Severance: Blade of Darkness

german version 1.001

company: Codemasters (www.codemasters.com) /
         RebelAct Studios (www.rebelact.com)

homesite: www.rebelact.com/severance/

This patch fixes the following problems with the game:
- General stability of the game has been improved
- Several fixes for saving and loading crashes have been 
  implemented, including saving during  cutscenes and loading a 
  saved game immediately after falling to death
- Quadraphonic sound has been added. We have included æEAX.dllÆ in 
  an additional sound DLL folder that will improve your sound 
  quality even without EAX effects. If you wish to use this you will 
  need to copy it to your Blade\Bin\Mss directory, and then delete 
  the Blade\Config\sound.cfg file
- The æPlayer 1 not declared in pj.pyÆ error has now been resolved
- Lock-up after pressing Escape and F1 simultaneously has been fixed
- Improved camera movement in close quarters
- The D3d.dll will no longer generate blue-tinted screenshots
- Several missing audio files are now in place
- Various instances of English language in foreign language versions 
  have been fixed accordingly
- Addition of Gamespy service for internet play. See the link 
  incorporated into the game launcher for further information
- Fixed the ghost players in the dedicated server.
- Chat command implemented
- Configuration submenu included in the network menu.
- new Voodoo DLL has been included: ær3dfx Voodoo 1-2.dllÆ with the 
  following fixes/improvements:
  - Starting a game now works, previously it would crash due to the 
    different memory managers
  - Crashing when changing the resolution has been fixed
  - The loading screens will now resize/stretch correctly
  - Gamma settings are now saved and carried on into the following 
    level, (the contrast and brightness controls have not been 
    implemented)
  - Mipmapping is NOT supported due to the speed problems
This DLL should only be used with Voodoo 1 and 2 cards. For other 
Voodoo cards the D3d.dll should fix all the problems in the release 
version of the game.
