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Metal Gear Solid Readme File

August 2000

© Microsoft Corporation, 2000. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Metal Gear Solid™!

Thank you for purchasing Metal Gear Solid. This Readme file contains the most recent information concerning Metal Gear Solid.

CONTENTS

A. Installation Issues

B. Gameplay Issues

C. Configuration Issues

D. Game Controller Issues

E. 3D Card Issues

F. 3D Card Drivers and Manufacturers

You can find more information about Metal Gear Solid in the printed manual and on the Metal Gear Solid Web site: http://www.mgspc.com/.

A. INSTALLATION ISSUES

If your computer does not automatically install Metal Gear Solid after the compact disc has been inserted into the CD-ROM drive, perform the following procedure:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. Type x:\setup, where x is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM drive letter is D, type d:\setup.

3. Click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

B. GAMEPLAY ISSUES

· Optimizing performance: For best performance, close all nonessential programs before starting Metal Gear Solid.

· No option to save, load, and delete games in the VR Training menu: Progress and mission times are automatically saved and loaded. If you wish to erase your progress in the VR missions, you must manually delete your Record.vr file (found in the root of the directory where you installed Metal Gear Solid).

· Option to delete games: In the Load Game and Save Game menus, you can delete a saved game by selecting it, pressing the DELETE key, and then clicking OK.

· Games not being saved due to no free space on hard drive not indicated: If your computer runs out of free space on the hard drive, you can still perform the procedure of saving games although they are not actually saved. If free hard drive space is an issue on your computer, periodically check the Load Game or Save Game menu to verify that your games are being saved.

· Cannot pick up some items in first-person mode: Players using...