======================================== TRACKMANIA SUNRISE - ReadMe ======================================== April 2005 © 2005 NADEO. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------- Welcome to the TrackMania Sunrise ReadMe! Here you'll find information about the installation of Trackmania Sunrise and solutions to any problems you may encounter within the game. ======================================== Summary: ======================================== 1. Configuration 1.1 Minimum Configuration 1.2 Recommanded Configuration 2. Installation 2.1 Installing TrackMania Sunrise 2.2 Installing DirectX 9.0b 3. Launching TrackMania Sunrise for the fisrt time and Id number 4. Problems with resolution 5.1 Problems with launching 5.2 General 5.3 Problems with DirectX 5.4 Display problems 5. Contacts and websites ======================================== 1. Configuration ======================================== 1.1 Minimum configuration: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP PIII 500 Mhz 128 MB Ram 32 MB 3D CARD (16 MB AGP) 100 % compatible DirectX 9.0b Sound card compatible with DirectX 9 1.2 Recommended configuration: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP PIV 1 Ghz 256 MB Ram 64 MB 3D card (16 MB AGP) compatible DirectX 9.0b ======================================== 2. Installation ======================================== 2.1 Installing Trackmania Sunrise Insert the CD ROM into your drive and follow the instructions on the screen. If no window appears when you put the CD-ROM into your drive: 1) Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. 2) Double-click on the CD-ROM icon to launch the installation program. Double-click on "TrackManiaSunriseSetup.exe" While you install the game, you can choose the installation directory of the game (by default C:\Program Files\TmSunrise). A TmSunrise folder will also be created in the "start" menu. This folder provides the links to launch and uninstall the game. ---------------------------------------- 2.2 Installing DirectX 9.0b TrackMania Sunrise works with the Microsoft DirectX application. The DirectX 9.0b version is available on the cd-rom. When the installation of the game is finished, an option allows you to install this version on your computer. If you do not have DirectX 9.0b (or above) on your computer and if you decide not to intall it, you won't be able to play with TrackMania Sunrise. ======================================== 3. Launching the game and ID number ======================================== Once the game is installed, you can launch it with the shortcut on the desktop or with the "start" menu. Once the game is installed or while you launch the game for the time, it is possible that the program may ask you to restart your computer. ======================================== 4. The resolution of problems ======================================== 4.1 Launching problems If you have a problem while you launch the game, verify the following points: > DirectX version (see chapters 2.2 and 4.3 of this ReadMe) > Graphic drivers verion (see chapter 4.4 of this ReadMe) > If patches are available, you'll find them in the download area on the official website www.trackMania.com If you can't start Trackmania Sunrise, there might be a problem with your CD-Rom or DVD drive. In this case if you have another drive, use this one to ensure that the problem comes from the first drive. If you have a message that says "impossible to read the disk", click on "information" to compile the information on your problem and on your computer. Then, Click on "see the report". This will open a wordpad file that provides all necessary information you have to give to the technical support so that they can resolve your problem. Save this file on your computer and send it via email to the technical support or copy and past it directly inside your email. If you can't get the error code (see above), go in the "start" and "execute" menu and enter "msinfo32". Validate with ok. Inside the program msinfo32, choose 'file/save" and name it "mypc.txt" for exemple. Send this file to the technical support and tell exactly the content of the error message you got. Warning, if you send false or incomplete information to the technical support, you take the risk not to get a fast and efficient answer. ---------------------------------------- 4.2 General problems > Close all opened application to play with TrackMania Sunrise so that the game can benefit from all of your computers potential. > Some configurations with a firewall may suffer a screen freezing. To resolve this problem, deactivate the firewall during your TrackMania Sunrise games. > Some configuration with antivirus software may also encounter different problems such as: screen freezing, slowing down and too long loading. The best solution is to deactivate your antivirus. It will work again as soon as you restart your PC. > If TrackMania Sunrise works too low, we suggest reducing the graphics parameters to get a higher speed of the game. To modify them, click on "configure" in the launching window. Then choose "Fastest" for the graphics: the game will run more smoothly on lowest configurations. ---------------------------------------- 4.3 DirectX Problems First, verify that DirectX 9.0b version (or superior) is installed on your computer. If it is not the case, you can encounter problems launching or playing TrackMania Sunrise. DirectX 9.0b is available on the CD-Rom of the game ; see the chapter 2.2 of this ReadMe to know how to intall it. To verify your DirectX version, go in the menu "Start\Execute", enter "Dxdiag" in the text window. Once the information window is opened, click on the "system" tab and you'll see the DirectX version that is installed on your computer. ---------------------------------------- 4.4 Display problems If you have display problems, verify your graphic drivers version. Old drivers (not optimised for the latest DirectX versions) can create some display or launching problems with the game. Warning, some drivers are not compatible with the constructors' chipsets. You'll find below the list of the main graphic cards constructors websites: Nvidia : http://www.nvidia.com Ati : http://mirror.ati.com Intel : http://downloadfinder.intel.com Matrox - http://www.matrox.com S3 : http://www.viaarena.com Kyro (Hercules 4000 et 4500) : http://www.powervr.com SiS : http://download.sis.com 3Dlabs - http://fr.europe.creative.com Aztech Labs - http://www.aztechlabs.com Canopus - http://www.canopuscorp.com Gateway 2000 - http://www.gw2k.com Guillemot - http://www.guillemot.com Hercules (voir Guillemot) - http://www.guillemot.com I/O Magic - http://www.iomagic.com Jaton - http://www.jaton.com Leadtek - http://www.leadtek.com VIA Technologies - http://www.viatech.com If you don't know the name and the type of your graphic card, go in the DirectX diagnosis tool ("Start\Execute" enter "dxdiag" and click on Ok), and go in the "display" tab. You'll find there the name of your card and its constructor. ======================================== 5. Contacts and websites ======================================== Email: support@trackmania.com TrackMania official website: http://www.trackmania.com
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