Download Shadowman Demo
Filename: shaddemo.zip
Author: Acclaim
Size: 67.2 MB
Created: 8/2/1999
Updated: 6/17/2002
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Gather up your Voodoo powers and get ready to fight to uncover the mysteries of Deadside! You play as dead guy Mike LeRo, who wields various Voodoo weaponry in his quest to find Voodoo artifacts ranging from ears to nail clippings. No, really.
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NOTE: Please check www.acclaim.net for patches and upgrades.
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Shadow Man
Contents
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* IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS
* Supported chipsets
* Minimum CPU speeds
* Minimum memory requirements
* Video card drivers must be installed
* DirectX 6.1 (or later) must be installed
* Drive space
* DirectX Initialization Failure
* Improving Game Performance
IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS
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You may experience difficulties running Shadowman if you don't have
the latest drivers from the manufacturer of your 3D accelerator
card. Drivers were being changed right up to the last minute as
testing with Shadowman revealed problems with various card drivers.
Typically, the chipset makers expect you to go to your card
manufacturer for the latest drivers for their card. Although
the chipset makers supply the 3D chip and driver software to
card manufacturers, the manufacturer may tailor the driver to
their particular board configuration, so the safest place to go
for drivers for your board is the card manufacturer. In some
cases, however, the chip maker also manufacturers the board.
The following is list of web site addresses from which you can
obtain the latest drivers. If Shadowman has problems running under the drivers
you installed with your card, contact your card manufacturer for
the latest version.
3Dlabs www.3dlabs.com
3dfx Interactive Inc www.3dfx.com
ATI Technologies www.atitech.ca
Canopus www.canopuscorp.com
Creative Labs www.creaf.com
Deltron Technology www.deltrontech.com
Diamond Mulitmedia www.diamondmm.com
Elsa www.elsa.com
Hercules www.hercules.com
Intergraph Computer Sys www.intergraph.com
Jazz Multimedia www.jazzmm.com
Leadtek www.leadtek.com
Matrox www.matrox.com
miro Computer products www.miro.de
Number Nine www.nine.com
NVIDIA www.nvidia.com
Orchid Technology www.orchid.com
Rendition www.rendition.com
S3 www.s3.com
Sierra On-line www.sierra.com/hardware/
STB Systems www.stb.com
TechWorks www.techworks.com
Video Logic www.videologic.com
Supported chipsets
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Usually, but not always, if a board is based on one of the
following chipsets, Shadowman will run on it.
3dfx Interactive Voodoo Graphics
3dfx Interactive Voodoo 2
3dfx Interactive Voodoo Banshee
3dfx Interactive Voodoo 3
3D labs Permedia 2
ATI Technologies 3D Rage Pro
ATI Technologies Rage 128
Intel 1740
NVIDIA Riva 128
NVIDIA Riva TNT/TNT 2
Matrox G100/G200
Matrox G400
Rendition Verite v2100
Rendition Verite v2200
S3 Savage 3D
Minimum CPU speeds
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Pentium 166 with a 3Dfx Voodoo Graphics card or equivalent.
Minimum memory requirements
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32 Megs of memory
Video card drivers must be installed
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Drivers for your 3D graphics card must be installed prior to
running Shadowman. You typically do this when you first install the
card. If you haven't installed the drivers, a message to the
effect that no hardware accelerator cards or drivers were found
will appear when you start Shadowman.
DirectX 6.1 (or later) must be installed
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Direct X 6.1 is installed as a normal part of the Shadowman
installation process if not present.
Drive space
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In addition to the drive space required to install the game, Shadowman requests up to
60 MB of virtual memory from Windows during gameplay. Depending upon how much RAM
you have, Windows may need to increase the size of your swap
file to accommodate this request (this usually happens
automatically). If you have another drive or partition more free space,
you could try installing Shadwoman there instead of the default location on C:
(where your swap file probably is). This will free up space on C:, allowing
your swap file to grow larger, and, hopefully, Shadowman to run.
Note:
Full Installation = 620 MB
Meduim Installation = 329 MB
Small Installation = 20 MB
DirectX Initialization Failure
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If the game fails to Initialize DirectX, it will display an error message as follows:
Not enough video memory
The video card does not have enough memory to support this configuration.
Try reducing the screen resolution in the Shadowman Configuration Screen and ensure
that Triple Buffering is disabled in the Advanced Configuration Screen.
Not enough system memory
Ensure that there is enough virtual memory available (see 'Drive space' above).
Incorrect DirectX version
Shadowman requires DirectX 6.1 (or later) to run. You will need to reboot your
machine after installing DirectX for Shadowman to run.
Unknown error
This is probably a video card driver problem (see IF YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING ELSE, READ THIS above).
Improving Game Performance
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Other Windows applications left running while playing Shadowman
could be using system resources that would improve the game's
performance.
Close other applications
Other Windows applications left running while playing Shadowman
could be using system resources that would improve the game's
performance.
Reduce detail settings
If the game speed is generally good but slows down in certain places try using low
detail settings. These can be found in the Options screen and include shirt dynamics,
sky detail, shadow detail and procedural textures.
Reduce Graphics Mode
If the game runs at a continually slow speed, try reducing the screen resolution
or changing to a 16-bit display mode in the Shadowman Setup screen.
Also, ensure 'Use HQ Textures' is not selected in the Advanced configuartion screen.
Selecting triple buffering, if your card supports it, will generally increase
the smoothness of gameplay.
NVIDIA Riva 128
If you experience blocky transparency effects with this video card.
Ensure that 'Iterated Vertex Alpha' is not enabled in the Direct 3D video settings.
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