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|cover = Adventure Pinball Forgotten Island cover.jpg | |cover = Adventure Pinball Forgotten Island cover.jpg | ||
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|4k ultra hd notes = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]. | |4k ultra hd notes = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]. | ||
|fov = hackable | |fov = hackable | ||
− | |fov notes = 90º by default | + | |fov notes = 90º by default. |
|windowed = false | |windowed = false | ||
|windowed notes = | |windowed notes = | ||
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===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]=== | ===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]=== | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Edit files|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2024-03-08}}</ref>|fix= | + | {{Fixbox|description=Edit files|ref=<ref name="alphayellow">{{Refcheck|user=AlphaYellow|date=2024-03-08}}</ref>|fix= |
# Open {{file|{{p|game}}/System/D3DDrv.dll}} with a hex editor like [https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ HxD]. | # Open {{file|{{p|game}}/System/D3DDrv.dll}} with a hex editor like [https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ HxD]. | ||
# Press {{key|Ctrl|G}} and go to offset <code>000063C0</code>. | # Press {{key|Ctrl|G}} and go to offset <code>000063C0</code>. | ||
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{{ii}} For resolutions higher than 2048x2048, a DirectX wrapper is needed, like [[dgVoodoo 2]] or [https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/releases DxWrapper]. | {{ii}} For resolutions higher than 2048x2048, a DirectX wrapper is needed, like [[dgVoodoo 2]] or [https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/releases DxWrapper]. | ||
{{ii}} {{term|Vert-}}: Field of view (FOV) is cropped on wider resolutions than 4:3. Increase FOV to compensate, see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]. | {{ii}} {{term|Vert-}}: Field of view (FOV) is cropped on wider resolutions than 4:3. Increase FOV to compensate, see [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Fixbox|description=Edit ini file|ref=<ref name="alphayellow"/>|fix= | ||
+ | <ol> | ||
+ | <li>Open {{file|{{p|game}}/System/User.ini}}.</li> | ||
+ | <li>Change the lines <code>DesiredFOV=90.000000</code> and <code>DefaultFOV=90.000000</code> to the desired values.</li> | ||
+ | <li>Here are recommended values for a {{term|Hor+}} image:</li> | ||
+ | <ul> | ||
+ | <li>5:4 - 86.3</li> | ||
+ | <li>25:16 - 99.07</li> | ||
+ | <li>16:10 - 100.39</li> | ||
+ | <li>15:9 - 102.68</li> | ||
+ | <li>16.9 - 106.26</li> | ||
+ | <li>1.85:1 - 108.44</li> | ||
+ | <li>21:9 (2560x1080) - 121.28</li> | ||
+ | <li>21:9 (3440x1440) - 121.66</li> | ||
+ | <li>43:18 - 121.66</li> | ||
+ | <li>2.39:1 - 121.68</li> | ||
+ | <li>21:9 (3840x1600) - 121.89</li> | ||
+ | <li>2.76:1 - 128.43</li> | ||
+ | <li>32:10 - 134.76</li> | ||
+ | <li>32:9 - 138.89</li> | ||
+ | <li>15:4 - 140.85</li> | ||
+ | <li>12:3 - 143.13</li> | ||
+ | <li>48:10 - 148.95</li> | ||
+ | <li>45:9 - 150.14</li> | ||
+ | <li>48:9 - 151.93</li> | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | </ol> | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 03:47, 8 March 2024
Developers | |
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Digital Extremes | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Retail re-release | Sold Out Software |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 1 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 21, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 60 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Pinball |
Art styles | Stylized |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island is a singleplayer bird's-eye view pinball game.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Demo/free trial
- A demo can be downloaded here.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
---|---|
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
---|---|
No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\System\*.ini[Note 2] |
-
PB.ini
contains general settings. -
User.ini
contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 90º by default. | ||
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. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | Glide renderer is capped at 63 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Edit files[3] |
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Notes
|
Edit ini file[3] |
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|
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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Effects and Music. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[4] | |
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
- Using DSOAL HRTF causes sounds to attenuate more rapidly than with software stereo audio.
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 4 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Brightness slider not working
Use DDrawCompat[5] |
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Low frame rate
Use DDrawCompat[5] |
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Game speed inconsistency
Set monitor on 60 Hz[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 | |
Glide | ||
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz AMD K6 250 MHz |
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz AMD K6-3 400 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | 3dfx Voodoo2 Nvidia RIVA TNT 8 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-08
- ↑ Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island w/ 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 GitHub - last accessed on 26 May 2023