Get the Men Of Valor MP demo off WP (326mb)
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System Requirements
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MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
DirectX® 9.0c-compliant 64 MB 3D video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader
support
Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP operating system
1.3 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ processor or equivalent
256 MB RAM
500 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files
DirectX® 9.0c (included)
DirectX®-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
4X CD-ROM drive
Microsoft®-compatible mouse, keyboard
Broadband/LAN, DSL or faster Internet connection for online play
RECOMMENDED
Microsoft® Windows® XP
ATI® Radeon™ 9600 or NVIDIA® GeForce 5700 DirectX® 9.0c compliant 128 MB 3D
video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader support or equivalent
2.8 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ or faster processor
512 MB RAM or more
24X or faster CD-ROM drive
For Dedicated Multiplayer Server: Broadband connection for 12 player maximum,
T1 connection for 24 player maximum.
The following 32MB or greater 3D accelerators are not fully
supported and do not work properly with the game:
-Nvidia MX series
These older cards yield a frame rate that is often
below 10 frames per second even at the lowest video
settings. It has no support for pixel shaders.
-Nvidia Quadro series
-Matrox Parhelia cards:
Video Logic PowerVR Neon 250
-S3 Savage 2000 cards:
Diamond Viper II
-S3 Savage 4 cards:
Diamond Stealth III S540
Diamond Stealth III S540 Extreme
-SiS Sabre cards
The following sound card isn't supported:
-Ensoniq SoundScape PNP
The following sound cards have known problems:
-Diamond Monster Sound MX 400
Requires turning off "DirectSound Acceleration" in the driver. See the
detailed explanation under "Troubleshooting."
-Creative Labs Audigy
Currently hardware acceleration for this card does not work correctly.
The latest version of the Audigy2 drivers (5.12.1.444) cause several serious
audio issues (extreme panning, sounds cut out abruptly)
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Hard Drive Space
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500 MB of free hard drive space is required to install the game.
More space is also needed for save games. Each save game is nearly
0.2 MB and there are 60 single-player levels in the game. At the
start of each level a new auto-save game is created. So another
30 MB of space is a good idea for both auto saves and manually
saved games.
Additionally, Windows will require its own free hard drive space
for its operating system (virtual memory). The amount of space
required varies from 100 MB to 250 MB. If you have less than
250 MB free space you may encounter the following message in an
error dialog:
"Ran out of virtual memory"
If you encounter this message, free up some hard drive space.
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Installing DirectX 9.0c
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If you declined to install DirectX 9.0c when initially installing
Men of Valor, you can install at a later time by
simply running the installer again and choosing to install directX
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Men of Valor Dedicated Server
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1. To start the Men of Valor Dedicated server click on Start>Programs>2015>Men
of Valor>Run MOV Dedicated Server.
This will open a command window that will start the server automatically.
2. After you have the command window open you can open the Web Interface to
control the dedicated server.
Click on Start>Programs>2015>Men of Valor>Dedicated Server Web Interface.
3. The Web interface for the dedicated server has 4 sections. Three buttons are
available on all screens.
The "Refresh" button updates the current server status. The "Reload Map"
button will Restart the current map. The "Next Map" button
will force the server to load the next map.
A) Server section - After you have made changes you must click the modify
button for them to take effect.
(i) Server Name - This is the name of your server that will appear on the
matchmaking screen.
(ii) Admin Name - The is the Name of the server Admin.
(iii) Admin Email - The email address of the Admin.
B) Access section - Where you can set limitations on who can access your game.
After you have made changes you must click the modify button for them to take
effect.
(i) Game password - You can set a password that players will need to join the
game.
(ii) Admin password - You can set a password so that others cannot make changes
to your server without having the correct password.
(iii) Policy List - The Policy list is a collection of accepted and denied IP
addresses. By Default it is set to accept players from all IP addresses
(ACCEPT,*)
(iv) IP Address - In this field you can manually set IP's to be either accepted
or denied by the server.
C) Maps section - lets you select what maps will be played on the server and
their options.The "Add Map" button at the bottom will add the currently
selected map with the current options.
(i) Current - Shows you the list of maps that are currently selected. The map
that is currently running will be marked with **.
