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Project Snowblind

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Project Snowblind
Project Snowblind cover
Developers
Crystal Dynamics
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Square Enix
Release dates
Windows February 22, 2005[1]
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Project Snowblind guide on StrategyWiki
Project Snowblind on Wikipedia
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Key points

Online multiplayer no longer works.
Aim assist is always enabled.[citation needed]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 7 DRM disc check.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\movies\start\pc\
  2. Delete or rename Eidos_Bumper.bik and PSB_CD_Bumper.bik.
  3. Go into the english folder.
  4. Delete or rename PSB_Prologue.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7010/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings (launcher).
Video settings (launcher).

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Widescreen resolution

Use Widescreen Patch[citation needed]
  1. Download the Project: Snowblind - Widescreen Patch.
  2. Extract the contents of the archive to the installation folder.
  3. Install the Visual C++ Redistributable using the included vcredist_x86.exe installer.
  4. Adjust the various settings in snowblind-widescreen.ini.

Notes

The HUD is always confined to the center 4:3 area of the screen.
Increasing or decreasing the vertical FOV from the default introduces various visual glitches.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16 Master server disabled.

Issues fixed

Random crashes on modern Windows

Set XP SP3 compatibility mode[3]

Game Crashes on Multicore Systems

Set Core Affinity[4]
  1. Open Task Manager;
  2. Go to process details and right-click on Snowblind.exe;
  3. Set affinity to one core.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
AMD Athlon XP		 Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
Shader model 1.1 support		 128 MB of VRAM
Shader model 2.0 support

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Nixxes
  2. ↑ how to skip intro movies - Square Enix Forums
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-10-05
    Finished the whole game with no crashes. No clue why this works. W10 x64 (1607)
  4. ↑ Project: Snowblind and Vista x64 - solved!