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Revision as of 06:29, 28 September 2021
Developers | |
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Black Element Software | |
Publishers | |
IDEA Games | |
Meridian4 | |
Bohemia Interactive | |
Engines | |
Enforce | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 21, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 59 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4.81 DRM[Note 1]. Czech and Polish copies use StarForce 4 DRM[Note 2]. | |||
Publisher website (unavailable) | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.3 is the latest official patch. It's already included in the Steam & North America DVD version.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video folder[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\settings.cfg[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2590/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 3] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2590/pfx/[Note 4] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Default FOV is 60°. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or set Fullscreen 0 in settings.cfg |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x FSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. To disable set VSync 0 in settings.cfg |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Use console[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Supports two keys per action. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate X and Y axis sliders. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Some buttons on controller can be mapped, but is largely unusable. |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 output. May require DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 4.0. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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). - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2590) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
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
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Has this game a fov option (field of view)? :: Alpha Prime General Discussions