***************************************************** Monopoly Star Wars - README.TXT ***************************************************** Welcome to Monopoly Star Wars!

This file contains helpful information, late-breaking news and a description of certain functions which were not implemented when the On-Line Help feature and manual were created. System Requirements ------------------Operating System: Windows 95 Processor: Pentium 90 Hard Drive Space: 50 MB Ram: 16 MB CD-ROM Drive: 4x Graphics Adapter: VGA Graphics Adapter, 1 MB, 800x600 16 bit capable, DirectX 5.0 Compatible Audio card: DirectX 5.0 Compatible Peripherals: Keyboard, Mouse Modem (optional): 14,400 baud Serial Port (optional): 9,600 baud CHANGING LANGUAGES To change the language in which you are playing, select the file menu droid (red droid) --> select language. Choose the language you wish to play the game in. Exit this menu. You must exit the game and restart a new game. Monopoly Star Wars will now play in the newly selected language. To increase performance in the new language, re-install Monopoly Star Wars in the desired language so that the language data files are copied to your hard drive. AUCTIONS During an auction, the player that initiates the auction automatically bids 1 credit for the property. This is considered the 'minimum bid' for the property at auction. TRADING Cancel - If you have proposed a trade, you can exit the trade screen by clicking the 'Cancel' button. Proposing in Hot Seat - if a trade is proposed in hot seat play (all players on one local computer), control of the trade will always go to the player located in the lower right corner of the screen. BANKRUPTCY If you find yourself in a situation where you have no money or assets to pay a debt, you have the option to

go bankrupt. You cannot arbitrarily go bankrupt at any point in the game. To leave a game, you must select "EXIT" from the file menu. If you exit a network game, your position will be taken over by an AI player. VOICE CHAT This feature enables you to send audio messages to other players while playing a network game. Here's how to get voice chat set up. 1. Install DirectX 5 or later. Voice capture isn't available in DirectX 3 (but you will be able to hear other people chatting). 2. Make sure your voice system is working. First plug the microphone into the microphone jack on your sound card. Try using the Start / Programs / Accessories / Multimedia / Sound Recorder to test the sound levels you should be able to say something and play it back. Often you will need to bring up the volume controls (double click on the loudspeaker icon in the task bar to get the big window with all the sliders) and set the recording levels. Use the Options/Properties menu item and pick "Adjust Volume for Recording". In the Microphone column, click Advanced (if you have that button), and check the Microphone Gain Control checkbox. 3. Try the voice chat option in a network game. You don't have to actually play a game, just press the network button in the player selection screen so that you get the chat box. The round button in the top right corner turns on and off the recorder. Press it once to start recording. A blue bar should start growing next to it. When you have said your message, press the button again to stop recording and send your message to the other players (as usual, the group of colored circles controls who hears your message). You should also hear it locally after a few seconds. Note that the length of time it takes to send and receive these messages is dependent on your network connection. If you get the blue bar but you don't hear anything, try it a second time (if various default settings didn't work the first time, the computer will try other ones the second time). If that doesn't work, exit the game and try step 4. 4. In Control Panels, use the DirectX control panel DirectSound settings and pick another capture device from the list. Try step 3 again. NOTE: Don't use IPX networking with voice chat. DirectPlay crashes when it broadcasts large amounts of data (such as voice chats) over IPX. It works fine with TCP/IP. The button with a slash closes the Chat box. MICROSOFT INTERNET GAMING ZONE

