Key points
- Released as Venom. Codename: Outbreak in Russia.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[2]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\AVI\
- Delete or rename
intro.avi , Intro2.avi , and Intro3.avi .
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Patches
For the retail game
- 1.0 (2001). First patch released.
- 2.0 (2003)
- 2.1 (2003). Main change: removed CD copy protection.
Special Hardware Requirements
This game is recommended to run on an old computer to achieve the best results and avoid various problems, including old graphics card (eg GeForce 7900GTX) and old graphics driver (eg ForceWare 93.71), 512MB system memory and Windows XP SP3 operating system.If you can't get your old computer, then use the method below.(Information provided by Chinese player NATO2000, who is an old game hunter that has walkthrough 20,000+ old games)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Server.ini
contains dedicated server settings (does not exist unless server settings are saved).
Save game data location
Video
Video settings (in-game).
Video settings (
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).
Input
Input settings (
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).
Audio
Audio settings (
<path-to-game>\Config.exe
).
Language settings for the GOG.com version.
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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FX, Music, CD. |
Surround sound |
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7.1 |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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In the French retail version only. |
Italian |
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Spanish |
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German |
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Russian |
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Only on Russian retail copy |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Outbreak.exe or Config.exe do not seem to launch, but are active in the task manager
Disable outdated .dll wrapper included with game[3]
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- Rename
winmm.dll to prevent the game from accessing it.
- The game will instead use the more up-to-date version found in the Windows 10 system folder.
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Broken lighting, transparencies and textures
Use dgVoodoo 2
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- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Copy the files from the
\MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.
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Alternative method
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Copy the TextureFormat2 string to TextureFormat1 in [1] GAME.INI . So your ini should look like this:
[Game]
...
TextureFormat1=32 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 255
TextureFormat2=32 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 255
...
This fixes transparency and main menu rendering issues. However, lens flares are still rendered incorrectly. You may disable lens flares by setting NoFlares=1 in GAME.INI . Tested on Nvidia hardware.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
| Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible
| Riva TNT2 or equal 3D accelerator 32 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 8.0 compatible |
DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Notes
References