December 7 th, 1941: A Japanese naval strike force, including six aircraft carriers, turns into the wind 235 miles north of Oahu, Hawaii. Almost two hundred fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes are launched into the air. Their target: Pearl Harbor
Heroes of the Pacific begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor and lets the player participate in some of the most memorable battles of the Pacific campaign, including Wake Island, Midway, and Coral Sea.
For the first time players will experience the epic scope of the battles, placing hundreds of planes on the screen in a single confrontation.
Six game modes, over thirty-five WWII aircraft, compelling story through the war, arcade and professional controls, workshop to customise your plane's weapon loadout and plane setup plus much much more ...
Game Modes:
• Six game modes: Campaign, Instant Action, Single Mission, Historical, Training, Multiplayer
Planes
• Over thirty-five WWII aircraft, including all major US and Japanese models
• Bonus planes from the U.K., Germany, and the USSR
• Plane types include: Fighters, Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers, Bombers, and Experimental
• Upgradeable planes to actual models for a total of over ninety planes
Game Features
• Compelling and dramatic story through the war
• Arcade and professional control modes
• Four difficulty levels: Rookie, Pilot, Veteran, Ace
• Workshop to customise your plane's weapon loadout and plane setup
• Player controllable wingmen, through a fast and intuitive menu system
• Cinematic replays of your missions
Graphics
• Over one hundred and fifty planes fighting on screen, each with full AI and physics
• Realistic environments, including dynamic water and accurately recreated islands
• Incredibly detailed plane and ship models (15,000+ polygons), with complex lighting and environment effects
• Particle based 3D clouds
• Animated control surfaces and landing gear
Missions
• Ten campaigns, with twenty-six missions taken from real events of the Pacific campaign
• Five historical missions recreate actual acts of heroism in the Pacific
• Five training missions
Varied mission types: Ground attack, ground support, escort, defence, patrol, torpedo and dive-bombing
Text file description:
-------------------------------------------- "Heroes of the Pacific" Demo ReadMe - 19-07-05 -------------------------------------------- I. Introduction II. Installation III. Running the Game IV. Controls V. Memory and Performance VI. Graphic and Sound cards VII. Known Issues VIII. Heroes of the Pacific demo Web Sites IX. Technical Support -------------------------------------------- I. Introduction: -------------------------------------------- Thank you for trying the Heroes of the Pacific demo. This file contains detailed technical information so please read it through carefully. --------------------------------------------- Minimum Specification: --------------------------------------------- - Windows ME/XP/2000 - DirectX 9.0c - Pentium III or Athlon at 1.4GHz - 256mb RAM - Supported Graphics card - DirectX 9 Compatible Sound Card - 520mb Hard Drive Space --------------------------------------------- Recommended Specification: --------------------------------------------- - Windows XP/2000 - Pentium 4 at 2GHz or AthlonXP 2000+ - 512Mb RAM - Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5xxx or Radeon 9xxx --------------------------------------------- Supported Graphics Cards: --------------------------------------------- - ATi Radeon 8500/LE, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600 SE/Pro/XT, 9700Pro, 9800 Pro/XT, X700, X800, X850 - nVidia GeForce 3/Ti200/Ti500, GeForce4 Ti4200/Ti4600 GeForce FX5200, FX5600 XT/Ultra, FX5700, FX5800, FX5900, FX5950 GeForce 6800GT. Not compatible with nForce onboard graphics. Not compatible with Geforce 4 MX series cards. Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc. Laptops). -------------------------------------------- II. Installation -------------------------------------------- Run 'setup.exe'. You will then be asked to enter the directory you wish to install the game to. After this the game will install to the chosen directory. Please follow all on screen prompts to complete installation. ------------------------------------------- III. Running the Game ------------------------------------------- After you install the Heroes of the Pacific demo there will be a Heroes of the Pacific demo shortcut on your desktop. Double-click this to start the game. Alternatively you can start the game by going to: Start Menu -> Programs -> Codemasters -> Heroes of the Pacific demo -> Heroes of the Pacific demo. -------------------------------------------- IV. Controls -------------------------------------------- The default keyboard controls are given below. Front end and In game pause menu Back/Discard changes ESC Accept Changes Enter/Space Bar In game controls Primary Left A Primary Right D Pitch Up W Pitch Down S Secondary Left J Secondary Right L Throttle Up I Throttle Down K Sticky Mouse Shift Fire Primary Space Bar Fire Secondary B Toggle Secondary