                            Railroad Tycoon II Demo
                               Gold Edition
                              Version 1.54b
                              March 9, 2000




       TABLE OF CONTENTS

       1 System Requirements
       2 Playing The Game
       3 Troubleshooting
       4 Contacting Loki Entertainment Software


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(1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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  Linux capable computer, Pentium class processor or better
  Linux kernel version 2.2.x
  16 MB RAM
  4x CD-ROM drive
  Video card capable of 1024x768 resolution
  XFree86 version 3.2 or newer at either 8 or 16 bpp.
  /dev/dsp sound device for audio
    (the Enlightenment Sound Daemon is supported as well).
  200 MB free hard disk space


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(2) PLAYING THE GAME
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    Run the 'rt2_demo' binary in the demo directory to start the game.

    The first time you run Railroad Tycoon II it will create a .loki/rt2
    directory in your home directory.  Saved games and preferences will
    be stored here.

    The following arguments may be given to Railroad Tycoon II:

        [-h|--help]         Print this help message and exit.
        [-v|--version]      Show release information and exit.
        [-f|--fullscreen]   Use DGA instead of an X11 window when run as root.
        [-w|--windowed]     Use an X11 window instead of DGA when run as root.
        [-c|--nocdrom]      Prevent access to the CDROM.
        [-s|--nosound]      Disable sound output.

    Use Ctrl-G to toggle mouse grabbing.

    Use Ctrl-Z to iconify the game when it is run in a window.

    The Print Screen key will save the current screen to the ~/.loki/rt2
    directory.

    If the Print Screen, Pause, or Alt-# keys are not working,
    make sure your window manager is not overriding them.

    String widgets have standard UNIX keybindings.

        Ctrl-A - Move to beginning of line
        Ctrl-E - Move to end of line
        Ctrl-B - Move backwards
        Ctrl-F - Move forwards
        Ctrl-U - Erase line
        Ctrl-D - Delete character
        Ctrl-C - Copy to X clipboard
        Ctrl-V - Paste from X clipboard

    Dragging the middle mouse button will move the playfield.


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(3) TROUBLESHOOTING    
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The following are some of the more common problems you might have, and
recommended solutions:

A) Program displays 'Unable to set up video mode' message

   Railroad Tycoon II requires a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768.  
   Virtually all desktop PCs sold since fall of 1996 (and most since 1994)
   are capable of this resolution.  If your PC or laptop cannot display
   that resolution, then you won't be able to play Railroad Tycoon II.


B) There is no game sound.

   First, check all your connections between your speakers and your 
   computer.  Make sure your speakers are turned on and receiving power.  
   Make sure the volume is not turned down all the way.  You can change
   sound and music volume in the 'Game Options' window.
   If none of the above suggestions works, try producing sound in another 
   program.  If that does not work, make sure you have the sound driver
   enabled in your kernel.  Finally, go to http://www.opensound.com/
   to see whether a commercial driver is available for your sound card.


C) The screen scrolls sluggishly - overall performance seems slow.

   Go into 'Game Options', and in the 'Graphics' section, lower
   the detail settings.


D) Video playback is a bit too slow and choppy.  
   
   All of the video files are in the directory /anim on the CD.  If you
   copy them to the directory /anim that the installation process creates
   in the main Railroad Tycoon II directory, they'll play directly from 
   the hard drive, which should improve performance.


E) I get 'Out of Sync' messages when I'm playing multi-player.            
   
   The game must keep all data synchronized across all machines playing
   in a multi-player game.  Sometimes the system loses synchronization.
   You can continue to play, but often this will destabilize
   the game.  The best course of action is for the host to save the game
   and for everybody to return to the main menu and relaunch using the 
   host's saved game.  

   In general, having more players, both human and computer, tends to
   increase the chances of losing synchronization.  



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(4) CONTACTING LOKI ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE
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Technical Support is available for the full version of the game.
You can order it from your local software reseller, or online directly
from Loki Entertainment Software at:

    http://www.lokigames.com/

Loki Entertainment Software has created a newsgroup devoted to
discussion of Railroad Tycoon II:

    news://news.lokigames.com/loki.games.rt2

Enjoy!
- The Loki RT2 Team
