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 the applications when playing the game.

- 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. 

- 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