Difference between revisions of "Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire"
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{{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location|C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Shadows}} | {{Game Location Table/row|Configuration files location|C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Shadows}} | ||
{{Game Location Table/row|Registry Files Location|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Shadows of the Empire}} | {{Game Location Table/row|Registry Files Location|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Shadows of the Empire}} | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ==Video settings== | ||
| + | <!--[[File:Star Wars Shadows of the Empire settings.png|290px|right|thumb|General settings.]]--> | ||
| + | {{Video Settings | ||
| + | |wsgf_link =www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-shadows-empire/en | ||
| + | |widescreen_wsgf_award =incomplete | ||
| + | |multimonitor_wsgf_award =incomplete | ||
| + | |widescreen_resolution =true | ||
| + | |widescreen_resolution_notes= | ||
| + | |multimonitor =unknown | ||
| + | |multimonitor_notes = | ||
| + | |fov =false | ||
| + | |fov_notes =Fixed FOV (widescreen resolutions are Vert-). | ||
| + | |windowed =unknown | ||
| + | |windowed_notes = | ||
| + | |borderless_windowed =unknown | ||
| + | |borderless_windowed_notes = | ||
| + | |anisotropic =unknown | ||
| + | |anisotropic_notes = | ||
| + | |antialiasing =unknown | ||
| + | |antialiasing_notes = | ||
| + | |vsync =unknown | ||
| + | |vsync_notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|controller_support =true | |controller_support =true | ||
|controller_support_notes = | |controller_support_notes = | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ==Audio settings== | ||
| + | {{Audio settings | ||
| + | |separate volume =unknown | ||
| + | |separate volume notes = | ||
| + | |surround sound =unknown | ||
| + | |surround sound notes = | ||
| + | |subtitles =unknown | ||
| + | |subtitles notes = | ||
| + | |closed captions =unknown | ||
| + | |closed captions notes = | ||
| + | |mute on focus lost =unknown | ||
| + | |mute on focus lost notes = | ||
| + | |eax support = | ||
| + | |eax support notes = | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | ==Issues unresolved== | ||
| + | ===Background music=== | ||
| + | The background music will not play on Windows XP or newer systems. The game reads the audio from the CD in audio-CD format in some fashion that is incompatible with more recent versions of Windows. | ||
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| + | == Issues fixed == | ||
| + | ===Installing on modern versions of Windows=== | ||
| + | {{Fixbox|1= | ||
| + | {{Fixbox/fix|Windows XP}} | ||
| + | # Right click the installer file on the CD (<code>SOTE.EXE</code>) and change the compatibility mode to Windows 95. | ||
| + | # Install the game normally. | ||
| + | # It should run properly now, but you might need to switch the compatibility mode to Windows 95 on the <code>SHADOWS.EXE</code> file. | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | {{Fixbox|1= | ||
| + | {{Fixbox/fix|Windows 7}} | ||
| + | To get the game running on Windows 7 you'll have to install it on another machine running windows XP (or older) or in Windows XP Compatibility Mode (due to the 16 bit installer) and copy the files to your Windows 7 machine. Then you'll need to copy over the Registry Keys on the install machine from: <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Shadows of the Empire</code> to your Windows 7 registry. (You will need to adjust the folder locations if you installed it anywhere other than the default location)<ref>http://forums.lucasarts.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3506926</ref>. | ||
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|recGPU = GPU | |recGPU = GPU | ||
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[[Category:Windows]] | [[Category:Windows]] | ||
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Key points
- Modern systems need workarounds for some compatibility problems; see installing on modern versions of Windows.
Availability
Improvements
1.1 Update patch
The latest patch is 1.1 Update. It provides support for more graphics cards.
Game data
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues unresolved
Background music
The background music will not play on Windows XP or newer systems. The game reads the audio from the CD in audio-CD format in some fashion that is incompatible with more recent versions of Windows.
Issues fixed
Installing on modern versions of Windows
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System requirements