M War Speed , Next Target ; Next Objective [ Closest Objective ] Closest Air Target ' Cycle View V Rear Camera R Zoom . Target Cam / Scoreboard (Multiplayer) TAB Pause/Menu ESC Wingmen: Attack 1 Wingmen: Defend 2 Wingmen: Break Formation 3 Wingmen: Form Up 4 -------------------------------------------- V. Memory and Performance -------------------------------------------- Heroes of the Pacific demo requires at least 256MB of RAM and a 1.4Ghz processor; the performance of the game will improve if you have more RAM, a faster processor and graphics card. Regardless of your machine specs, you can maximise your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game by doing the following: Shut down all non-essential Windows programs especially online chat programs, virus checkers and screen layout utilities. Regularly defragment your hard drive. Increase your amount of free hard drive space -------------------------------------------- VI. Graphics and Sound cards -------------------------------------------- GRAPHICS CARDS The Heroes of the Pacific demo requires a graphics card with 3D hardware acceleration and at least 64 MB of RAM. The drivers for your graphics card must support DirectX 9.0c or higher. If you are having any problems running the game, please ensure you have updated your graphics card drivers before contacting technical support. SOUND CARDS If you are experiencing sound abnormalities such as clicking and popping, you may need to turn off sound hardware acceleration. Go to Start, Control Panel, Sound, then find the sound/audio hardware acceleration setting and turn it off. Occasionally, some users may experience poor audio quality when using an onboard nForce sound card in conjunction with certain graphics cards. Please update your nForce drivers and if the problem persists, switch over to the on-board graphics card. -------------------------------------------- VII. Known Issues -------------------------------------------- 1. The stability and graphics of the demo may be affected by using the Alt-Tab feature of Windows. We recommend that users do not alt tab whilst running the Heroes of the Pacific demo. 2. This demo is based upon code that is still being optimised. The minimum specification of the demo is higher than the anticipated minimum specification of the full game. 3. Playback of the splash videos in full screen mode is slow when using an ATi Graphics card, this will be address for the final version of the game. 4. Users with GeForce 3 and 4 cards may experience graphical corruption in the sky when playing the "Final Revenge" mission. -------------------------------------------- VIII. Heroes of the Pacific demo Web Sites -------------------------------------------- Heroes of the Pacific ****://www.codemasters.co.uk/games/?gameid=1768 Codemasters ****://www.codemasters.com/ IRGurus ****://www.irgurus.com/ If you are having problems running the game, you may want to try updating your graphics card drivers from one of the following web sites before contacting technical support: ATI Technologies ****://www.ati.com/ NVIDIA ****://www.nvidia.com/ Creative Labs ****://www.creative.com/ Microsoft DirectX ****://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx -------------------------------------------- IX. Technical Support -------------------------------------------- All requests for technical support should be made using our technical support request form: ****://www.codemasters.co.uk/support/contact.php Any queries regarding e-shop orders, game release dates, availability etc. can be sent to custservice@codemasters.com. HEROES OF THE PACIFIC, 2005 Thatgame Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. Licensed to IRGurus. IRGurus and the IRGurus logo are trademarks of IRGurus Ltd. Red Mile Entertainment and the Red Mile Entertainment logo are trademarks of Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Published and distributed by The Codemasters Software Company Limited (Codemasters). Codemasters is a registered trademark and GENIUS AT PLAY is a trademark of Codemasters. All rights reserved. This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy Industries, Inc. 1999-2004 GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. All other copyrights or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Unauthorised copying, adaptation, rental, lending, re-sale, arcade use, charging for use, broadcast, cable transmission, public performance, distribution or extraction of this product or any trademark or copyright work that forms part of this product is prohibited. For reasons of historical accuracy, so far as possible, the aircraft portrayed in this game are the actual aircraft that were involved in the War in the Pacific 1941-45. Names of these historic aircraft and their manufacturers are the property of their respective trademark holders, where not now in the public domain. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with IRGurus or thatgame. The characters in this game are ficticious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. 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