Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Official Larian forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo
An English demo is available here (German site, but English demo). Install this patch for the demo it it doesn't launch.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch V1.34 updates the game to the latest version. The DVD release is already patched.[4]
Unofficial patches
- The Performance Patch fixes slow, jerky performance in Direct3D mode on Windows 8 and 10. It doesn't alter the game, only the compatibility settings.
- The Font Enlargement Patch fixes the tiny font size. It's most useful on high resolution monitors.
- dgVoodoo 2 is a Direct3D/DirectX wrapper that allows hardware rendering on current Windows versions.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Configuration tool settings.
Video performance settings.
- The game supports windowed mode only through enabling Debug mode. Windowed mode can also be achieved with cnc-ddraw and setting the game to Software rendering
Enable Debug mode[6]
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- Open
div.exe on a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
- Search for the first result of the pattern
89 5E 28 89 7E 2C 89 5E 34 89 5E as hex and change the first 5E byte to 7E .
- Save
div.exe .
- Applying this configuration enables usage of wrappers such as DgVoodoo for optimizing performance in modern systems
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Use cnc-ddraw[7]
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- The game must be set to run on Software rendering mode using its included configuration tool.
- Download cnc-ddraw from Github.
- Extract the downloaded files into the game's install directory.
- Open
cnc-ddraw config.exe and set the Presentation dropbox to Windowed .
- Close the tool and run the game.
- If the game presents problems check the Compatibility settings option in the configuration tool.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Ambient, Sound Effects, Music, Voice |
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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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Game fails to launch
Use software rendering instead of Direct3D[5]
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- Go to
<path-to-game> .
- Run
configtool.exe .
- Under New rendering system, select Software.
- Optionally, click Test to ensure the configuration is functional.
- Click Apply & Close.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Other |
4X CD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References