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Som
e of
the information you find may address questions that arise when you play the game
.
1.0 3D Accelerators
1.1 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush
1.2 Matrox Mystique, Millennium, and m3D
1.3 Rendition Vrit V1000
1.4 Other 3D Accelerators
2.0 Resolution Setting
3.0 Multi-Player
3.1 Internet Play
3.2 Serial Connection
1.0 3D Accelerators
A 3D accelerator greatly improves performance and visuals of a game. Refer to t
he
manual on enabling Direct3D acceleration. Accelerators with chipsets supported
in
the game are:
* 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics
* 3Dfx Voodoo Rush
* Matrox Mystique
* Rendition Verite V1000
1.1 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush
If you experience crashes during gameplay or when you exit a competition, you ma
y
have 3Dfx drivers that are incompatible with the game. Download the latest Dire
ct3D
drivers from 3Dfx's or your accelerator manufacturer's web sites and install the

drivers.
1.2 Matrox Mystique and Millennium
Direct3D acceleration is supported for the Matrox Mystique but since the Mystiqu
e
does not support alpha blending and bilinear filtering, you won't get transparen
cies
and smoothed textures. If you are experiencing problems with the game using the

Mystique, download the latest drivers from Matrox's web site and install the dri
vers.
The game does not support the Matrox Millennium in Direct3D acceleration
because the Millennium lacks key 3D features the game requires for acceleration.
1.3 Rendition Verite V1000
If the game crashes when you enter a competition or change the game resolution,
you may have old drivers installed for your 3D accelerator. To fix this problem
,
download the latest drivers from Rendition's or your accelerator manufacturer's
web site and install the drivers.
1.4 Other 3D Accelerators
The game only supports 3Dfx, Matrox Mystique, and Rendition chipsets. All other
3D
accelerator chipsets are not guaranteed to work. It is NOT recommended that you

play the game in Direct3D accelerated mode for unsupported cards. If you experi
ence
corrupted graphics, erratic gameplay, or lockups, disable 3D acceleration using
the
configuration program which launches when the CD is inserted.
2.0 Resolution Setting
Choosing the highest resolution setting can give the game a crisper, cleaner loo
k,
but it requires more memory and processing time. At high resolutions, you may n
otice
the following:
* Slow frame rates and choppy sound
High resolutions definitely take a large percentage of your CPU's processing tim
e.
If you experience slow frame rates, you should decrease the screen size or lower
the
resolution setting. At high resolutions, you may also experience choppy sound.

Lower the resolution setting to restore the sound.
* Blurry, lower quality textures
Higher resolutions require more memory, which leaves less room for textures in m
odes
which use 3D accelerators. Therefore, at high resolutions, the quality of textu
res
lessens due to lack of texture memory. Decrease the resolution to increase text
ure
quality.
3.0 Multi-Player
Multi-player game sessions can be played through LAN, modem, and serial connecti
ons.
However, many factors influence the performance of multi-player games. Slow fra
me
rates seriously affect performance. Listed are recommendations that may increas
e
the performance of your multi-player game.
* The host should have the fastest computer.
* Modem and serial connections should connect at a rate of 28,000 bps or
higher.
* Ensure that participating players have matching modem or serial connecti
on
settings.
* Decrease screen size, detail level, and resolution setting to increase f
rame
rate.
* Select the Typical installation type during install (if you have the ava
ilable
hard drive space) to decrease load time.
* Close programs running in the background like anti-virus programs.
3.1 Internet Play
It is possible to play a multi-player game session over the Internet through you
r ISP
with your modem and TCP/IP protocol. However, it is not advisable that you play

through the Internet with a modem connection due to possible Internet latency; s
ince
the game has a relatively high packet rate, you may experience dropped packets w
hich
will adversely affect your game session.
3.2 Serial Connection
If you are playing a multi-player game session serially with a null modem cable,
make
sure that you and your human opponent have the same serial connection settings.

Ensure that in the settings you DON'T have flow control set to XOn/XOff. The co
mputers
will fail to recognize each other and a connection will not be established.