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+ | |release history = | ||
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'''General information''' | '''General information''' | ||
− | {{ii}} [ | + | {{ii}} [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/blog/features/port-reports/port-report-rise-of-the-triad-r25/ Port Report: Rise of the Triad] |
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{{mm}} [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rise-of-the-triad-2013/ Hardcore Gaming 101] - Comprehensive feature on the series | {{mm}} [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rise-of-the-triad-2013/ Hardcore Gaming 101] - Comprehensive feature on the series | ||
{{GOG.com links|1207659244|rise_of_the_triad_series|for game series}} | {{GOG.com links|1207659244|rise_of_the_triad_series|for game series}} | ||
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{{Availability| | {{Availability| | ||
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | rise_of_the_triad | DRM-free, key | Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry. | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | rise_of_the_triad | DRM-free, key | Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry. | | Windows }} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| Steam | 217140 | Steam, key | | + | {{Availability/row| Steam | 217140 | Steam, key | | | Windows }} |
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | rise-of-the-triadtm | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | {{Availability/row| GamersGate | rise-of-the-triadtm | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | ||
{{Availability/row| GMG | rise-of-the-triad | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | {{Availability/row| GMG | rise-of-the-triad | Steam | | | Windows | unavailable }} | ||
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===Turn off texture streaming=== | ===Turn off texture streaming=== | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game with the <code>-DisableTexturePool</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix= | + | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game with the <code>-DisableTexturePool</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix= |
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|ultrawidescreen = true | |ultrawidescreen = true | ||
|ultrawidescreen notes = See [[#Ultra-widescreen|Ultra-widescreen]]. | |ultrawidescreen notes = See [[#Ultra-widescreen|Ultra-widescreen]]. | ||
− | |4k ultra hd = | + | |4k ultra hd = hackable |
− | |4k ultra hd notes = | + | |4k ultra hd notes = See [[#4K Ultra HD|4K Ultra HD]]. |
|fov = true | |fov = true | ||
|fov notes = Slider with 60° - 120° range. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]. | |fov notes = Slider with 60° - 120° range. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]. | ||
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# Once in game, set resolution to one with the same height as that of the monitor's native resolution. | # Once in game, set resolution to one with the same height as that of the monitor's native resolution. | ||
# Re-enable fullscreen. | # Re-enable fullscreen. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | ===[[Glossary:4K Ultra HD|4K Ultra HD]]=== | ||
+ | {{ii}} The game seem to be using a fixed list of available display resolutions which top out at 2880x1800. | ||
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+ | {{Fixbox|description=Set 4K resolution in game's configuration file(s)|ref=|fix= | ||
+ | # Launch the game at least once to generate game's configuration files. | ||
+ | # Go to the [[#Game data|configuration file(s) location]]. | ||
+ | # Open {{file|ROTTSystemSettings.ini}} with a text editor. | ||
+ | # Search for <code>ResX=</code> and <code>ResY=</code> variables and change them to <code>3840</code> and <code>2160</code> respectively (or to any other resolution you want the game to run in). | ||
+ | '''Notes''' | ||
+ | {{ii}} If you will change the resolution shown in game's options menu and apply the change you will have to edit the {{file|ROTTSystemSettings.ini}} again to restore your custom resolution. | ||
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===Mouse aiming tweak=== | ===Mouse aiming tweak=== | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Mouse aiming tweak|ref=<ref> | + | {{Fixbox|description=Mouse aiming tweak|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/217140/discussions/0/846960481985731578/|title=Mouse Acceleration Fix - Steam Community Discussions|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix= |
# Open {{file|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTInput.ini}}. | # Open {{file|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTInput.ini}}. | ||
# Look for the <code>[Engine.PlayerInput]</code> section. | # Look for the <code>[Engine.PlayerInput]</code> section. | ||
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# Start up the game to generate a new {{file|ROTTEngine.ini}}. | # Start up the game to generate a new {{file|ROTTEngine.ini}}. | ||
}} | }} | ||
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+ | ===Game crashes on start=== | ||
+ | Error message: "Failed to create the D3D9 Device! This can happen if the desktop is locked. Exiting..." | ||
+ | {{Fixbox|description=Disable fullscreen mode.}} | ||
==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Latest revision as of 19:24, 20 April 2024
This page is for the 2013 remake. For the original game, see Rise of the Triad: Dark War.
Developers | |
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Interceptor Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Apogee Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 31, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 67 |
IGDB | 67 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Shooter |
Series | Rise of the Triad |
Rise of the Triad | |
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Rise of the Triad: Dark War | 1995 |
Return of the Triad | 2011 |
Rise of the Triad | 2013 |
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition | 2023 |
Rise of the Triad is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Rise of the Triad series.
