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- "Heroes of the Pacific" Demo ReadMe - 19-07-05
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- I. Introduction
- II. Installation
- III. Running the Game
- IV. Controls
- V. Memory and Performance
- VI. Graphic and Sound cards
- VII. Known Issues
- VIII. Heroes of the Pacific demo Web Sites
- IX. Technical Support
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- I. Introduction:
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- Thank you for trying the Heroes of the Pacific demo. This file
- contains detailed technical information so please read it through
- carefully.
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- Minimum Specification:
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- - Windows ME/XP/2000
- - DirectX 9.0c
- - Pentium III or Athlon at 1.4GHz
- - 256mb RAM
- - Supported Graphics card
- - DirectX 9 Compatible Sound Card
- - 520mb Hard Drive Space
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- Recommended Specification:
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- - Windows XP/2000
- - Pentium 4 at 2GHz or AthlonXP 2000+
- - 512Mb RAM
- - Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5xxx or Radeon 9xxx
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- Supported Graphics Cards:
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- - ATi Radeon 8500/LE, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600 SE/Pro/XT,
- 9700Pro, 9800 Pro/XT, X700, X800, X850
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- - nVidia GeForce 3/Ti200/Ti500, GeForce4 Ti4200/Ti4600
- GeForce FX5200, FX5600 XT/Ultra, FX5700, FX5800, FX5900, FX5950
- GeForce 6800GT.
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- Not compatible with nForce onboard graphics.
- Not compatible with Geforce 4 MX series cards.
- Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc. Laptops).
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- II. Installation
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- Run 'setup.exe'.
- You will then be asked to enter the directory you wish to install the game to.
- After this the game will install to the chosen directory. Please follow all
- on screen prompts to complete installation.
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- III. Running the Game
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- After you install the Heroes of the Pacific demo there will be a Heroes of the
- Pacific demo shortcut on your desktop. Double-click this to start the game.
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- Alternatively you can start the game by going to:
- Start Menu -> Programs -> Codemasters -> Heroes of the Pacific demo -> Heroes
- of the Pacific demo.
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- IV. Controls
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- The default keyboard controls are given below.
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- Front end and In game pause menu
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- Back/Discard changes ESC
- Accept Changes Enter/Space Bar
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- In game controls
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- Primary Left A
- Primary Right D
- Pitch Up W
- Pitch Down S
- Secondary Left J
- Secondary Right L
- Throttle Up I
- Throttle Down K
- Sticky Mouse Shift
- Fire Primary Space Bar
- Fire Secondary B
- Toggle Secondary M
- War Speed ,
- Next Target ;
- Next Objective [
- Closest Objective ]
- Closest Air Target '
- Cycle View V
- Rear Camera R
- Zoom .
- Target Cam /
- Scoreboard (Multiplayer) TAB
- Pause/Menu ESC
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- Wingmen: Attack 1
- Wingmen: Defend 2
- Wingmen: Break Formation 3
- Wingmen: Form Up 4
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- V. Memory and Performance
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- Heroes of the Pacific demo requires at least 256MB of RAM and a 1.4Ghz processor;
- the performance of the game will improve if you have more RAM, a faster
- processor and graphics card. Regardless of your machine specs, you can
- maximise your available memory and increase the overall performance of the
- game by doing the following:
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- ò Shut down all non-essential Windows programs especially online
- chat programs, virus checkers and screen layout utilities.
- ò Regularly defragment your hard drive.
- ò Increase your amount of free hard drive space
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- VI. Graphics and Sound cards
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- GRAPHICS CARDS
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- The Heroes of the Pacific demo requires a graphics card with 3D hardware
- acceleration and at least 64 MB of RAM. The drivers for your graphics card
- must support DirectX 9.0c or higher. If you are having any problems running
- the game, please ensure you have updated your graphics card drivers before
- contacting technical support.
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- SOUND CARDS
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- If you are experiencing sound abnormalities such as clicking and popping,
- you may need to turn off sound hardware acceleration. Go to Start, Control
- Panel, Sound, then find the sound/audio hardware acceleration setting and
- turn it off.
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- Occasionally, some users may experience poor audio quality when using an
- onboard nForce sound card in conjunction with certain graphics cards.
- Please update your nForce drivers and if the problem persists, switch over
- to the on-board graphics card.
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- VII. Known Issues
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- 1. The stability and graphics of the demo may be affected by using
- the Alt-Tab feature of Windows. We recommend that users do not
- alt tab whilst running the Heroes of the Pacific demo.
-
- 2. This demo is based upon code that is still being optimised. The
- minimum specification of the demo is higher than the anticipated
- minimum specification of the full game.
-
- 3. Playback of the splash videos in full screen mode is slow when
- using an ATi Graphics card, this will be address for the final
- version of the game.
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- 4. Users with GeForce 3 and 4 cards may experience graphical
- corruption in the sky when playing the "Final Revenge" mission.
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- VIII. Heroes of the Pacific demo Web Sites
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- Heroes of the Pacific
- http://www.codemasters.co.uk/games/?gameid=1768
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- Codemasters
- http://www.codemasters.com/
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- IRGurus
- http://www.irgurus.com/
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- If you are having problems running the game, you may want to try updating
- your graphics card drivers from one of the following web sites before
- contacting technical support:
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- ATI Technologies
- http://www.ati.com/
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- NVIDIA
- http://www.nvidia.com/
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- Creative Labs
- http://www.creative.com/
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- Microsoft DirectX
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx
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- IX. Technical Support
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- All requests for technical support should be made using our technical
- support request form: http://www.codemasters.co.uk/support/contact.php
-
- Any queries regarding e-shop orders, game release dates, availability etc.
- can be sent to custservice@codemasters.com.
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-
- HEROES OF THE PACIFIC, ⌐ 2005 Thatgame Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Licensed to IRGurus. IRGurus and the IRGurus logo are trademarks of
- IRGurus Ltd. Red Mile Entertainment and the Red Mile Entertainment logo
- are trademarks of Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.
- Published and distributed by The Codemasters Software Company Limited
- (ôCodemastersö). ôCodemastersö« is a registered trademark and
- ôGENIUS AT PLAYöÖ is a trademark of Codemasters. All rights reserved.
- This product contains software technology licensed from
- GameSpy Industries, Inc. ⌐ 1999-2004 GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights
- reserved. All other copyrights or trademarks are the property of their
- respective owners. Unauthorised copying, adaptation, rental, lending, re-sale,
- arcade use, charging for use, broadcast, cable transmission, public
- performance, distribution or extraction of this product or any trademark or
- copyright work that forms part of this product is prohibited.
-
- For reasons of historical accuracy, so far as possible, the aircraft portrayed
- in this game are the actual aircraft that were involved in the War in the
- Pacific 1941-45. Names of these historic aircraft and their manufacturers are
- the property of their respective trademark holders, where not now in the public
- domain. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with IRGurus or thatgame.
-
- The characters in this game are ficticious and any resemblance to real persons,
- living or dead, is purely coincidental. No similarity to any person either
- living or dead is intended or should be inferred.