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- Copyright 1999 Meyer/Glass Interactive
-
- Meyer/Glass Interactive
- Missile Command Demo
- Readme file
-
- Verison 1.18
- Jan. 10th, 2000
-
- Minimum System Requirements
-
- Pentium 166MHz processor
- Windows 95/98 Operating System
- 32 MB RAM
- 4X CD-ROM Drive
- 2 MB Graphics Card *
- Sound card *
- 50 MB Free hard drive space
- Mouse
-
- * Indicates device should be compatible with
- DirectX version 6.1 or higher.
-
- 1.0 WINDOWS 95/98/NT
-
- 1.1 Microsoft DirectX
-
- Missile Command is a Microsoft DirectX application.
- Microsoft DirectX Version 6.1 is included on the CD and you
- have the option to install it when Missile Command is
- installed. You can re-install it by running the Autoload
- program on the Missile Command CD.
-
- If you have difficulty running Windows 95/98 after these new
- Microsoft DirectX drivers have been installed, please
- contact your local Microsoft subsidiary, or write:
-
- Microsoft Customer Sales and Service,
- One Microsoft Way,
- Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA
-
- USA telephone: 1-800-426-9400
- International telephone: ++1-206-882-8080
-
- 1.2 Windows NT
-
- Missile Command requires Windows NT 2000 or later to be
- installed in order to work with Windows NT.
-
- 1.3 Alt Tab Issues
-
- Missile Command will allow the use of Alt Tab with limited
- support. It is not recommended that this method be used. If
- you should do this during single player Classic and
- Ultimate, the game will automatically pause. You will have
- to un-pause the game to continue play.
-
- In multi-player Classic and Ultimate the game will not
- pause, the game will continue to run while it is minimized.
-
- 1.4 Background Applications
-
- It is strongly recommended that Missile Command be the
- only foreground application running. This will allow
- Windows to devote all of its resources to Missile
- Command for better game play.
-
- 1.5 Screen Savers
-
- Please note that Missile Command will suppress any
- screen saver that would normally activate it self after
- a period of no keyboard activity. Missile Command will
- randomly demo different levels of the Ultimate game.
- During demo mode any key press will return you the Main
- Menu.
-
- 1.6 Un-Install issues
-
- If you decide to un-install Missile Command from your
- system you can do this 3 ways. From the "Start Menu"
- folder where Missile Command was first installed. You
- can activate the Control Panel and select "Add/Remove
- Programs" then select Missile Command. Or you can
- insert the Missile Command CD and select "Uninstall"
- from the menu options.
- The un-install program will not delete any of the files
- that Missile Command has created. These files are the
- keyboard settings, career files and hi scores. These
- files were kept on your system, so if you decide to
- install at a later date you will still retain your
- settings. If however you want to delete these files you
- can use Windows Explorer to do so. The default
- directory that Missile Command is installed to is:
- "C:\Program Files\Hasbro Interactve\Missile Command".
-
- 2.0 3D VIDEO HARDWARE
-
- This section explains which 3D accelerated video cards are
- supported, what drivers and settings are recommended for
- each card, and general tips to improve your 3D hardware
- performance.
-
- 2.1 Requirements
-
- To use 3D acceleration when playing Missile Command you
- need a DirectX version 6.1 compatible 3D accelerated
- video card with a minimum of 4MB of memory. If you
- don't know if your card meets those requirements, look
- at the table in section 2.3 to see if your card is
- listed there.
-
- 2.2 Enabling 3D acceleration
-
- When you start Missile Command for the first time, it
- will search for any D3D compatible cards that meet the
- minimum requirements. If at least one is detected, you
- will be brought to the 3D options menu. On the "3D
- Rendering Mode" list box you will see several choices
- and the one selected by default will be "Software".
- Select the one called "Direct3D: Primary Device" to
- enable 3D acceleration. You can change this at any time
- by going to the Options screen and selecting 3D
- Options.
-
- It is possible to have more than one 3D accelerated
- video card in one computer. If that is the case,
- Missile Command will list all the available cards.
- Choose the one you prefer. If you don't know which one
- to choose, selecting the last in the list is usually a
- good idea.
-
-
- 2.3 Supported 3D hardware
-
- The 3D accelerated chipsets specifically supported by
- Missile Command are listed below. Any chipsets that
- were released after Missile Command are most likely
- supported since they should be fully DirectX version
- 6.1 compatible.
-
- 3dfx Voodoo 2
- 3dfx Voodoo 3
- 3dfx Voodoo Graphics (Voodoo 1)
- 3DLabs Permedia 2
- 3DLabs Permedia 3
- ATI Rage 128
- ATI Rage Pro
- Intel 740
- Intel 752
- Matrox G200
- Matrox G400
- Number 9 Revolution IV
- NVIDIA Riva 128 / 128ZX
- NVIDIA Riva TNT
- NVIDIA Riva TNT2
- S3 Savage 4
-
- Even if your card is not listed above, Missile Command
- will try to detect and use any D3D hardware accelerated
- cards. If your card does not meet the minimum
- requirements to play Missile Command, it will be
- displayed in the 3D Options menu, but it will inform
- you that you cannot run the game using that particular
- hardware. In that case you should select the software
- renderer.
-
-
-
- 2.4 Specific video issues
-
- Intel 740:
- With drivers from June 1999 the lines in the HUD are
- drawn incorrectly. Drivers released after that date
- might fix this problem.
