Act of War: Direct Action Multiplayer Demo

========================================== 0. CONTENTS ========================================== 1. MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS 2. INSTALLATION 3. DEMO NOTES 4. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 4a. General Game Play And Functionality Notes 4b. Gamespy 5. COMMANDS 5a. Unit Commands 5b. General Building Commands 5c. General Construction Unit Commands 5d. General Game Commands 5e. Navigation/Selection Commands 6. TECHNICAL NOTES 6b. Performance Notes 6c. Compatibility Notes 7. END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ========================================== 1. MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS ========================================== * Windows 2000/XP * Pentium® 4 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 1500+ or higher (Pentium® 4 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 2500+ recommended) * 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended) * DirectX 8.1 compatible 64 MB video card (128 MB video card recommended) with full hardware support for vertex and pixel shaders (i.e. not GeForce 4 MX or Intel Extreme Graphics Family) * 2x DVD-ROM drive (6x recommended) * DirectX 9.0c * sound card, mouse, keyboard * 1 GB free hard drive space Please scroll down to section 6 of this document for a full list of compatibility issues. ========================================== 2. INSTALLATION ========================================== 1. Double-click "Act of War MP Demo.exe" to extract the build components to your Hard Drive. 2. Double-click "wmfdist.exe" to ensure you have Windows Media Format 9 Series runtime files installed (required for video playback). 3. Double-click "actofwarmpdemo.exe" to launch the demo. ========================================== 3. DEMO NOTES ========================================== * This demo contains two maps (out of 15), the Fort Irwin practice online game mode, the Engagement skirmish mode, and you can only play as one of the three different sides. Getting Started in Engagement and Multiplayer Mode With practice, you’ll soon figure out the best way to defeat opponents in the Engagement and Multiplayer modes. Here are some helpful tips to get you started: 1. Build a Refinery – For reliable, steady cash flow, build a Refinery close to an (existing) Oil Derrick. Build two additional Tankers to increase oil extraction speed. 2. Build a Barracks – Recruit some ground units to scout the surroundings and protect your base. 3. Build Defense or Offense – Make the important early decision to eitehr attack opponents immediately with light troops or to first build a strong defense to protect against a rapid enemy attack. 4. Cash or Conquest – Decide whether to capture additional oil wells or assault an opponent. * Game Replays: when the game is over, you can save a replay of the game and open it from the Load menu in the Main menu. Whether you won or lost, this is a great way to study what went right or wrong and thereby master the game. ========================================== 4. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ========================================== 4A. GENERAL GAME PLAY AND FUNCTIONALITY NOTES ------------------------------------------ * Please note that if you host an online or LAN game with one or more A.I.-controller players, these A.I.-controlled players will not be migrated to a new host if the original host is disconnected or leaves the game. * If your internet connection is lost while connected to the online lobby or a game session, for example if your cable is disconnected, you may need to exit Act of War before you can log on again. * Please note that the information in Duty Time and Rank in your online profile only takes your WAR ROOM (i.e. ladder games) into account; not online games played in Fort Irwin, LAN games, or Engagement single-player games. Also, they are not updated in real-time; you may need to log off and log on again for this information to be updated. * Please note that medals are awarded from online play in the War Room only; not in LAN games, single-player games, or online games in Fort Irwin. * Queueing Defend Zone/Heal Zone/Repair Zone Commands: Please note that these commands are "infinite", and therefore you can't really queue up other commands (such as a build command) to occur after them, as they won't get executed. For the same reason, a construction unit with one of these orders won't be selected when you toggle through with the "Zz" button. * Please note that games created in one room of the Fort Irwin Virtual Battlefield area are not visible to other rooms, i.e. if you create a game in the Main room, players in other rooms will not be able to see that game. * In the game staging screen, if you want to send a private chat message to a specific player, you can type "/w [player name]" before your message, i.e. if you want to send the message "Sox rule!" to a player called GOPATS, you should type "/w GOPATS Sox rule!". (Note that player names may be case sensitive.) 