Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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Essential improvements
- Forced resolution and 32 bit color depth
- Fixes the game not responding to gamepad input and adds better compatibility with Xinput gamepads
- Fixes a graphics glitch when you change characters
- Fixes gamma calibration not working
- On the Peixoto patch utility's Martian Gothic page, you will also find links for other patches that are necessary to get the
game running.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, sound. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Spanish |
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Italian |
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German |
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Russian |
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Issues unresolved
Matlock gets up inside a vent duct
At Mai Lin's bedroom, Matlock (the woman), crawls inside a vent duct to go to another place, but when says "keep going, keep going", she gets up inside the vent and gets stuck in the "room". She can walk standing in the duct without following the 2D background and doesn't do the transitions to other rooms.[1]
Doing some research, although the game is fully patched, this bug appears when the game is in Spanish and Italian, but doesn't when the game is in English or French. Other languages are untested because the version tested only have these four languages.
Workaround: Put the game in English or French and revert back after the vent [2]
1. Save the game in the near save point. Exit the game.
2. Change language to English (or French):
Create [MartianENG.reg] and add to registry
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Martian Gothic]
"Language"="eng"
Notes
- Change "eng" to "fre" for French language if you prefer that. Either combination lack the bug.
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3. Go through the vent and advance until the next save point. Save and exit the game.
4. Revert back the language (Spanish or Italian):
Create [MartianSPA.reg] and add to registry
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Martian Gothic]
"Language"="spa"
Notes
- Change "spa" to "ita" for Italian language.
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5. Load your last game and continue.
Issues fixed
Game not responding to gamepad input
Graphics glitch when changing characters
Gamma calibration not working
ADPCM codec not installed
Use [Create fix.reg] paste
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaResources\acm\msacm.msadpcm]
"Driver"="msadp32.acm"
Add to registry[citation needed]
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Game freezes randomly
Ending video doesn't play and game crash
Change outro.bik from <path-to-game>\data with this one
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- Because seems the video can be corrupted but not for all versions, it can be tested using the last RAD Video Tools/Bink and Smacker (Actually Bink 2021.3/Smacker 4.2e) and trying to playing it. If its corrupted it should play with big greens and blues squares. Also MPC-HC doesn't play the video (only the audio) but VLC plays it normally.
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VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| Attempt with DGVoodoo2 2.6 and vorpx, retail game was crashing. |
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
QSound |
4.13 (QMDX.dll) |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
1.0h |
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 2 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
450 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
Sound Blaster or compatible |
Notes
References