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Project Nomads

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Project Nomads
Project Nomads cover
Developers
Radon Labs
Publishers
Cdv Software Entertainment
Engines
The Nebula Device
Release dates
Windows 2002
Project Nomads on MobyGames
Project Nomads on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 4.83.11 DRM
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Run\save\[Note 1]

Video

Settings.
Settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 by default. See Custom Resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Custom Resolutions

Custom resolutions can be used by editing <path-to-game>\Run\bin\win32\nnomads.dll with a Hex-Editor.
Instructions[1]
  1. Open nnomads.dll
  2. Search for any of the 3 default resolution pairs. (Example: 1024 and 768)
  3. Replace them with your desired resolution. (Example: 1280 and 960)
Note that you can only use 3 digits for the secondary (height) value.
Using widescreen resolutions like 1600x900 is also possible but the HUD will be stretched.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Pentium III 450 MHz Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 850 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB 64 MB


Notes

  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).

References