Number of Players - While Monopoly Star Wars is capable of up to 6 players in multi-player mode, The INTERNET GAMING ZONE currently supports up to 4 players in network play. Connecting - If you are having trouble connecting to the Microsoft Game Zone first make sure you are using the Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 3 or greater. As of this writing, the INTERNET GAMING ZONE is only compatible with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. If problems persist, they maybe due to security settings within the browser. To turn down the security level of Microsoft Internet Explorer, from it's menu select the View menu--> select Options --> select Security tab --> select safety level button --> select none. Be advised that this setting should be reset when you are completed playing Monopoly Star Wars. STATUS PLATFORMS The red and blue cards are 'Get out of Jail Free' cards. The red cards are from the Imperial deck, and the blue cards are the Rebel deck. HIGH SCORES The high score screen will show you a record of wins and loses by player. It will also show you this win-lose status in percentages. NETWORKING If the 'Host' player launches a TCP/IP game, he has the option of using either DirectPlay, Winsock or both simultaneously. This allows players to connect to the host machine via either DirectPlay or Winsock. AUDIO LEVELS Volume levels have been adjusted optimally for game play. Note however, that if you experience offset levels adjustments can be made using the windows sound system. From the desktop, select Start / select Programs /select Accessories / select Multimedia / select Volume Control. MIDI MUSIC CHOICES To select the background music track, from the file droid select 'sound options / choose midi music to play.' Select the track you wish to play. Music will start when the menus are closed. 3D LANDING ANIMATIONS All 3D landing animation options have been incorporated within 3D move animation options. These 3D move animations can be adjusted using the 'custom display' options menu.

RESTARTING MONOPOLY STAR WARS When exiting the game, use the file menu. If for some reason Monopoly Star Wars, is interrupted or terminates unexpectedly, you should reboot your system. Do not exit Monopoly Star Wars using CTRL-ALT-DEL. DIRECTX 5.0 AND COMPATIBILITY Monopoly Star Wars requires Microsoft DirectX 5.0 drivers installed and correctly functioning on your system. If you experience difficulty with DirectX 5.0, contact your sound or video card manufacturers to obtain their latest drivers. VIDEO CARD CAPABILITY Monopoly Star Wars must be played on a video card capable of 800x600 screen resolution at a bit depth setting of 16 bits. The card and software drivers must be DirectX 5 compatible. If you experience problems or difficulty with graphics, contact your card manufacturer for the latest documentation and drivers. DISPLAY SETTINGS To change your display settings, from the desktop, click the Start button/ select settings / select Control Panel / select Display / select the Settings tab. Adjust the color palette drop down box to make changes to the bit depth. Adjust the desktop area slider bar to make changes to the desktop area. DISK CAPACITY AND SWAPFILE SPACE Monopoly Star Wars requires a minimum hard drive space of 50MB. This is comprised of approximately 6 MB which is copied to your hard drive and another 40MB used as swap file space. Regardless of your Monopoly Star Wars installation choice ('Minimum, Typical, Full or Custom'), it is mandatory that you have at least 40MB free space on your hard drive before running the game. If disk space is low, you may experience crashing and/ or graphics drop outs. For best performance, ensure that you have at least 40MB free space before launching Monopoly Star Wars. A swap file (virtual memory) is temporary storage space on your hard drive which programs use for temporary storage of data. Monopoly Star Wars will use this space when it is running, then it will free this space when the game is terminated. To view swap file information, from the desktop, click the Start button / select Settings / select

Control Panel / select System / select Performance tab / select Virtual Memory Button. For best results, you should let Windows Manage the Virtual memory for you. JOINING A NETWORK GAME When you join a network game, your computer will pause until a dice roll by a human, or, if the game has not yet started, until the Player Select screen. Nothing will work, including chat, until that time. If you are trying to take over from an AI, one thing to try is to hit ESC and then answer NO when asked to exit the game. This may give you access to the file droid. As each player joins a game in progress there is often a long delay (1-2 minutes) while the game re-synchronizes itself. Also, when you join a network game, the display options default to Slow Computer. This is to increase performance. DETERMINING YOUR IP ADDRESS A Windows 95 user can determine his or her IP address by choosing Run from the Start menu and typing WINIPCFG as the program to run. A Windows NT user can determine his or her IP address by running IPConfig from the command line. If the user is connected to both a LAN and a dial-up Internet service provider (ISP), the computer can have two IP addresses and the correct one must be selected. Most dial-up ISPs assign a dynamic IP address that changes each time the user logs on. SAVING THE GAME You can only Save a game when it's your turn to roll and move. Rolling to get out of jail does not count as a move. The effect is that you cannot Save the game while in jail. SUPPORT For additional information, please refer to the Monopoly Star Wars manual or the on-line help function within the game.