Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire

Disney's Atlantis
Subseries of Disney
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Search for the Journal	2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire	2001

Warnings

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

Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Trial by Fire is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, adventure, FPS and shooter game in the Disney's Atlantis series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM.

This game is not available digitally.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.sav^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Setting a widescreen resolution in `<path-to-game>/autoexec.cfg` (has to be 1280x720 or lower) makes the gameplay stretched, and at non-standard widescreen resolutions, menus appear cropped.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		The game doesn't have an FPS cap, it relies on VSync. Game speed becomes too fast at higher frame rates, and also mouse doesn't behave properly.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
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		Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		Always on
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12	Mode name(s) not recognised, see the editing guide for supported modes.,
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Crashing at the start of level/savegame loadscreens when using dgVoodoo2

Issues fixed

Jittery mouselook when mouse polling rate exceeds 125 Hz

Wrap the old DirectInput calls into DirectInput 8^[2]
Download DirectInput wrapper. Extract it to `<path-to-game>`. Add the line `InputRate=60` in `<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg` and decrease the mouse sensitivity in-game.

Starts on second monitor

Set display manually^[2]

Go to the installation folder and edit autoexec.cfg.
Locate the line "carddesc" "\\.\DISPLAY2".
Replace it with "carddesc" "\\.\DISPLAY1".

Notes

If the line does not already exist, add it manually.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7	^[3]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	3.0.0.0
Input	DirectInput
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.0.22.0
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 95/98/Me
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II or AMD K6-2 class processor, 266 MHz or faster	300 MHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible
Sound (audio device)	16-bit DirectX-compatible sound card
Other	8X speed CD-ROM drive	16X speed CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-30
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
According to System Informer, the game loads d3dim700.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 7 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice7").

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[2] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[AlphaYellow-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-30

[4] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
According to System Informer, the game loads d3dim700.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 7 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice7").

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

[3]

Developers

	Zombie Studios
Publishers
	Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
	LithTech Talon
Release dates
Windows	May 18, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	50
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Disney's Atlantis