TACTICAL OPS: ASSAULT ON TERROR README
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Version 3.1.0
Last update: April 2nd, 2002
Thank you for purchasing Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror. This readme file contains
last minute information that did not make it into the manual, as well as more detailed
information on various features already covered in the manual.
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System Requirements
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System Requirements
Minimum
CPU Intel Pentium 200 MHz, AMD K6 200 MHz or better processor
Memory 64 MB RAM
Available HD Space 120 MB
CD-ROM Drive 4x or faster CD-ROM or 4X or faster DVD-ROM drive
Audio System DirectX 8.0a compatible sound card
Video System 8MB 3D video card
Operating System Windows 95/98/2000/Windows NT 4.0/Windows ME/Windows XP
Network and Internet Play via TCP/IP (56 K minimum speed)
Recommended
CPU Intel Pentium II 450 MHz or more
Memory 128 MB RAM or more
Available HD Space 650 MB
CD-ROM Drive 4x or faster CD-ROM or 4X or faster DVD-ROM drive
Audio System DirectX 8.0a compatible sound card
Video System 16MB 3D video card or better
Operating System Windows 95/98/2000/Windows NT 4.0/Windows ME/Windows XP
Network and Internet Play via TCP/IP (56 K or faster)
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Default keyboard controls
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Fire Left Mouse
Alternate Fire Right Mouse
Move Forward Up or W
Move Backward Down or S
Strafe Left Left or A
Strafe Right Right or D
Jump/Up Space
Crouch/Down Ctrl
Look Up Mouse Y axis
Look Down Mouse Y axis
Walk Shift
Strafe Z
Center View End
Show Buy Menu B
Buy Primary Ammo V
Use Key E
Night Vision Toggle N
Display Objectives O or F3
Show Voice Menu G
Team Info H
Switch Fire Mode F
Switch Flashlight L
Reload Weapon R
Next Weapon Mouse Wheel Down
Previous Weapon Mouse Wheel Up
Throw Weapon T
Select Best Weapon Y
Say X
Team Say C
Thrust M
Wave Q
Victory 1 J
Victory 2 K
Quick Console Key Tab
Show Score F1
Show Server Info F2
show Objectives F3
Menu Command F4
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Troubleshooting
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Installing the game
If AutoRun doesn't start once you have put the game in the CD-ROM
drive, launch the autorun file: CD-ROM:\Autorun.exe.
Safe Mode
Safe mode can be accessed if/after the game has crashed. It is
provided as a means of isolating the cause of problems you may have
with sound or video card drivers. When launching with safe mode, you
can disable 3D video accelerator support or hardware support for sound
cards in its menu. Note that while operating Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror
is possible with software-only rendering, the game is designed to use a 3D
accelerator.
DirectX 8.0a
It is highly recommended that you install DirectX 8.0a from your
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror install disk as DirectX 8.0a is known
to resolve a number of video card and other issues.
Video Card Drivers
Some video card drivers do not support Direct3D correctly. Typical
problems that may occur with these drivers include:
- Crashing on starting up
- Crashing when changing video resolutions
- Corrupted textures
- Garbage artifacts on screen
- Unexpected bright flashing on screen
- Unusually slow performance.
The solution is to go to your video card manufacturer's website and
download updated drivers for your card. It is highly recommended that,
given an option, you download and install Microsoft-certified (WHQL) drivers.
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Hardware Compatibility
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Direct 3D Support
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The following 3D accelerators are partially supported with Direct 3D Support:
- 3D Blaster Savage 4, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.11.01.2104: the menus are blurry but
the game play is fine.
- Millenium G200, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.2730: the game is slow but playable.
Higher resolutions have slower frame rate.
- Millenium G200, Windows XP, driver 5.12.01.1200: the game is slow but playable.
Higher resolutions have slower frame rate.
- Monster 3DII, Windows 98 SE, drivers 4.10.01.0205 and 4.11.01.1151: the default
resolution is 512x384, which causes the text in some menus to appear distorted.
When the user attempts to change the resolution to 1024x768, the resolution automatically
reverts to the default resolution.
- Starfighter 3d PCI, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.10.01.0323: the game plays in a window.
- Stealth II G460, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.10.01.1400: the game will only play in
a window. The game resolutions are only 640x480 and 800x600.
- Stealth II G460, Windows XP, driver 5.00.01.0604: the game will only play in a window.
Serious loss of frame-rate at 1024x768.
- Terminator Beast Savage 3D, Windows XP, driver 5.01.620.0003: the game plays in a window.
- Viper II S3 Savage 2000, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.9007: in the character selection
screen, the back of the characters is translucent. It doesn't support 1024x768
resolution or higher.
- Viper V770 Ultra TNT 2, Windows 98 SE, drivers 4.12.01.0368 and 4.13.01.2183:
in 800x600x and above resolutions, during lots of action (multiple bots, smoke),
the game suffers from a slow, but the frame rate is playable . If the user escapes from
the game play, much of the menu text and graphics, as well as the mouse cursor, are missing.
