Difference between revisions of "Urban Chaos"
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
Icelovetizer (talk | contribs) |
(Updated controller info and included recommendation) |
||
Line 135: | Line 135: | ||
|touchscreen notes = | |touchscreen notes = | ||
|controller support = true | |controller support = true | ||
− | |controller support notes = | + | |controller support notes = Use a Direct Input controller as X-Input causes the character to spin on the spot - PlayStation Mini controller ideal |
|full controller = true | |full controller = true | ||
|full controller notes = | |full controller notes = |
Revision as of 20:25, 14 January 2021
Developers | |
---|---|
Mucky Foot Productions | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Eidos Interactive |
Digital | Square Enix |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 30, 1999 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 90 |
Key points
- The game's source code has been released in 2017.
- This article also applies to the demo.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] | |||
Publisher website (unavailable) | ||||
GOG.com (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo containing an exclusive level is available here.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[3] |
---|
|
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use Urban Chaos Widescreen Fix. | ||
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 | Locked at 30 FPS by default. See High frame rate. | ||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. |
High frame rate
- Raising the frame rate cap beyond 60 FPS will speed up the game.
Set high frame rate[3] |
---|
|
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Use a Direct Input controller as X-Input causes the character to spin on the spot - PlayStation Mini controller ideal | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
---|
XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
---|
PlayStation controllers |
---|
Generic/other controllers |
---|
Additional information | ||
---|---|---|
Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | At least 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | 1.0 via Miles Sound System |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Only available in the retail version. | |||
Italian | Only available in the retail version. | |||
Spanish | Open config.ini and change lang_english.txt to lang_spanish.txt . |
Issues fixed
Visual artifacts during gameplay
Alt+Tab ↹ to another window and back. |
---|
If using a GeForce card, disable Fast VSync. |
---|
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0r |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 0.8i |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | Intel Pentium 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 400 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1a compatible |
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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (243060) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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:Azatoth on November 23, 2018