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Marine Sharpshooter v1.01
Readme File
August 20, 2004.
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Thank you for purchasing Marine Sharpshooter. This document 
contains last-minute information about Marine Sharpshooter 
and other information about the program not found in the Help Files.  
Please refer to this file for additional help on answering 
questions about the game and solving technical difficulties.

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		    	TABLE OF CONTENTS

		  I.	SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

		 II.	USING THE INVENTORY

		III.	NOTES

		 IV.	VIDEO CARDS

		  V.	KNOWN ISSUES         
 
		 VI.	TECHNICAL SUPPORT


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I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum:

	- For Windows 95/98/ME/XP
	- Pentium II/300 MHz. or equivalent processor
	- 64 MB RAM
	- 500 MB Hard Disk Space
	- SVGA, high-color (16-bit)
	- 16-bit DirectX 8 compatible sound card
	- 8 MB DirectX 8 compatible video accelerator (capable of multi-texturing)
	- DirectX 8.0a or higher (included on CD)

	Additional information on DirectX can be found at
	http://www.microsoft.com/directx/

Recommended:

	- PIII/550 MHz. or above
	- 128 MB RAM
	- 500 MB Hard Disk Space
	- SVGA, true-color 32 Bit Color
	- 16-bit DirectX 8 compatible sound card
	- 32 MB DirectX 8 compatible video accelerator 
		(capable of hardware accelerated transformation and lighting)
	- DirectX 8.0a or higher (included on CD)

	Additional information on DirectX can be found at
	http://www.microsoft.com/directx/


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II. USING THE INVENTORY
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Marine Sharpshooter allows for a specific key to be bound to 
each weapon. By default, the numbers 1-3 select the different 
weapons. You may also use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out 
with the sniper rifle.


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III. NOTES
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If you are experiencing poor performance or a low frame rate, 
reduce your resolution and color depth under the OPTIONS/VIDEO menu.


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IV. VIDEO CARDS
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ATI Technologies 

Radeon  
	- The HUD's may not look visually complete.  To resolve 
	this issue, install the latest drivers available from ati.com.  
	- Users may experience graphical glitches during play.

Once the drivers are installed:
	- Go to the display settings and click advanced under settings
	- Click on the Direct3D tab
	- Click on Alternate Pixel Center
	- This will require restarting the computer before it takes effect.
	- ATI on the web:  http://www.ati.com


Nvidia Video Cards 

GeForce 3 
	- The HUD's may not look visually complete.  To resolve this issue, 
	install the latest drivers available from nvidia.com. 

Once the drivers are installed:
	- Go to the display settings and click advanced under settings
	- Click on the Geforce3 tab
	- Click on Additional Properties
	- Click on Quincunx Antialiasing(tm)

Video Driver Resources:

	- ATI (Radeon, Rage 128) www.ati.com
	- Intel (Intel 810/815) www.intel.com
	- Matrox (G400, G450, G550) www.matrox.com
	- Nvidia (TNT2, Geforce) www.nvidia.com

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V. KNOWN ISSUES
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Joystick Compatibility: Marine Sharpshooter does not offer joystick support.


Using the ATI Rage Fury 128 with Windows 2000 may result in crashes.
We are looking into this. Please visit the Marine Sharpshooter 
Website or the ATI website for further updates for a possible fix.


Windows 2000 Users may experience keys that may seem to be stuck 
down on the keyboard (sticky keys), please make sure service 
pak 2 has been installed.

Intel 810/815 based graphics chipsets do not support the Night Vision 
feature of Marine Sharpshooter.


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VI. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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For updates and questions visit the Groove website at 
http://www.groovegames.com/ or e-mail mailto:support@groovegames.com


Marine Sharpshooter on the web: http://www.jarheadgames.com/