Tortuga - Two Treaures Demo - Readme

Last updated: 12 / 12 / 2006
Version 1.0

1. Specifics of the Demo

Welcome to the world of pirates!

This demo offers you ample opportunity to familiarize yourself with Tortuga - Two Treasures.
Assume the role of Thomas "Hawk" Blythe, a young pirate, who is hunting down his former mentor Blackbeard, because Blackbeard has betrayed him.
Two full levels are available in this demo and they will lead you across sea as well as land.

Here are some of the additional features that the full version will offer you:
* Full versions (!) of three additional games:
+ Patrician II Gold
+Port Royale Gold
+ Tortuga - Pirates of the New World
* Significantly more weapons and special moves will be available - for example Wrath of the Caribbean
* Thrilling story with more than thirty minutes of videos
* Exiting levels, for example sneak missions in a dinghy
* Online highscores
* Improved graphics and sound quality
* Load and save functions

Installation of the AGEIA® PhysXTM Drivers

When you install Tortuga - Two Treasures, the PhysX drivers will be automatically installed. They are essential for running the game even if your system does not have an additional PhysX graphics card.

Important Note!

If the drivers have already been installed on your system and you install them again, the existing drivers will not be overwritten; instead, they will be deinstalled (!). In that case, you will receive the following error when you start the game:
Could not initialize AGEIA Physcs Engine!
Please make sure that you have installed the AGEIA Physics system-software.

You may also install the PhysX drivers manually, by going to the exe folder on your DVD and running AGEIA_PhysX_2.6.2_SystemSoftware.exe.

Using a Gamepad

You will be able to play Tortuga - Two Treasures using a gamepad. Your gamepad must meet the following requirements:
* two analog sticks
* a USB port

Additionally, the gamepad must be properly installed and available if you go to Windows Control Panel and view Game Controllers.

Graphics Card Options

If you play Tortuga - Two Treasures using an older graphics card, only those graphics options supported by this particular graphics card will be available under options.
We recommend deselecting the shadows for ATI graphics cards ("Radeon") as some systems may become instable after playing the game for an extended period and encountering many battles at sea involving multiple objects. This may also cause crashes in extremely rare cases.

Avoid Task Changes

If you want to play the game in fullscreen mode, please avoid changing tasks (switching to other applications by using Alt-Tab), as this may have undesired impacts on the game. This may lead to crashes in extremely rare cases. We recommend playing Tortuga - Two Treasures in windowed mode. You can select this mode under Options --> Graphics.

2. System Requirements

In order to run Tortuga - Two Treasures, your system should meet the following requirements:
+ Pentium® 4 or compatible CPU with at least 1.7 GHz
+ 512 MB RAM
+ Graphics card with 64 MB RAM, DirectX®-9 compatible, with Pixel/Vertex Shader 1.1 support:
(nVidia® GeForceTM 3 or ATI® Radeon® 8500 or higher)
Note: Cards of the GeForce 4 MX series are not supported!
(Reason: These cards do not have Pixel/Vertex Shader 1.1 support)
+ DirectX compatible sound card
+ DVD-ROM drive
+ 4.0 GB free Hard Drive (HDD) space
+ Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP with Service Pack 2
+ DirectX 9.0c (included with game)
Recommended requirements for a fast, smooth-running game:
+ CPU 3.0 GHz
+ 1024 MB RAM
+ Graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DirectX 9 compatible, with Pixel/Vertex Shader 3.0 support:
(nVidia GeForce 6600 or higher or ATI Radeon X800 or higher)
+ 5.1 compatible sound card
+ DVD-ROM drive
+ 4.0 GB free Hard Drive (HDD) space
+ Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP with Service Pack 2
+ DirectX 9.0c (included with game)
+ Optional: USB gamepad with 2 analog sticks

Important Notice: We cannot guarantee that Tortuga - Two Treasures will run on all laptops and notebooks due to the numerous and varied systems available. Additionally, the graphics chipsets of laptop/notebook models are not always identical to those of desktop computers. If your laptop/notebook fulfills the minimum requirements, Tortuga - Two Treasures will most likely run; however, we regret that we are unable to offer any guarantee to this effect.

WARNING: If you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000, please make sure that you have administration rights in order to install and play Tortuga - Two Treasures. (On home computers the main user is typically the administrator of your system.)