Will Rock
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Developers | |
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Saber Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Saber3D Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 9, 2003 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Demo
- A demo is available here, here, here or here. It features one single player map (The Tholos Temple) and one multiplayer map (The Rotunda).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Install the latest patch 1.2. It includes all the previous updates from patch 1.1.
Level of detail
- Disables switching between high and low detailed models for enemies and other dynamic objects depending on distance from the player. The game will render highest detail models all the time.
Edit the configuration file[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saves[Note 2] |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- Game is stretched in widescreen resolutions, use modified executable for a proper Hor+ FOV fix.
- The following method doesn't work with the modified executable. Vertical and horizontal FOV values can be changed individually, increasing the horizontal value fixes screen stretching on widescreen resolutions, but the HUD and menus remain stretched.
Use Cheat Engine[5] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Instructions[6] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 16 | Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players. |
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Online play | 16 | Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Included with patch 1.1 and later. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7780 |
UDP | 7780 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Issues fixed
Low FPS (~30) on Windows 8/8.1
Use Windows 8/8.1 DDRAW FPS Fix[7] |
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- In the options menu selecting the "game" submenu crashes the game.
Install the latest patch[6] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 550 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 700 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Will Rock Windows 7
- ↑ Will Rock level of detail
- ↑ View topic - Will Rock (2003) widescreen and fov fix | WSGF
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Verified by User:Antrad on September 1, 2017
- ↑ Will Rock | WSGF - last accessed on 2017-03-19