Welcome to Dukes of Hazzard (TM): Racing for Home We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we've enjoyed making it for you. SouthPeak Interactive *************************************************** Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home is a production of Dogbone Productions Inc. for SouthPeak Interactive LLC. Copyright (c) 2000 SouthPeak Interactive LLC. All Rights Reserved. SouthPeak Interactive and the SouthPeak Interactive logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SouthPeak Interactive LLC. (r) indicates U.S.A. registration. Other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. DUKES OF HAZZARD, characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros. (c) 2000. *************************************************** CONTENTS -------------------------- I. System Requirements II. Installation III. General Game Issues IV. Troubleshooting V. DirectX Information VI. Contact Information I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -------------------------- -233 MHz Pentium II processor -Windows(r) 95/98 -32Meg of RAM -3D accelerator with 8MB of VRAM -(Supports most major 3D acceleration cards). -DirectX compatible Sound card -130MB of free disk space -8X CD-ROM -Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device -Internet/Network Play: Properly Configured TCP/IP, IPX connection at 28.8 kbps or faster. II. INSTALLATION -------------------------- -Insert the CD-ROM labeled 'Dukes of Hazzard: Racing For Home' Disk 1 into your CD-ROM drive, choose 'Install', and follow the onscreen instructions. If your autorun is disabled, find the autorun.exe application in the root of Disk 1 and double click to launch the Installer. -After installing Dukes of Hazzard, you will have options for installing DirectX 7.0. If you do not have DirectX installed, install DirectX 7.0 when prompted during the installation process. If you obtain a newer version of DirectX, it is recommended that you use that. III. GENERAL GAME ISSUES -------------------------- -The alt-tab key combination is known to cause problems with Dukes of Hazzard. Do not use this feature in either the menus or the game as the product will not restore properly once minimized. -On some machines the user may experience black screens when exiting Dukes of Hazzard. If this error occurs please change your color palette to 16-bit or higher. To do this, simply right click on your desktop and choose 'Properties'. Next, select the 'Settings' tab and changes 'Colors' to 'High Color (16 bit)' or greater. IV. Troubleshooting ----------------------- -If you use a 3D Accelerator board and your drivers are outdated, you may experience problems. Here is a List of some of the 3D Accelerator Manufactures and their web pages. You should be able to download updated drivers from these Pages. Manufacturer Web-Page ----------------------------------------------------------- 3DFX www.3dfx.com 3Dlabs www.3dlabs.com nVidia www.nvidia.com ATI Technologies www.atitech.com Creative Labs www.creaf.com Guillemot www.guillemot.com Matrox www.matrox.com Miro Media www.miro.de Number Nine www.nine.com Orchid Technology www.orchid.com S3 or Diamond Multimedia www.s3.com VI. DirectX INFORMATION -------------------------- -What is DirectX? Microsoft's DirectX is a set of software components and drivers designed to create faster hardware performance in Windows based applications. DirectX is comprised of five components: DirectDraw, DirectInput, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and Direct3D. Along with these components, DirectX includes a set of compatible drivers for the computer's video and sound cards along with input devices such as mice, joysticks and game pads. When installing Dukes of Hazzard, the program checks to see whether DirectX is installed on your system. If the installer does not detect a standard, current set of DirectX drivers, it installs new ones. However, a handful of video and sound cards use DirectX drivers which do not conform to Microsoft standards. These non-standard drivers cannot be detected during the Dukes of Hazzard installation, and new drivers may be installed in their place. The drivers Dukes of Hazzard installs may not work with such hardware and the end result may be that Dukes of Hazzard fails to load. This may be true even if you have used other DirectX-based products in the past. -If Dukes of Hazzard will not run on you computer due to DirectX problems, you may be able to correct the problem by following these steps: 1. Update your hardware drivers IMPORTANT: If you have never updated your drivers before, you may want to consult your system/hardware vendor and get their recommendation. If you choose to update the drivers yourself, follow the installation instructions provided with the driver very carefully. -Notes on obtaining drivers Hardware manufacturers post new drivers on their web sites regularly that have enhanced performance and stability. Please check with your hardware manufacturer for an update as some difficulties may be related to drivers. 2 Reinstall DirectX -Manually Installing DirectX 1. Close all applications and save your data. 2. Click on 'Start' and select 'Run' 3. In the 'Run' box type in d:\Dohdisk1\directx\dxsetup (Note: Substitute d:\ for the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.) 4. Select 'OK', this will begin the DirectX install. -If you need to restore your display or audio drivers after installing DirectX: 1. Close all applications and save your data. 2. Bring up the control panel and click the Start button. Then click Settings. Then click Control Panel. 3. Bring up the DirectX Setup applet. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click DirectX Drivers. Click the Add/Remove button. 4. Click the "Restore Audio drivers" button if you want to restore your audio drivers, or click the "Restore Display drivers" button if you want to restore your display drivers. You can only restore one driver at a time, not both. 5. Press "OK" to restart your computer. Note: If DirectX did not install new display or audio drivers (or if you have already restored them), then pressing the "Restore Audio drivers" or "Restore Display drivers" button will just result in a dialogue that says "DirectX setup has completed successfully." You can then press the other button, or exit. V. CONTACT INFORMATION -------------------------- Please visit SouthPeak Interactive's web site at http://www.southpeak.com to obtain additional information or contact our Technical Support team. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Support - United States and Canada http://www.southpeak.com Email: support@southpeak.com Phone: (919) 677-9775 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. Eastern time Monday thru Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday & Sunday Technische Hilfe - Deutschland (Germany) http://www.ubisoft.de Email: software@ubisoft.de Telephone: 338 0015 338 004423 Fax: 3380 0020 L'information Technique - France http://www.ubisoft.fr Email: supportechnique@ubisoft.fr Fax: 02 99 08 96 45 Telephone: 08 25 35 53 06 (0,99 F/mn) 10h30 - 19h30, du lundi au vendredi Minitel: 3615 UBISOFT,2,23 F/mn, Section SOS Technical Support - United Kingdom http://www.ubisoft.co.uk Email: techsupport@ubisoft.co.uk Telephone: 01819 449000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- We will be able to help you more quickly if you have the following information available when you contact us: - The brand name of your computer - The type of CPU and its operating speed (e.g. Pentium-166mhz) - The operating system and version (e.g.. 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