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System Requirements
Installing and Uninstalling Gore
Problems Starting Gore
Additional Information
System Requirements
Minimum Configuration Windows® 95/98/2000/NT4/ME/XP 350 Mhz AMD or Pentium II® processor 64 MB RAM 4X CD-ROM
700 MB free hard disk space
16 MB OpenGL capable video card
Sound card
Keyboard
Mouse

Recommended Configuration

600 Mhz or faster AMD or Intel® Processor
128 MB RAM
32 MB or better OpenGL compatible video card
Fast Internet Connection

Note: Anyone using less than a GeF orce2 videocard or equal should use 16 bit color (65536 colors)

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Installing and Uninstalling Gore
Auto Install Insert Gore CD into your CD-ROM drive. The auto install should start automatically and simply follow the on screen instructions. Manual Install Click Start, select Run and type in the following D:\setup (D:\ represents your CD-ROM drive letter) The install will start automatically and simply follow the on screen instructions.

To Auto Uninstall

Insert Gore CD into your CD-ROM drive. The auto uninstall should start automatically and simply follow the on screen instructions.

Manual Uninstall

Click Start, select Run and type in the following D:\setup (D:\ represents your CD-ROM drive letter) Select the Uninstall option. The Uninstall will start automatically and simply follow the on screen instructions.

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Problems Starting Gore
If you're having a problem installing or using your software, please make sure you have read the System Requirements and the Installing Gore sections. It is important that your system meets the Minumum System configuration requirements. Video Problems

We recommend the use of the video chipset manufacturer's latest released drivers. Please note, only 100% OpenGL compliant video cards are supported. In general, any OpenGL driver for the supported video cards should work. If you have any problems running the program on your video card, we recommend you get the latest OpenGL compliant drivers from the manufacturers website.

Sound Problems

If you experience stuttering sound or sound that cuts in and out, we recommend updating drivers from the manufacturer. Check \Docs\sound.txt for detailed instructions.

Memory Problems

Gore requires a minimum of 64 MB RAM, 128 MB or better Virtual Memory with at least 100 MB free hard disk free space after installing Gore.

Network Problems

Check the Multi-player\Connection Settings\Bandwidth Settings in the game menu to make sure the settings match your connection. Check \Docs\network.txt for detail instructions.

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Additional Information
Texture Detail Setting The texture detail in Gore can be adjusted from the console using the "texdetail" command. The texture detail can be doubled by entering the command "texdetail 1" into the command console. Please note, this change will not take effect until the next level load. Also, using this option may degrade performance. For more information, see the console documentation for texdetail. The Gore console is toggled by pressing the '~' key.

Standalone Server

Gore automatically starts in client mode and creates a second process to run in server mode when you click on the "Create" button, then load a map by clicking on the "Create Game" button. For large games, it is recommended that the server be run on its own machine.

To run Gore in Standalone Server Mode, start Gore from a DOS command prompt with the following arguments:

Gore --server --rules dm

Where,

Gore = The name of the application
--server = Directs the application to start in Server Mode
--rules = Directs the application which rules to load.
dm = The code for deathmatch play. Other codes are ctf and tact.

You can also initialize the server with appropriate commands kept in a config file, by loading with the -load command. Eg:

Gore --server --rules dm --load standalone.cfg

Where,

--load = Directs the application to load a config file
standalone.cfg = A custom made config file which contains gore commands

Game Mode Settings

Game modes are configured in the settings underneath the dll directory:

dm - /dmrules/Settings/dmrules.cfg
ctf - /ctfrules/Settings/ctfrules.cfg
tact - /tactical/Settings/tactical.cfg

Default Server Port
The default server port is 10051. When connecting to a server running the default port you do not need to append the port number to the host value.

Change Server Port
In order to change the port that the server listens on, you need to change the gore value of "host". To set the port to 10060, at the server console type:

Host *:10060

Where,
* = The ip address of the server (this could be specified explicitly such as 123.456.789)
:10060 = The port number the server will listen for connections, prefixed by a colon.

This will save the value to the autoserver.cfg, and the next time you start the server the new port will take effect.

Server Browser Port
The server listens on a port which is one more than the host port for server browsers. So in the above example the server will attempt to listen on port 10061. If this port is unavailable, it will incrementally attempt the 100 ports above the one specified.

Multiple Servers
To run multiple servers on a single box, you will need to load a custom config file for each server instance. Specify a different port number for the host value for each server instance, ensuring to leave the browser port above each server's port free. The custom config will also be the place to set the different server names. An example config:

Host *:10060
Servername Mantis Manhole
Maxconnect 8

Where,
Host *:10060 = The port the server will listen on Servername Mantis Manhole = Specifies the name of the server that will appear in browser lists.
Maxconnect 8 = Specifies on 8 players can connect at any point in time

Custom config files that are loaded from the command line, must be placed in the Settings sub folder of the main Gore directory.

Maxconnect
It is recommended that server operators limit maxconnect to a value of 12 or less for the demo version.

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