This document contains useful information for the demo of Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. Please look over this document carefully for any questions that you may have about the game. If you are looking for further answers, please look at our website at http://www.activision.com.
This demo contains a single player only level from the Dark Ages portion of Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. It requires DirectX 7 or higher to run.
PLEASE NOTE: DirectX 7 or higher is not included with this demo and is required in order to run the game. If you do not have DirectX 7 installed on your system and need to get a copy, please visit Microsoft's web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
PLEASE NOTE: Activision Customer Support will not be able to provide troubleshooting for the demo.
CONTENTS
I. Software License Agreement
II. Minimum System Requirements
III. Troubleshooting
IV. General Gameplay
V. Keyboard and Mouse Controls
I. Software License Agreement
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II. Minimum System Requirements
-100% DirectX 7 compliant 3-D Hardware Accelerator card and drivers*
-A 100% Windows(R) 95/98 compatible computer system (Including compatible 32-bit drivers for CD-ROM, video card, sound card and input devices)
-233 MHz Pentium(R) II Processor
-145 MB of uncompressed hard disk space to install, plus an additional 80 MB for Windows swap file.
-64 MB of RAM
-English language Version of Windows 95/98 Operating System
-100% DirectX 7.0 or higher compatible sound card
-100% Microsoft compatible mouse and driver
-Quad Speed CD-ROM drive (600K/sec. Sustained transfer rate)
-CD Audio (Redbook) support
*3-DGraphics Accelerator Card Required
A 100% DirectX 7 or higher compliant video card and driver with z-buffering capability is recommended. Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption uses Microsoft's Direct 3D to support 3-D hardware acceleration. It has been tested on many, but not all, of the major cards incorporating the chipsets listed below. Some 3-D accelerator card brands utilizing the chipsets whose names appear below may not be fully compatible with the 3-D accelerator features of Vampire: The Masquerade-Redemption. For a list of the cards and drivers that have been tested, please visit http://www.activision.com.
Supported chipsets for Windows 95/98**
-3DFX Banshee
-3DFX Voodoo 2
-3DFX Voodoo 3
-ATI Rage 128
-GeForce 256
-Matrox G400
-nVidia TNT
-nVidia TNT2
-nVidia TNT2 Ultra
**Some, but not all, of the cards with the chipsets listed above have been tested on Windows 2000. For Windows 2000 3D support, please refer to your hardware manufacturer for 100% Windows 2000 DirectX 7 compliant drivers.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This product uses the Microsoft's DirectX technology, which requires your system to have the latest Windows 95/98 drivers that fully support DirectX 7.
III. Troubleshooting
Question - How do I start the demo?
Solution - Double click on the Vampire.exe file.
Question - I am unable to install the demo.
Solution - The demo is compressed using a program called Winzip. You must have Winzip in order for the demo to be properly extracted and installed. You can download a shareware version of Winzip from www.winzip.com.
Question - I have the required amount of uncompressed hard drive space available on the C:\ drive to install, but I am unable to install the game.
Solution - The amount of uncompressed hard drive space will increase if your system is formatted in FAT16. To check if your system is FAT16, perform the following:
1. Right-click on My Computer
2. Choose Properties
3. Click the Performance Tab
If 16-bit is located next to File System, your system is FAT16.
You will need 245 MB of uncompressed hard disk space to install, plus an additional 80 MB for Windows swap file.
IV. General Gameplay
Player Controls:
-To move your character around the game world, position your mouse cursor over the spot you wish your character to move towards, and then left click on that spot. If you character can move there, a movement target icon will appear on the ground and your character will immediately move there.
-To operate doors and other portals, you must place your cursor on the portal and left click. When you first place your cursor on the portal, it will highlight to show that it has been targeted. After you left click on the portal, your character will move towards and interact with it. If the portal cannot be opened, then a message will appear in the text box in the middle of the screen.
-In order to initiate an attack, move your cursor over an enemy, and the Attack icon will appear. When you left-click on the target, the character you are controlling will then attack the target using whatever weapon is in his or her hand. If you continue to hold the left mouse button down, your character will continue to auto attack your target until the target is killed or until you are damaged.
