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Marine Sharpshooter

Readme File

February 7th, 2003

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Thank you for purchasing Marine Sharpshooter.



This document contains last-minute information about Marine Sharpshooter and other information about the program not found in the Help Files.  Please refer to this file for additional help on answering questions about the game and solving technical difficulties.

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		    	TABLE OF CONTENTS



		  I.	SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

		 II.	USING THE INVENTORY

		III.	NOTES

		 IV.	VIDEO CARDS

		  V.	KNOWN ISSUES         
 
		 VI.	TECHNICAL SUPPORT



I. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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1.0 Minimum Requirements

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For Windows 95/98/ME/XP

Pentium II/300 MHz. or equivalent processor

64 MB RAM

500 MB Hard Disk Space

SVGA, high-color (16-bit)

16-bit DirectX 8 compatible sound card

8 MB DirectX 8 compatible video accelerator (capable of multi-texturing)

DirectX 8.0a or higher (included on CD)


Additional information on DirectX can be found at

http://www.microsoft.com/directx



1.1 Recommended Specifications

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PIII/550 MHz. or above

128 MB RAM

500 MB Hard Disk Space

SVGA, true-color 32 Bit Color

16-bit DirectX 8 compatible sound card

32 MB DirectX 8 compatible video accelerator (capable of hardware accelerated transformation and lighting)

DirectX 8.0a or higher (included on CD)


Additional information on DirectX can be found at

http://www.microsoft.com/directx



II. USING THE INVENTORY

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Marine Sharpshooter allows for a specific key to be bound to each weapon. By default, the numbers 1-3 select the different weapons. You may also use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out with the sniper rifle.



III. NOTES

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If you are experiencing poor performance or a low frame rate, reduce your resolution and color depth under the OPTIONS/VIDEO menu.



IV. VIDEO CARDS

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ATI Technologies 

Radeon  - The HUD's may not look visually complete.  To resolve this issue, install the latest drivers available from ati.com.  

- Users may experience graphical glitches during play.

Once the drivers are installed:

- Go to the display settings and click advanced under settings

- Click on the Direct3D tab

- Click on Alternate Pixel Center

- This will require restarting the computer before it takes effect.


ATI on the web:  http://www.ati.com



Nvidia Video Cards 

GeForce 3 - The HUD's may not look visually complete.  To resolve this issue, install the latest drivers available from nvidia.com. 

Once the drivers are installed:

- Go to the display settings and click advanced under settings

- Click on the Geforce3 tab

- Click on Additional Properties

- Click on Quincunx Antialiasing(tm)



Video Driver Resources

ATI (Radeon, Rage 128) www.ati.com

Intel (Intel 810/815) www.intel.com

Matrox (G400, G450, G550) www.matrox.com

Nvidia (TNT2, Geforce) www.nvidia.com




V. KNOWN ISSUES

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Joystick Compatibility: Marine Sharpshooter does not offer joystick support.


Using the ATI Rage Fury 128 with Windows 2000 may result in crashes. We are looking into this. Please visit the Marine Sharpshooter Website or the ATI website for further updates for a possible fix.


Windows 2000 Users may experience keys that may seem to be stuck down on the keyboard (sticky keys), please make sure service pak 2 has been installed.

Intel 810/815 based graphics chipsets do not support the Night Vision feature of Marine Sharpshooter.



VI. TECHNICAL SUPPORT

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Marine Sharpshooter on the web: http://www.jarheadgames.com


