Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Please read through the DirectX section of this document. This section has information that is vital to successfully running Commandos 2: Men of Courage on your system.
This game is optimised for Microsoft's DirectX 8. In order for you to play the game, you must have DirectX 8-compliant drivers for your video card and sound card. Please note that although DirectX 8 is installed with the game, your video and sound card drivers will not be upgraded to DirectX 8 drivers.
You will need to obtain the latest DirectX 8 drivers from your card manufacturer or PC supplier. These drivers cannot be supplied by Eidos.
While the game will run with 64Mb of RAM, your playing experience will be smoother if you have at least 128Mb.
Regardless of how much memory you have, you can maximise your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game engine by doing the following:
q Closing any open windows
q Shutting down all other programs, including menu-bar programs like ICQ
q Defragmenting your hard drive
Eidos recommends that you have no other programs running at all while playing Commandos 2: Men of Courage. Other programs, including virus checkers, system utilities and screen savers can cause system degradation when playing games software and may conflict with the game for system resources, potentially resulting in instability and crashes.
1.3 Known Issues
Sound Problem:
If user is having issues with the sound with it appearing to be corrupt, then goto `Run` on the Start menu, type `DXDIAG`. Then go to the Sound tab, and alter the option for `Hardware Sound acceleration Level`
Win2k:
Windows 2000 users will require the relative rights to be able to install/run Commandos 2 correctly. Please alter your system privileges or see your System Administrator.
Slowdown on Playback of videos:
If you select minimum install videos and music may appear slow and jerky at times, which is solved by a full install.
Performance and Memory use:
You can only access "Performance" and "Memory Use" from the main menu.
Lower "Performance" (HI/MED/LOW) makes the game use fewer computer intensive processes (2D face detail, less animation on vehicles). This is especially useful for lower spec machines.
Memory use" LOW makes the game use less memory this is heavily recommended machines with a lesser amount of memory.
Pyro Studios and Eidos Interactive are committed to providing customer support for our games on a continuing basis. In that spirit, there may be a patch for Commandos 2: Men of Courage forthcoming; visit the Eidos website for more information.
http://www.eidos.com/
1.4 Hot Keys
Green Beret 1
Sniper 2
Diver 3
Sapper 4
Driver 5
Spy 6
Natasha 7
Thief 8
Whiskey 9
Wilson 9
Deselect all 0
Select various characters Number and Ctrl
Sniper Rifle A
Grenade A
Syringe A
Spike A
Shovel A
Knife A
Binoculars B
Swimming (Submerge) B
Swimming (Surface) B
First-aid kit C
Officer uniform D
Divers suit D
Snow clothes D
Natasha’s dress D
Wire Trap D
Mine Detector D
Stick to the enemy D
Rope ladder E
Order to go E
Fish Food E
Rifle F
Pistol G
Whistle H
Release Whiskey H
Wire Cutters I
Take off uniform J
Zodiak K
Bazooka K
Smoke Grenade K
Harpoon gun L
Blow Torch L
Sheet L
Sub Machine gun M
Sleeping pills N
Mines O
Poison Grenade O
Hit with bottle P
Trap P
Anti-tank mine P
Hit Q
Look above water Q
Look below water Q
Decoy R
Remote Bomb S
Lockpicks S
Lipstick S
Give orders S
Molotov cocktail S
Grappling hook S
Bury Yourself S
Cigarettes T
Put on uniform U
Tinned food V
Examine W
Attack mode X
Exit from X
Time Bomb Y
Order to look Z
Flame-thrower Z
Reveal and Hide control panel `
Enemy view Tab
Stand up and Crawl Space
The minimum system requirements are as follows:
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Win 98/ME/2000
COMPUTER:
IBM PC or 100% compatible
CPU:
PII 266
RAM:
64Mb
GRAPHICS:
DirectX 8 compatible 4Mb Video Card
SOUND:
Windows 98/ME/2000 -compatible sound card (100% DirectX 8-compatible)
CD-ROM:
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