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                    Spectre VR/CD Demo Late-breaking News
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Thank you for your interest in Spectre VR/CD for Windows.  It is important
that you read the following notes so that you experience Spectre VR/CD fully.


Call 1-(800)-VLOCITY to order products, or get a free catalog showing
  exiting new products.


If you have questions, please write us at:

                Velocity, Incorporated
                Four Embarcadero, Suite 3100
                San Francisco, California  94111


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This file contains information regarding:
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1. Game Enhancement.

2. Documentation Changes.

3. Configuration options.

4. Windows Configuration.

5. Video Card issues.

6. Multi-player Play.

7. Modem Play.

8. Other Velocity Products.
     - Remind Me


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1. Game Enhancements
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  - For faster game play:
      - Reduce the window size.
      - Turn off filled shapes.  This should also turn off movies and
          textures.

  - To stop a movie from playing, press the space bar or the mouse key 
      while it is playing.

  - QSound:
      - QSound will work if you have an AWE32, or a Sound Blaster 16 with
          the optional Advanced Signal Processor.
      - Out programmers are feverishly working on a patch that will allow
          QSound to work on computers that have a Pentium processor and
          a regular stereo sound card.  Please call 1-(800)-VLOCITY to
          get this patch downloaded or sent to you.  Thanks for your
          patience.  Working on the cutting edge is always frustrating.

  - Ammo dumps, shield pickups, and anti gravity packs pickups are not
      always color coded, but sometimes they change color, so be careful!


2. Documentation Changes
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  - The tank will no longer coast to a stop.  When you release a movement
      key the tank will stop immediately.

  - When playing network games, you lose your shields and must get new
      ones each time your opponent gets killed.

  - Spectre VR/CD WILL ONLY RUN IF YOU HAVE A MATH CO-PROCESSOR.  This means
      that you MUST have a 486-DX or a Pentium-based computer.


3. Configuration Options
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  - Certain combinations of rendering options are not allowed:
      - If you are running with filled shapes turned off, movies are
        allowed, but textures are not.
      - If you choose textures, filled rendering will automatically be
        selected.


4. Windows Configuration
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  - Be sure that you are using the recommended swap file. This setting is
      made in the "386 Enhanced" section of the Control Panel.  Be sure
      to turn the swap file on, and set it to the size recommended in the
      utility.


5. Video Card Issues
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  - If you are using a video card that controls bitmaps with hardware,
      be sure you have hardware control of bitmaps turned off in the
      Windows driver.

  - There are certain problems with ATI accelerator cards:
      - When using a card which allows palette emulation, be sure that
          you have the 256-color palette turned on.
      - If you have a Mach 32 card, add the following line to the [Mach]
          section of "WIN.INI" in your Windows directory:
          
          DeviceBitmap=off
  
      - If you have a Mach 64 card, add the following line to the [Macx]
          section of "WIN.INI" in your Windows directory:
          
          DeviceBitmap=off


6. Multi-player Play
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  - To play with two players, run install from the CD on each machine on
      which you wish to play.  You will need the two serial numbers
      provided with the game.  Movies are disabled in network mode, so
      neither player will need the CD in order to play.  Follow the setup
      instructions in the manual to set the network configuration.


7. Modem Play
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   - To achieve best performance on high-speed modems, play either at
       2400 baud or turn off modem packetizing at 9600 baud. Consult your
       modem manual for more on how to do this.


8. Other Velocity Products
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   - Remind Me is a personal reminder utility using all your favorite Looney
       Tunes characters.  It offers countless uses for the memory-challenged
       amoung us.  Test out the demo we've included by running
       \REMINDME\REMINDME.EXE directly from the CD, or copying it to its own
       directory on your hard drive and running it from there.

       Read the "README.TXT" file in that directory for more information.


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