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Robin Hood – The Legend of Sherwood v1.0
Readme file – October 25th, 2002
Thank you for purchasing Robin Hood – The Legend of Sherwood.
The Spellbound Team wishes you a lot of fun with their new game.
This readme file contains useful information that could help you to solve problems with the game.
CONTENTS
Getting Started
· System Requirements
· DirectXtm and driver information
· Installing and starting the game
· Uninstallation
Problems and Solutions
· Performance optimisation on slow systems
· Known problems
· Technical Support
GETTING STARTED
System Requirements
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OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
CPU: 233 MHz Intel Pentium II or similar CPU
RAM: 64 MB
CD/DVD-ROM speed: 4x
Hard drive space: 1GB available
Video: 4 MB RAM and DirectXtm-compatible
Sound: DirectXtm compatible sound device
Input: Keyboard, Mouse
Recommended:
CPU: 500 MHz Pentium III or similar CPU
RAM: 128 MB
DirectXtm and driver information
This game is running with Microsoft's DirectX 8.1 or later. In order to be able to play the game, you must have DirectX 8.1 or later compliant drivers for your hardware installed.
You will find the latest version of DirectX at: www.microsoft.com/directx
To obtain the latest drivers from your card manufacturer please refer to these links:
3D labs: www.3dlabs.com
ATI Technologies: www.ati.com
Creative Labs: www.creative.com
Diamond Multimedia / S3: www.diamondmm.com
Hercules: www.hercules.com
Intel : www.support.intel.com
Matrox: www.matrox.com
nVIDIA: www.nvidia.com
Installation and start
If the installation is not starting automatically, please follow the instructions below to install the game:
1) Double click on the work space desktop icon with the left mouse button.
2) Choose your CD-ROM drive in which you inserted the CD with a double click.
3) Double click on the “Setup.exe” file.
The installation program is now starting and the on-screen information will guide you through the installation process. Please read the on-screen information carefully before selecting an option.
The installer will notice if you have already installed a recent version of DirectXtm on your computer. In this case you can start the game directly after the installation. If DirectX has to be installed, you have to reboot your computer before being able to play the game.
If the installation was successful, you can start the game by using the link in the start menu or by double clicking the desktop icon.
Uninstallation
You can uninstall the game by using the “Uninstall Robin Hood – The Legend of Sherwood“ link in the start menu or by using the “add/remove software“ option in the control panel of Windows.
Inexperienced users are recommended to use the automatic uninstall option.
During the uninstallation of Robin Hood the savegames will be saved in the subfolder “Robin Hood 1.0” of the Windows folder. With the next installation of Robin Hood the savegames will be automatically restored.
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Performance optimisation on slow systems
If Robin Hood –The Legend of Sherwood is running too slow on your system, there are some possibilities to improve the situation. Please test all these possibilities before contacting the Technical Support.
- Please make sure to have closed all other windows and applications, including background applications.
Other programs may slow your system down if they are running at the same time as Robin Hood.
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