Devastation
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Developers | |
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Digitalo Studios | |
ARUSH Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
ARUSH Entertainment | |
Groove Games | |
Russia | Akella |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 25, 2003 |
Linux | May 1, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 62 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Cyberpunk, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Devastation is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.
General information
- Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from August 6, 2003.
- Includes a level editor for the single player and multiplayer modes.
- Released prematurely in an extremely unstable state, resulting in performance instability and game-crashing bugs, particularly in later levels. An official patch addresses some of these issues.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Demo/free trial
- A demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
Official
- A list of patches can be found here.
- A patch for American copies of the game: https://www.moddb.com/games/devastation/downloads/devastation-v390-american
- A patch for European copies of the game: https://www.moddb.com/games/devastation/downloads/devastation-v381-euro
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\*.ini |
Linux | $HOME/.devastation/System/*.ini |
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Devastation.ini
contains general settings. -
User.ini
contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\Save\ |
Linux | $HOME/.devastation/Save/ |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Download Devastation Custom FOV. | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See Run the game at screen refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Widescreen resolution
Edit ini file[3] |
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Notes
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Use the Widescreen Fix[4] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Edit ini file[5] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit ini file |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Edit ini file[6] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Enabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to disable it. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Max of 10. For higher, see Mouse sensitivity. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Set UseJoystick=True in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\Devastation.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient] . |
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Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Edit in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\User.ini . |
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Controller sensitivity | Edit in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\User.ini . |
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Controller Y-axis inversion | Edit in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Devastation\User.ini . |
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 |
Mouse acceleration
Edit ini file[7] |
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Notes
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Mouse sensitivity
Edit ini file[8] |
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Notes
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Jerky/Uneven mouse movement
Edit ini file[9] |
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Notes
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound. | |
Subtitles | Located under Game settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | No option to enable it. | |
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[10] | |
Royalty free audio |
- DefOpenAL32.dll works as DirectSound3D driver which can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX.
Surround sound
- By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.
- Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.
Restore surround sound[11] |
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Retail only. Available to download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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Online play | 16 | Versus Only possible using direct IP, due to master servers being shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11
Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Maximum selectable refresh rate is 60 Hz. This does not limit FPS, but may set your monitor's refresh rate to 100 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 or 144 Hz monitor.
Set fullscreen refresh rate[12] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Karma | |
Audio | OpenAL | |
Input | DirectInput |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
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
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-15
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Devastation with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (OpenAL Soft HRTF audio) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-06-26