Difference between revisions of "Killing Time"
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | killing_time | DRM-free | | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | killing_time | DRM-free | | | Windows }} | ||
{{Availability/row| Steam | 493320 | Steam | | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| Steam | 493320 | Steam | | | Windows }} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| ZOOM | killing-time | DRM-free | Original digital distribution release | + | {{Availability/row| ZOOM | killing-time | DRM-free | Original Prism Entertainment digital distribution release. Now includes a separate edition with community patch as bonus content. | | Windows | unavailable }} |
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{{ii}} All three digital distribution versions of ''Killing Time'' use a slightly different method to run the game on modern systems. The Steam version is known to have glitched colors and graphics on some systems due to an issue with desktop color depth. | {{ii}} All three digital distribution versions of ''Killing Time'' use a slightly different method to run the game on modern systems. The Steam version is known to have glitched colors and graphics on some systems due to an issue with desktop color depth. |
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Developers | |
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3DO | |
Windows | Intrepid Software |
Mac OS (Classic) | Logicware |
Publishers | |
Retail | The 3DO Company |
Digital | Prism Entertainment |
Digital | Ziggurat Interactive |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 31, 1996 |
Mac OS (Classic) | December 1997 |
macOS (OS X) | March 18, 2003 |
Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- Community Patch highly recommended to play the game, the GOG and Steam version seems to be different, the former uses an old version of the community patch while the latter is closer to the original release. The original game doesn't support turning while strafing so for a more modern control experience the Community Patch is a must.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform (unavailable) | Original Prism Entertainment digital distribution release. Now includes a separate edition with community patch as bonus content. |
- All three digital distribution versions of Killing Time use a slightly different method to run the game on modern systems. The Steam version is known to have glitched colors and graphics on some systems due to an issue with desktop color depth.
- Due to licensing conflict between Ziggurat and Zoom, as of 2021 all Majesco titles have been delisted from Zoom alongside with Killing Time.
Essential Improvements
Community Patch
- Included in the GOG version (outdated 2.1 version) and Zoom Platform release.
- Includes the following:
- Full mouselook support
- Direct3D rendering via dgVoodoo wrapper
- No need to kill
explorer.exe
to play the game - Fixes video playback on Windows XP and newer
- Much cleaner intro and ending cutscenes, along with fixing stuttering/crackling issues
- Automatic "install game from CD" option for retail release
- Code fixes to prevent the game from crashing
- Despite mentioning that a CD is needed to apply it, it can be used without it.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>/KillTime.cfg[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>/Savegame.*[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493320/pfx/[Note 2] |
- 6 save slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Fixed 640x480 resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
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 | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate capped at 60 fps. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Mouse buttons and functions cannot be remapped. Some keys such as Enter and Backslash cannot be mapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Mouse Y axis mapped to forward/backward movement and cannot be used to look up and down. (Mouselook supported in Community Patch 2.6, but with no invert mouse axis option) | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Glitched colors on Steam version
- The Steam version uses a flawed solution to run the game on modern systems. This results in glitched colors on some systems due to a desktop color depth bug.
Launch the game with a custom batch file[1] |
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@ECHO OFF cd /d %~dp0 :start taskkill /f /im "Explorer.exe" :killingtime tasklist /fi "imagename eq Explorer.exe" |find ":" > nul if errorlevel 1 ( goto start ) KILLTIME.EXE goto rerunexplorer :rerunexplorer start explorer.exe tasklist /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" |find ":" > nul if errorlevel 1 ( goto end ) goto rerunexplorer :end Notes
|
Killtime.exe has stopped working
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[2] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only). |
Disable FRAPS |
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FRAPS may cause the intro FMV to be blank and cause the game to crash when attempting to load the main menu. |
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 12 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 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). - ↑ 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 (493320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.