BRIAN LARA CRICKET - designed and published by CODEMASTERS ------------------------------------------ (c) 1999 The Codemasters Software Company Ltd and Codemasters Ltd, ("Codemasters"). All rights reserved. "Codemasters" (r) is a registered trademark owned by Codemasters limited. This game is not endorsed by any player, team or organisation other than Brian Lara. "Brian Lara Cricket" (tm), and all copyrights, trademarks, designs and images featured in relation to the game, are being used by Codemasters under licence. ------------------------------------------ Welcome to Brian Lara Cricket. GAME SPEC ------------------------------------------ Minimum Specification Windows 95 or 98 DirectX 6.0 Intel Pentium 166 Mhz plus 3D card (see list for compatibility) or Intel Pentium 200 Mhz without 3D card (SVGA 4MB card required) 16mb RAM 95mb hard disk space Direct X 6.0 compatible Soundcard Recommended Specification Windows 95 or 98 DirectX 6.0 Intel Pentium 200 Mhz plus 3D card 32mb RAM 95mb hard disk space Direct X 6.0 compatible Soundcard 3D GRAPHICS CARD COMPATIBILITY LIST - these are the cards we recommend ------------------------------------------ All 3DFX based cards (Voodoo I, Voodoo II, Voodoo Rush, Voodoo Banshee, etc..) MGA G-200 based cards G-100 Mystique Mystique 220 Millenium 2 ATI Rage Pro based cards 3D Labs Permedia 2 S3 Savage 3D based cards STB Velocity 128 Riva TNT 16mb based cards Riva 128 4mb based cards CONTROLS ------------------------------------------ Keyboard 1 NUMERIC KEYPAD KEYS 1 - Cover Drive 2 - Straight drive 3 - On Drive: frontfoot / backfoot 4 - Square drive 6 - Leg glance 7 - Square Cut / Late Cut 8 - Defensive: forward defensive / backfoot defensive 9 - Sweep / Pull / Hook Enter - Normal Shot / Start run R Ctrl - Six-hit shot / Turn around mid-run R Shift - Defensive shortcut (no need to hold directional key) 0 Ins - Leave ball / duck (no need to hold directional key) SPACE - Menu If you want to play TEAMPLAY then use the second keyboard as well... Keyboard 2 Z - Cover Drive X - Straight drive C - On Drive: frontfoot / backfoot A - Square drive D - Leg glance Q - Square Cut / Late Cut W - Defensive: forward defensive / backfoot defensive E - Sweep / Pull / Hook TAB - Normal Shot / Start run LShift - Six-hit shot / Turn around mid-run L CTRL - Defensive shortcut (no need to hold directional key) ALT - Leave ball / duck (no need to hold directional key) `¬ - Menu Space Bar brings up the menu Hold directional key and hit the Fire Button (Key) when you feel the time is right to play the shot. Timing is crucial for the success of each shot. To run, push RETURN to start running. If you decide against the run push R CTRL. You can pre-order another run by pushing the key just after they have crossed. Then, when the bastmen reach the crease they will turn and start the next the run. BUGS and OTHER PROBLEMS ------------------------------------------ Indeo 5 is in the indeo5 directory, if your computer is not capable of playing the avis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Run IV5Play.exe to install To install Microsoft ADPCM: --------------------------- 1) Open Settings from your start bar. 2) Open Control Panel. 3) Select Add/Remove Programs. 4) Click on the Windows Setup Tab. 5) Click on the Multimedia setting until there is a tick against a white box next to it. 6) Follow the Windows instructions. KNOWN HARDWARE ISSUES ------------------------------------------ * Sound / Commentary delay with the OPTI930 soundcard * Possible sound delays with Diamond Monster MX-300 * Problems with the combination of some Diamond Stealth cards and the Orchid Righteous 3DFX * Riva 128 4MB cards - the 4MB versions of the Riva 128 cards might not perform as well as other 4MB cards with BLC. If you have one of these cards and suffer from low frame rate then you should try the SOFTWARE version. * Occasional commentary stuttering - this might occur with some types of CD drive. If you find this is the case then a MAXIMUM install will solve the problem.