(ii) Map - Allows you to select a map to add to the list from a dropdown box.
Alll maps will not play all game types you will receive an error at the top of
the screen if you try to add a map with an improper game type.
(iii) Game Type - Allows you to select the game type that will be played with
that map.
(iv) Max Players - Allows you to set the max number of players on the server.
(24 players is the max for dedicated server).
(v) Rounds - Sets the number of rounds that will played on the map before going
to the next in the list.
(vi) Time Limit - Sets the time limit on the map. Number is in Minutes.
(vii) Score Limit - Sets the score to be reached to win the game.
(viii) Max Lives - The max number of respawns each player will be allowed. ( 0
= unlimited)
(ix) Friendly fire - If checked players will be able to cause damage to their
team members.
(x) Team Kill Limit - Sets the number of team kills that will be tolerated per
player before they are forced into spectator mode. (0 = unlimited).
(xi) Class Restrictions - If unchecked players will be able to use any weapon
regardless of class chosen.
(xii) Tournament - If checked game will not start till max players is reached.
(xiii) Even Teams - If checked teams will have to have even numbers of players.
D) Players section - will show you what players are playing on your server.
From this screen you can either kick a player which will force them to leave
the current game or you can ban a player which will add there IP address to the
deny list on the Access tab.
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Improving Gameplay Performance
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Some machines will benefit from experimenting with your
video/sound options:
- From the Main Menu choose the "Options" menu.
Then select the "Video" menu, select "Texture
Detail" and choose "LOW".
- Try reducing your video resolution to 640x480 in your
"Video" menu. The lower the resolution, the easier it is for your computer
to run the game.
- Try Flipping the "High Detail World" toggle to the off position.
- Try Flipping the "Character Shadow" toggle to the off position.
- Try Flipping the "Trilinear Filtering" toggle to the off position.
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Troubleshooting
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DirectX 9.0c
-It is highly recommended that you install DirectX 9.0c as this is
known to resolve a number of video card and other issues. Previous
versions of DirectX are not fully supported.
Windows XP
-If you are using Windows XP, you must have administrator rights to
install and run Men of Valor. If you have
administrator rights, and wish to give a "limited user" administrator
rights, you can do this in "Users" section of the Windows XP Control
Panel.
Video Card Drivers
-Dual Monitors
Dual monitors are not supported. Disabling the secondary video
card will allow the game to run with dual monitors.
Sound Card Drivers
-Diamond Monster Sound MX 400
How to fix the MX 400 for use by Men of Valor:
1) Exit from Men of Valor if you are
running the game.
2) Open up the "Diamond Monster Sound" utility from
the toolbar; this is a small red and white icon
near the clock.
3) Make sure the "Enable DirectSound Acceleration"
checkbox is off.
4) Click on the "Apply And Exit" button. You should
be able to run Men of Valor without a problem.
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Other Issues
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-Works with Windows Xp Service Pack 2 as long as an exception is created.
Making a program an exception to the firewall is done by:
1. Open Windows Control Panel.
2. Select and open Windows Firewall.
3. Select the tab Exceptions.
4. Then select add program. Look for program executable and select it.
Make sure program name is checked in the list of Exceptions.
Multiplayer:
-The IPX Protocol is not supported, only TCP/IP is.
-Only three mouse buttons are configurable.
-Character shadows are not supported in multiplayer.
-If the server is removed from gameplay for exceeding the team kill limit he
will not be able to access the menus.
To leave the game before the time limit is up press tab to bring up the small
console and type disconnect.
-Players can, on rare occasion, turn invisible in multiplayer.
You may see another player's model appear over a spawn point
stuck in mid-stride. That player will be able to move around and
will appear invisible to you although he may be visible to other
players. Simply disconnect and re-connect to the server to fix
this.
- In some instances MoV_MpDemo.exe may continue to run in the background after
exiting the game. Use ctrl+alt+delete to bring up the task manager to
close it.
Keyboard Controls:
-Some PC keyboards cannot recognize certain combinations of 3 or
more simultaneously pressed keys. This is an inherent problem
unrelated to Men of Valor.