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Revision as of 19:50, 29 November 2022
Developers | |
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GSC Game World | |
Publishers | |
Virgin Interactive | |
Engines | |
Vital Engine ZL[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 8, 2001 |
Key points
- Released as Venom. Codename: Outbreak in Russia.
General information
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[2] |
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Patches
For the retail game
- 1.0 (2001). First patch released.
- 2.0 (2003)
- 2.1 (2003). Main change: removed CD copy protection.
Special Hardware Requirements
This game is recommended to run on an old computer to achieve the best results and avoid various problems, including old graphics card (eg GeForce 7900GTX) and old graphics driver (eg ForceWare 93.71), 512MB system memory and Windows XP SP3 operating system.If you can't get your old computer, then use the method below.(Information provided by Chinese player NATO2000, who is an old game hunter that has walkthrough 20,000+ old games)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GAME.INI[Note 1] <path-to-game>\lev\Server.ini[Note 1] |
-
Server.ini
contains dedicated server settings (does not exist unless server settings are saved).
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Stretched when forced through dgvoodoo2. Cropped when set in config. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | 90° | ||
Windowed | Set with <path-to-game>\Config.exe . |
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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 and 120+ FPS | 225 fps cap (This description is questionable. The original ISO version does not have any frame rate limit, but the 1.1~1.2 upgrade patch will limit 60FPS. The GOG version limits the framerate to 60FPS. Regardless of single-player mode or multi-player mode.Information provided by Chinese player NATO2000, who is an old game hunter that has walkthrough 20,000+ old games.) | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Set in-game or with <path-to-game>\Config.exe . Game does not distinguish between cursor keys and numpad keys, limiting binding options for left-handed players. |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
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
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | FX, Music, CD. | |
Surround sound | 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | In the French retail version only. | |||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | Only on Russian retail copy |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | Versus, Co-op |
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Online play | 16 | Versus, Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Use <path-to-game>\dedicated.exe . |
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Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Outbreak.exe or Config.exe do not seem to launch, but are active in the task manager
Disable outdated .dll wrapper included with game[3] |
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Broken lighting, transparencies and textures
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Alternative method |
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Copy the TextureFormat2 string to TextureFormat1 in [1] [Game] ... TextureFormat1=32 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 TextureFormat2=32 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 ... This fixes transparency and main menu rendering issues. However, lens flares are still rendered incorrectly. You may disable lens flares by setting |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
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, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | Riva TNT2 or equal 3D accelerator 32 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8.0 compatible | DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).