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Battlefield 2142™ Demo ReadMe File V1.7
September 18, 2006
Copyright Electronic Arts
Battlefield 2142 Demo
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About This Document:
Thank you for installing the Battlefield 2142 demo.
This README file includes information that pertains to general problems and questions you may have concerning the game or your computer.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION
II DEMO LIMITATIONS
III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED CHIPSETS
IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY
V. KNOWN ISSUES/TROUBLESHOOTING
VI. LEGAL NOTICES
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I. INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to the Battlefield, soldier. The information contained in this document will help you on the field of combat. This document will provide additional information to what you receive in
game. Also if you are experiencing technical difficulties, look here for the most recent troubleshooting answers.
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II. DEMO LIMITATIONS
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This demo version of Battlefield 2142 has the following limited feature set:
- Multiplayer Mode:
Sidi Power Plant - max 48 players - Titan and Conquest game modes
- BFHQ:
Statistics, rankings and awards will not be recorded or awarded
- Single player
None
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III. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED CHIPSETS
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In order to install and play the Battlefield 2142 demo, your system must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements.
Operating system: Windows XP with latest service pack installed
DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 1.7 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Card: 128MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above. (AGP and PCIe only)
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
Hard Drive space: 950MB of space is required to install the demo
Internet connection: 128kbit Cable/DSL connection
In order to play the game at the recommended resolution, detail and performance levels, your computer should match or exceed the following specifications:
Operating system: Windows XP with latest service pack installed
DirectX 9.0c February 2006 edition (included)
CPU: Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 1.5GB
Video Card: 256MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above. (AGP and PCIe only)
Sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi series from Creative Labs
Hard Drive space: 950MB of space is required to install the demo
Internet connection: 512Kbit Cable/DSL connection
SUPPORTED VIDEO CHIPSETS WITH LATEST DRIVER VERSION INFO.
ATI
Driver tested: Catalyst v6.8 Windows XP
Radeon 9500/9700 series
Radeon 9550 series
Radeon 9600 series
Radeon 9800 series
Radeon X300 series
Radeon X600 series
Radeon X700 series
Radeon X800 series
Radeon X850 series
Radeon X1300 series
Radeon X1600 series
Radeon X1800 series
Radeon X1900 series
NVIDIA
Driver tested: Forceware v91.31 Windows XP
GeForce 5800 series
GeForce 5900 series
GeForce 6200 series
GeForce 6800 series
GeForce 7300 series
GeForce 7800 series
GeForce FX 5700 series
GeForce FX 5900 series
GeForce FX 5950 series
Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported
Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.
X-Fi AUDIO PROVIDER
This option enables optimised hardware-accelerated 3D audio positioning, mixing and environmental effects for users with compatible Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi soundcards. The Ultra-high audio
quality level is only available with the X-Fi audio provider.
NOTE - This feature is only available on X-Fi soundcards with support for "Gaming Mode". X-Fi must be set to "Gaming mode". A guide to setting up your soundcard, plus details of compatible
hardware can be found at »www.soundblaster.com
In order to play the Battlefield 2142 demo online, you must have the following ports open in your firewall.
TCP 443
TCP 17475
UDP 27900
UDP/TCP 29900
TCP 80
TCP 4711
UDP 27901
UDP 1500-4999
UDP/TCP 1024-1124
UDP 29900
UDP/TCP 27900
UDP 16567
UDP 55123-55125
UDP/TCP 18000
UDP/TCP 18300
TCP 18510
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IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY
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Battlefield 2142 demo is designed to run on Windows XP compatible graphics and sound cards. Drivers for these devices are provided by the respective card manufacturer and may result in compatibility issues beyond our control.
If you are experiencing any issues, it is always recommended that you obtain and install the latest drivers for your hardware. The majority of hardware vendors have the latest drivers available for download via their websites.
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V. KNOWN ISSUES AND TROUBLESHOOTING
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CHANGING DISPLAY MODE
Occasionally on some video cards you may be allowed to set the display mode to one not supported by your computer. This will result in a black screen being shown. To remedy this use the Windows
Explorer to find and delete the directory:
\My Documents\Battlefield 2142 demo\Profiles\
This will reset your game to the default settings. You can now start the game, retrieve or create a new profile, and re-adjust the settings using the Menu as normal.
Players with SoundMAX HD Audio integrated chipsets may experience crackling and popping audio during game play, if you are experiencing this please ensure you have the latest hardware drivers installed (see IV. NOTES ON COMPATIBILITY)
Players who have the Windows security update KB917422 installed may suffer from an application error when running the Battlefield 2142 demo. This error can be solved by uninstalling the KB917422 update.
Task switching is not fully supported while running Battlefield 2142 demo. If you use functions such as Alt-Tab and other variations then you may experience problems.
The following sound cards do not support hardware audio renderer option:
Acoustic Edge
ALC861 Audio
ALC882 HDA Audio
Cadenza (Intel 845)
Canyon 3D-2
Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 NX
Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
Creative Labs SB Extigy
Creative Labs SB Live 24-bit
Creative Labs SB MP3+USB
Creative Labs SB PCI 512
Diamond XtremeSound 7.1
DIGIFIRE 7.1
ESS Canyon 3D-2
Game Theater XP 7.1
Gamesurround Fortissimo III 7.1
Gamesurround Muse 5.1 DVD
Gamesurround Muse LT
Gamesurround Muse XL
HiTec Digital Audio X Mystique 7.1 Gold
IOMagic Storm Surge
Philips Acoustic Edge
Realtek ALC861 audio
Realtek ALC850 audio
SB Live 24-bit
Soundmax 3
Soundmax 4
Soundmax ADI AD1980 CODEC
Soundmax Cadenza (Intel 850)
Soundmax Cadenza (Intel 845)
Storm Surge
Turtle Beach Montego DDL
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
XtremeSound 7.1
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VI. LEGAL Notices
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PCRE 4.5
Regular expression support is provided by the PCRE library package which is open source software, written by Philip Hazel, and copyright by the University of Cambridge, England. The source code for PCRE can be found at »ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/p···ng/pcre/
PME 1.02
This product uses PME, (C) Zachary Hansen, xaxxon@slackworks.com. The PME wrapper was modified for use in this product. The original source code for PME can be found at »xaxxon.slackworks.com/pme/
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