Silent Hill 4: The Room Demo

SILENT HILL 4

Thank you for playing SILENT HILL 4 (Trial Version) for PC. This file contains additional information not found in the game manual.

Table of Contents

1) System Requirements
2) Installation
3) Begin Playing Silent Hill 4
4) Uninstall Silent Hill 4
5) Memory and Performance
6) Controls
7) Saved Games
8) Graphics Cards
9) Troubleshooting
10) Technical Support

1) System Requirements

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Windows XP/ME/2000/98
1 GHz Pentium III or Athlon processor (or equivalent)
256 MB RAM
GeForce3 Ti/Radeon 8500 Video Chipset w/32MB VRAM
DirectX 8.1b (included on CD/DVD)
DirectX 8.1 compliant sound card
4X CD-ROM or 2X DVD-ROM drive
700 MB free hard disk space

RECOMMENDED

Windows XP/2000
1.4 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon processor
512 MB RAM
GeForce4 Ti/Radeon 8500 Video Chipset w/64MB VRAM
8X CD-ROM or 4X DVD-ROM drive

1 GB free hard disk space

USB Gamepad controller

NOTE: It may be necessary to update your hardware drivers.

Supported video chipsets:
NVIDIA GeForceFX, GeForce4Ti, GeForce3Ti (GeForce MX series not supported.)
ATI Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9100, 9000, 8500

2) Installation

In order to play SILENT HILL 4, you must first install the program on your computer's hard drive.

1) Insert CD/DVD into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
2) Double-click on the MY COMPUTER icon on your computer's desktop.
On computers running Windows XP, the MY COMPUTER icon can also be found on the START menu.
3) Double-click on the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
4) Double-click on Setup.exe.
5) Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
Once you have successfully installed the game, you're ready to play!

Note:
Please note that due to the large size of some of the last install files, the progress indicator may pause for a long period of time toward the end of the install process.
Please wait until InstallShield Wizard finishes installation, which may take up to 20 minutes.
Do not reset or turn off your computer.

3) Begin Playing SILENT HILL 4

Now that you've installed the game, there are several ways to begin playing:

1) You may begin the game by clicking on the Windows START button, and selecting Programs>KONAMI>SILENT HILL 4>SILENT HILL 4.
2) You may also double-click the SILENT HILL 4 icon on your desktop.

4) Uninstall SILENT HILL 4

If you need to uninstall SILENT HILL 4, you may do any of the following:

* Click on the START button, choose Programs, KONAMI, SILENT HILL 4, and select Uninstall or:
* Click on the START button, go to Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and remove SILENT HILL 4.

5) Memory and Performance

SILENT HILL 4 requires at least 256 MB of RAM and a 1 GHz processor; the performance of the game will improve if you have more RAM and a faster processor. Regardless of your machine specs, you can maximize your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game by doing the following:

* Close any open windows.
* Shut down all other programs, including system tray programs.
* Defragment your hard drive.
* Make sure to have additional free space on your hard drive.

If you get a "Not Enough Memory" error when you first start the game, you may need to increase the virtual memory that is available in Windows. If you are running the game under Windows 98/ME, please refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 259184: "How to Increase the Memory Capability of Your Computer."

6) Controls

You will be able to play SILENT HILL 4 with a gamepad, joystick, or with the keyboard. The game supports PC gamepads with analog sticks and has vibration (rumble) support. All of the menus have mouse support as well.

You may change any of the default controls in the Button Config screen, which can be found in the Options Menu.

7) Saved Games

You can't save games in this trial version.

8) Graphics cards

SILENT HILL 4 requires a graphics card with 3D hardware acceleration and at least 32 MB of VRAM on the card, along with 256 MB or more of system RAM. The drivers for your graphics card must support DirectX 8.1b or higher. If you are having any problems running the game, make sure to update your graphics card drivers.

SILENT HILL 4 officially supports the following graphics chipsets:

NVIDIA GeForceFX, GeForce4Ti, GeForce3Ti (GeForce MX series not supported.)
ATI Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9100, 9000, 8500

KNOWN ISSUES
There are some known issues with the very latest graphics chipsets available. It is likely that most of these known issues will be fixed in future driver releases from the graphic chip manufacturers. We recommend that you keep your graphics card drivers updated, by checking the manufacturer's web site regularly for new drivers. A list of the most common hardware manufacturers' web sites can be found at the end of this document.

ATI Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500, 9200, 9100, 9000, 8500 - With the latest drivers available at the time this was written, you may experience some flickering on the new ATI Radeon cards. We expect this to be fixed in new driver releases from ATI, so make sure to update your graphic card drivers regularly.