-To use a throwing weapon (e.g. grenade or holy-water vial), you will first have to select the item by either right or left clicking on the item when it is in your inventory. If you have selected the item, then your icon will change into the image of the item that you have selected. To use the item on an enemy, you will simply have to left click on your target, and the item will be thrown and it will then disappear from your inventory.
Discipline Usage:
-To attack a target with a Discipline, make sure that you have the correct Discipline selected and then right-click over the highlighted target. If you place your cursor over the Discipline icon in the Discipline window, a small description of the Discipline, which includes the target type, will appear in the status window, which is located in the bottom middle of the screen.
-Note if you right click on a target and cannot use the Discipline, then you may not have enough blood to use the Discipline or the selected target may not be affected by the selected Discipline.
Coterie Control:
-To switch the character that you are controlling, click on the head of the character, which is located in the middle bottom of the screen. This character will then become the lead character that the others will follow and take their cues from.
-When you control a character, you can change the stance of the coterie members by clicking on the Offensive/Defensive buttons, which are located in the lower left hand corner of the game interface. A character set to offensive will seek out enemies to fight on his or her own and will be freer in their use of Disciplines and blood. A character set to defensive will conserve his or her resources and avoid combat wherever possible. You can return a character to neutral stance by clicking on the Neutral button at any time.
-If you want to focus all of the coterie's attacks on one enemy, then highlight the enemy with the cursor and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard as you attack. The entire coterie should then focus their attacks on this enemy as long as you continue to hold down the CTRL key while you attack.
Blood:
-In order to be able to use your Disciplines, as well as to prevent your character from frenzying, you will require blood. In your character's status bar, there is a red bar, which indicates your Blood Pool. As you use Disciplines, blood will be used from your Blood Pool, and this bar will go down.
-In order to replenish your Blood Pool, you will need to Feed on other creatures throughout the game. To feed, select that Discipline from the Disciplines pane (by hitting 'D') and then right click on your intended target. Please note, some creatures cannot be fed upon and many will try to resist your attempt at feeding on them.
Frenzy:
-In the game, there is an orange bar, which monitors your Frenzy level. As you take damage from enemies, your Frenzy level will increase until you can no longer control your actions, and friend and foe alike must be wary of you, since you will attack indiscriminately. Eventually, your character will naturally become unfrenzied. However, if you are on the verge of frenzying, the use of the Heal Discipline has been known to subside the need to rage.
Awaken:
-If one of your characters is damaged until s/he no longer has any Health, then that character will fall into a state of torpor, which is a deathlike sleep. In order to bring your character out of torpor, you will need another character to use the Awaken Discipline on the fallen comrade.
-When you have the Awaken Discipline selected or if you have the Awaken scroll in your hand, simply right click on the portrait of your fallen comrade, and your character will use this Discipline on your fallen friend. If your character is successful, then your fallen friend will Awaken with a low blood supply and a minimal amount of health.
-If all of your characters fall into a state of torpor, then the game is over.
V. Keyboard and Mouse Controls
Here is a general overview of all the controls in the game:
Left Click - Walk to Location, Talk to Person, Attack an Enemy, Pickup Item
Left Click + Shift - Secondary attack
Right Click - Use Discipline or held scroll. Store held item back into inventory.
Display Statistics Pane - Left click on "Character" button or hit "C" on the keyboard.
Display Inventory Pane - Left click on the "Inventory" button or hit "I" on the keyboard.
Display Discipline Pane - Left click on the "Discipline" button or hit "D" on the keyboard.
Display Quest Log - Left click on the "Quest" button or hit "Q" on the keyboard.
Select active Discipline from quick list - Press 1-6 on the keyboard
Use quick item - Press F1-F5 on the keyboard
Please note this list does not contain all the controls that you will need in the game, but simply an overview of some of the important ones.
This should give you a general overview on the gameplay for V:TM - Redemption. Have a good time playing the demo!
