Difference between revisions of "Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire"
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Revision as of 16:43, 4 May 2021
Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 17, 1997 |
Key points
- Modern systems need workarounds for some compatibility problems; see installing on modern versions of Windows.
- Playing with a joystick is recommended.
- Physics start breaking at high framerates. A 30 FPS cap is recommended.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. | |||
Steam | Uses external launcher compatible with modern systems. |
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest official patch 1.1 enhances performance and provides support for more graphics cards. It is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and soggi.org.
Peixoto's patch
- Gets the installer working on 64 bit systems
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the menus and HUD
- Fixes the game's fog
- Get the game running at the correct speed
- Fixes the CD music
- Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads - Force feedback support is still partial and some effects don't play
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company\Shadows of the Empire[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560170/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.soe[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560170/pfx/[Note 3] |
- Path can be selected in the launcher.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolutions higher than 1280x960 will result in cutscenes playing in upper left corner of the screen by default. See Select Arbitrary Resolutions Without Graphical Issues for a workaround. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Minor cutscene rendering issues. Starfield rendered at 640x480. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Fixed FOV (widescreen resolutions are Vert-). | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game speed tied to framerate. A 30 FPS cap is recommended. Capped to 60 FPS in GOG release. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Certain keys and mouse buttons cannot be unbound | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse acts like joystick in menus | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | External mouse-only launchers used. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
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 | CD Music and Sound Effects | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
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 |
Issues fixed
Installing on modern versions of Windows
Make necessary changes[1] |
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Game runs too fast
Cap framerate to 30fps[2] |
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Background music
- The background music will not play on Windows Vista and later. The game reads the audio from the CD in audio-CD format in some fashion that is incompatible with more recent versions of Windows.
Fix Background Music[citation needed] |
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You can get the background music to work by converting it into .ogg format, using files found on this site: Diary of a Punk Rock Hacker: Cross-Platform Classic Game Hacking - this solution should work both in Windows and Wine, according to the programmer. If the download is unavailable, you can try to get it from one of these locations: Notes
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Select Arbitrary Resolutions Without Graphical Issues
- Stars do not render correctly if the launcher resolution is set higher than 640x480, and videos render in a corner at launcher resolutions higher than 1280x960.
Fix Resolution Related Graphical Issues |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | GOG release uses Direct3D 9 wrapper. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 133 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | 402 MB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 5 compatible |
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). - ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 (560170) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.