MAFIA ENGLISH (UK/US) ONLY PATCH - README

!!PLEASE NOTE!!

THIS PATCH SHOULD ONLY BE APPLIED TO ENGLISH (UK/US) VERSIONS OF MAFIA. IF THIS
PATCH IS APPLIED TO OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS IT WILL ADVERSELY EFFECT THE GAME'S
PERFORMANCE.

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CONTENTS

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- PATCH DETAILS
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- GENERAL GAME PERFORMACE
- SOUND PERFORMANCE
- GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY PERFORMANCE

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PATCH FIX DETAILS V1.2

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No details available.

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PATCH FIX DETAILS V1.1

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- Speaker selection fix in the Mafia Setup
- Matrox Parhelia surround gaming support
- FSAA autodetection fix for new ATI cards
- ATI Radeon compatibility fix
- On Board Sound Card compatibility fix
- Fixed Force Feedback compatibility fix with FF peripherals
- Racing mission difficulty decreased
- Overall performance fixes

* Problems playing the intro movies:

When Running Mafia under Windows XP (Home and Professional) with Service Pack 1
Installed:

If you try to start and play certain games on a Windows XP Service Pack 1
(SP1)-based computer, the game may stop responding (hang) or it may quit
unexpectedly when the introductory video clip starts.

This problem has been documented at:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327979

and it is recommended that you obtain and install the "327979: Recommended
Update" from the Windows Update Web site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

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