3D Instructor

3D Instructor

Developers
	Forward Development
Publishers
	Forward Development
Retail	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Nebula Device
Release dates
Windows	December 28, 2006
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Series	3D Instructor

3D Instructor
3D Instructor	2006
City Car Driving	2010

General information

Official English website (archived)

Official Russian website (archived)

It is unknown if a full English version of the game officially exists

Also known as Educational Car Simulator

Predecessor to City Car Driving

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Comes with Home Exam PDD
Official website (unavailable)		Archived site. Shareware that used to be activated by internet or SMS which is no longer available, thus, the game can only run in demo mode.

English demo

Russian demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.4

Digital distribution version is already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\config

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Multisoft\PDD\profiles\

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use DgVoodoo 2. Alternatively, DXWnd can be used for a fake widescreen effect.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use DXWnd
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some keys are not registered by the game
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

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  Input settings

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  Advanced input settings

Audio

Audio settings

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				It appears to only be available in the demo version
Russian

Issues fixed

Runtime error / Unable to locate a certain file

Reinstall the game in a directory path that only contains ASCII characters (e.g. C:\Games\3D Instructor)

Do not install the proposed Xvid codec

Install the latest DirectX End-User Runtime or the one bundled with the game

Set regional system settings to Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9	The demo seems to only have DX7

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)	XP SP1	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Pentium 4 AMD Athlon	2.5 GHz Pentium 4 AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	545 MB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce MX 440, Radeon 9200	GeForce 5900/6600/6800, Radeon 9800/x700