Difference between revisions of "Lego Chess"
Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
{{Availability| | {{Availability| | ||
− | {{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | + | {{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Early releases of the game use {{DRM|SafeDisc}}. Later releases use a simple disc check. | | Windows }} |
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 30 April 2022
Developers | |
---|---|
Krisalis Software | |
Publishers | |
Lego Media | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 4, 1998 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Genres | Chess |
Series | Lego |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Lego Island (series) | |
Lego Loco | 1998 |
Lego Chess | 1998 |
Lego Creator (series) | |
Legoland | 1999 |
Lego Friends | 1999 |
Lego Racers (series) | |
Lego Rock Raiders | 1999 |
Lego My Style (series) | |
Lego Alpha Team | 2000 |
Lego Stunt Rally | 2000 |
Soccer Mania | 2002 |
Bionicle (series) | |
Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension | 2003 |
Lego Star Wars (series) | |
Lego Indiana Jones (series) | |
Lego Batman (series) | |
Lego Harry Potter (series) | |
Lego Universe | 2010 |
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game | 2011 |
Lego Middle-earth (series) | |
Lego Legends of Chima Online | 2013 |
Lego Marvel (series) | |
The Lego Movie (series) | |
Lego Minifigures Online | 2014 |
Lego Jurassic World | 2015 |
Lego Worlds | 2017 |
Lego City Undercover | 2017 |
Lego The Incredibles | 2018 |
Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed | 2019 |
Lego Brawls | 2019 |
Lego Builder's Journey | 2019 |
Lego Bricktales | 2022 |
Lego 2K Drive | 2023 |
Lego Horizon Adventures | 2024 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Lego Chess is a singleplayer and multiplayer chess game in the Lego series.
Key points
- Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Running the game on 64-bit Windows.
General information
- Lego Wiki
- Brickimedia
- Rock Raiders United - A fan forum for all of the classic Lego games.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Early releases of the game use SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Later releases use a simple disc check. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Two official patches are available. Install the Version 2.06B_int Update Patch and then ChessCDFix.exe.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles[Note 2] |
Video
/video
command line argument).
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
---|
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Sound effects and music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
||
LAN play | 2 | |||
Online play | 2 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Running the game on 64-bit Windows
Although the game installer is 16-bit, the actual game is 32-bit. The only way to play it is to use an alternate installer or WineVDM:
Installing the game via alternate installer
Setting up the game with an alternate installer[citation needed] |
---|
|
Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
Crashes on startup[citation needed] |
---|
|
Crashes during gameplay |
---|
|
3D Rendering Options
Change the graphics driver settings |
---|
The "Krisalis Software Driver" is the default, this driver has a lower color depth and a "wobbly" 3D, sort of look like the original PlayStation. The "D3D" driver while blurring some textures has higher color depth and closer to the Nintendo 64. To set up "D3D" follow the instructions here. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/DgVoodoo_2#DirectX_2-8 In later Windows versions (and under Wine in Linux/Mac OS) the game might not properly detect Direct3D support without using some workarounds.
|
If still encountering issues in Windows 8 or 10, consider trying WineD3D.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | ||
Glide | ||
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 MB | 200 MB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA video card 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16