General information
- Port Report: Rise of the Triad
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GOG.com | Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry. | |||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Skip intro videos[citation needed] |
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StartupMovies=Apogee_intro StartupMovies=interceptor_intro StartupMovies=UE3Logo StartupMovies=QconLoading to ;StartupMovies=Apogee_intro ;StartupMovies=interceptor_intro ;StartupMovies=UE3Logo ;StartupMovies=QconLoading |
Console
- Game features console access with some basic commands. Console is accessible via ~ or TAB key.
- To access all available commands type first letter and list of all commands that starts with this letter will appear.
- Some commands are considered as cheats. To enter cheat mode, to enter
dipstick
command to the console first. This will disable score and achievements for current level.
Turn off texture streaming
Run the game with the -DisableTexturePool command line argument[citation needed]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\SaveData\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen. May malfunction by displaying a black screen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Ultra-widescreen. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See 4K Ultra HD. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Slider with 60° - 120° range. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Press F11 for switching between fullscreen and windowed mode. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | The game uses MLAA anti-aliasing which cannot be disabled, despite there being an option for it. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Multiplayer is capped at 90 fps | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Ultra-widescreen
- Some people experience parts of menu screen to be shifted outside the monitor when using ultra-widescreen resolutions.
Changing resolution and fullscreen/windowed[citation needed] |
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4K Ultra HD
- The game seem to be using a fixed list of available display resolutions which top out at 2880x1800.
Set 4K resolution in game's configuration file(s) |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
- Although there is FOV slider, you can tweak FOV via console or configuration file.
- Flawless Widescreen supports this game.
- There is hard range limit to the FOV values. You can only set FOV in 20-120° range.
FOV tweak via console[citation needed] |
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FOV tweak via config file[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | See Mouse filtering | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Some menus do not work when using a gamepad. For an example, when pausing the game with the gamepad, the user must un-pause with the Esc key. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | By enabling Invert Mouse Y-axis. |
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 |
Mouse filtering
- Mouse acceleration seems to be turned off however there is mouse filtering turned on by default causing strange mouse behavior. See fix below.
Mouse filtering fix[citation needed] |
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Mouse aiming tweak
Mouse aiming tweak[1] |
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LookRightScale=0.000000 LookUpScale=0.000000 bEnableMouseSmoothing=False Bindings=(Name="MouseX",Command="Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=2.0") Bindings=(Name="MouseY",Command="Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=2.0") Bindings=(Name="LookUp",Command="Axis aLookUp Speed=+25.0 AbsoluteAxis=0") Bindings=(Name="LookDown",Command="Axis aLookUp Speed=-25.0 AbsoluteAxis=0") Bindings=(Name="GBA_TurnLeft",Command="Axis aBaseX Speed=-40.0 AbsoluteAxis=0") Bindings=(Name="GBA_TurnRight",Command="Axis aBaseX Speed=+40.0 AbsoluteAxis=0") |
Custom commands and key binding fix
- Frequently used commands can be streamlined by binding them to a specific key.
- Some keys cannot be mapped from game menu. Use this guide to rebind commands to your desired keys.
Custom command and key binding fix[citation needed] |
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Examples: Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="Exit",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False) Bindings=(Name="NumPadThree",Command="MoveForward",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False) Notes
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List of default commands | |
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Command | Description |
GBA_Use | Use |
GBA_Jump | Jump |
GBA_MoveForward | Forward |
GBA_Backward | Backward |
GBA_StrafeLeft | Left |
GBA_StrafeRight | Right |
GBA_Fire | Primary fire |
GBA_AltFire | Secondary fire |
GBA_PrevWeapon | Previous weapon |
GBA_NextWeapon | Next weapon |
GBA_SwitchWeaponX | Switch to weapon X (X = 1 to 5) |
GBA_SwitchToBestWeapon | Select best weapon |
GBA_Duck | Crouch |
GBA_Reload | Reload |
GBA_KnifeHit | Melee |
GBA_ROTTTalk | Talk |
GBA_RemoteRidicule | Remote ridicule |
GBA_ShowScores | Show multiplayer scores |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | 7.1 audio is supported. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
- GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.[2]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play | 16 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 7777 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
Issues unresolved
Black screen on multi-monitor setups
- There seems to be an issue with multi-monitor setups where game fails to initialize video output. Disable all but one screen as a temporary fix.
- Can be "fixed" by using Alt+↵ Enter to enter windowed mode, then using Alt+↵ Enter again to return once all intro videos played (switch back after the Unreal Engine video).
Issues fixed
Unable to bind some keys
- Game does not allow players to bind special keys (num keys, page up, down etc.) to commands.
- See Custom commands and key binding fix section for a fix.
Game crashes every time a quicksave is loaded
Re-enable texture streaming[citation needed] |
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Game crashes on start
Error message: "Failed to create the D3D9 Device! This can happen if the desktop is locked. Exiting..."
Disable fullscreen mode. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit added in patch 1.5.1.[2] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | RakNet, Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Dual Core | 2.4 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
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>/217140/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (217140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Mouse Acceleration Fix - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ROTT 1.5.1 Crossplay Patch Released :: Rise of the Triad ROTT '13