4B. GAMESPY ------------------------------------------ * GameSpy provides a free-of-charge match-making and stats tracking service for Act of War: Direct Action. They do not host the patch or the Online game sessions. If you have latency problems in the game, this is caused by one of the players having a slow connection or PC -- not by GameSpy. * If you have problems finding a unique nick, we suggest adding a "clan tag" to the beginning of your nick, i.e. "[REDSOX]MannyRulez" * Please note that when creating a new GameSpy user profile, you cannot enter an e-mail address that contains two dots in the domain name, such as "gamer@us.freedomain.com". * If you get a message "Invalid password" when creating a new user ID, it means that there is already an existing account using the same E-MAIL ADDRESS. Try again using a different e-mail address, or try and remember what password you used when you previously created a GameSpy user ID with the same e-mail address (probably for another game). * If you have problems logging on or connecting to the GameSpy server, please verify that your internet connection is OK and try again in a couple minutes. ========================================== 5. COMMANDS ========================================== 5A. UNIT COMMANDS ------------------------------------------ A Attack M Move S Stop D Defend/Heal Zone/Repair Zone T Land/Take Off C Capture U Unload immediately V Unload on location W Crawl/stand up O Load B Ambush Z Attack area 5B. GENERAL BUILDING COMMANDS ------------------------------------------ O Set rallypoint L Sell 5C. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION UNIT COMMANDS ------------------------------------------ X Open Undercover/Defcon 3/Battlefield Construction menu C Open Revealed/Defcon 2/SHIELD Technology Construction menu V Open Defcon 1/Drone Technology Construction menu E Return to previous construction menu 5D. GENERAL GAME COMMANDS ------------------------------------------ F1 Launch Tactical Weapon F2-F4 Launch airstrike F5 Quicksave F10 Quickload ' Chase camera on selected unit Alt-' Aircraft chase camera ESC Pause game SPACEBAR Center camera on last message BACKSPACE Center camera on Headquarters ENTER Open/send chat message = Center camera on idle construction unit TAB Toggle unit type within selection SHIFT Keep pressed to queue commands, or to add/subtract units to a selection Alt-O Display objectives (single-player) or list of players (multiplayer) Alt-I Display intelligence (single-player only) 5E. NAVIGATION/SELECTION COMMANDS ------------------------------------------ LEFT MOUSE Execute command/select unit RIGHT MOUSE Move Mouse wheel Zoom in/out Cursor Move map CTRL Keep pressed while left-clicking on a unit to select all units on the screen of the same type (or double-click the unit) SHIFT Keep pressed while left-clicking on a unit to add/subtract units to a selection CTRL-# Assign hotkey (number between 1 and 0) to selected unit(s), or a building # Select hotkeyed group ## Center camera on hotkeyed group ========================================== 6. TECHNICAL NOTES ========================================== Please note that Atari assumes no responsibility for any problems you may encounter as an effect of following any of the suggestions given here. In case of techincal problems, please always contact your local Atari customer support office. 6B. PERFORMANCE NOTES ------------------------------------------ * The game will automatically detect the capabilities of your hardware configuration and choose an appropriate quality setting. If you choose to increase your quality settings -- shadows, resolution, audio quality -- you may experience performance issues. In particular, lower-end video cards with support for pixel shader 2.0, such as the GeForce FX5200, FX5600, FX 5800, and the Volari XGI series, will typically run better with the SHADOW setting set to LOW. * As a general rule, almost completely regardless what problem you have with the game, the first thing to check is that you have the latest drivers for your video card. These can be downloaded from the web site of your video card manufacturer. 6C. COMPATIBILITY NOTES ------------------------------------------ * As is noted in the minimum requirements not all video cards have hardware vertex and pixel shader support even though they have the required video memory available. Here is a non-exhaustive list of video cards that are not supported: ATI Radeon 7200 ATI Radeon 7500 Intel 82810 Integrated Graphics Intel 82815 Integrated Graphics Intel 82830M Integrated Graphics Intel 82845G Integrated Graphics Intel 82852 Integrated Graphics Intel 82855 Integrated Graphics Intel 82910GL GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82915G GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82915GV GMA 900 Integrated Graphics Intel 82855GM Extreme Graphics 2 Intel 82865G Extreme Graphics 2 Intel 82865GV Extreme Graphics 2 Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS Express Integrated Graphics Mobile Intel 910GML Express Integrated Graphics Nvidia GeForce 2MX Nvidia GeForce 2GTS Nvidia GeForce 4MX SiS Xabre series video cards If you have any of these video cards please contact your system vendor for assistance in upgrading your video card. * Matrox P750 and Matrox Parhelia: Depending on your hardware configuration and driver version, you may experience random lock-ups and freezes, and the videos displayed in the background of the main menu may flicker, stutter or not be played at all. Try installing a different driver. * XGI Volari V8 and V3XT: Depending on your hardware configuration and driver version, you may experience issues with interface graphics not displaying properly. Try installing a different driver. * With 256 MB of RAM you may experience random lock-ups when Windows is swapping memory to the disc. Terminate all other applications, including those running invisibly in the background to minimize these issues. * Windows XP SP2 introduces the NX security feature for Athlon 64 processors, and for Intel processors with names ending with the letter "J" (such as the “520J�). This feature can make the game crash during startup, if so you have to disable it. To do so, please follow these steps: - Click START > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced - Click Performance > Settings - Select the Data Execution Prevention tab and make sure that the first option ("Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only") is selected. Also, you should get the latest AMD processor drivers and tools for Athlon 64 from www.amd.com. * If