Claw
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Developers | |
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Monolith Productions | |
Publishers | |
Monolith Productions | |
Japan | Takarajimasha |
Engines | |
Windows Animation Package 32 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 5, 1997 |
Key points
- Installing the game on 64-bit systems requires using a fan made installer.
- Level editors and a large collection of fan made levels are available here and here.
General information
- The Claw Recluse - fan community.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Available in CD or DVD form. |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.3 installation[citation needed] |
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Notes
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dgVoodoo 2
- Fixes broken rendering during Monolith intro video and when changing resolution using MPINCVID, MPDECVID and MPDEFVID cheat codes.
- Game crashes when selecting Edit Players and Custom Levels.
Instructions[1] |
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Skip intro videos
Instructions[1] |
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OpenClaw
- OpenClaw is an open source re-implementation of the game which supports a wide array of resolutions and adds 64-bit support. Be aware that the graphics do not scale with the resolution as it simply zooms out. It can be ran on Windows and Linux. Linux users should install Timidity and set it up to have music in the game.
- Not all levels are currently available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Monolith Productions\Claw\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\CLAW.USR[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Originally it supports 640x480 only. Higher resolutions up to 1280x1024, including widescreen, can be cycled through using the MPINCVID cheat code, but the game will not save any progress. Outside of that, see OpenClaw. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Increasing the resolution using the MPINCVID cheat code increases the visible area. | ||
Windowed | Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2 or using OpenClaw. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced using dgVoodoo 2. | ||
60 FPS | Capped 60fps | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Mouse is not used for gameplay. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Original release. Released as Claw. | |||
German | ||||
Polish | Released as Kapitan Pazur. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Released as Kapitan Klyk (Капитан Клык). | |||
Spanish | Spanish and Latin American Spanish versions are identical. Both use the same mixed cast of Spanish and Latin American Spanish voice actors. | |||
Latin American Spanish | Spanish and Latin American Spanish versions are identical. Both use the same mixed cast of Spanish and Latin American Spanish voice actors. |
Issues fixed
Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows
Use alternative installer.[1] |
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Unplayable low frame rate
Disable direct video access[citation needed] |
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CD not being detected
Install Patch 1.3[citation needed] |
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Game doesn't start on Windows 7
Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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Claw is not jumping high enough
Force Vsync from a driver's control panel[citation needed] |
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Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Use OpenClaw for 64-bit. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium (75 MHz) | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 18 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible |
- The DVD release of the game only works with specific Creative MPEG-2 decoder cards.
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Antrad on May 16, 2019