	-------------------- CastleVania: Cacophony of Chaos --------------------
	      --------------------- Version  1.69 ---------------------
        	     -------------- by RottenTurd --------------
			    -------   4/24/2004   -------


SETUP: Unzip the contents into a newdir (like c:\vania).  Just click on the "Vania.exe" file to start the game. Your video card needs to be able to support OpenGL (most cards built in the last 4 or 5 years should be fine). If your screen is solid white or blue, you need to make sure your video card drivers are up to date and your system has opengl32.dll and either glide2x.dll or glide3x.dll in the windows system/system32 dir. 

[3dfx Owners ONLY]: I've included a file called "opengl32.dl_" that you can rename to 
"opengl32.dll" if you have a 3dfx card (Voodoo series) and can't get the game to run.



The default resolution is 1024x768 16bpp. You can change this by running vania.exe with the "-width", "-height", and "-bpp" command line parameters if you choose. The "-gamma" parameter is also useful, since the brightness slider is kind of a hack.


CONTROLS:
	-Use the arrow keys to move around.
	-"Shift" to run
	-Use "z" or "control" to attack
	-Use "x" or "space" to jump
        -Use "[" to zoom the camera out
        -Use "]" to zoom the camera in
	-Number keys 1-6 for weapons:
		1 - Whip
		2 - Cross Boomerang
		3 - Holy Water
		4 - Axe
		5 - Dagger
		6 - Familiar


I've tested the game out on my machine (P4 2.4ghz, GeForce2 64mb) and it runs smooth. I've also tested it on my friend's machine (P2 700mhz, TNT2 32mb) and it still ran with full effects, but somewhat choppy.


This freeware game is not affiliated with Konami and is based on the Quake engine source, released under GNU Public License.  Some of my engine mods were based on tutorials from the Quake Standards Group (quakesrc.org), check out their site for links to other Quake based games.

I've only got the first stage done so far, but I'm always working on this project and you can check for updated files at http://home.earthlink.net/~rottenturd.