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{{Availability/row| Developer| https://icculus.org/blackshades/ | DRM-free | | | Linux }} | {{Availability/row| Developer| https://icculus.org/blackshades/ | DRM-free | | | Linux }} | ||
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Revision as of 03:33, 24 June 2022
Developers | |
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Wolfire Games | |
Windows | Henry Kropf |
macOS (OS X) | Derek S. Arndt |
macOS (OS X) | Zachary Slater |
Linux | Zachary Slater |
Publishers | |
Wolfire Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 2002 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | 2002 |
Linux | 2003 |
Key points
- Free.
- Extremely lightweight. Can virtually run on any computer.
- There is no menu option. Everything is set from the configuration file.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Official website | ||||
Developer website |
Essential improvements
Black Shades Enhanced
- Black Shades Enhanced is a fan-made mod for Black Shades that adds in options to the config.txt that allow you to change the FPS limit, the Field of View, and whether you want the game to run in windowed mode. The FPS limit has also been set to 300 by default.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\config.txt |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore |
Linux |
- Highscore file is in plain text format with two lines, the first one being the high score value and the second a binary value indicating wether or not the player beat the game.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Resolution has to be set in config.txt with the Screenwidth and Screenheight values. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Black Shades Enhanced. | ||
Windowed | Use Black Shades Enhanced. | ||
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) | Has to be set in config.txt with the VBL sync binary value. |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 90 FPS. Use Black Shades Enhanced. |
Input
- It seems like setting
azerty keyboard
to1
inconfig.txt
actually switches the game to QWERTY layout. It is best leaving this value untouched.[1]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Has to be set in config.txt with the Mouse sensitivity value. |
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Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Has to be set in config.txt with the invert mouse binary value. |
|
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
- Game volume can only be set via the OS sound mixer.
- It is possible to disable the music in
config.txt
with theMusic
binary value.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No spoken dialogue. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Game doesn't launch
Set Windows compatibility mode on "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"[1] |
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Black screen on launch
- The above fix is also necessary.
Set game resolution[1] |
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Azatoth on November 30, 2017