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{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]]: SolidShield disc check; use [[#Patches|Patch 1.11 Final]] to remove.}}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]]: SolidShield disc check; use [[#Patches|Patch 1.11 Final]] to remove.}}
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{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-RISEN | DRM-free |}}
 
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===Skip intro videos===
 
===Skip intro videos===
 
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{{Fixbox/fix|Remove intro videos from playlist}}
 
# Go to the installation folder.
 
# Go to the installation folder.
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# Go into <code>data\extern\videos</code>.
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Saved Games\Risen\|{{p|localappdata}}\Risen\achievements.bin}}
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{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|userprofile}}\Saved Games\Risen\SaveGames|{{p|localappdata}}\Risen\achievements.bin}}
 
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|anisotropic                = true
 
|anisotropic                = true
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
|antialiasing              = false
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|antialiasing              = hackable
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|antialiasing notes        = Can be set in video card driver.
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
|vsync notes                =  
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|vsync notes                = No option in-game and driver override has no effect. Try capping FPS with external software instead.
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              = No frame rate or refresh rate cap.<ref>[http://120hz.net/showthread.php?3258-New-120Hz-Games-Report New 120Hz Games Report]</ref>
 
|120 fps notes              = No frame rate or refresh rate cap.<ref>[http://120hz.net/showthread.php?3258-New-120Hz-Games-Report New 120Hz Games Report]</ref>
|color blind                = unknown
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|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
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|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
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|controller sensitivity    = false
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
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{{Audio settings
 
{{Audio settings
 
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|separate volume          = true
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|separate volume notes    = Music, voice, effects, ambient and master volume.
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  

Revision as of 22:26, 19 September 2015

Risen
Risen cover
Developers
Piranha Bytes
Publishers
Deep Silver
Release dates
Windows October 2, 2009
Risen on Wikipedia
Risen
Risen 2009
Risen 2: Dark Waters 2012
Risen 3: Titan Lords 2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SolidShield disc check; use Patch 1.11 Final to remove.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Not available in Australia and New Zealand.[1]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.11 Final fixes various issues and removes copy protection.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 1]
ConfigUser.xml overrides ConfigDefault.xml; make changes in ConfigUser.xml unless otherwise noted.

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video Settings settings.
Video Settings settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Aspect ratio is fully correct for 16:9 only. 16:10 resolutions are listed in-game but have some UI elements slightly squashed.
Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Only available in Polish retail release.
Spanish
Turkish

Issues fixed

"The program cannot start because PhysXLoader.dll is missing from your computer" error at launch

Instructions

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error at launch

Instructions

Other information

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce 7900
ATI 1800
256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References