Readme for "Splinter Cell" PC (c) Ubi Soft 2002

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Minimum Configuration:
800 MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
256 MBytes RAM
DirectX 8.1
32 MBytes video card ***
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
8x speed CD/DVD-ROM drive
1,5 GIG Hard Drive Space

Recommended Configuration:
1000 MHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon or better
256 MBytes RAM or better
DirectX 8.1
64 MBytes video card ***
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card with surround system
8x speed CD/DVD-ROM drive or better
2,1 GIG Hard Drive Space

***Splinter Cell supports the following graphic cards:
- Nvidia GeForce2 Ti/Ultra/Pro/GTS/MX400/MX
- Nvidia GeForce3 familly
- Nvidia GeForce4 familly
- Matrox Parhelia
- ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9500/9700

Supported OS: Win 98/2000/ME/XP

These configurations will remain the same for the final game.

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LATEST NEWS:

- DirectX 8.1 must be installed on your PC.

- We recommend to close all applications when playing the game.

- You must play the game in full screen mode.

- We do recommend to use the latest graphic card drivers:
- For the NVidia GeForce2-3-4 owners (see above for supported cards), we recommend the 30.82 (default) or 41.09 (performance = application) drivers.
- For the ATI Radeon, recommend the Catalyst 2.5 (6218 for 2000/XP) or better.
- For the Matrox Parhelia owners, we recommend the 1.02.00.042 drivers.

- Please note that the thermal vision, on GeForce 2 cards, is not in its final state. We were still working on this feature at the time of the demo.

- Please note that on supported 32MB video cards, we recommend to play with minimal specs (minimal resolution 640x480; minimal shadow resolution and minimal shadow details) to avoid any crashes.

- The demo map represents approximately 2% of the whole game.

- For more information visit our web site at http:\\www.splintercell.com

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Default Keyboard Controls for an american QWERTY keyboard:
W - Move Forward
S - Move Backward
A - Strafe left
D - Strafe right
C - Crouch
Q - Back to wall
X - Reset camera
Z - Change rate of fire
R - Reload
2 - Night Vision
3 - Thermal Vision
Left Mouse - Fire
Right Mouse - Alternate Fire
Middle Mouse - Use/Equip
Left Shift - Jump
Left Ctrl - Quick Inventory
Spacebar - Interaction
Esc - PALM OPSAT menu
Mouse Wheel up - Zoom in/Accelerate
Mouse Wheel down - Zoom out/Decelerate
Pause Break - Pause the game
F5 - Quick save
F8 - Quick load

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HOW TO USE ME

Disposable Pick:

1. Select the Disposable Pick from your Quick Inventory.
2. Press Fire to start using it.

SC-Pistol:

1. Select the Pistol from your Quick Inventory.
2. Equip the Pistol (Press the Equip key).
3. Fire (Press the Fire key).

Medical Kit:

1. Select the Medical Kit from your Quick Inventory.

Optic Cable:

1. Select the Optic Cable from your Quick Inventory.
2. Press and Fire to start using it.
3. Move the Mouse to change your view with the Optic Cable