Myth II: Soulblighter v1.3 Updater (c) 1999 Bungie Software Products Corporation ----------------------------------------------------------- In their tireless effort to provide you with the ultimate gaming experience, the Myth II team has made another astounding accomplishment. Laugh! Cry! Rejoice! The v1.3 updater has arrived. Here's what you'll get when you update: - A new multiplayer game type: Deathmatch. How's it work? Essentially, whenever one of your units dies in a Deathmatch game, it'll re-spawn at your start location. Can you say porci infiniti? - Reduced chat lag. - Reduced option screen lag when the host has a large number of plugins. - Password settings remain constant between multiplayer games. - Start locations in multiplayer games are now truly random. - Myth II will continue playing in the background if the host of a multiplayer game Alt-Tabs to another application. - Postgame statistics fit the screen for all multiplayer game types. - Fixed a bug that would cause crashes when switching bungie.net rooms. - Films of blind games are no longer blind. - Ball for Captures on "If I Had a Trow..." no longer below water. - You don't lose control of the journeyman on "The Great Library" if he goes back into the library. - Removed a path around the wall on "Walls of Muirthemne." - Support for SLI cards. - New map actions that allow mapmakers to tell which patch version a player is using and how many players or teams are in a game. - A new Unit Control parameter that allows mapmakers to assign specific units to be given to specific players. Just a few more things to keep in mind: - With v1.3 you'll also get all the fixes from v1.2.x (see Section III for more details). - Players using v1.3 will be able to join games hosted using v1.2.x, but players using v1.2.x will not be able to join games hosted using v1.3. Thanks for your continued support, and we'll see you online! ----------------------------------------------------------- I. INSTALLATION (1) Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Double-click on mythII_1.3.exe. The patch will automatically search for and replace your Myth II application as well as add a few new files to your Myth II directory. The patch will also fix the PC uninstaller bug from v1.0. (2) MacOS Double-click on the Myth II 1.3 Updater. The Updater will automatically search for all Myth II applications on your hard-drive(s). Select which Myth II application you would like to update, and the Updater will replace your Myth II application as well as add a few new files to your Myth II folder. ----------------------------------------------------------- II. TECH-SUPPORT Technical Support (Not Hints) TEL: (312) 255-9600 FAX: (312) 397-0502 EMAIL: support@bungie.com WEB: http://www.bungie.com When contacting us for technical support, we will likely need to refer to the "myth_log.txt" in your Myth II folder. Please do not delete this file. Orders: (800) 295-0060 Hints: (900) 740-HINT Hint calls are $0.95/minute for automated hints, or $1.35/minute to speak to a live operator from 9:30am - 5:30pm CST, Monday through Friday. You must be 18 years old or have a parent's permission before calling. A touch-tone phone is required. Bungie Software Products Corporation P.O. Box 7877 Chicago, IL 60680-7877 ----------------------------------------------------------- III. LIST OF MAJOR FIXES FOR v1.2 & v1.2.1 (Note: This is a delineation of "major" fixes only. If you don't see a fix listed here, we may still have included it in the v1.3 Updater. Please check to see if this Updater resolves your problem before calling Bungie Tech Support.) FIXES FOR v1.2.1 - Increased stability during pre-game chat and when players enter or leave games. - PC Voodoo Banshee cards will now work with Myth II. - SLI support is now properly disabled. - Pressing Alt + Tab under Windows NT will now safely take you to the desktop. - Myth II will now correctly display imported netgame preview screens. FIXES FOR v1.2: (1) Hardware - Multiple fixes for issues with 3D-accelerator cards. If we couldn't fix a particular problem, we alerted card manufacturers who told us they would be working on new drivers that would address the issue. Please check with your manufacturer to make sure you are using the most up-to-date drivers. - Myth II now runs on machines with fixed-resolution monitors. - Added an option to turn-off cutscenes (MacOS). - Fixed problem (MacOS) where Myth II would quit unexpectedly after extended gameplay. - "Tab" key can now only be assigned one function. - Fixed problem with Kensington 4-button mice. - Myth II now works with MultiMon under Windows98. - Fixed swap space error (Windows). - Myth II now recognizes Drive Z (Windows). (2) General Gameplay - Right mouse button now de-selects units. - Auto-camera no longer dwells on pus-packets and mortar shells. - Lowered Spiders' activation range. - F8 now displays more key commands. (2) Multi-Player - Reduced typing lag on bungie.net. - No more nasty graphic artifacts when you pull down the list of bungie.net rooms. - Booting anyone from a team now unreadies everyone on the team. - Holding down the mouse button on the start button will no longer allow you to disregard future unreadiness (you jump-starting bastards!) - Plugin maps now show the proper pre-game data (number of start spots, etc.) - Provided more room in the Stats dialog for worldwide ranking info. - Fixed problem with overhead map and alliances. - If there are more teams than starting locations, all extra teams will be auto-disbanded, and their members re-assigned before a game begins. - Lock/Unlock button now works properly. - Alliance data now displayed when you press f7. - Assassin works on "Plains" maps. - Scavenger Hunt works on "Venice". - Stampede works on "Drowned Kingdom". - Wights are now tradable on "Dead of Winter". - Media-height problems fixed on "Desert". - Killing your own Assassin units and/or wildlife no longer gives you Assassin points. - Veterans now work. - If you lose all your troops while playing stampede, but still have stampede units, you will not be eliminated until you lose your stampede units--capiche? - Balls on Parade and Scavenger Hunt now listed in overall stats. - Having the most kills, not the last kill, now wins you a game of Hunting. - Decreased the Stampede flag radii on all maps. - Fixed it so that you can't move units during planning time. - Hitting Stygian Knights with arrows no longer counts as damage for Body Count. - Positive healing (adding health) no longer counts as damage for Body Count, while negative healing (as when healing the undead) does count as damage. - Killing ambient life no longer counts as damage for Body Count. - When the captain of a team with the host as a member drops, units are properly distributed to remaining team members. - Fixed problems with Server is Observer. ----------------------------------------------------------- IV. BUNGIE.NET RULES & OFFICIAL ADMIN SITE In order to promote fun, fair play on bungie.net, we've created a list of Official Rules. This list is posted on our Admin site which is located at the following URL: http://www.bungie.net/admin/ Please take time to swing by and familiarize yourself with this list. Break these rules, and we'll bust ya. Follow them, and we'll all continue to enjoy the greatest multi-player gaming experience ever: Myth II over bungie.net!