you have an AMD Athlon 64 processor and experience issues with Windows XP rebooting your PC seemingly spontaneously, make sure that you have the latest processor drivers (available for download from www.amd.com). * If you have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card and a 5.1 speaker set-up, no audio will be played from the center channel even if you select the "3D" sound driver option. * Crash at 30-38%: Users have been reporting an issue where after you've installed the patch the game will either crash to the desktop or freeze on the loading screen at between 30% to 38%. We are currently in the process of trying to track down this issue but, in the meantime here are some steps to try that have worked for some users who are experencing this issue: 1. Try launching the game in Compatibility Mode: * Locate your Act of War executable (default install path: "C:Program FilesAtariAct of War - Direct Action") * Right-click the file "ActOfWar.exe", select Properties > Compatibility tab > Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and then try either "Windows 2000" or "Windows NT". 2. If you have an ATI-based video card running the latest Catalyst 5.3 drivers, try downgrading your drivers to the 5.2 Catalyst drivers to see if this helps. 3. Also, if you have an ATI-based video card, you can try disabling the VPU recover feature (thanks Morpheus11); START > Control Panel > Display > Settings tab > Advanced > VPU Recover > uncheck "Enable VPU Recover". 4. Update the chipset drivers for your motherboard. * If you have an Intel-based system go to http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Detail_Desc.asp?agr=N&ProductID=816&DwnldID=8178 * If you have an AMD-based system using a VIA-based chipset go to http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2&Type=1 * If you have an AMD-based system using an Nvidia-based chipset go to http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp and download the latest Nforce drivers. * If none of these steps help please 1) refer to this forum thread: http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=459532, and 2) contact your local Customer Support department and provide a copy of your DXDIAG file to the representative along with details as to what steps you have taken to resolve this issue. * If, when you launch the game nothing appears to be happening, try hitting ctrl-alt-del to open the Task Manager. If the Act of War process is running, terminate it, then try running Act of War in Compatibility Mode: * Locate your Act of War executable (default install path: "C:Program FilesAtariAct of War - Direct Action") * Right-click the file "ActOfWar.exe", select Properties > Compatibility tab > Check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and then try either "Windows 2000" or "Windows NT". FLICKERING GRAPHICS * If you have problems with flickering graphics, try setting the mouse cursor to "SMALL" in the in-game options (thanks Troll-Killa). * ATI Video Cards: Act of War sometimes causes an issue with full screen Anti-Aliasing on some ATI cards, resulting in a flickering screen during the game. If you experience this, try disabling it (or simply hit the Windows key to play the game in windowed mode): NVIDIA VIDEO CARDS * If you experience issues with the ground or unit textures not displaying properly (i.e. gray), try verifying against the settings in this thread by Tybalt: http://www.uk.atari.com/third_party/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7597 before reporting the error to Customer Support. * Please note that the GeForce4 MX isn't supported by the game because it doesn't have pixel/vertex shader support. * please check out this thread from the UK forum for more information about nVidia card compatibility: http://www.uk.atari.com/third_party/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=157005 ATI VIDEO CARDS * Act of War sometimes causes an issue with full screen Anti-Aliasing on some ATI cards, resulting in a flickering screen during the game. If you experience this, try disabling it (or simply hit the Windows key to play the game in windowed mode): * Open the ATI control center => Settings => ATI Display Settings => 3D => Use Custom Settings => Custom => Anti-Aliasing; make sure the "Application preference" is checked. * We've seen some forum reports that downgrading your Catalyst drivers from 5.3 to 5.2 has solved various graphical issues; our internal compatibility lab has however not experienced any issues with the 5.3 drivers. AUDIGY SOUND CARDS We have heard of several random issues from people with Audigy 2 sound cards, perhaps related to driver bugs. We have tested thoroughly with this card, without experiencing any issues. Nevertheless, some forum posts have suggested these work-arounds have helped them resolve their problems. * Set the Sound Hardware acceleration to low. START => Run... => type "dxdiag" => Sound => set the "Hardware Sound Acceleration Level" to the lowest notch. * Make sure your Sound option in-game is set to "Stereo". TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND HELP The Atari Customer Support site (http://atarisupport.com) is a great source of information and also contains a link where you can send an e-mail about issues that do not appear in the various help sections. It's in English but contains links to your local Customer Support sites, too. This Act of War forum (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=354) is also a very good way to get fast and helpful feedback from other gamers who have had the same or similar questions. Please note though that the presence of Atari representatives on this forum is limited; for any technical issues, please contact Customer Support. ========================================== 7. 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