Welcome to the "Wild Wild West Small Demo" Readme file.

We sincerely hope you enjoy reading this file as
much as we enjoyed writing it!
			   SouthPeak Interactive

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WILD WILD WEST, characters, names, and all related indicia 
are trademarks of Warner Bros., a Time Warner Entertainment 
Company L.P.  1999.

SouthPeak Interactive and the SouthPeak Interactive logo are 
trademarks of SouthPeak Interactive LLC.  Other brand or 
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of 
their respective companies.  indicates USA registration.

Copyright  1999 SouthPeak Interactive LLC, Cary, NC, USA.  
All rights reserved.
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     CONTENTS
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I.     System Requirements
II.    Game Controls
III.   General Game Issues
IV.    Video Options
V.     Troubleshooting
VI.    DirectX Information
VII.   Contact Information

I.   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum System Requirements are as follows...

233MHz Pentium MMX or better required
3D Hardware Accelerator recommended
Windows 95/98
DirectX 6.1 (http://www.microsoft.com/directx)
SVGA Graphics adapter capable of 800x600 High Color (16 bit)
32 MB RAM Required (64MB Recommended)
8X CD-ROM drive or better
Microsoft Compatible Mouse or Other Pointing Device

The following graphic accelerator chipsets have been 
tested and are capable of running the Wild Wild West Demo...
-nVidia
     Riva 128
     Riva TNT
     Riva TNT2
     Riva TNT2 Ultra
-ATI 
     RagePro
     RagePro Turbo
     Rage 128
-3dfx
     Banshee
     Voodoo2
     Voodoo3
-Intel i740
-Matrox G200
-Rendition Verite 2100


Users with graphics adapters other than the ones 
listed here may be able to run the demo. If you 
are unable to run the demo please check with your 
hardware vendor for updated drivers.

II.   GAME CONTROLS
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Press H within the game to see a list of game controls.

Left mouse click controls your character's navigation and
interaction with objects and people.

Right mouse click fires a weapon.

Keyboard shortcuts include:

H - Help/Documentation
C - Turn on/Turn off close captioning
O - Options
P - Pause interactive segment
I - Inventory

III.   GENERAL GAME ISSUES
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Your primary source of documentation for the demo is the Help 
system, accessible via the H key from within the demo.  Press H 
any time you are confused about how the demo works.

Press the Story button on the Main Menu to learn about the new 
assignment President Grant has given Jim West and Artemus Gordon. 
This demo is a small section of gameplay taken from Wests first 
mission in the game. 

West will automatically write in his journal as he makes important 
discoveries.  Open the Inventory Saddlebag and then open the 
Journal to get a couple of clues during the demo. The level of 
difficulty chosen for Adventure (in the Options Screen) will determine 
how helpful the clues are in the final game, but since the demo
just shows the action side of things, the Adventure difficulty
settings are not operational.

The gameplay segment combines the use of strategy and action to 
outwit the bad guys who have ambushed West as he tries to leave 
Mr. Streets tavern (formerly Surratt House). The level of 
difficulty chosen for Action (in the Options Screen) will determine 
how many bad guys ambush you, how accurately they can shoot, and 
how aggressively they pursue you. 

In the easiest Action mode, there is a way to use the environment 
against every villain; you should never need to face down a villain 
without being in a place of safety.  Yes, you will die (!) if you 
move out of your place of safety and into someone's field of fire, 
but you can treat the action section as an extended puzzle in this mode.

In easy adventure mode (not available in the demo), the Journal 
entries are more explicit.  You can change difficulty settings at 
any time if you need additional hints, and the Journal will be 
updated automatically.  The MOST difficult adventure mode is not a 
setting you can choose in the game.  Instead, you simply avoid 
looking at the Journal at all...

You may want to go to the Options screen (hit O within the game)
and adjust your Graphics/Audio detail.  The default is "better",
the medium setting; if you have slower hardware, select "good",
and if you have faster hardware, select "best".

IV.   VIDEO OPTIONS
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          - Low Video Memory - 
This checkbox is obsolete; the final version of the demo runs in this 
mode regardless of your texture memory.

          - No Page Flipping - 
Creates the back buffer in system memory instead of video memory.
This disables page flipping.

          - Double Buffer - 
Tells the system to draw the next frame in an off-screen buffer and 
then "flipping" to the off-screen buffer in a single operation.  This 
eliminates some "tearing" artifacts that can occur when the next frame 
is rendered directly into the on-screen buffer.

          - Triple buffer - 
For machines with ample video memory (> 8M) this option may improve 
performance.  Two off-screen buffers are used instead of one.

V.    TROUBLESHOOTNG
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If you have a 3D hardware accelerator, this demo will attempt 
to use it for character rendering.  In some cases, your  3D 
accelerator may not provide all the features needed for quality 
rendering.  If you experience problems with the rendering or 
its performance, the Video Options button on the Play dialog 
may allow you to view the demo as intended.  A Software 
renderer is available, although this will be slower than using 
a hardware renderer.

If the characters look gray, check the No Page Flipping 
option on the Video Options dialog.  If this doesn't work, 
check the Force Software 3D Renderer option.

If you are using a hardware renderer with more than 8MB of
video memory, you may be able to improve performance by
selecting the Triple Buffer option on the Video Options
dialog. 

Some users may experience better performance or improved audio 
by disabling '3D sound hardware'. You can find this option under 
Video Options.

VI.   DIRECTX INFORMATION
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What is DirectX?
Microsoft's DirectX is a set of software components and drivers
designed to create faster hardware performance in Windows based 
applications. DirectX is comprised of five components: DirectDraw, 
DirectInput, DirectPlay, DirectSound and Direct3D. Along with 
these components, DirectX includes a set of compatible drivers for
the computer's video and sound cards along with input devices such 
as mice, joysticks and game pads.

When installing the West Demo, the installer checks to see whether
DirectX is installed on your system. If the installer does not 
detect a standard, current set of DirectX drivers, the demo will
let you know and exit. However, a handful of video and sound cards 
use DirectX drivers which do not conform to Microsoft standards. 

-If the West Demo fails to run due to DirectX problems,
 you may be able to correct the problem by following these steps:

	1.  Update your hardware drivers
	    IMPORTANT: If you have never updated your drivers 
            before, you may want to consult your system/hardware 
            vendor and get their recommendation. If you choose 
            to update the drivers yourself, follow the installation 
            instructions provided with the driver very carefully.

	    -Notes on obtaining drivers
	    Hardware manufacturers post new drivers on their web 
            sites regularly that have enhanced performance and 
            stability. Please check with your hardware manufacturer
            for an update as some difficulties may be related to 
            drivers.

	2   Reinstall DirectX
   	    
-To restore your display or audio drivers after installing DirectX: 

1. Close all applications and save your data. 
2. Bring up the control panel by Selecting the Start button. 
   Select Settings then Control Panel. 
3. Open Add/Remove Programs and select DirectX Drivers.
   Press the Add/Remove option. 
4. Choose the "Restore Audio drivers" button if you want to 
   restore your audio drivers or select the "Restore Display
   drivers" button if you want to restore your display drivers. 
   You can only restore one driver at a time, not both. 
5. Press "OK" to restart your computer.

Note: If DirectX did not install new display or audio drivers 
(or if you have already restored them), then pressing the 
"Restore Audio drivers" or "Restore Display drivers" button will 
just result in a dialogue that says "DirectX setup was 
completed successfully." 

VII.    CONTACT INFORMATION 
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Visit SouthPeak Interactive's web site at http://www.southpeak.com 
to obtain additional information or contact our Technical Support 
team.

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