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Revision as of 03:41, 28 August 2022
Developers | |
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Shiny Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 29, 2000 |
General information
- Official support page
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | LaserLock DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Updated with compatibility for modern systems. Comes pre-configured with nGlide. Does not include the latest patch. | |||
Steam | Does not include the latest patch. |
- The digital versions come WITHOUT the latest patch. It has to be installed manually, see here.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest official patch 0.2 is available at soggi.org.
Peixoto's patch
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus. Super sampling anti-aliasing is also possible
- MCI emulation gets the CD music working properly
Manuals, etc.
All of the downloads available for the game can be found on the official support page.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/577980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/577980/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
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) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Limited modern controller support. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Uses same toggle. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. |
Issues fixed
Fix slowdown and 32-bit color
In modern GPUs the game has severe slowdown issues and is locked to 16-bit color only support. This can be addressed by the game itself, but it requires either a custom shortcut or running the game from the command line:
Change the rendering settings[citation needed] |
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Game crashing when opening door
A good chunk into the game, there is a certain door after an elevator that can crash the game whenever opening it, making progress impossible. There are two possible fixes for this:
Run in safe mode |
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Download patch 02 and disable pre-loading cached files |
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Game doesn't launch
If you use third-party tools like Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS), deactivate it. |
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Other information
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-i | Skip intro logos |
-s | Disable sound |
-o | Disable Fog |
-v | Disable mip-mapping |
+! | Fixes Windows 2000 crashes on some machines when switching from the game to the game menu. |
-p | Will disable any gamma control for users who wish to use their windows gamma and not in game gamma settings. |
+T | Enables verbose debug information for sound cards. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz | Intel Pentium III |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (577980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.