HIDDEN &
DANGEROUS 2 - README
CONTENTS
1. CONTACT INFORMATION
This readme contains last minute information and tips
that supersede information in the manual.
For further information on H&D2, visit:
www.hidden-and-dangerous.com
www.gathering.com
www.illusionsoftworks.com
www.take2games.com
Contacting Technical Support:
Please refer to the contact details in the game
manual.
2. GENERAL GAME PERFORMANCE
If you are experiencing any lack of performance when
running the game, it is recommended that the level of detail be lowered in the
in-game options as described in the manual.
To also help improve performance these options can be
enabled in the H&D2 Setup options:
Enable Hardware Transform and Lighting.
Enable Compressed Texture Quality.
Disable the Truecolour Texture Quality/Size.
Disable Fullscene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Disable Software Mixing Only (recommended for
Creative brand sound cards).
To run the Setup program select the option from the
Windows Start Menu located in 'Programs\Illusion Softworks\Hidden &
Dangerous 2\Setup'. As default, when an option is pressed and highlighted it is
Enabled.
3. SOUND PERFORMANCE
If you are experiencing problems with the sound in
the game, please ensure that you have the latest drivers for the make and model
of your sound card and that the drivers are DirectX 8.1 (or higher) certified.
H&D2 may not support some makes and models of sound card.
If you experience any stuttering or distortion when
sounds or music is playing ensure that these have been selected in the H&D2
Setup options:
Disable EAX
Enable Software mixing.
To run the Setup program select the option from the
Windows Start Menu located in 'Programs\Illusion Softworks\Hidden &
Dangerous 2\Setup'. As default, when an option is pressed and highlighted it is
Enabled.
4. GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY PERFORMANCE
If you are experiencing problems with the graphics in
the game, please ensure that you have the latest drivers for the make and model
of your graphics card and that the drivers are DirectX 8.1 (or higher)
certified. H&D2 may not support some makes and models of video card.
Below are options that can be selected from the
H&D2 Setup option to help address any problems that you may be
experiencing. These are recommended if your video card has a small amount of
video RAM.
To run the Setup program select the option from the Windows
Start Menu located in 'Programs\Illusion Softworks\Hidden & Dangerous
2\Setup'. As default, when an option is pressed and highlighted it is Enabled.
The Texture Quality/Size option selected in the setup
is related to the amount of video memory and resources your PC may have. If for
any reason you experience problems with the graphics in the game ensure that
you:
Disable Fullscene Antialiasing (FSAA).
Disable the Truecolour Texture Quality.
Enable Compressed Texture Quality.
Other options:
Reduce the resolution that the game is running in.
Run the game in Full Screen mode, not in a Window.
Disable Triple Buffering when running in Full Screen
Mode.
On older graphics card the 16 bit colours can force
the card to use 16-bit depth buffer instead of 24 bit. This can result in
seeing graphical artefacts.
When 16
bit colours are selected and the compression is turned off, the game will
create files within the MAPS directory that will amount to around 400MB using
the full 2.4GB of required hard drive space.
ATI video card users:
You may experience slow down when rendering on ATI
Radeon 7200, 7500, 8500 video cards.
This is probably caused by using the Catalyst drivers
version 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7. Whilst ATI resolve this, it is recommended that the
version 3.4 drivers be used.
5. MULTIPLAYER (Advanced Users)
Hidden & Dangerous 2 can be run from the DOS command line and as a dedicated server, examples of
command line execution are (Note, do not included the “ “ symbols when entering
commands):
“hd2.exe –c”
Activates the H&D 2 command console window.
“hd2.exe –cmd –exec runserver.txt”
Activates the H&D 2 command console and executes
commands from the file runserver.txt (or any text file containing H&D 2
commands).
“hd2.exe -cmd -sessionname testgame -style deathmatch
-mapname normandy3 -dedicated 1 –server”
Activates the application and executes the typed
commands from the DOS command line, like the example below.
NOTE: The syntax the game uses is "hd2.exe -cmd [-command
parameter] [-command parameter]”.
NOTE: After running “hd2.exe –c” to open the
dedicated multiplayer console, use the “listmaps” command to display the name
of the multiplayer maps in the form that must be typed when entering commands
or creating a file containing a list of commands (see section 7 below).
The commands
and their variable parameters that can be entered to configure the
multiplayer game are listed below.
|
Command |
Comment |
Variable Parameters |
Example |
|
maxclients |
Sets the maximum number of players that can be in a
game. |
integral number |
maxclients 10 |
|
pointlimit |
Sets the point limit for ending each round. |
integral number |
pointlimit 30 |
|
roundlimit |
Sets the time limit for ending each round [in
minutes]. |
integral number |
roundlimit 5 |
|
roundcount |
Sets the number of rounds before loading the next
map. |
integral number |
roundcount 3 |
|
warmup |
Sets the warmup time [in seconds]. |
integral number |
warmup 10 |
|
respawntime |
Sets the time limit for respawn [in seconds]. The
countdown in deathmatch mode is individual. In other modes, players are
respawned in batches. |
integral number |
respawntime 10 |
|
allowrespawn |
This command will allow respawning. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
allowrespawn 1 |
|
friendlyfire |
Sets whether team- killing is on or off. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
friendlyfire 0 |
|
autoteambalance |
Sets automatic teambalance. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
autoteambalance 1 |
|
spawnprotection |
Sets the time limit in which the newly respawned
player is invulnerable but cannot shoot. |
integral number |
spawnprotection 5 |
|
3rdpersonview |
Sets whether 3rd person view is on or off. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
3rdpersionview 1 |
|
inversedamage |
Sets the amount of injury caused to the player when
a team member is shot [in percent]. |
integral number |
inversdamage 200 |
|
fallingdmg |
Sets whether falling causes injury. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
fallingdmg 1 |
|
voicechat |
This command will create a server with voice chat
support. |
0 - not allowed, 1 -allowed |
voicechat 0 |
|
mapname |
This command will add selected maps to the maplist.
