DIE HARD TRILOGY 2 from Fox Interactive ======================================= 1.0/US Thank you for purchasing Die Hard Trilogy 2 - Viva Las Vegas. This file contains last-minute instructions, troubleshooting tips, and contact information. If you have any questions, please check to see if they are addressed here before contacting Fox Interactive. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: ---------------------------- Windows® 95 / 98 with DirectX 6.1 - Pentium® 200MHz MMX processor, or 100% compatible (300MHz recommended) - 32Mb RAM - 4x speed CD-ROM (8x recommended) - 23Mb free hard drive space - DirectSound compatible sound card (Creative EAX and Aureal A3D 2.0 supported) - Windows® 95 / 98 compatible two-button mouse - DirectX 6 compatible 3D Accelerator card with 4Mb RAM (8Mb recommended) with the following features: Min. 2 Mb Frame Buffer Min. 2 Mb Texture Memory Z-Buffering Texturing Alpha Blending - OR 3Dfx (Voodoo) card with Glide 3.x or later. Supported (but not required): - DirectInput compatible game pads, joysticks and wheels (force feedback supported) - Act Labs PC Lightgun System supported INSTALLATION TIPS: ------------------ - Make sure you have sufficient free hard drive space for the installation. Microsoft recommends that you have at least 23 Mb free hard drive space to allow for the correct operation of Windows Virtual Memory. - Restart the system before installing DHT2. It is always a good idea to restart your system before installing any software. This can refresh the system memory and eliminate unnecessary problems that may appear during the installation. - The game requires DirectX 6.1 (or later) to be installed - you will be asked to install or upgrade DirectX during game installation. The latest release of DirectX may be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/directx - Windows Media Player must be installed in order to view the in-game movie sequences. You will be prompted to install Windows Media Player during game installation. If you are connected to the Internet during installation you will be able to download the latest Windows Media Player from the Microsoft web site. If you are not connected to the Internet during installation, the Windows Media Player will be installed from the DHT2 CD-ROM (choose Unknown/Other from the options list). COMPATIBILITY NOTES: -------------------- DHT2 is designed to function with Windows 95/98 compatible graphics cards and sound cards. The drivers for these various devices are provided by Windows itself, or the respective manufacturers, and may occasionally contain bugs or otherwise cause incompatibilities beyond our control. If you experience any problems, it is always recommended that you obtain up-to-date drivers, which will often remedy the problem. Almost every vendor makes their drivers available on their web site. If you are unsure of a web site URL for a particular hardware vendor, you can try accessing one of the popular Windows software update sites such as: http://www.windrivers.com GRAPHICS: - DHT2 detects multiple graphics cards and the resolution settings they are capable of displaying. Although the user can select the highest resolution setting possible, the game may not be able to run due to memory limitations on the graphics card. To fix this, simply select the next resolution down until you find one which will work. Screen resolutions below 512 x 384 are not recommended. - 3Dfx Glide mode requires Glide 3.0 or later to be installed. You may have to download new drivers from http://www.3dfx.com if you have 3Dfx hardware and Glide is not available in the Configuration menu. - If you have a 3Dfx graphics card, it is strongly recommended that you play the game in Glide Mode for optimal game performance. - If you have a version of DirectX later than 6.1 installed on your PC, ensure that the drivers are certified by the graphics card manufacturer as compatible with the installed version of DirectX. - Users of ATI graphics cards (including the Rage Pro) may experience blockiness of some textures. At the time of release, ATI suggests using an earlier version of their drivers, available at their website: http://www.atitech.com - Users of graphics cards with the S3 Savage chipset may experience screen corruption during loading of levels, although this does not appear to have a detrimental effect on the game. Future releases of drivers may resolve this issue. Check http://www.s3.com for updates. - At the time of release, major compatibility problems were noted with the Hercules Stingray and Hercules Terminator Beast graphics cards. At this time, Hercules does not have drivers available on its web site. However you may wish to visit http://www.hercules.com to check for updates. - If you experience any graphical problems, please ensure that you have the latest available drivers for your 3D graphics card. These can be found at the card manufacturer's web site. The most common sites are: ATI (Rage) http://www.atitech.com Matrox (G200, G400) http://www.matrox.com Nvidia (Riva, GeForce) http://www.nvidia.com S3 (Savage) http://www.s3.com 3Dfx (Voodoo) http://www.3dfx.com Creative Labs http://www.creative.com Diamond Multimedia (Viper) http://www.diamondmm.com STB http://www.stb.com/products Guillemot http://www.guillemot.com - Within the Graphics/Options in the Configuration menu is a setting for "Z Bias Compatibility Mode". This mode works around a problem which some video cards, such as the Nvidia GeForce, have with DHT2's method of displaying 2D text. Check this option if menu text or HUD overlays are not visible. - DHT2 takes place at night. Some areas are quite dark - if you are having trouble seeing things generally, you may find a Gamma Correction slider included in your graphics card's display software. Please refer to the graphics card manual for further instructions. AUDIO: - Aureal A3D 2.0 requires compatible Aureal audio hardware and will automatically be detected. The latest Aureal drivers can be found at