Silent Storm: Sentinels Demo file

Silent Storm: Sentinels
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April, 2004

ENGLISH PUBLIC DEMO VERSION
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Contents of readme.txt
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HEALTH WARNINGS
System requirements
Installing procedure
KNOWN ISSUES
Game Controls
support info
Links to Websites
Copyrights

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(c) 2004 JoWooD Productions Software AG
Technologiepark 4a
A-8786 Rottenmann
Austria

Software, graphics, music, text, names and manual are copyrighted.
Software and manual may not be copied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any
electrical
medium or machine readable form, in whole or in part, without prior written
consent
from JoWooD Productions Software AG. Most hard- and software labels in this
manual are
registered trademarks and need to be handled as such.

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HEALTH WARNINGS
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Some people experience epileptic seizures when viewing flashing lights or
patterns in
our daily environment. These persons may experience epileptic seizures while
watching
TV pictures or playing computer games. Even players who have never had any
seizures
may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic condition. Consult your doctor
before
playing computer games if you, or someone of your family, have an epileptic
condition.
Immediately stop the game, should you experience any of the following symptoms
during
play: dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitching, mental confusion,
loss of
awareness of your surroundings, involuntary movements and/or convulsions.

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System requirements
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Minimum configuration:
PC, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, DirectX 9.0 or higher
CPU 800 MHz
128 MB RAM
AGP 3D accelerator, 32 MB onboard video RAM
(nVidia GeForce2MX compatible or better)
Mouse
Sound card
CD-ROM
500 MB of free hard drive space plus about 500 MB for Windows swap file
and save
games

Recommended configuration:
PC, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, DirectX 9.0 or higher
CPU 2200 MHz
512 MB RAM
AGP 3D accelerator, 128 MB onboard video RAM (nVidia GeForceFX/Radeon
9700 Pro
compatible or better)
Mouse
Sound card
CD-ROM
500 MB of free hard drive space plus about 500 MB for Windows swap file
and save
games

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Installing procedure
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Start installation wizard and follow on-screen instructions.
The installer will prompt you to select the game directory; by default it\'s
C:\Program Files\JoWooD\Silent Storm: Sentinels Demo.
The installer will create «Silent Storm:Sentinels: Demo» program group in
Windows Start menu. There you\'ll
find links to the game launcher, Readme file with the latest information about
the game,
Uninstall program, JoWooD and Nival Interactive web-sites and the «Silent
Storm: Sentinels» home page.

Un-installing the game
To completely uninstall the game, click on Uninstall in the game launcher menu
or in
Silent Storm program group in Windows Start menu.

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KNOWN ISSUES
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- Credits are not final.

AGP video cards with 32 MB and HW-T&L will be supported and should work.
If you do have such a card and experience problems please
report type of card and drivers used.

There may be texture display bugs on ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9100/9200 video cards

when Texture Quality graphics option is set to High or Very high modes.
It is the problem of Catalyst drivers versions 3.5 - 4.2

These are known to have issues:
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3Dfx PARTIAL SUPPORTED
3Dfx VoodooT 4 4500 / 5 5500

3Dfx NOT SUPPORTED
3Dfx VoodooT /2/3/Banshee
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ATI SUPPORTED
ATI RadeonT R6/7200/8500/9000/9000pro/9100/9200/9500/9600/9700/9800
Required Drivers version: CatalystT 3.6. or higher.
We recommend CatalystT 4.3. or higher

ATI PARTIAL SUPPORTED
ATI RageT128
ATI RageT Fury / Maxx
ATI RadeonT VE
ATI ALL-IN-WONDERR

ATI NOT SUPPORTED
ATI RageT Pro Turbo
ATI 3D RageT PRO
ATI XpertT @Play
ATI XpertT @Work

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MATROX SUPPORTED
Matrox ParheliaT
Matrox MillenniumT G400/G450/G550

MATROX NOT SUPPORTED
Matrox MillenniumT G200
Matrox ProductivaT
Matrox ProductivaT G100
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NVidia SUPPORTED
NVidia GeForceT 2 Ti/Pro/GTS/Ultra
NVidia GeForceT 3 /Ti200/Ti500
NVidia GeForceT 4 MX 420/440/460/
NVidia GeForceT 4 TI 4200/4400/4600/4800
NVidia GeForceT FX
5200/5200ultra/5600/5600ultra/5800/5800ultra/5900/5900 Ultra/5950/5950 Ultra

Required Drivers version: Detonator 40.41 or higher.
We recommend Detonator 45.23 or higher

NVidia PARTIAL SUPPORTED
NVidia RivaT TNT2 M64
NVidia RivaT TNT2 /Pro / Ultra
NVidia GeForceT 2 MX

NVidia NOT SUPPORTED
NVidia RivaT 128
NVidia GeForceT 256
NVidia VantaT/ VantaT LT
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Intel NOT SUPPORTED
Intel 740
Intel 810
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3DLabs PARTIAL SUPPORTED
3DLabs Oxygen VX1/GVX1/GVX1Pro/GVX210
3DLabs Oxygen GVX420
3DLabs Wildcat Series

3DLabs NOT SUPPORTED
3DLabs Permedia / Permedia II
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SIS PARTIAL SUPPORTED
SIS Xabre 600/400/200
SIS 300/305/315

SIS NOT SUPPORTED
SIS Xabre 80
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PowerVR Kyro NOT SUPPORTED
Kyro / Kyro2
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S3Graphics PARTIAL SUPPORTED
S3 SavageXtreme/ Savage2000/ ProSavage

S3 Graphics NOT SUPPORTED
S3 Savage/Savage4
S3 Trio/Trio 64/Trio64V+
S3 Virge

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Game Controls
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Legend
Press the key
Click the left mouse button
Click the right mouse button
Press and hold the middle mouse button (wheel)
Turn the mouse wheel

*** Camera controls

— via the keyboard:
Moves the camera forward;
Moves the camera back;
Moves the camera to the left;
Moves the camera to the right;
Zooms in;
Zooms out;
+ Turns the camera left;
+ Turns the camera right;
+ Turns the camera up;
+ Turns the camera down;
Centres the camera on the selected character;

— using the mouse:
Zooms in/out
Move left + Turns the camera left
Move right + Turns the camera right
Move up + Turns the camera up
Move down + Turns the camera down
Move + + Moves the camera in the direction you move the
mouse
Move + Moves the camera in the direction you move the
mouse

*** Displaying objects
Shows the upper level (floor)
Shows the lower level (floor)
Displays names of items

*** Selecting characters
<1>...<7> Selects character by the number
<=> Selects all characters
on character\'s tab Selects the specified character
Selects the next character (in circle)
+ on character\'s tab Adds/deletes the specified character
to/from the group

*** Controlling characters

— position and actions
Move (keep on moving)
Stop
Attack
Look
Hide
Get up / run
Get up / walk
Crouch / sneak
Lie down / crawl
Keep orientation