Last minutes notes about V-Rally 1. Users of Digital Joypads Playing V-Rally with a joypad such as the Microsoft Side Winder may get unpleasant results. This is because the game thinks that the pad is a joystick. As a a consequence, it makes the steering feel too positive. We have added the facility to make the joypad work better. Select the Player Options menu from the primary menu screen. If the game has detected a joystick, there is an additional button that makes the pad react in a digital way (just like the keyboard). 2. Network Play A network game is initiated by firstly selecting a protocol. This can be either TCP IP which works accross the Internet, or IPX which is generally the protocol available on Local Area Networks. The players must first decide which protocol is to be used. Always connect to the internet before attempting to play V-Rally through TCP/IP. Now one player must be nominated as the network master. You should really choose the computer that has the most speed. This player then creates a game session. The players wishing to compete in this session must select join game and choose the session that has been created from the Session Select screen. You may now chat in the lobby. Select the entry line by clicking with the mouse, or using the TAB key. Type your message and to send hit the enter key. Your message will then be transmitted to all the other players in the Lobby. The master is the only player that can select the type of game and the level. Players are given the oportunity to change thier cars and options in the menu following. AT any point, the players may decide to leave the game. Should the network master decide to leave the game, he will nominate a new master before he leaves. ALSO Should you join a game where the race has already started, dont worry. You need not wait until the race is over, you may join at any time. You will take over an existing computer car that has ben racing on your behalf. However, should master realise a new player is to join the race, he makes the computer car stop. Remember you have no advantage joining the race late! Players may abort a network game at any stage and return back to the lobby. 3. CD Volumes We have noticed that on some computers the Multi Media services can not change the volume level on the CD players. Should the volume controls for the music not change the CD audio tracks, use the Windows mixing desk. 4. Gamma Correction on Glide 3dfx cards On some 3dfx cards the graphics may appear very bright or alternatively very dark. This effect can be tuned by using the option called Gamma Correction. To find this option use the game options menu from the primary menu screen. We have found that on some versions of Glide for the 3dfx cards, the Gamma is not affected. Should you find this problem, it is rectified by using the global Gamma correction found on the windows desk top. Right click on the windows desk top and choose 3dfx options. There you will find a sliding bar that indicates the Gamma values. Move this slider to select the options you reqire in the game. 5. In case of problems If you have any problem of graphic or sound in the game, please be sure to have the latests drivers and check if your video or sound card is fully compatible with DirectX. See the list below for contacting your hardware manufacturer. If you have any problem with your voodoo card, you can try to install the drivers provided with V-Rally, you can find them in the directory named 3fdx on your V-Rally CD. 6. Listing of Hardware Manufacturer Driver Update WWW Pages Note: The homepage of the majority of the sites listed below may be reached by removing everything in the URL after the third forward slash. Computer Companies: Acer - http://www.acer.com/aac/support/index.htm AST - http://www.ast.com/support/files.htm Compaq - http://www.compaq.com/support/files Dell Computers - http://www.dell.com/filelib Gateway 2000 - http://www.gw2k.com Hewlett Packard -http://www.hp.com/cposupport/cpoindex.html Hitachi - http://www.hitachi.com/index95.html IBM - http://www.pc.ibm.com/support?page=root Micron - http://www.mei.micron.com/support/file_lib/file.html NEC - http://www.nec.com/cgi-bin/list.exe?product=drivers Packard Bell - http://www.packardbell.com/support/ftp/00index.asp Quantex - http://kb.quantex.com/bbsqtx.htm Sony - http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/ Toshiba - http://www.toshiba.com/ Video Cards: 3Dfx - http://www.3dfx.com/download/download.html ATI - http://support.atitech.ca/drivers/drivers.html Aztech Labs - http://www.aztechca.com/aztfiles.html Cirrus Logic - http://www.cirrus.com/drivers Creative Labs - http://www.soundblaster.com/home.html Diamond MM - http://www.diamondmm.com/products/product-support.html Gallant - http://www.gallantcom.com/www/support.html Genoa Systems - http://www.genoasys.com Guillemot - http://www.guillemot.com/usa2/index2.html Hercules - http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers Intergraphics - http://www.intergraphics.com Matrox - http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/ftp.htm Number 9 - http://www.nine.com Nvidia - http://www.nvidia.com/home.html PowerVR - http://www.powervr.com Oak Tech. - http://www.oaktech.com Opti - http://www.opti.com Orchid - http://www.orchid.com/support Real3D - http://www.real3d.com/support/drivers.asp Reveal - http://www.reveal.com S3 - http://www.s3.com/bbs/0main/topindex.htm STB - http://www.stb.com/drivers/ Sound Cards: Aria - ftp://ftp.wi.leidenuniv.nl/pub/audio/aria/drivers Aztech Labs - http://www.aztechca.com/aztfiles.html Creative Labs - http://www.soundblaster.com/home.html Diamond MM - http://www.diamondmm.com/products/product-support.html Ensoniq - http://www.ensoniq.com ESS - http://www.esstech.com Gallant - http://www.gallantcom.com/www/support.html Guillemot - http://www.guillemot.com/usa2/index2.html Multi-Wave - http://www.multiwave.com Pioneer - http://www.pgb.pioneer.co.uk/pioneer/support/pion_drv.htm Oak Tech. - http://www.oaktech.com Opti - http://www.opti.com Panasonic - http://www.panasonic.com Roland - http://www.rolandus.com Sony - http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/storage/drivers.html TEAC - http://www.teac.com/dsp/dsp.html Turtle Beach - http://www.tbeach.com/ Modems: Hayes - http://www.hayes.com 3Com - http://www.3com.com US Robotics - http://www.usr.com/home/online/ Cardinal - http://www.cardtech.com/support/ Input Devices: Logitech - http://support.logitech.com Gravis - http://www.gravis.com/Public CH Products - http://www.chproducts.com Techmedia - http://www.techmedia.net/support.htm Thrustmaster - http://www.thrustmaster.com CD-ROM’s: Gallant - http://www.gallantcom.com/www/support.html Philips - http://www.semiconductors.philips.com Pioneer - http://www.pgb.pioneer.co.uk/pioneer/support/pion_drv.htm Mitsumi - http://www.mitsumi.com/drivers.htm Misc: Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/hardware Sierra On-Line - http://www.sierra.com 7. How to contact us E-mail : helpline@infogrames.co.uk Helpline : (44) 0161 827 8060 Or contact the Infogrames site at: Http: //www.infogrames.com Or by writing to this address: Infogrames UK - Customer Service Department - 21, Castle Street - CASTLEFIELD MANCHESTER M3 4LZ - ENGLAND All vehicles, company names, trademarks and logos present in the game, are reproduced and used with the formal authorisation of the owners. Company names, logos and trademarks are protected by Intellectual Property Rights. (c) Infogrames Multimedia 1998 V-Rally is a trademark of Infogrames. All rules and events represented in the game are fictitious and are made to create the best entertainment value in the video game. Results of the game will only reflect the ability of the player. The virtual vehicles in the game are not to be considered as a portrayal of reality. V-Rally game play and rules are copyrighted.