Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter – Windows Readme – English

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Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter™			
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This readme file contains last minute information that did not 
make it into the manual.


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System Requirements
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Minimum: 

	1 GHz Pentium III, or 1 GHz AMD Athlon, 
	or 1.4 GHz Intel Celeron, or 1.4 GHz AMD Duron processor 
	128 MB of RAM
	32 MB "TnL" video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers
	Sound Card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers
	2.5 GB of free hard drive space
	Microsoft DirectX 9.0
	Keyboard
	Mouse

Recommended:

	Pentium 4 or Athlon XP processor
	256+ MB of RAM 
	64 MB "TnL" video card
	5 GB of free hard drive space
	Microsoft DirectX 9.0b or higher
	Joystick
	Keyboard
	Mouse

Required Operating Systems:

	Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
	or Windows XP

	Note that Windows 95 and NT are not supported.


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Installing DirectX 9.0b
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If you declined to install DirectX 9.0b when initially installing
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter, you can at a later time by running 
"dxsetup.exe" located in the "DirectX9.0b" folder on the 4th
install CDROM.


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Troubleshooting
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DirectX 9.0b
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It is highly recommended that you install DirectX 9.0b from your
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter install disk as DirectX 9.0b is known 
to resolve a number of video card and other graphical issues.

Video Card Drivers
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Some video card drivers do not support Direct3D correctly. Typical
problems that may occur with these drivers include:

	- Crashing on starting up
	- Crashing when changing video resolutions
	- Corrupted textures
	- Unexpected bright flashing on screen
	- Unusually slow performance.

The solution is to download updated drivers for your card from the 
card manufacturer’s website. It is highly recommended that, given 
the option, you download and install Microsoft-certified (WHQL) 
drivers.


XP/2000 Admin/Limited mode
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You must be logged in as a user with administrative rights to install
and play Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter in Windows 2000 or XP.


Audio Hardware Acceleration
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Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter will not run with Audio Hardware Acceleration 
turned off. If you experience a crash at launch, ensure that Audio 
Hardware Acceleration is not turned off:

	- Click on the Start button and select "Run"
	- Type dxdiag and click OK
	- On the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, click on the "Sound" tab
	- Ensure that "Hardware Sound Acceleration Level" is set to "Basic"
	  or higher.


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Improving Game Play Performance
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Some machines will benefit from experimenting with your
video/sound options.  You can see the graphical/speed changes
by pressing the "Test" button.

	- Try disabling Motion Blur inside the "Setup" menu. 
	  This is particularly useful with computers with less
 	  than 64 MB of video RAM.

	- Try disabling Specular/Dynamic Lights/Shadows in the
	  "setup" menu to increase your frame rates.  

	- If your video resolution is greater than 640x480, try
	  reducing it to 640x480 in 'Options' menu.

	- If your colour bit depth is 32 bits, try reducing it to
	  16 bits in your video menu.

	- If you are playing on a machine at or near the minimum
	  spec in 98SE or ME, try setting hardware sound acceleration
	  to "Basic" in DXDIAG: Click Start and select "run." Type
	  DXDIAG and click ok. Click on the sound tab. Move the 
	  slider for "Hardware Sound Acceleration Level" to "Basic"
	  (not "off"). 


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Sound
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Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter uses the Miles Sound System (TM) to
provide advanced environmental effects using Creative Labs' EAX
technology.

Please use the setup program to provide the game with accurate
information about your system.  If you have an EAX-capable
soundcard, selecting one of the Creative Labs options as the 3D
sound provider will enable the environmental effects.  Also, you
should select the speaker configuration that most closely matches
the one you normally use.

You should make sure that you have the latest available drivers
for your sound card, otherwise you may experience game slowdown,
and/or distorted sound, or no sound.

Some soundcards, particularly those that do not support EAX, may
cause noticeable slowdown with certain 3D sound decoders.  If
this is the case, using the Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio option
should help.

Under Setup, you can choose which sound decoder to use.  Here is
a brief explanation of each type:

Fast Miles 2D Positional Audio : (default) Fastest most compatible 
option, although does not have as many features as EAX.

Creative Labs EAX (TM) : Takes advantage of Creative's EAX 1 
technology if supported by your card.  May have some performance 
issues on some cards.

Creative Labs EAX 2 (TM) : Takes advantage of Creative's EAX 2 
technology if supported by your card.  This is the best sounding 
option if your system can cope, although may have some performance
issues on some cards.

DirectSound3D Hardware Support : Use this option if other options 
cause problems.

DirectSound3D Software Emulation : Slowest, but most compatible 
option.  Should only be used if all other options cause problems.


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Technical Support and Customer Support
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Email: [email protected]
Phone: (214) 855-5955 x 20
Fax: (214)-855-5980
Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CST, Monday - Friday

Mail:
MumboJumbo Technical Support
2019 N. Lamar St., Ste. 240
Dallas, TX  75202-1704


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Notices
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