In order to be successfully added, the map has to be created in the specified
gamestyle. |
name of the file directory in which the map is
located |
mapname normandy3_mp_zone |
|
style |
This command will define the gamestyle. It has to
be set before adding maps to the maplist. |
style deathmatch |
|
|
domain |
Sets either internet or LAN game. |
local or internet |
domain internet |
|
sessionname |
Sets the name of the game. |
string |
sessionname TestGame |
|
help |
This command will list all commands |
|
help |
|
exec |
This command will execute a batch file with a list
of commands. (See section 7 below) |
file name string |
exec runserver.txt |
|
server |
Creates a game server. |
|
server |
|
dedicated |
Sets the server as dedicated. Note: Dedicated
servers can only host a game, it is not possible to play on them. |
0 - not allowed, 1 - allowed |
dedicated 1 |
|
join |
Connects the computer to the specified game server. |
server IP address string |
join 198.235.12.65 |
|
password |
|
string |
password hd2 |
|
adminpass |
Set the administrator password. |
string |
adminpass hd2admin |
|
adminlogin |
Login as admin to the server. |
string |
adminlogin hd2admin |
|
svcmd |
Remote execution of the command on the server. |
string |
svcmd nextmap |
In addition to this, commands can also be given
during multiplayer games by using the in game console accessed by pressing the
grave key next to the 1 on the keyboard. Press ENTER after entering the command
to activate.
|
Command |
Comment |
Variable Parameters |
Example |
|
listmaps |
This will display a list of all of the available
map names. |
|
listmaps |
|
say |
Send a message to all players in the game. |
string |
say hello |
|
sayteam |
Send a message to players on your team only. |
string |
sayteam hi |
|
vote |
This command will initialize a vote. It is possible
to vote for variable game settings. (See section 6 below) |
name of command followed by its variable parameter |
vote roundcount 10 |
|
voteyes |
This command will express a positive vote [YES]. |
|
voteyes |
|
listplayers |
This command will list all players connected to the
server, including their reference numbers. |
|
listplayers |
|
kickplayer |
This command will kick a player from the game. |
player name string or his index |
kickplayer 10 |
|
nextmap |
This command will start a new round with the next
map in the list |
|
nextmap |
|
restart |
This command will reinitialize the actual round. |
|
restart |
|
port |
This command will set the communication port; the
specified port and the port with the number +1 will be used. Note: The
protocol is UDP/IP |
integral number |
port 12000 (that means 12000 and 12001 will be
used) |
|
quit |
This command will terminate the console of a
dedicated server. |
|
quit |
6. VOTING
Voting can be initiated
by the server or by clients; the following commands can be voted on.
pointlimit
roundlimit
roundcount
warmup
respawntime
allowrespawn
friendlyfire
autoteambalance
3rdpersonview
inversedamage
spawnprotection
fallingdmg
restart
nextmap
kickplayer
Voting consists of “vote”
+ “command” + “parameters”, for example: vote respawntime 10
After this has been typed “respawntime 10 – voting initialised” will be displayed on all machines and players have 15 seconds to type “voteyes” if they agree. If more than half of the players vote YES the changes will be made on the server.
Only one voting session
can take place at any one time, so until the 15 seconds have elapsed for voting
on “respawntime 10” and new vote cannot be started.
7. DEDICATED SERVERS –
exec COMMAND
The exec command can be
used for executing batches of commands to make starting dedicated servers
quicker from the DOS command line.
Assume that you have
created two text files:
Name:
server-occupation.txt
With the content:
sessionname testserver
style occupation
mapname normandy3
mapname africa2
domain internet
dedicated 1
server
and
Name:
server-objectives.txt
With the content:
sessionname testserver
style objectives
mapname africa3
mapname normandy1
domain internet
dedicated 1
server
NOTE: When entering the list of commands there has to be an empty line below last command. In this case that means pressing enter after typing “server”.
There are then two ways
to create the server using either file.
Alternatively execute the
batch file without opening the dedicated multiplayer console window by typing
"hd2.exe –cmd -exec server-objectives.txt" on command.
8. THE –CMD COMMAND
When used, for example
“hd2.exe -cmd -sessionname testgame -style occupation –mapname normandy3 -dedicated 1 –server”
-cmd will not create the dedicated multiplayer
console leaving the option to enter further commands via the syntax
"hd2.exe -cmd [-command parameter] [-command parameter]”.