_____________________________________________________________________________________ PILLARS OF ETERNITY - Readme.txt_____________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for purchasing Pillars of Eternity. This readme contains useful information and troubleshooting tips._____________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS__________ 1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2) PHYSICAL DISC INSTALLATION 3) GENERAL INFORMATION 4) KNOWN ISSUES 5) DRIVERS 6) CONTACT INFORMATION 7) LEGAL INFORMATION_____________________________________________________________________________________ 1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS________________________Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Vista or later Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS 64-bit or compatible Linux OS Macintosh OS X Leopard 10.5 64-bit or laterMinimum Hardware Requirements Dual Core CPU 2.5 GHz 4GB RAM DVD drive (for physical versions) 14 GB of free hard disk space ATI Radeon HD 4850 or later OR NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT or later Keyboard MouseRecommended Hardware Requirements Quad Core CPU 3.1 GHz 8GB RAM DVD drive (for physical versions) 14 GB of free hard disk space ATI Radeon HD 7700 or later OR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or later Keyboard Mouse_____________________________________________________________________________________ 2) PHYSICAL DISC INSTALLATION_______________________________Windows:Insert the Windows Pillars of Eternity disc into your DVD drive. If you have Autoplayenabled, the setup program should automatically launch. If you do not have Autoplayenabled or the launcher does not appear, then use Explorer to navigate to the Pillarsof Eternity disc, and manually launch setup.exe.Macintosh OS X:Insert Mac OS X Pillars of Eternity disc into the DVD drive. Open the resulting mounteddisc image, then open the Pillars of Eternity.dmg file by double-clicking on it. Followthe on-screen prompts to drag the game to your Applications folder.Linux:Insert the Linux Pillars of Eternity disc into your DVD drive. Pillars of Eternity iscompressed as a .tar.gz file that was split into several smaller chunks in order to be compatible with the file system on the DVD. You must first reassemble those chunks toa temporary location, and then decompress the archive into the final desired location.To begin, enter the following at the terminal:cat /PillarsOfEternity.tar.gz.* > /PillarsOfEternity.tar.gzsubstituting for the location of the files on the DVD and for a local temporarylocation to use.Open the resulting /PillarsOfEternity.tar.gz file with Archive Manager, and drag the 'Pillars of Eternity' folder to your desired install location. Once it has finisheddecompressing, you can delete /PillarsOfEternity.tar.gz file.Footprint:Pillars of Eternity requires approximately 14 GB of hard disk space.Save Games==========Windows:Pillars of Eternity uses the Saved Games directory in the Users folder to storesaved game data. This can be found at: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of EternityMacintosh OS X:The Pillars of Eternity saved game folder is located on OS X at:~/Library/Application Support/Pillars of Eternity/Saved GamesUbuntu / Linux:The Pillars of Eternity saved game folder is located at:~/PillarsOfEternity/Saved Games_____________________________________________________________________________________ 3) GENERAL INFORMATION________________________Memory:Pillars of Eternity requires at least 4 GB of memory to run. For optimal performance,at least 8 GB is recommended, running on a 64-bit operating system.Running Applications:Pillars of Eternity has been designed to take best advantage of the availablemachine it is running upon, therefore we recommend that you close down allapplications before running Pillars of Eternity.Video Memory:Pillars of Eternity requires a video card with at least 1 GB of video memoryto run. Pillars of Eternity may run if launched on a machine withless than 1 GB of video memory, but there may be texture corruption issues.Languages:To switch languages in Pillars of Eternity, change the Language option in the Gametab of the Options menu. Currently, the game supports English, French, Italian,German, Spanish, Polish, and Russian._____________________________________________________________________________________ 4) KNOWN ISSUES_________________Please visit our website at http://eternity.obsidian.net/known-issues for a list ofknown issues._____________________________________________________________________________________ 5) DRIVERS____________Drivers:We strongly recommend using the latest available drivers for your video card, aswell as other hardware devices in your computer, such as your audio device andmotherboard chipset. Please see the manufacturer's websites for details on how todownload and install them._____________________________________________________________________________________ 6) CONTACT INFORMATION________________________For news and the official Pillars of Eternity website, visit: http://eternity.obsidian.netFor Customer Service and Technical Support:Web : https://www.paradoxplaza.com/supportForums: http://forums.obsidian.netParadox Interactive AB - SwedenGtgatan 78, 23rd floor SE-118 30 Stockholm Sweden_____________________________________________________________________________________ 7) LEGAL INFORMATION______________________PILLARS OF ETERNITY (c) 2015 Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Pillarsof Eternity, the Pillars of Eternity logo, Obsidian, and the Obsidian Entertainmentlogo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. AllRights Reserved. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respectiveowners.The following software may be included in, shipped with, or otherwise used by thisproduct:7-Zip. Copyright (c) 1999-2012 Igor Pavlov. All Rights Reserved. 7-Zip is licensedunder the GNU LGPL license, and source code is available at http://www.7-zip.org._____________________________________________________________________________________