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General information
- XInput controllers can be configured to work by modifying .ini file.
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Version differences
- Digital releases include Advent Revising as of 4/23/2021[4] and both offer free comics and soundtrack.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Comics |
Free |
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Soundtrack |
Free |
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Essential improvements
- Advent Revising is an unofficial patch that focuses on improving and fixing cinematics and minor gameplay issues. It features:
- Corrections to the majority of cut-scenes and subtitles (fixes to audio desync, sound errors, playback speed...)
- 12 missing Xbox cutscenes
- Adjustments to .ini files (removing black bars, enabling trilinear and Vsync, adding extra keybindings...)
- Corrections to a few problems with objectives, weapons, weapon screens, and descriptions
- The Digital versions incorporate Advent Revising as of April 2021.[4][5]
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename files in the installation folder[citation needed]
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- Inside
<path-to-game>/Help , delete or rename logo.bmp .
- Inside
<path-to-game>/Movies , delete or rename glyphxlogo.bik and Intro_In.bik .
Notes
- This will not remove the Alienware screen.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Install Advent Revising and change resolution in Mydefault.ini[citation needed]
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- Install Advent Revising
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Mydefault.ini .
- Find
FullscreenViewportX= and FullscreenViewportY= lines.
- Change the values to your screen resolution and save.
Notes
- Output always has letterboxing (disabling this stretches the output).
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Add FOV keybinding in defuser.ini[6]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
defuser.ini .
- Change
=MoveForward to =MoveForward | OnRelease FOV 91 (replace 91 with the FOV you want).
- Save your changes and close the file. The FOV will be applied as soon as you move forwards.
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FOV 75 (Default)
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FOV 90
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FOV 105
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Change StartUpFullscreen in Mydefault.ini[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Mydefault.ini .
- Find the line
StartupFullscreen= , change it to False and save.
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- Installing Advent Revising already turns Vsync on, but if you want to turn it on manually:
Install Advent Revising[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
default.ini .
- Find the line
UseVSync= , change it to True and save.
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Input
- The game doesn't support Xbox 360 controller natively, but it can be configured to work in this game.
Configure controller keys in-game and add this code[7]
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- Configure controller keys in Control options.
- Exit the game.
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
MyDefUser.ini (be sure to back up this file if something goes wrong during the process).
- Under
[Engine.Input] (if you can't find the line, insert it), add the values below for the analog sticks and save.
JoyU=AxisRaw aLookup SpeedBase=3 DeadZone=0.25
JoyR=AxisRaw aTurn SpeedBase=3 DeadZone=0.25
JoyX=AxisRaw aStrafe SpeedBase=300.0 DeadZone=0.25
JoyY=AxisRaw aForward SpeedBase=300.0 DeadZone=0.25 Invert=-1
JoyV=
JoyZ=
Notes
- After doing this procedure, don't go to Control settings because even if nothing is touched, it will cause troubles with camera. If you do have to go there, go to MyDefUser.ini and leave JoyV and JoyZ empty.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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SFX and Music sliders |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
VR support
- A Novint Falcon version was announced (titled Ascension Reborn) but was never released.[10]
Issues unresolved
Game crashing
- The game sometimes crashes, mostly at the beginning when entering the hangar. Regardless of the crash, the game will likely be saved before the crash so you don't lose the progress and likely will not crash. If it still does, try doing something that will break the cycle (like going to the menu) and if it doesn't, then reinstall the game or install outside Program Files.
Broken Shadows
- The game lacks any shadows on Nvidia based cards and possibly newer AMD cards. According to this post here shadows will display on an ATI 9800 Pro card.
- With this file shadows can be mostly restored. However, they only work in certain scenes and not in others. Unpack the zip and paste the D3DDrv.dll to
<path-to-game>\System
and override.[11]
Issues fixed
Incessant camera spinning
- If you feel dizzy of constant camera spinning, make sure, one step at a time to:
Make sure to check these[citation needed]
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- Run the game in administrator mode (right click -> Run as Administrator)
- Not have a controller plugged in (or follow X360 controller instructions.)
- Set up the camera settings in the game menu.
- Maybe fiddle with JoyY and JoyX strings in MyDefUser.ini (or with other Joy* settings) if you want to play with a controller or with MouseY and MouseX if you don't.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Shader Model support |
1.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 2.0 GHz
| Intel Pentium IV 3.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon 9000 Nvidia GeForce 3 (except GeForce 4 MX) 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce FX5600 ATI Radeon 9600 256 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References