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- Tomb Raider: The Times level Readme file:
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-
- Contents:
- System Requirements
- DirectX 6.1
- Preparing Your Hard Drive
- Additional Help
- Contacting Eidos Customer Support
-
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-
- MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
-
- Windows ョ 95 / 98 compatible computer system with 16Mb of RAM (32Mb recommended)
-
- Pentium 233MHz Processor (266MHz recommended)
-
- Quad speed CD-ROM drive (8x recommended)
-
- Supports most major 3D acceleration graphics cards, compatible Soundcards and
- Joysticks through Direct X TM 6.1
-
- NOTE: It may be necessary for you to update your hardware drivers to run this
- game.
-
- *We did not test Tomb Raider: The Times level with laptop systems and
- therefore we cannot guarantee compatibility. Due to the
- wide variety of hardware configurations that ship with
- today's laptop systems, it would be impossible to
- configure a game that would work with all of them. Many
- laptops are limited in their ability to be used as a
- gaming machine because of memory configurations, their
- microchannel architecture, port configurations (i.e. no
- place for a joystick) and sound systems that are primarily
- designed to be used with productivity software.
-
- *The other common problem is that laptop systems will
- attempt to compress the traditional version of the
- standard 101 function keyboard (found on almost all
- desktop systems) into a much smaller key config-
- uration. This is usually done by relying on multi-
- function keys that allow the user to assign different
- functions to the same key. Unfortunately, this has
- been known to cause problems with our games.
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-
- DirectX 6.1:
- In order for you to play the game, you must have DX6.1-compliant drivers for your video
- card and sound card. Please note that although DirectX 6.0 is installed with the game,
- your video and sound card drivers will not be upgraded to DirectX 6.1 drivers. You will
- need to obtain the latest DX6.1 drivers from your card manufacturer. If the game
- does not run properly on your video card, and there are no DX6.1 drivers available for
- your video card, you will have to run the game in software mode, by going into Options
- and checking the 'Hardware Emulation' option. DirectX is available for
- download on the Microsoft web site.
-
- Here is a list of 3D cards that are known not to have drivers that are compliant with
- DX6, at the time of this writing (March 9, 1999), and as a result, will not run the game
- properly. You may want to contact your card manufacturer to see if up-to-date DX6.1
- drivers have recently been made available.
-
- Chipset
- . ATI Mach 32/64
- . S3 Trio 32/64
- キ S3 Virge 325
- キ S3 Virge GX/DX/VX
- キ S3 Virge GX2
- キ #9 Ticket to Ride
- キ Cirrus Logic CL-5465
- キ Trident Image 975
- キ PowerVR PCX1
- キ PowerVR PCX2
- キ Chromatic Research Mpact
- キ ATI Rage II
-
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-
- Preparing Your Hard Drive:
- To ensure that your installation is trouble free, you should check to see that your
- hard drive and file system are both tuned for optimum performance. Windows 95/98
- comes with two utility programs that find and fix any errors and optimize your
- hard drive's performance. The first of these programs is called ScanDisk. ScanDisk
- will check your hard drive for problems and can fix any that it finds. You can run
- scandisk by clicking on the START button from the Windows 95/98 Taskbar, followed
- by Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and finally ScanDisk.
-
- Once ScanDisk has finished running, you should next optimize your hard drive's
- performance by running a program called Disk Defragmenter. You can run Disk
- Defragmenter by clicking on the START button from the Windows 95/98 desktop,
- followed by Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and finally Disk
- Defragmenter.
-
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-
- Additional Help:
- For more information on technical support or game play advice, please visit:
- http://www.eidos.com
-
- -------------------------------------------------
-
- We all hope you enjoy Tomb Raider: The Times level.
- Core Design Ltd
- 22:18 16/11/99
-
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- =================
- Tomb Raider: The Times level uses Microsoft Compressed Audio for sound and music.
- If you do not hear sound/music in the game you'll need to check your PC and make sure
- the correct Windows components are activated. To do this:
-
- 1. Exit the game and go to the Control Panel.
- 2. Select the Add/Remove Programs Aplet.
- 3. Click on the Windows Setup Tab
- 4. You should see a selection icon called MULTIMEDIA which will have a check
- in the box or no check at all.
- 5. Check this box (so a black check mark appears). Click 'ok' and you'll be
- prompted for your WINDOWS '95 CD in order
- to install the correct Multimedia components to your hard drive.
-
- There is also a driver issue with some sound cards and Microsoft's Compressed
- Audio Format. If you experience any 'skipping or stuttering audio' please try
- the following to clear up the problem:
-
- 1. Exit out of the game and run the TOMB4 Setup Option from the Start Bar.
- 2. Look at the Sound Adapter Check Box.
- 3. Switch from Primary Sound Driver to the other available device (most
- likely Yamaha).
