Carmageddon/Maxpack Alpha Voodoo2 Patch
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USE AT OWN RISK

SCI & STAINLESS SOFTWARE OFFER NO WARRENTY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE IN THIS SOFTWARE

NB:

This patch is released with the proviso that it is unsupported by SCi or Stainless Software and we therefore cannot offer help via the techsupport e-mail at the bottom of this text file. It was created by a member of the Stainless Software programming team in his own time for no reward so all thanks are due to Bruce. It has had limited testing therefore USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

INSTALLATION

This file describes the best method of installation for the patch, it assumes you possess one of the following Carmageddon versions.
Max Pack
Splat Pack
Carmageddon 

The cards it has been successfully tested on are: -

Diamond Monster 3D 2 (8mb) (using drivers that came with card)
Orchid Righteous 3D 2 (12mb) (using drivers that came with card)
3DFX Voodoo 2 Reference Board (With some palette anomalies) 

The patch is DOS ONLY as were all previous patches. It may work through Win95/98 however if 
you encounter any crashes/glitches you are advised to restart in DOS mode via the Shut Down 
Menu option in Windows or boot into DOS at start-up by pressing the F8 key.

Versions of Carmageddon successfully tested with this patch: -

Carmageddon UK (Zombie)
Carmageddon UK Maxpack
Carmageddon UK Special Edition
Carmageddon US (Human Peds)
Splatpack UK

In order to run the Patch file you require: -

A copy of the Final Beta 3dfx patch from www.carmageddon.com 
A copy of Carmageddon 
Winzip or some other unzipping utility.
A voodoo 2 card
A PC with all the bits and bobs.
Some degree of common sense!


MAXPACK INSTRUCTIONS
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This has the latest Voodoo 1 patch built in already... (Final Beta)

Unzip the voodoo2 patch into a temp directory on your harddrive (i.e c:\temp). This will extract 2 
files. 

The file VOODO2C.EXE must then be copied into the root of the Carmageddon directory on your 
hard drive. (The additional file VOODOO2S.EXE is not necessary for the MAXPACK)


ALL VERSIONS OF CARMAGEDDON WITH NO 3DFX SUPPORT BUILT IN
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Install Carmageddon as per the instruction manual (dos install required, preferably the maximum 
install)

Unzip the final beta patch i.e. CARV24ROW.ZIP into the root of your Carmageddon directory on 
your harddrive keeping the directory structure of the zipped file. i.e. if using pkunzip use the -D 
command. 

Then unzip the voodoo2 patch into a temp directory on your harddrive. i.e c:\temp this will extract 
2 files. 

The file VOODO2C.EXE must then be copied into the root of the Carmageddon directory on your 
hard drive. (The additional file VOODOO2S.EXE is not necessary for these versions of 
Carmageddon)

Run the program VOODOO2C.EXE to play Voodoo 2 compatible Carmageddon.

SPLAT PACK
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Install Splat Pack as per the instruction manual (DOS install required, preferably the maximum 
install)

Unzip the final beta patch i.e. CARV24ROW.ZIP into the root of your Splat Pack directory on your 
harddrive maintaining the directory structure of the zipped file. i.e. if using pkunzip use the -D 
command. Overwrite all files when asked to do so.

Then unzip the voodoo2 patch into a temp directory on your harddrive. (i.e c:\temp). This will 
extract 2 files. 

Copy the VOODO2S.EXE into the root of the Splat Pack directory on your hard drive.

Run the program VOODOO2S.EXE to play Voodoo 2 compatible Carmageddon.


Please feel free to send any bugs, comments, and money to 
Techsupport@sci.co.uk

We will be able to not reply to any questions or technical support queries on the voodoo2 patch, but we 
would be interested in people's thoughts/problems on the subject. We will also send out copies of 
the Final Beta patch if required.
