Empire Earth 2 Demo 1.1 file

Empire Earth(R) II Demo Readme
This Readme file contains last-minute information regarding Empire Earth (R)
II.

March 9, 2004

Table of Contents

1. System Requirements

2. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

3. ETC.

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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 3 or equivalent DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant 64 MB 3D
video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98/Me/2000/XP operating system
- 1.5 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor or equivalent
- 256 MB RAM
- 210 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files
- DirectX(R) 9.0c
- DirectX(R)-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
- 4X CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft(R) compatible mouse and keyboard
- Minimum 56K dial-up modem for online play

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 or DirectX(R) 9.0c-compliant 128 MB 3D video card
with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP operating system
- 2.2 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor or equivalent
- 512 MB RAM or more
- 210 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files
- DirectX(R) 9.0c
- DirectX(R)-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
- 24X or faster CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft(R) compatible mouse and keyboard
- Broadband/LAN, DSL or faster Internet connection for online play

Playing multiplayer/skirmish on a large map, or with a lot of players, can
cause reduced performance on low-end machines. To improve the game\'s
performance on your machine:
- make sure you have the latest drivers
- turn down your Graphics and other settings

Firewalls that aren’t turned off may prevent connection with network games.

Users may experience graphical problems when using NVIDIA 6694 drivers on
Windows 98/Me.

Alt-Tab may work for minimizing the game, but is not officially supported.

Using Alt-F4 to close the game is not supported.

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2. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE
INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE PROGRAM. BY INSTALLING, COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING
THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL OR OTHERWISE
USE THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM

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License Agreement which is provided below (\"License Agreement\"). The Program is
solely for use by end users according to the terms of the License Agreement.
Any use, reproduction or redistribution of the Program not in accordance with
the terms of the License Agreement is expressly prohibited.

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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equivalent of, create derivative works based on, or remove any proprietary
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components to the Program, use of a utility program or any other techniques now
known or hereafter developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
network play over the Internet, network play utilizing commercial or
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without the prior written consent of Sierra; and
(iv) create or maintain, under any circumstance, more than one simultaneous
connection to any hosting service utilized for on-line play. All such
connections, whether created by the Program or by other tools and utilities,
may only be made through methods and means expressly approved by Sierra. Under
no circumstances may you connect, or create tools that allow you to connect, to
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as to place a duty upon Sierra to provide Customer Service or Technical Support
for this demonstration version product.

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PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR LOSS OR
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3. ETC.
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TM, (R), (C) Sierra Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.

Portions of this product are included under license Copyright (C) 2005 Mad Doc
Software, LLC. This product uses the Mad3D(TM) Game Engine and MadAI(TM)
Technology Copyright (C) 2005 Mad Doc Software, LLC. All rights reserved.
Mad Doc Software, Mad Doc(R), the Mad Doc flask, Mad Doc logo, Mad3D, and MadAI
are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Mad Doc Software, LLC. All
rights reserved

Uses Bink Video. Copyright (C) 1997-2005 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.

Uses Miles Sound System. Copyright (C) 1991-2005 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. MPEG
Layer-3 playback supplied with the Miles Sound System from RAD Game Tools, Inc.
MPEG Layer-3 audio compression technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS and
THOMSON multimedia.

This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries,
Inc. (C) 1999-2005 GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.

Portions of this software are included under license. (C) 2005 Numerical
Design, Ltd. This product contains Gamebryo from NDL. All rights reserved

This product is intended solely for private home use. Public performance or
other use is expressly prohibited.

Please visit the official websites:

Empireearth2.com
Maddocsoftware.com
Sierra.com
Gamespy.com