- 4. Click OK
-
- SCREENGRABBER
- ===============
- Tomb Raider: The Times level has a built in screen grabber for your viewing
- pleasure. Hitting the " key during gameplay will snap a screenshot called
- TOMB0000.TGA and place it on your hard drive in the C:\Program Files\Core
- Design\Tomb Raider IV (or wherever you installed the game). The files will
- be numbered incremently as you snap them. Please do not try and map this key
- to one of Lara's in-game controls.
-
- 3D Graphic Cards
-
- Tomb Raider supports all 100% Direct3D compliant graphic cards. This
- means that Tomb Raider will run on every 3D accelerator card, providing
- that you have installed DirectX 6.1, and you have installed drivers for your
- 3D card which support all of the features of DirectX 6.1 required by Tomb
- Raider.
-
- Due to the fact that DirectX 6.1 is a very recent release, there are a few
- known problems with the current sets of drivers that are available for the
- various 3D graphic card chipsets. As new drivers become available, many of
- these problems will be fixed.
-
- Graphics card manufacturers constantly update their drivers. If you are
- running the game on a 3D accelerator card, make sure you have the latest
- drivers available for your card. See the Tomb Raider Related Web Sites
- section for a list of web sites where you will be able to obtain the very
- latest drivers for your graphics card.
-
-
- Technical Help
-
- There are many 3D accelerator cards available on the market, and they all
- will perform differently under the same conditions, depending on the chipset,
- amount of video memory, and drivers installed. The key to getting the best
- performance out of your graphics card is to set the card to a higher
- resolution, while maintaining a good frame rate with no texture loss. Many
- accelerator cards will run Tomb Raider very efficiently at 640x480 High
- Color.
-
- If you notice texture drop out - white blank spots on menu text, objects,
- terrain and characters including Lara, you will need to lower the graphics
- resolution. The card has run out of texture memory. The graphics resolution
- can be changed in the setup window.
-
- If you are experiencing very low frame rates, you may want to lower the
- screen resolution. You can also reduce the screen size, which will leave a
- border around the viewable area. The "-" key on the keypad will reduce the
- screen size (while in-game), and the "+" key on the keypad will increase the
- screen size (while in-game). Reducing the resolution and screen size will
- help Tomb Raider run faster.
-
- On some 3D cards, seaming may occur, drawing borders around polygons. This
- is most apparent when looking at the sky, which will have a tiled look to it.
- Turning off bi-linear filtering may help to fix this problem.
-
- If you are getting any errors when running the game, such as runtime C++
- error, or cannot find dinput.dll, reinstall DirectX 6.1. DirectX 6.1 can be
- installed directly from the Tomb Raider CD by running the dxsetup.exe
- program from the directx directory.
-
- If you continue to have problems, please contact your hardware manufacturer.
-
-
- Setup
-
- There are a large number of options available in the Setup window, which
- allow you to configure the graphics, sound and controls within the game. You
- may need to change some of the graphics settings to achieve the best possible
- performance (frame rate and detail level) on your particular graphics card.
- Please refer to the Technical Help section for more details on graphics
- configuration.
-
- The Setup window is accessed by clicking the Setup button on the Autorun
- Menu, or by selecting Setup Tomb Raider from the Start menu.
-
-
- Joysticks & Gamepads
-
- Tomb Raider: The Times level supports a wide variety of Windows 95
- compatible game controllers. However, there are no default settings for
- the joystick buttons, so you will need to assign the various controls to
- the joystick buttons yourself.
-
- At the Main Title screen, highlight Controls (cursor keys icon) and press the
- Enter key. The Default Keys should now appear on screen. Press the right
- cursor key to bring up the User Keys screen. It is here that you will be
- able to assign the joystick buttons. Highlight the particular control you
- want to assign by using the cursor keys. Press the Enter key to select that
- control, and then press the joystick button you wish to use. The text will
- flash on and off if you have assigned two controls to the same button. Once
- you have assigned controls for all of the joystick buttons, press the ESC key
- to exit the Controls screen.
-
- Contacting Eidos Customer Support
- ==================================
- If you have problems installing or running the game, our Customer Support
- Department is here to help. Our web site contains up-to-date information
- on the most common difficulties with our products; this information is the
- same as that used by our support agents. If you are unable to find the
- information you need on our web site, please fell free to contact us
- via e-mail, fax, telephone or letter.
-
- Please be sure to have the following information:
-
- キ A listing of your computer's hardware and the settings from
- Device Manager, including what sound and video card your system has.
- (Contact your computer manufacturer if you aren't sure.)
-
- キ What version of Windows(R) you are using.
-
- キ What version of DirectX(R) is currently loaded on your computer.
-
- キ How the game is currently configured.
-
- Note: Our Technical Support agents do not have access to game hints,
- tips, strategies or codes. Please refer to the manual for hint line
- information.
-