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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
|cover        =  
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|cover        = Black Shades - cover.png
 
|developers  =  
 
|developers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Wolfire Games}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/developer|Wolfire Games}}
{{Infobox game/row/winporter|Henry Kropf}}
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{{Infobox game/row/porter|Henry Kropf|Windows}}
{{Infobox game/row/osxporter|Derek S. Arndt, Zachary Slater}}
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{{Infobox game/row/porter|Derek S. Arndt|OS X}}
{{Infobox game/row/linporter|Zachary Slater}}
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{{Infobox game/row/porter|Zachary Slater|OS X}}
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{{Infobox game/row/porter|Zachary Slater|Linux}}
 
|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Wolfire Games}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Wolfire Games}}
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|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|wikipedia    = Black Shades
 
|wikipedia    = Black Shades
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
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|license      = Freeware
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{++}} Extremely lightweight. Can virtually run on any computer.
 
{{++}} Extremely lightweight. Can virtually run on any computer.
 
{{--}} There is no menu option. Everything is set from the configuration file.
 
{{--}} There is no menu option. Everything is set from the configuration file.
{{--}} Power PC applications are no longer supported since OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). macOS release is therefore unplayable.
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{Availability/row| Developer| https://icculus.org/blackshades/ | DRM-free |  |  | Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| Developer| https://icculus.org/blackshades/ | DRM-free |  |  | Linux }}
 
}}
 
}}
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==Essential improvements==
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===Black Shades Enhanced===
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{{ii}} [https://github.com/Bitl/Black-Shades-Enhanced Black Shades Enhanced] is a fan-made mod for Black Shades that adds in options to the config.txt that allow you to change the FPS limit, the Field of View, and whether you want the game to run in windowed mode. The FPS limit has also been set to 300 by default.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
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==Video settings==
 
==Video settings==
 
 
{{Video settings
 
{{Video settings
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
|widescreen resolution      = true
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|widescreen resolution      = hackable
 
|widescreen resolution notes= Resolution has to be set in <code>config.txt</code> with the <code>Screenwidth</code> and <code>Screenheight</code> values.
 
|widescreen resolution notes= Resolution has to be set in <code>config.txt</code> with the <code>Screenwidth</code> and <code>Screenheight</code> values.
 
|multimonitor              = unknown
 
|multimonitor              = unknown
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|4k ultra hd                = unknown
 
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = false
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|fov                        = hackable
|fov notes                  =  
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|fov notes                  = Use [https://github.com/Bitl/Black-Shades-Enhanced Black Shades Enhanced].
|windowed                  = false
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|windowed                  = hackable
|windowed notes            =  
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|windowed notes            = Use [https://github.com/Bitl/Black-Shades-Enhanced Black Shades Enhanced].
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
|vsync                      = true
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|vsync                      = hackable
 
|vsync notes                = Has to be set in <code>config.txt</code> with the <code>VBL sync</code> binary value.
 
|vsync notes                = Has to be set in <code>config.txt</code> with the <code>VBL sync</code> binary value.
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
|120 fps                    = false
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|120 fps                    = hackable
|120 fps notes              = Capped at 60 FPS.
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|120 fps notes              = Capped at 90 FPS. Use [https://github.com/Bitl/Black-Shades-Enhanced Black Shades Enhanced].
|hdr                        = false
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|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
|color blind                = false
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|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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==Issues fixed==
 
==Issues fixed==
 
===Game doesn't launch===
 
===Game doesn't launch===
{{Fixbox|description=Enable compatibility mode|ref=<ref name="refcheck Azatoth">{{Refcheck|user=Azatoth|date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=[[Windows Compatibility Mode|Set Windows compatibility mode on "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"]]|ref=<ref name="refcheck Azatoth">{{Refcheck|user=Azatoth|date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>}}
# Right-click <code>blackshades.exe</code> and select "Properties".
 
# Tick "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)".
 
# Click OK.
 
}}
 
  
 
===Black screen on launch===
 
===Black screen on launch===
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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|windows exe notes      =
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|mac os x powerpc app  =
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|macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
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|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
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|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
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|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  

Revision as of 14:45, 7 December 2019

Black Shades
Black Shades cover
Developers
Wolfire Games
Windows Henry Kropf
macOS (OS X) Derek S. Arndt
macOS (OS X) Zachary Slater
Linux Zachary Slater
Publishers
Wolfire Games
Release dates
Windows 2002
Mac OS (Classic) 2002
macOS (OS X) 2002
Linux 2003
Black Shades on Wikipedia

Key points

Free.
Extremely lightweight. Can virtually run on any computer.
There is no menu option. Everything is set from the configuration file.

General information

Official website
Developers' forums
Linux port page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Developer website
DRM-free
Linux

Essential improvements

Black Shades Enhanced

Black Shades Enhanced is a fan-made mod for Black Shades that adds in options to the config.txt that allow you to change the FPS limit, the Field of View, and whether you want the game to run in windowed mode. The FPS limit has also been set to 300 by default.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>\config.txt
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>\Data\Highscore
Linux
Highscore file is in plain text format with two lines, the first one being the high score value and the second a binary value indicating wether or not the player beat the game.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

It seems like setting azerty keyboard to 1 in config.txt actually switches the game to QWERTY layout. It is best leaving this value untouched.[1]

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Game volume can only be set via the OS sound mixer.
It is possible to disable the music in config.txt with the Music binary value.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game doesn't launch

Set Windows compatibility mode on "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)"[1]

Black screen on launch

The above fix is also necessary.
Set game resolution[1]
  1. Edit config.txt.
  2. Change Screenwidth and Screenheight's values respectively to the desktop resolution width and height.
  3. Save and close.

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 MB

Notes

  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).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Azatoth on November 30, 2017