- Viper II S3 Savage 2000, Windows XP, driver 5.01.2600.000: the game plays in a window.
Brightness is very dark. It doesn't support resolutions of 1024x768 and above.
- Viper V770 Ultra TNT2, Windows XP, driver 5.13.01.2183: in 800x600 and above resolutions,
during lots of action (multiple bots, smoke), the game suffers from a slow, but the
frame rate is playable. If the user escapes from game play, much of the menu text and
graphics, as well as the mouse cursor, are missing.
- Voodoo 3 3000, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.0666: the game plays in a window.
- Voodoo 3 3000, Windows XP, driver 5.00.2489.0028: when the user launches the game,
the following error occurs: "This application has failed because glide2x.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem." However, the game works after this,
regardless. In all resolutions, the game is displayed in a window. Only 640x480 and 800x600
are listed as available resolutions.
The following 3D accelerators are not supported with Direct 3D Support:
- SiS6326, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.0368: the Main Menu interface appears
with garbled text.
- Terminator Beast Savage 3D, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.11.01.4005: the game hangs on a
black screen in Direct 3D Support & S3 MeTaL for Windows modes. However, the game does
run in Software Rendering mode only.
- Viper V550 TNT, Windows 98 SE, drivers 4.12.01.0368 and 4.13.01.2183: if the user escapes
from game play, much of the menu text and graphics, as well as the mouse cursor, are missing.
- Viper V550 TNT, Windows XP: the mouse cursor disappears behind menu boxes, causing the
user to be unable to start the game.
Processors
With the AMD K6 200MHz, there is a low frame rate in all resolutions, during game play.
The frame rate is very low but playable when there is lots of action onscreen.
Open GL
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The following 3D accelerators are partially supported with Open GL:
- Arcade FX2 TNT2 M64, Windows XP, driver 6.13.10.2832: the card doesn't handle 1280x1024
resolution.
- Radeon 7000, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.13.01.9016: when changing bit depth, the game
crashes to the desktop with fatal error.
- Radeon 7000, Windows XP, driver 6.13.10.6037: in 640x480, the splash screen appears
cropped. When changing resolutions, the brightness lowers. When bit depth is changed,
the game crashes.
- Radeon 7500, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.13.01.9016: in 640x480 mode, the initial Tactical Ops
screen appears cropped on the right and bottom.
- Radeon 7500, Windows XP, driver 6.13.10.6037: in 640x480, the splash screen appears
cropped. When changing resolutions, the brightness lowers.
- Radeon 8500, Windows XP, driver 6.13.10.6037: when changing resolutions, the brightness of
the screen plunges.
- Voodoo 5 5500, Windows XP, driver 5.01.2600.0000: the game plays in a window. After the
briefing screen appears in the gameplay, the arrows that appear have red boxes around them.
The following 3D accelerators are not supported with Open GL:
- 3D Blaster Banshee, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.10.01.0110: when trying to start a game, it
crashes to the desktop with fatal error.
- 3D Blaster Banshee, Windows XP, driver 5.00.2462.0060: when trying to start a game, it
crashes to the desktop with fatal error.
- 3D Blaster Savage 4, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.11.01.2104: the splash screens overlaps and
the game crashes to the destop with full screen error.
- 3D Blaster Savage 4, Windows XP, driver 5.12.01.8012: the splash screen overlaps and
the game crashes to the desktop with full screen error.
- Permedia 3, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.2107: changing screen size and color depth
will result in crashing to the desktop with critical error.
- Permedia 3, Windows XP, driver 5.00.2195.1620: changing screen size and color depth will
result in crashing to the desktop.
- Rage Fury, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.13.01.7192: the frame rate is slow and the game is
unplayable. Color distortions appear at the top of the screen.
- Rage Fury, Windows XP, driver 6.13.3279.0000: the frame rate is slow and the game is
unplayable.
- Rage Fury Maxx, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.7942: the frame rate is slow and the game
is unplayable.
- Rage Fury Maxx, Windows XP, driver 5.10.00.0108: the frame rate is slow and the game
is unplayable. The game crashes on start with a fail message.
- SiS 300, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.1060: the game will crash before entering the main
menu interface.
- SiS 300, Windows XP, driver 6.13.10.1133: in the main menu interface, moving around
the interface will cause multiple overlapping graphics to occur.
- Viper II S3 Savage 2000, Windows 98 SE, driver 4.12.01.9007: when trying to start to play,
the game crashes to the desktop with fatal error.
- Viper 88 S3 Savage 2000, Windows XP, driver 5.12.01.9008: when trying to start to play,
the game crashes to the desktop with a fatal error.
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Improving Gameplay Performance
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Some machines will benefit from experimenting with your video/sound options:
- Try selecting low texture and skin detail from the Video menu selectable from
the "Options/Preferences" menu.
- If your video resolution is greater than 640x480, try reduce it to 640x480 in
your video menu.
- Try selecting low quality sound in the Audio menu from the "Options/Preferences" menu.
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