BTRL DEMO DETAILS & SPECS
SPOILER WARNING: The game contains spoilers for Battlestar Galactica Season 2. Most people should have seen this already but if you have not seen the series as far as the the episode "Scar", you might want to avoid playing for the time being.
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BACK STORY
We thought we were saved. A week after the Nuclear Holocaust our rag-tag fleet of civilian ships, led by the captain of the Scylla, wandered aimlessly through space. We were overcrowded, under-armed, low on fuel and nearly out of food. Our handful of battered Vipers were only minor nuisance to the daily Raider attacks and after a week, when the Base ship appeared, most of us were resigned to our fate.
But then, appearing like a savior from the Gods themselves, a lone battlestar pounded through the Cylons’ defenses. We cheered the arrival of Battlestar Pegasus; her crew had saved us. Or so we thought...
Scylla was first. We watched from the observation deck of the charter liner Requiem, as the Raptors docked with it. We caught a brief burst of wireless comms from Scylla, frantic and distorted, but the message was clear: get away. It was too late; when Pegasus' Raptors found Requiem a few minutes later, they brought nothing that gave us reason to praise the Gods. Mechanics arrived to claim Requiem's vital systems, and Colonial Marines--with guns drawn--claimed warm bodies. Death at the mechanical hands of the Cylons would have been better.
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Drafted and pressed into service, your only hope of survival is to fall in line and train to join the ranks of the elite Viper pilots of Battlestar Pegasus. Get a taste of the action that awaits you in the upcoming main campaign with intense single- and multiplayer missions. Will you become one of Pegasus’ elite, or will you give your life in the vast, cold battleground of deep space?
Features:
• Powered by the revamped Freespace 2 engine
• Entirely stand-alone, Freespace 2 not required
• Accurately detailed high-resolution ship models
• High quality, originally engineered audio
• Authentic, original in-game soundtrack, in addition to pieces by Bear McCreary and Richard Gibbs
• Original characters and voice acting
• A three mission single player campaign depicting never-before-seen events, interwoven with and true to the series’ storyline
• Head online and go head-to-head with your friends—and foes—in intense multiplayer missions including Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and others
• Exciting Viper combat with authentic weaponry and flight controls
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INSTALLATION: Basic & Detailed Instructions
Cursory Explanation: To install the Beyond the Red Line Demo, simply run the BtRLDemoInstaller that you downloaded. Follow the steps, and select the folder you want to install to. At the end of the installation, there will be important post-installation notes that need to be followed. If you don't follow these instructions, it is unlikely that the Beyond the Red Line Demo will work. Still having issues?
Please review the following steps:
Step 1: Download the demo release and install.
Step 2: Download and run the autopatcher. --- You will need Windows AND/OR Java 1.5+. So for you Mac and Linux people, before you read any further, make sure that you've got Java version 1.5 or greater. The updater IS included in the Demo install but is already out of date so you'll need to get the latest version of it. Please note that if you download the Windows version, you'll need to unpack all the files, not just the .exe. You'll want to replace the updater currently in your Demo folder.)
Run the updater and hit Next, then select your Demo folder using the prompt and hit Next again. The next page has two options on it. Make sure to leave the first one unchecked, and do what you want with the second one. On the next page, you get to select what you want to download. Make sure to select the first one, as well as the box for whatever OS you're using. Make sure that the boxes for the other OS's are unchecked. Then, hit Next. It will begin downloading the patch. Once it finishes, hit Next, and read the text on the next page. Once you've read it, hit exit, and you're almost ready to play!
Step 3: (For Windows-Only) Run the launcher. --- Windows users should run the RunMeFirst file unless they know they already have OpenAL 1.1 installed on their machines. Once that has installed itself run the BeyondTheRedLine.exe file. If you get an error about OpenAL at this point... sorry.
Click on the Video tab and ensure you are running in 1024x768 - 32 Bit or above. You can then click run to start the game or change the options for your Joystick, etc from here. Do not however set the OpenAL sound device to anything other than Generic Software.
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Windows: Minimum Recommended Specifications
• Computer: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible computer
• Operating System: Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP
• CPU: Pentium® 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz processor
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Graphics Card: 64 MB NVIDIA® GeForce 3, ATI Radeon Hardware T&L card or other OpenGL compatible video card
• Sound Card: Windows® 98/2000/XP-compatible sound card
• Input Device: Windows® compatible mouse and keyboard
• OpenAL: OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
• Installation: 800 MB free HD space
Windows: Recommended System Specs
• Computer: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible computer
• Operating System: Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP
• CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ or equivalent Pentium® processor
• Memory: 1gb MB RAM
• Graphics Card: 256 MB NVIDIA® GeForce 6, equivalent ATI Hardware T&L card or other OpenGL compatible video card
• Sound Card: Windows® 98/2000/XP-compatible sound card
• Input Device: Windows® compatible joystick
• OpenAL: OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
• Installation: 800 MB free HD space
Mac
• Operating System: Mac OS 10.4
• CPU: 933MHz minimum CPU, 1.2Ghz recommended, PPC or Intel
• Memory: 512 MB RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended
• Graphics Card: GeForce 3 or better, Radeon 9200 or better
• Input Device: Mouse and keyboard
• Installation: 800 MB free HD space
Linux
• Operating System: Linux x86 compatible
• CPU: Pentium® 1 GHz or AMD Athlon 800 MHz processor
• Memory: 512 MB RAM, 1 GB recommended
• Graphics Card: 64 MB NVIDIA® GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon with closed source drivers, Mesa 6 or better with S3TC extension available for open source drivers
• Input Device: Mouse and keyboard
• Installation: 800 MB free HD space