Soldier of Fortune(R) Payback (c)2007 Activision Value Publishing, Inc. (c)2007 Cauldron LLC Version 11/07/2007 Readme File ******************************************************************** About This Document: This document contains last-minute information about the game, including questions you may have concerning the game or your computer. If you have a question, check to see if it is addressed here first: http://www.activisionvalue.com/ You may save yourself a call to Technical Support. ******************************************************************** I. MINIMUM & RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES III. 3D HARDWARE ISSUES IV. CREDITS V. CUSTOMER SUPPORT I. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Minimum System Requirements . Windows XP/Vista . Pentium 4 2.5GHz . 512 MB RAM . DVD-ROM Drive . 256MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated video card with . pixel/vertex shaders version 2.0 - ATI Radeon x800 or Nvidia GeForce 6800 . DirectX 9.0c (INCLUDED) . Mouse and keyboard . 3.3 GB uncompressed Hard Drive Space . Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c Compatible Recommended System Requirements . Windows XP . Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz . 1 GB RAM . DVD-ROM Drive . 512MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible 3D accelerated video card with . pixel/vertex shaders version - ATI Radeon x1900 or Nvidia GeForce 7900 II. GENERAL TECHNICAL ISSUES WARNING: Please make sure that the program DVD is inserted in your DVD-ROM drive before launching the game. You can play the game only if the CD is in the drive. DRIVER ISSUES Make sure you've installed DirectX 9.0c or later on your computer. The latest version of DirectX is included on the program CD in the 'DirectX' folder. Make sure you have installed the most recent drivers for all of your hardware before playing the game. III. 3D HARDWARE ISSUES Make sure that you have DirectX9.0c installed on your computer. You can download DirectX9.0c from: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ Make sure that you have the latest chipset driver for your video card. You can download the latest drivers from the chipset manufacturer's web site: http://www.3dfx.com/ http://www.3dlabs.com/ http://www.ati.com/ http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/ http://www.matrox.com/ http://www.nvidia.com/ http://www.powervr.com/ http://www.s3.com/ Overclocking issues: Overclocking a video card's clock and/or bus speed beyond the manufacturer specifications can cause The History Channel: Civil War to frequently freeze or crash. We recommend not to use CPU or video card overclocking. IV. CREDITS CAULDRON LTD. Company Management David Durc?k Mari?n Ferko Peter Rjapo? Project Manager Jozef Hudec Creative Director Martin Horn?k Game Design Cauldron Team Level Design Martin Horn?k Programming Technical Director Mari?n Suran Programmers Milo? Bazelides Mari?n Bobr?k Rast?k Bujn?k Vladim?r Diene? David Durc?k Juraj Durech Luk?? Jagelka Jano Jakubovic Miroslav Kov?c Peter Puobi? Peter Uliciansky Marek Zeman Level Scripters Tom?? Dzamko Martin Horn?k Miroslav Kov?c Luk?? Labaj M?rio Patoprst? Art Art Director Lubos Lednar Lead 3D/Level Artist Michal I?tok 3D/Level Artists Lubomm?r Baran Peter Bla?ej Gabriel Guni? Pavol Lesn?k Peter Plach? Michal Zaj?cek Lead 2D Artist Paulina Pol?kov? 2D Artists Sona Benyoov? Martin Fiffik Miroslav Haru?t?k Peter Hovorka Rastislav Hru?ovsk? Boris Joanovic J?n Ohajsk? Robert Pol?k Marek Suchovsk? Martin Su?ila Lead Character Artist Martin ?krab?k Character Concept Artists Milan Dubnick? Juraj Maxon Character Artists Peter Hovorka Boris Joanovic Ladislav Kov?c Lead Weapon Artist Jano Mrva Weapon Artist Peter Rendos Special GFX Mari?n Ferko GUI Tibor Repta Animation Animation Director Jozef Mital Lead Weapon Animator Peter Bla?kovic Animators Peter Gerh?t Vlasto Golia? Rastislav Hlavat? Tom?? Lancz Roman Straponcek Sound FX Marek Lacena Music Juraj Karku? Game Testing Ondrej ?cerbej And a very special thank you goes to... ...13th Infantry Division "Burst Barons" ...48?49'8.95"N 19?24'5.34"E ...50? 