================================================================== Clive Barker's Undying(tm) Version 1.

0 Read Me File January 30, 2001 ================================================================== Thank you for purchasing Clive Barker's Undying. 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. ================================================================== System Requirements ================================================================== Minimum: 400 MHz CPU 64 Megabytes of RAM 16 Megabyte 3D accelerator video card with DirectX support 350 MB of free hard drive space Recommended: 500 MHz CPU or better 128 Megabytes of RAM 32 MB 3D accelerator video card with DirectX support 850 MB of free hard drive space Required Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME Note that Windows NT 3.x, 4.0 and 2000 are not supported. The following 16 MB 3D accelerators are not fully supported and and do not work properly with the game: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee cards(some examples below): Diamond Monster Fusion Metabyte Wicked 3D Quantum 3D Raven PowerVR NEON 250 cards: Video Logic PowerVR Neon 250 S3 Savage 2000 cards: Diamond Viper II S3 Savage 4 cards: Diamond Stealth III S540 Diamond Stealth III S540 Extreme SiS 300 cards ================================================================== Installation Options ==================================================================

Compact: Requires 100 MB of hard drive space. It is recommended that you select this option only if you are extremely low on hard drive space because level loads will take much longer from the CDROM drive. Typical/Recommended: Requires 600 MB of hard drive space. ================================================================== Hard Drive Space ================================================================== In addition to the installed game, Windows will require additional free hard drive space for its operating system (virtual memory). The amount of space required varies from 100 MB to 250 MB. If you have less than 250 MB free space you may encounter the following message in an error dialog: "Ran out of virtual memory" If you encounter this message, free up some hard drive space. ================================================================== Installing DirectX 8.0 ================================================================== If you declined to install DirectX 8.0 when initially installing Clive Barker's Undying, you install at a later time by running "dxsetup.exe" located in the DirectX directory on the install CDROM. ================================================================== Troubleshooting ================================================================== Safe Mode Safe mode can be accessed from the "Undying Safe Mode" link in your "Start" menu. 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 Clive Barker's Undying is possible with software-only rendering, the game is designed to use a 3D accelerator. DirectX 8.0 It is highly recommended that you install DirectX 8.0 from your Undying install disk as DirectX 8.0 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. Matrox G400 and G450: In rare instances quitting and restarting the game will result in a black screen. When the computer is restarted, everything works fine again. Resolution of 1600x1200: A resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels is not fully supported and has been found to have problems with various video cards including Voodoo 5 and nVidia cards. When 1600x1200 is not possible the screen will revert back to a lower resolution without a prompt. ================================================================== Improving Gameplay Performance ================================================================== Some machines will benefit from experimenting with your video/sound options: - Try selecting "Low Texture Detail" from the "Advanced" menu selectable from the "Video" menu. This is particularly useful for computers with less than 128 MB of RAM. - Also from the "Advanced" video menu try lowering the "Quality" slider. - Also from the "Advanced" video menu try turning off shadows and decals. - Uncheck the "High Quality Sound" in the sound menu. Note that you must click "Ok" then exit and restart the game for this option to take effect. - If your video resolution is greater than 640x480, try reduce it to 640x480 in your video menu. - If your color bit depth is 32 bits, try reducing it to 16 bits in your video menu. - Try doing a "Typical" install if you did a "Compact" install. See the above section "Installation Options".

================================================================== Other Issues ================================================================== Sound: Turning on/off High Quality Sound or 3D Hardware from the Sound Menu does not change the sound quality until you quit out of the game and restart Undying. Ambient/Voiceover/SFX Sliders - located in the 'Audio' portion of the Shell, the user has the ability to adjust the volume control on Ambient, Voiceover and/or Sound Effects within gameplay by adjusting the appropriate sliders. However, adjusting the volume could greatly impact gameplay as many events, puzzles and clues key off sound as a method of player progression. EAX / A3D: Users who enable the "Use3DHardware" option may experience slight volume differences due to the fact that some of the sounds are being mixed in software and some are mixed in hardware use sound as a method of player progression. Keyboard Controls: Some PC keyboards cannot recognize certain combinations of 3 or more simultaneously pressed keys. Advanced Video Options: World Detail- Texture resolution of everything except for characters, creatures and objects. Skin Detail- Texture resolution of characters, creatures and objects. Quality- Minimum Quality of graphics to use in the game. Works with Desired FPS slider. See "Desired FPS" section below for more info. Desired FPS- Setting desired framerate sets the point at which detail is added or reduced -- if you are running above the desired framerate, detail will be added, if you are running below the desired framerate, detail will be reduced. Detail will never be increased beyond maximum, and it will never be reduced below the quality setting. So if you set your desired framerate very high and your minimum quality very low, you would expect to see all meshes in the game at very low detail in an attempt to reach your desired framerate. Advanced Control Options: LookSpring- If checked, releasing the mouselook key will automatically center the view. Only valid if Mouselook is disabled. Auto Slope- If checked, your view will automatically adjust to look up and down slopes and stairs. Only valid if Mouselook is disabled. AlwaysMouseLook- If checked, the mouse will always be used for controlling your view direction. AutoSwitchWeapons- If checked, the game will automatically switch to a weapon that you pickup if it has a higher rating.

MouseDecel- If checked, the game disables Windows mouse movement acceleration. MouseSmoothing- If checked, the game filters mouse movement slightly.

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