This readme text contains supplemental information not found in the manual.  Some of 
the information you find may address questions that arise when you play the game. 

1.0  3D Accelerators
     1.1  3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush
     1.2  Matrox Mystique, Millennium, and m3D
     1.3  Rendition Vérité V1000
     1.4 Other 3D Accelerators
2.0  Resolution Setting
3.0  Multi-Player
     3.1  Internet Play
     3.2  Serial Connection

1.0 3D Accelerators
A 3D accelerator greatly improves performance and visuals of a game.  Refer to the 
manual on enabling Direct3D acceleration.  Accelerators with chipsets supported in 
the game are:

*	3Dfx Voodoo Graphics
*	3Dfx Voodoo Rush
*	Matrox Mystique
*	Rendition Verite V1000

1.1  3Dfx Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo Rush
If you experience crashes during gameplay or when you exit a competition, you may 
have 3Dfx drivers that are incompatible with the game.  Download the latest Direct3D 
drivers from 3Dfx's or your accelerator manufacturer's web sites and install the 
drivers.

1.2  Matrox Mystique and Millennium
Direct3D acceleration is supported for the Matrox Mystique but since the Mystique 
does not support alpha blending and bilinear filtering, you won't get transparencies 
and smoothed textures.  If you are experiencing problems with the game using the 
Mystique, download the latest drivers from Matrox's web site and install the drivers.

The game does not support the Matrox Millennium in Direct3D acceleration 
because the Millennium lacks key 3D features the game requires for acceleration.

1.3  Rendition Verite V1000
If the game crashes when you enter a competition or change the game resolution, 
you may have old drivers installed for your 3D accelerator.  To fix this problem, 
download the latest drivers from Rendition's or your accelerator manufacturer's 
web site and install the drivers.

1.4  Other 3D Accelerators
The game only supports 3Dfx, Matrox Mystique, and Rendition chipsets.  All other 3D 
accelerator chipsets are not guaranteed to work.  It is NOT recommended that you 
play the game in Direct3D accelerated mode for unsupported cards.  If you experience 
corrupted graphics, erratic gameplay, or lockups, disable 3D acceleration using the 
configuration program which launches when the CD is inserted.

2.0 Resolution Setting
Choosing the highest resolution setting can give the game a crisper, cleaner look, 
but it requires more memory and processing time.  At high resolutions, you may notice 
the following:

* 	Slow frame rates and choppy sound
High resolutions definitely take a large percentage of your CPU's processing time.
If you experience slow frame rates, you should decrease the screen size or lower the 
resolution setting.  At high resolutions, you may also experience choppy sound.  
Lower the resolution setting to restore the sound.

* 	Blurry, lower quality textures
Higher resolutions require more memory, which leaves less room for textures in modes
which use 3D accelerators.  Therefore, at high resolutions, the quality of textures 
lessens due to lack of texture memory.  Decrease the resolution to increase texture 
quality.	

3.0  Multi-Player
Multi-player game sessions can be played through LAN, modem, and serial connections.  
However, many factors influence the performance of multi-player games.  Slow frame 
rates seriously affect performance.  Listed are recommendations that may increase 
the performance of your multi-player game.

*	The host should have the fastest computer.
*	Modem and serial connections should connect at a rate of 28,000 bps or
 	higher.
*	Ensure that participating players have matching modem or serial	connection
	settings.
*	Decrease screen size, detail level, and resolution setting to increase frame 
	rate.
*	Select the Typical installation type during install (if you have the available 
	hard drive space) to decrease load time.
*	Close programs running in the background like anti-virus programs.

3.1  Internet Play
It is possible to play a multi-player game session over the Internet through your ISP 
with your modem and TCP/IP protocol.  However, it is not advisable that you play 
through the Internet with a modem connection due to possible Internet latency; since 
the game has a relatively high packet rate, you may experience dropped packets which 
will adversely affect your game session.

3.2  Serial Connection
If you are playing a multi-player game session serially with a null modem cable, make 
sure that you and your human opponent have the same serial connection settings.  
Ensure that in the settings you DON'T have flow control set to XOn/XOff.  The computers 
will fail to recognize each other and a connection will not be established.

