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+Marble Blast Gold v. 1.4 for Windows Release Notes
+Distributed by RealNetworks, Inc.
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Thank you for purchasing Marble Blast Gold and supporting independent
+game developers.
+
+Contents
+--------
+
+Overview
+Controls
+About the Torque Game Engine
+Problems and Questions
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Roll your marble through a rich cartoon landscape of moving 
+platforms and dangerous hazards.  Along the way find power ups 
+to increase your speed, jumping ability or flight power, and 
+use them to collect the hidden gems and race to the finish for 
+the fastest time.
+
+Controls
+--------
+
+All controls can be changed in the Options screen.
+
+Roll Marble Forward - W
+Roll Marble Backward - S
+Roll Marble Left - A
+Roll Marble Right - D
+
+Jump - Space Bar
+Use PowerUp - Left Mouse Button
+
+Change Camera direction - Move Mouse - or
+
+Look Up - Up Arrow
+Look Down - Down Arrow
+Turn Left - Left Arrow
+Turn Right - Right Arrow
+
+Free-Look Camera - Right Mouse Button
+
+You can turn free look on by default from the 
+Options->Controls->Mouse screen.
+
+About the Torque Game Engine
+----------------------------
+
+The Torque Game Engine (TGE) is a full featured AAA title 
+engine with the latest in scripting, geometry, particle effects, 
+animation and texturing, as well as award winning multi-player 
+networking code.  For $100 per programmer, you get the source to 
+the engine that powers Marble Blast, Orbz, Sierra's Tribes 2, 
+and many other titles currently in development.
+
+Problems and Questions
+----------------------
+
+Listed below are some common questions and troubleshooting issues,
+as well as possible solutions or workarounds:
+
+Problem: How do I use my Logitech WingMan RumblePad controller with Marble Blast?
+
+Solution: Bring up the console by hitting ~ (tilde) and type: 
+enableJoystick(); followed by <ENTER>.  You can hide the console by 
+hitting ~ again.  To disable the gamepad support bring up the console 
+and type disableJoystick();
+
+Problem: I don't have a WingMan, but I do have gamepad XYZ... will that
+work?
+
+Solution: Quite possibly!  Your gamepad must have two analog sticks - and
+the controls for jumping and using powerups are by default mapped to 
+the trigger buttons.  If you're a scripting whiz, you can look in
+the file marble/client/scripts/default.bind.cs
+                           
+Problem: The game brings up a dialog saying it can't find a 
+compatible display device.
+
+Solution: Make sure the drivers for you graphics card are up to
+date.  Marble Blast requires an OpenGL or D3D compatible graphics accelerator.
+
+Problem: I turned on stencil shadows, and my frame rate is
+terrible!
+
+Solution: Make sure your desktop bit depth is set to 32 bits.
+If your frame rate problems persist, turn off stencil shadows.
+
+Problem: I get clicks and pops in the sounds when the marble is 
+rolling around.
+
+Solution: Some on-board sound processors have problems with 
+Marble Blast.  Try updating your audio drivers or get a new 
+sound card.
+
+Problem: I have a really big/wide monitor and Marble Blast doesn't
+let me access all the different resolution settings of my monitor!!!
+
+Solution: You can manually set your fullscreen resolution from the
+in-game console.  Press the tilde key (~) to access the console, and
+then type: 
+listResolutions();
+This should display a list of all the resolutions your monitor and
+video card support.  You can then set the resolution manually with
+the setResolution() command like:
+setResolution(1600, 1200, 32);
+Pressing the ~ again will cause the console to go away.
+
+Problem: Your easy listening music is cramping my marble style...
+how do I play my own rockin' tunes in this game?
+
+Solution: Marble Blast looks for files with the .ogg extension
+in subdirectories of the "My Games/Marble Blast Gold/marble" 
+directory.  To play your own tunes, just drop any ogg/vorbis encoded file (.ogg)
+into the "My Games/Marble Blast Gold/marble" directory.  
+If you want to get rid of the music that ships with the game, remove the 
+.ogg files from the "My Games/Marble Blast Gold/marble/data/sound"
+directory.
+
+Problem: The Gold Time on level XYZ is way too low!  It is clearly
+impossible to get such a low time!
+
+Solution: Try again.  All of the gold times are possible to achieve
+without cheating... but some of them are VERY hard to get.
+
+Problem: I have some other problem not listed above.
+
+Solution: Check the RealOne Arcade support site at: 
+http://www.realarcade.com
+