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Seasons Known Hardware Issues
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Mac OS X Specific Issues:
On Mac OS X systems that have NVIDIA cards with less than 256 MB of VRAM, you may need to reduce the graphics quality in the game options menu for improved performance.
If running the game on a MacBook Pro with display mirroring turned on, ensure that you select a resolution which is supported by both the internal and external displays. A workaround for this issue is to ensure that the internal LCD is the main system monitor before turning on display mirroring, and you will be presented with the proper resolutions.
Occasionally the game audio will stop playing when headphones are connected after the game is started.In order to prevent this from occurring, please ensure that your headphones are not connected to your Mac before starting the game.
If you experience frame rate issues while running on ATI X1600 or X1900 cards, reduce your Lighting Quality setting to low.
When running on Snow Leopard with ATI Radeon X1600 or X1900 video cards, set the Lighting/Shadows slider to low to avoid graphical errors.
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f you are using two NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards with an SLI-enabled motherboard and the game locks up, try updating your drivers. If you still have problems, try disabling SLI.
If trees look abnormally blocky or discolored and your computer is using an ATI graphics card with Catalyst software, you may be able to fix the problem by disabling adaptive anti-aliasing through Catalyst.
External audio devices may cause compatibility issues resulting in audio distortions. This issue may be addressed by connecting the Line/Speaker output on the computer into the audio system's Aux (or Line) input.
Mac OS X Specific Issues:
On Mac OS X systems that have NVIDIA cards with less than 256 MB of VRAM, you may need to reduce the graphics quality in the game options menu for improved performance.
If running the game on a MacBook Pro with display mirroring turned on, ensure that you select a resolution which is supported by both the internal and external displays. A workaround for this issue is to ensure that the internal LCD is the main system monitor before turning on display mirroring, and you will be presented with the proper resolutions.
Occasionally the game audio will stop playing when headphones are connected after the game is started.In order to prevent this from occurring, please ensure that your headphones are not connected to your Mac before starting the game.
If you experience frame rate issues while running on ATI X1600 or X1900 cards, reduce your Lighting Quality setting to low.
When running on Snow Leopard with ATI Radeon X1600 or X1900 video cards, set the Lighting/Shadows slider to low to avoid graphical errors.
I
f you are using two NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards with an SLI-enabled motherboard and the game locks up, try updating your drivers. If you still have problems, try disabling SLI.
If trees look abnormally blocky or discolored and your computer is using an ATI graphics card with Catalyst software, you may be able to fix the problem by disabling adaptive anti-aliasing through Catalyst.
External audio devices may cause compatibility issues resulting in audio distortions. This issue may be addressed by connecting the Line/Speaker output on the computer into the audio system's Aux (or Line) input.
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