http://www.aureal.com - Creative Labs Environmental Audio (EAX) requires compatible Creative Labs audio hardware, and will automatically be detected. The latest drivers can be found at http://www.creative.com - Dolby Surround requires a compatible Dolby Surround Sound decoder and speakers to be connected to your computer. CONTROLLERS: - DHT2 supports a wide variety of DirectInput compatible game pads, joysticks and wheels. The latest DirectInput drivers can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/hardware For non-Microsoft DirectInput compatible gaming devices, please refer to the controller manufacturer's web site. - DHT2 supports the Act Labs Lightgun System in the Sharpshooting levels. The latest drivers can be found at http://www.actlab.com ADVISORIES: ----------- - In the Configuration Menu the Options button brings up the Advanced Video Options sub-menu. Changing the Check Box items may have a detrimental effect on the performance of the game, and should only be changed from the default settings if you are attempting to resolve a graphics related problem. - If you have a force feedback controller connected to your PC which does not have a "dead man's trigger" that senses whether the controller is being gripped or not, its force feedback effects may be activated by DHT2 even if the controller is not currently in use (e.g. if you are playing in the 3rd Person Action/Adventure mode but you have a force feedback wheel connected). - When pressing ALT+TAB and/or the Windows Key on keyboards, DHT2 will minimize or switch tasks. Problems may occur when minimizing games so this is NOT recommended. TROUBLESHOOTING: ---------------- MEMORY TIPS: · In the System Control Panel, let Windows manage the Virtual Memory settings, or choose the recommended settings. - Close any other applications that may be running, including anti-virus software, screen savers, and other startup programs. The more free RAM. the better. - Closing other running applications will help prevent Windows from accessing the hard drive Virtual Memory swap file, and avoid possible conflicts from other programs which can affect the speed of DHT2. - Even if you close all running applications, there may be a number of other tasks running in the background. Some of these are displayed as icons in the System Tray on the Windows Taskbar, and others are not immediately obvious. - If, after trying the above suggestions you are still experiencing performance problems, you can experiment with closing these tasks. However, it is possible that closing some of them could cause your computer to crash. and require restarting. You can usually close most System Tray tasks by right clicking or left clicking on their Tray icon, and then selecting Close, Exit, Quit or Suspend (depending upon the task). After this, to see what 'hidden' tasks are still running, from the Windows 95 desktop, carefully press the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys together ONCE. This will display a list of active tasks. You can free up system resources by closing these one at a time by clicking on a task and then selecting the 'End Task' button. On most systems, you will be able to close almost all tasks except 'Explorer' (which you should leave running). BACKGROUND APPLICATIONS: - We recommend that you shut down any other applications that may be running before you start DHT2. Be aware that some background applications, especially schedulers, appointment books and e-mail programs can produce system notifications that may interfere with the gameplay. System notifications may cause the game to minimize itself, and the Windows desktop to be displayed. CD-ROM: - DHT2 constantly accesses the CD-ROM drive during play. The faster your CD-ROM drive, the better performance may be. You can often increase performance by increasing the CD cache size. However, increasing the cache size more than 1 or 2Mb may actually slow performance, so be careful. In the Windows 95 System Control Panel - Performance tab, select the File System Properties button, and then the CD-ROM tab. Set the CD-ROM supplemental cache size anywhere between the medium and large recommendations. - If your system has errors reading from the CD-ROM drive, please perform the following checks: 1) Make sure the disc surface is clean. 2) Examine the surface of the disc for any visible scratches. 3) Check the documentation that came with your CD-ROM drive or contact the company that supplied the drive in order to determine if your CD-ROM drive is functioning properly. STRATEGY GUIDE: --------------- You can purchase the Official Die Hard Trilogy 2 Strategy Guide at all good software stores, or directly from Prima at http://www.primagames.com Please do not contact Fox Interactive technical support for gameplay assistance. TECHNICAL SUPPORT: ------------------ Please do not contact Fox Interactive regarding any hardware or software driver related issues - these should be directed to the respective manufacturer or vendor. If you are having a technical problem with the game that neither the manual nor these release notes helps you solve, you may contact Fox Interactive for technical support only at the technical support number or e-mail address printed in the user manual. Check the Fox Interactive web site at http://www.foxinteractive.com for Frequently Asked Questions, game patches and other information, or call (410) 568-3630 from 5am-9pm Pacific Standard Time. MUSIC: ------ If you enjoyed DHT2's in-game music, you can find out more about BT at http://www.btmusic.com If you enjoyed DHT2's songs, you can find out more about the artists at http://www.badboy-ent.com LEGAL STUFF: ------------ © 2000 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Die Hard © 1988 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Fox, Fox Interactive, Die Hard Trilogy 2 and their associated logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows is a trademark and Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective holders.