them far off their
planned path, they may not be able to return to their plan when you switch out of them.
If this happens, take command again and steer them back onto their path.
While your computer-controlled teams will do their best to carry out your orders, there
are some situations that they will not handle gracefully: Sending a team down a ladder
while another team is climbing up the same ladder, sending two teams in opposite
directions through the same door at the same time, crowding multiple teams into small
rooms, etc. As a general rule, if a plan would cause chaos and confusion for the team
in the real world, it will do so in the game.
===========
Video Notes
===========
Rainbow Six requires at least 2 megabytes of texture memory to run properly with hardware
acceleration. On cards with less memory the textures will be reduced to fit the
available space. This may result in an unacceptable degradation of image quality. You
can force the game to render in software mode (which will use full resolution textures)
by setting the Force Software flag in the video options.
On some video cards (including the Voodoo and Voodoo 2) switching between hardware and
software rendering in the game may cause transparency problems. This problem can be
fixed by exiting and reentering the game.
On some video cards, in some resolutions, a line of erroneous pixels may appear on the
right side of the rendering window. These pixels only appear in software mode and can
be eliminated by switching resolution.
For a complete list of supported hardware cards, please check our website at
http://www.redstorm.com.
======================
Hardware Compatibility
======================
The game runs on AMD and Cyrix processors.
============================
Customer Support Information
============================
Please make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements before
contacting us as our Support representatives can not help customers whose computers
do not meet the minimum requirements.
Whenever you contact Technical Support please make sure you include the following
information:
Complete Product Title (including version number)
Exact error message reported (if any) and a brief description of the problem
Processor speed and manufacturer
Amount of RAM
CD-ROM drive
Specific Sound and Video card
Operating system
Specific type of modem you are using (for problems involving multiplayer gaming)
Contact us on the Web:
Our website contains the most up-to-date Technical Support information available. We
keep the Support pages updated daily so please check here first for solutions to your
problems.
http://www.redstorm.com/gamershq/support.html
Contact us by Email:
If you don't have access to the World Wide Web, you can email our Support Department
directly at Support@redstorm.com. E-mail support can take 24-72 hours depending on the
volume of messages.
Contact us by Phone:
This number is for technical assistance only. Hints and tips will not be given our over
the Technical Support line. When calling our Technical Support line please make sure
you are in front of your computer and have all the necessary information on hand.
(919) 460-9778
Our Support representatives are available to help you :
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
-Red Storm Entertainment's Tip Line-
All the hints, tricks, and Cheats! Under 18, please have you parents' permission.
Touchtone phones only.
1-900-288-CLUE (2583) $.95/min
Red Storm Entertainment's Website
http://www.redstorm.com
=================
Legal Information
=================
TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX
LIMITED USE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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=====================
Copyright Information
=====================
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (c) 1998 by Red Storm Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Red Storm Entertainment and the Red Storm Entertainment Logo are
trademarks of Red Storm Entertainment. Windows(r) 95 is a registered trademark of Microsoft
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We hope you enjoy playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Demo!