4'37.87"N 14?24'50.90"E ...Very special thanx for Alexandra Telitsina from Izhevsk from Johno. ...Atti I love you ...Chelly ...Cibula a rodinke ?arinovej za podnetn? n?pady ...Cibula man ...skvel?mu ps?kovi Labkovi a za cel? ludstvo v?etk?m ryb?m ...Danielka Backov? ...Haw ...Janka ...Klaudia Suranov? ...LeLe ...Leviiik & to dear ones who did not forget me ...Lucka, Gea, Chicho and Ushko ...Yne Cafe staff and all the guys from Dubnica ..."Munic?k" Bratislava ...Misis for keeping me in good mood ...Motorhead for inspiration and power! ...my beloved wife Adrix and son Max, as well as my mops Sany ...my bro Lukas aka hawkeye ...my family (Evka and Matko) ...my girlfriend Jarka for her lovely support ...my girlfriend Monika O. for support and tolerance ...Octagon Fighting Academy Bratislava ...Pipenka ...R pub staff, especially to mates and sis. Kiss for beautiful Veronika. ...Sarin family ...skvel?mu ps?kovi Labkovi a za cel? ludstvo v?etk?m ryb?m ...Team Stormheads ...Vik4i and Katu? ACTIVISION EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT General Manager Dave Oxford Vice President of Studios Patrick Kelly Vice President of Sales Tim Flaherty Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services Mark Meadows Legal Joe Hedges PRODUCTION Senior Producer Steve Matulac Assistant Producer Dan Gniady Director of Product Development Chip Pedersen Manager, Creative Direction and Design Carlos Martin Game Analyst Brian Kuyath Producer of Art Direction Jason Stempel Design Assistants Kyle Kleven Justin Westplate QUALITY ASSURANCE Technology Manager Chris Arends Manager of Quality Assurance Jason Lembcke Supervisor of Quality Assurance Rasheem Harris QA Lead Kyle Kleven QA Team Bob Patterson Dean Fingerholz Denis Molloy Justin Westplate Nate Tyley Thanuvong Yang Jordan Jaap Adam Davis Alan Butterworth Annamarie Pellow Ben Conrad Brandon Carey Cole Holland David Krone Dominic Ghilani Geoff Holtgrewe Jeff Schufman Jerod Johnson Joseph Vedergan Kamie Kehrwald Kyle Bahr Mike Ekert Lucas Fulton Lucas Stene Reggie Spanier Rolando Villagomez Online Test Lead Matt ?Claw? McCullough Online Test Team John Hart Paul Halling Abe ?I met her on an MMORPG? Wellumson Mark ?Squatch? Mahaney Doua ?Delta? Xiong Alex ?The Architect? Knight Mike ?Bubbles? Wagner Tony ?Tones? Oleson Zach ?The Amazing Dando? Dando-Thompson TRG QA Manager Chad Schilling TRG Lead Steve Myers TRG Team Jon Pho Adam Burback Kyle Stallock SALES AND OPERATIONS Director of Operations and Planning Mike Groshens Sales Director Jennifer Mirabelli Sales/Marketing Coordinator Robbin Livernois Sales Assistant Brynja Bjarnason MARKETING AND CREATIVE SERVICES Brand Manager Jeff Muench Senior Brand and Licensing Manager Andy Koehler Senior Graphic Artist Trevor Harveaux Graphic Artist Sean James Marketing Communications Associate Brandon Gingerich SPECIAL THANKS Paul Edelstein Wade Brainerd Steve Pearce Mark Gordon Brian Raffel Jason West Vince Zampella ADDITIONAL THANKS Alex Reed Ann Beggs Simon Dawes Chris Owen Deborah Haight Donna Johnston Jan Marek Madison Meahyen Steve Williams Kurt Niederloh Andy Owen Janet Paulsen Rachel Petrich Monica Solis Andy Spohn Aaron M. Thompson Ann Williamette Bob Viau Rocco Buffalino (ESRB) Bill Anholzer Jason Koellner PJ Miller ACTIVISION MOTION CAPTURE STUDIO Director of Motion Capture Matt Karnes Motion Capture Supervisor Mike Jantz Motion Capture Lead Ben Watson Producer Nick Falzon Actors Chris Torres Alina Andrei Chris Bradley Kathrin Rein Ian Busch TJ Storm Stunt Coordinator Noel Vega Asst. Coordinator Orlando McGuire Marker Cleanup Outsourcing by Animation Vertigo Marla Rausch Catering Sandra Jordan ACTIVISION 3D SCANNING STUDIO Art Director Kenny Lammers Senior Modeler Kyle Hefley Modeler Nicholas Lombardo Scan Technician Eric Hefley Scan Technician Nick Otto Scan Technician Christopher H. Ellis ADDITIONAL CREDITS FMV MISSION BRIEFINGS VISIONSCAPE INTERACTIVE President/Creative Director Matt McDonald STORY Dialog Writer John Layman Illustrator Sean Murphy Colorist Charlie Kirchoff POST-PRODUCTION FISCHER EDIT Sound & Mix Producer Jess Ford Sound Design & Mix Daron Walker Producer Bill Rogina Editor Josh Thacker FX Animation Director Oliver Grudem FX Animators Dave Holmdahl Caleb Coppock Online Editor Matt Collings VOICE OVER STUDIO X LABS Voice Producer Paul Ruskay Engineer, Speech Editor Rob Plotnikoff Greg Sabitz SALAMI STUDIOS Voice and Casting Director Ren? Veilleux Studio Manager Regina Gibson-Broome Project Coordinator Marc Schmidt Engineer Mark Mercado ACTORS Thomas Mason Kyle Hebert Casey Decker Shelley De Vyst Gavin Wall Michael Cound Ethan Wall Seann Shaffer Colonel Miller, Rafael Mace Pieter Dawson Bashar, Imad Al-Din Stewart Cummings Min, Nam, Xia Hua Jimmy Yi The Moor, Llebo slaves Brent Skerritt Alena Petrova, Lady in Red Jacqueline Samuda Cahira Jackie Blackmore Al Qa?im, Eshkashem Soldiers Mehdi Khosravi Mogaung Soldiers Vincent Ternida Llebo Soldiers Kwes Ameyaw Donetsk Soldiers Dennis Kovarsky ADDITIONAL WEAPON C...
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