FIRST ENCOUNTER DEMO README

It is lately 1914. Whole beginning of 20th century is token of reorganization of army and armament. War is imperative... Imagine to be in the position of a soldier of one of six parties concerned during Great War in this 3D action multiplayer game.

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Installation & set up issues
  1. Minimum System Requirements
  2. Multiplayer Settings

Troubleshooting
  1. Video Issues
  2. Sound Issues
  3. Operating system specific issues

First Encounter Addendum
  1. Credits

I. Installation & set up issues

Unpack archive to your harddisk

  1. Minimum System Requirements

    2. - Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 2000/XP
    - Pentium(r) III 800 MHz or Duron(tm) 850+ or Athlon(tm) 1200+ processor
    - 128MB RAM
    - 100 MB of uncompressed free hard disk space
    - 100% DirectX(r) 8.1 compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
    - 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
    - DirectX 8.1+
    - 3D hardware Accelerator Card (32+ MB VRAM) with full support of OpenGL*


    *Game was tested on GeForce and Ati Radeon chipsets, its possible
    game will not work properly on other cards.

    Multiplayer Requirements

    Internet play requires 64 Kbps connection as a minimum.

  2. Multiplayer setup

    3. First Encounter ( demo client ) requires broadband connection.

    Start up the game and select "Setup" in menu. There you can choose your game character, weapon and enter your nick name (use ENTER to confirm nick name change)

    Joining Game

    Use Join button in menu for list of available game servers. For updating server information use "Refresh" button. Choose your server by clicking on it and press "Connect".

    Game types in Beta Demo

    Team DeathMatch

    Team up with your friends to take down other teams of players.

    Capture The Flag

    Help your teammates find the enemy’s flag and return it to your base for points. Defend your flag at all costs from the enemy onslaught.

    (You can drop flag using "Drop Item" key)

    Seek and Destroy

    One member on the Allies is given a bomb and must plant it at one of two sites to win the round. The Central Powers must defend both sites and prevent the bomb from going off by either eliminating the Allies or defusing the bomb.

    (You can activate bomb on certain site using "Fire" key. For defusing the bomb is used knife and again "Fire" key)

II. Troubleshooting

  1. Video Issues

    2. Issue:

    "XGL_InitGL failed" window appears after game start up.

    Reason:

    Game was unable to create game window according to config parameters. Default video resolution is set to 1024x768 at 85Hz. However this settings may not work properly on some old monitors or LCD panels.

    Solution:

    Restart First Encounter, following last error game changed video settings to safe values. Now you can set up proper parameters according to you hardware in "Display" menu.

  2. Sound Issues

  3. Operating system specific issues

III. First Encounter Addendum

Credits

Element Studio

Denio Software

First Encounter is using Fmod library.

Test server hosting provided by MAU.


Notes

The characters and events portrayed and the names, likenesses, and images depicted herein are fictitious. Any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintentional. Weapons have been created upon available documents. Colmar Station was inspirated by Railyard from Call of Duty game.