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Revision as of 20:53, 19 November 2022
This page is for the original release. For the 2021 remaster, see Shadow Man Remastered.
Developers | |
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Acclaim Studios Teesside | |
Publishers | |
Acclaim Entertainment | |
Digital | Night Dive Studios |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 27, 1999 |
macOS (OS X) | October 18, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Themes | North America, Fantasy |
Series | Shadow Man |
Shadow Man | |
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Shadow Man | 1999 |
Shadow Man Remastered | 2021 |
Key points
- AI and animations only function properly at 60 FPS.[2]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM DRM. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
GOG.com (unavailable) | Has been replaced with remaster | |||
Steam (unavailable) | Does not require Steam to run.[3] Has been replaced with remaster |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch (US version only) is available at soggi.org.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Grafix.Cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/251770/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/251770/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Supports up to 1920x1080. Vertical FOV is decreased with widescreen. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Download dgVoodoo2 | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Supports bilinear and trilinear. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Download dgVoodoo2 | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Supports triple buffering. | ||
60 FPS | AI and animations only function properly at 60 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | The game is unplayable at very high frame rates.[4] |
Windowed
Force windowed mode[citation needed] |
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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 | ||
Full controller support | Use Keysticks to bind controller keys to keyboard keys | |
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
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound Effects, Music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Appear during cutscenes. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Low frame rate in fullscreen mode
Force windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Window border in fullscreen mode
- The Steam version is already patched.[5]
Fix fullscreen border[citation needed] |
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Train engineer key crash
- When playing in French, Italian, or Spanish, the game crashes when using the engineer's key to start the train.
Change language to english[citation needed] |
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Fix crash bug[citation needed] |
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Uncontrollable character movement
Limit frame rate to 60fps[citation needed] |
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Enable Vsync in advanced option game and set monitor to 60hz[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | Was allegedly playable on macOS Catalina before mid-2020.[6] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System |
Modifications
- Re-Texture By Arkup 2015 - Complete HD re-texturing mod of the game.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium 400 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 MB | 350 MB |
Video card (GPU) | Direct3D compatible 3D accelerator card 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible | Direct3D compatible 3D accelerator card |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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 (251770) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ News - Now Available - Shadow Man
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Steam games you can play without the Steam client, post 1,620 - GOG General Discussions - last accessed on 2021-04-29
- ↑ Control issues :: Shadow Man General Discussions
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: How to get Full screen to work (Updated)
- ↑ Game not starting - last accessed on 19 November 2022