-
- Matrox G200:
- Drivers before June 1999 will cause parts of the screen
- to go black. Upgrade to the latest drivers available
- from the Matrox web site.
-
- Matrox G400:
- Some older drivers will cause the game to freeze when
- entering the ultimate game. Upgrade to the latest
- drivers available from the Matrox web site.
-
- NVIDIA Riva 128 / 128ZX:
- Some cards misreport how much memory they have. If you
- have a 4MB card you will not be able to play at a
- resolution of 1024x768 even if it's listed as an
- available mode. Make sure to leave the default settings
- in the control panel of NVIDIA's reference driver;
- otherwise the fonts might look misaligned and
- corrupted.
-
- S3 Savage 4:
- For this particular chipset, don't use the reference
- drivers from S3; instead, use the latest drivers from
- your manufacturer.
-
- Voodoo 2:
- Make sure you install the latest reference drivers from
- 3dfx. This is particularly important because some of
- the latest drivers from the manufacturers cause some
- problems with Missile Command. Some users may
- experience problems restarting Missile Command after
- exiting to the desktop without re-booting their system.
- Voodoo 3:
- Older drivers cause this card to crash when starting
- the game. Please, upgrade to the latest reference
- drivers before running Missile Command.
-
- Voodoo Banshee:
- The latest reference drivers available in August 1999
- cause this card to lockup randomly during the game. The
- only solution at this time is to play in software mode.
- Future drivers from 3dfx might fix this issue.
-
- Diamond Stealth III S520/S540:
- On some systems this card may improperly display the
- menu icons. To correct this, press ESC to quit out and
- then ESC again to abort the Quit menu. This should fix
- this issue.
-
- 2.5 General tips
-
- Drivers:
- Always, always and always get the latest drivers. You
- can either get them from your card manufacturer, or
- from the chipset manufacturer. We recommend you get
- them from the chipset manufacturer whenever possible
- (unless it says otherwise under your particular chipset
- in section 2.4). Always follow their instructions
- carefully when installing new drivers.
-
- For a list of web sites for the chipsets supported in
- Missile Command, see section 2.6.
-
- Resolution.
- Changing the screen resolution can improve gameplay. If
- you find that the game runs too slowly, try playing in
- a lower resolution. You can do this from the Options |
- 3D Options menu in Missile Command.
-
- Level of detail.
- Changing the level of detail can also improve gameplay.
- The lower the level of detail, the faster the game will
- run. The faster your computer and video card, the
- higher level of detail you will be able to set.
- You can change the level of detail from the Options |
- 3D Options menu in Missile Command.
-
- 2.6 Latest drivers
-
- You can get the latest drivers for your video card from
- the web site of the chipset manufacturers:
-
- 3dfx http://www.3dfx.com/view.asp?PAGE=nusdrivers
- 3DLabs http://www.3dlabs.com/drivers/index.html
- ATI
- http://support.atitech.ca/drivers/drivers.html
- Intel
- http://developer.intel.com/design/graphics/drivers/inde
- x.htm
- Matrox
- http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/latest_drivers/home.h
- tm
- Number 9
- http://www.nine.com/support/drivers/index.html
- NVIDIA
- http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/software_d
- rivers.html
- S3 http://www.s3.com/swlib/
-
- You can also check for the latest version of the game
- at http://www.atari.com
-
-
-
-
- 2.7 Troubleshooting
-
- If you are having any problems running Missile Command with
- hardware acceleration such as crashing, graphic corruption,
- or very slow gameplay, first you should check you have the
- latest drivers (see section 2.6 or Hasbro's Missile Command
- web site).
-
- As a last resource, you can try setting some 3D options
- manually. This is usually not needed since Missile Command
- automatically detects the best settings for your 3D
- hardware, but it might be necessary if you have faulty
- drivers. To force a certain 3D option you need to edit the
- INI file 3DOPTIONS.INI in the Missile Command directory
- (just double click on it from Windows).
-
-
- Symptom:
- The Ultimate game starts but most of the screen is
- either black, untextured, or with wrong colors.
- Solution:
- Change the entry DisableModulate2X to 1 (default is 0).
-
- Symptom:
- The screen flickers.
- Solution:
- Change the entry ForceBlitting to 1 (default is 0).
-
- Symptom:
- The game is very slow.
- Solution:
- Change the entry TextureScaling to 2 (default is 1). If
- it is still very slow, you can try changing it to 4.
- This will cause a degradation in the graphic quality,
- but it will significantly improve the speed of the
- game. This should only be necessary in the case of
- video cards with 4MB of RAM that misreport how much
- memory they have.
-
- Symptom:
- Small HUD objects and text seem misaligned or chopped
- off.
- Solution:
- Change the entry TextureAddressing to -1.0 (default is
- 0.0). If that doesn't fix it, try 1.0, 0.5 or -0.5.
-
- Symptom:
- Colors appear wrong or sky has strange artifacts.
- Solution:
- Change the entry FogModeEnabled to 0 (default is 1).
- This will turn off fog and might fix those problems.
-
- Symptom:
- Colors appear wrong only at the highest detail level.
- Solution:
- Change the entry DisableSinglePassMultitex to 1
- (default is 0). This change will cause the game to run
- more slowly at the highest detail level, but it will
- probably fix the problem. If that makes the game too
- slow on your computer, change to detail level 3.
-
-