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We are proud to announce that there will be a Demo of Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent. Still we can't name the exact date of release. (I'd say in 4 months it 'd be possible).


Gere are the requierements for the demo:



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Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent

© Copyright 2001-2002
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Thank you for downloading Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent!

This README file contains the latest information about Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent.
For complete Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent instructions and usage, please refer to
the online help or user's guide.

- System Requirements
- About Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent
- What's New in Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent
- Additional Features of Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent
- Hardware Compatibility
- General Performance and Quality Issues
- Known Problems and Limitations


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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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* System Requirements:
-8x CD-ROM
-3D accelerator (Direct3D, Glide) required
-Pentium 200Mhz
-Windows 95/98/Me with DirectX 6.0, or NT 4.0
-32 MB RAM
-Windows 98 or higher


* Recommended Specifications:

-AMD Athlon 500MHz processor
-64 MB RAM
-TNT2 or Geforce graphic card
-Joystick
-Fast internet connection for downloading the game

* IMPORTANT: Some of our ships look cartoonish (wc2) but still puts a heavy burdain on the system
as the models are heavy on textures and Polys (Concordia and other models imported from Wc games
that are over-triangulated). It is also reported that having less than 64MB limits the number
that the game accepts without crashing)




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ABOUT Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent
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* Battlegroup Serpent takes place during the WC3 timeline, you will take the place of the young
fighter pilot Katarina "Cat" Thorn. Stationed on an old Durango class carrier you are on a patrol
on the Confederation Kilrathi border. All seems to be in perfect order until a Kilrathi carrier
jumps into your system. With this incident everything starts to change. Strange orders are given,
an old Friend of your past comes back and a long journey with an unknown target begins.

The Story features ships from Wing Commander 1 to 3 and 2 ships that you habe never seen before.


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WHAT'S NEW IN Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent
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For more details and further explanations of each function, refer to the online
help or user's guide.

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Audio
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* Features 4 Wing Commander Soundtracks: The Price of Freedom, Vega Sector, Vengeance of
the Kilrathi, The Heart of the Tiger.

Note(*): ADPCM Compression, 22000Hz 4bit, stereo.

* Popular sound cards supported include but not limited to:

Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 family
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy family
Hercules GameTheater XP
Philips Acoustic Edge
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
VideLogic Sonic Fury

It is recommended that you always install the latest driver from the original
card/device maker but not use any Windows built-in drivers.

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Video
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* Supports full range of display cards/chipsets such as ATI Radeon 8500/7500,
Radeon VE, NVidia GeForce2 MX/MX200/MX400,etc.


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GENERAL PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS ISSUES
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* Display issues:

Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent requires Microsoft™ DirectX. It is recommended
to run Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent with the latest Microsoft™ DirectX Runtime
installed.

Wing Commander Saga: Battlegroup Serpent requires the existence of the DirectDraw overlay
surface for optimal performance and video quality. Almost all display cards nowadays
support this feature.

It is suggested not to run Wing Commander Saga in 640x480 resolution.

* Limitations

-This alpha version supports only 1024*768 resolution
-Ship Icons, HUD and other interface elements are temporary
-All sounds are not present
-Ship and mission design is not completely finetuned
-Mutliplayer is not functionnal yet


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TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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[email protected]


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SPECIAL THANKS TO
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Confed Engineering Page
Eder
Alan Hart

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