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− | {{ii}} Also known as '''Chasm: The Shadow Zone'''.<ref> | + | {{ii}} Also known as '''Chasm: The Shadow Zone'''.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://archive.org/details/ChasmTheRift_1020|title=Chasm: The Rift Demo : Action Forms : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive|date=May 2023}}</ref> |
'''General information''' | '''General information''' |
Revision as of 17:30, 10 May 2023
This page is for the 1997 original. For the 2022 remaster, see Chasm: The Rift (2022). For the unrelated 2018 platformer, see Chasm.
Developers | |
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Action Forms | |
Publishers | |
Retail | GT Interactive |
Retail | Megamedia Corp |
Digital | SNEG |
Release dates | |
DOS | October 24, 1997 |
Windows (DOSBox) | October 10, 2022 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Chasm: The Rift |
Chasm: The Rift | |
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Chasm: The Rift | 1997 |
Chasm: The Rift (2022) | 2022 |
Key points
- Also known as Chasm: The Shadow Zone.[1]
General information
- Recreated Original Website
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Included as an extra with the 2022 release. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. | |||
Steam | Included as an extra with the 2022 release. Pre-packaged with DOSBox. |
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch csmtcpip.exe is the latest version. Place file in the installation folder and run via DOSBox. This patch includes the bonus levels.
PanzerChasm
- An open-source reconstruction of the original game engine for modern operating systems.
- Supports high resolutions, widescreen, OpenGL rendering, texture filtering, networking and both true and fake perspective modes.
- Appears to no longer be in development, as the last version was released on December 3, 2017.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2061230/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2061230/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use PanzerChasm. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use PanzerChasm. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use PanzerChasm. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Fixed at 85°. Use PanzerChasm for lower/higher values. | ||
Windowed | Use PanzerChasm. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use PanzerChasm for up to 16x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 70 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
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 |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | FX Volume (for sound effects and voices) and CD Volume (for music). | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Issues fixed
Technical Issues
- This game must be run under DOSBox. Being a demanding 3D game in software mode only, even modern computers have trouble running the game at acceptable frame rates. DOSBox Staging offers significantly better performace.
- Mouse movement may stop working on occasion. Save and restart the game to fix.
Bad Performance
Performance Fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
|
Music does not loop (DOSBox)
Music Fix[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA, SVGA, SVGA (VESA) |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | Requires PanzerChasm. | |||
Linux | Requires PanzerChasm.[3] |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 4.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486 DX2-66 66 MHz | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB (Windows 95) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | PCI video card |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2061230/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2061230) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Chasm: The Rift Demo : Action Forms : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - Carmageddon music (CD Audio) not working
- ↑ panzerchasm-0.3-alt2.aarch64.rpm - last accessed on 21 July 2022