Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo

Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo

Join a secret squad of pilots dedicated to thwarting the most heinous plans of the Third Reich. Fly over twenty authentic aircraft across thirty daring missions in this new WWII action-flyer. Lawrence Holland, the legendary creator of Star Wars X-Wing, Star Wars Tie Fighter and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe returns with an exhilarating new game of action and intrigue. Can you be trusted with the most dangerous secrets of the war?

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LucasArts, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.

Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo

Version 1.0

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Thank you for playing the Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo.

We recommend that you read this file to get the most up to date

information about installing, running, and playing this demo.

Be sure to check the LucasArts website at www.lucasarts.com for

the very latest information related to Secret Weapons Over

Normandy.

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Supported Operating Systems

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To be able to play the Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo, you

must have Windows 98SE, Millennium Edition (ME), 2000, or XP

installed and configured correctly, and your computer hardware

must be DirectX 9.0b compatible.

According to Microsoft, Windows 95 has entered its non-supported

phase as of December 2001. Because of this, Secret Weapons Over

Normandy doesn't support this operating system. Windows 98 also

entered its non-supported phase as of June 2003. Because of

this, several hardware manufacturers are no longer developing

drivers for this operating system.

Minimum System Requirements

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Computer: 100% DirectX 9.0b compatible computer required.

CPU: Intel PIII 850 MHz or AMD Athlon 900 MHz required.

Intel P4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2200+ recommended.

Memory: 256 MB RAM required, 512 MB RAM recommended.

Graphics Card: 32 MB PCI or AGP Direct3D compatible

graphics accelerator card required, 64 MB AGP Graphics

card recommended.

Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0 compatible Audio Device required.

CD-ROM: Quad Speed IDE or SCSI CD-ROM drive required for the

full version of Secret Weapons Over Normandy.

Input Device: Keyboard and mouse required. Gamepad or joystick

recommended. Optional support included for Force Feedback

DirectInput compatible joysticks.

DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 9.0b must be installed to play the

Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo. A link to the Microsoft

DirectX page is available at the LucasArts website by going

to http://support.lucasarts.com/patches/dx.htm.

NOTE: DirectX may require the "latest" updates for your

operating system. This may also include the latest drivers

for your particular motherboard, sound and video hardware.

Installation: Installation requires 2.2 GB of free hard drive

space. We recommend that you have at least an additional 200MB

of free space available after installing the game for the

Windows swap/page file and save games.

Video Cards Supported

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For a list of supported video cards at the time of release,

please refer to the Troubleshooting Guide

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General Information

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Installing the Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo

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Insert the Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo CD into your CD-ROM

drive. The launcher screen will open automatically unless

Autoplay is disabled. If it does not, double-click on the My

Computer icon, then the CD-ROM icon. This should bring up

the launcher menu. If it does not, double-click on SWoN.exe

in the window that opens. Click on the top button from the

following options and the installer will guide you through

the installation process.

* Install

* Help

* Analyze Your Computer

* View Readme

* View Troubleshooting Guide

* Go Back

* Options

* Visit www.lucasarts.com

* Register Online

* View License Agreement

* Uninstall

* Go Back

* Exit

You will be prompted to choose Automatic or Custom Installation.

Automatic installs Secret Weapons Over Normandy into the

default location on your hard drive and install DirectX if

your computer requires it. Choosing Custom install allows

you to change the installation location, and will also

prompt you if you would like the required version of DirectX

to be installed. The default installation location is

C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo.

Administrator Rights

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You will be unable to play Secret Weapons Over Normandy or

install DirectX unless you are logged on with Administrative

Rights.

Running the Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo

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To run the game, click on your Start Menu, select Programs,

then LucasArts, then Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo and

click on Launch Secret Weapons Over Normandy Demo. This will

bring up the Launcher screen. Click on "Play Game" on the

launcher and it will begin the game.

Desktop Color Palette

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We recommend that you set your desktop to True Color or

Highest(32 bit) color. When playing Secret Weapons Over

Normandy with your desktop set to a color palette other

than 32 bit, you may experience various problems while

running the game.

Task Switching

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We recommend that you do not use ALT-TAB or CTRL-ESC to Task

Switch while playing Secret Weapons Over Normandy in Windows

98 or Windows ME.

Joystick Default Configuration

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The game’s default Joystick configuration is configured for a

6-button controller. Because of this issue, you may need to

map your buttons before playing Secret Weapons Over Normandy.

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