Difference between revisions of "Blood"

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Blood
Blood	1997
Blood II: The Chosen	1998
Blood: Fresh Supply	2019

Key points

A bug in the game causes damage scaling to change after loading a save.^[2]^[3]

General information

Blood Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GOG.com		Also includes the "Plasma Pak" and "Cryptic Passage" expansions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[4]
Humble Store
Steam		Also includes the "Plasma Pak" and "Cryptic Passage" expansions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Cryptic Passage
Plasma Pak

Essential improvements

BloodGDX

BloodGDX is a reverse-engineered port of Blood. It's written in Java, thus supports any OS that can run Java Runtime. It requires the original 1.21 version of the game and can run custom maps and episodes made for the original game. It is in alpha state and still contains some bugs.

Run in DOSBox

To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:

Change output=surface to output=openglnb
Change memsize=16 to memsize=64
Change core=normal to core=dynamic
Change cycles=auto to cycles=max
Change aspect=false to aspect=true
Change fullresolution=original to fullresolution=0x0

Blood Launcher

The One Unit Whole Blood Launcher is recommended for the best experience. It includes a large number of optional modifications and custom maps.

bMouse

bMouse is a DOS extension which improves mouse looking by removing the mouse filter which causes issues related to both axis not updating properly.

Install bMouse^[6]

Unzip bmouse.exe into the folder where you installed Blood.
Run setup.exe through DOSBox and go to Controller Setup > Choose Controller Type and select "Keyboard and External".
Go to Setup External and change the program name to BMOUSE.EXE, save and exit.
Open dosboxBlood_single.conf in a text editor and replace the line containing BLOOD.EXE with bmouse.exe launch blood.exe.
You can do the same for Cryptic Passage by opening dosboxBlood_Addon.conf and replacing CRYPTIC.EXE with bmouse.exe launch cryptic.exe.

Notes

bMouse will cause the vertical aiming to be inverted. To fix this just go to the Setup Advanced Control Options from Control Setup, then at Advanced Mouse Setup change the Mouse Y Scale to negative number.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/299030/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\*.SAV^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/299030/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

300px

Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Use mouse wheel to change weapons

Binds up and down keys to the mouse wheel^[7]
Get AutoHotkey Use this script whenever you play Blood.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

VR support

A driver for the VFX1 headset can be found here.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus, Co-op Co-op supports two players.
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.0	Use BloodGDX
Glide	1.0	Beta patches for 3Dfx support can be found here. Note these patches are largely unstable and never completed.
Software renderer		Default mode in DOSBox and only mode in classic version (without 3Dfx patch). Supports extremely high resolutions for a DOS game (over 1600x1200).
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology

BloodCM

BloodCM is a remake of the game in a Duke Nukem 3D source port, eDuke32. It has inconsistencies in physics, AI, and secrets compared to the original. But is recommended if you would like a part of the experience at high resolutions and frame-rates.

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	6.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 MB	430 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA 256-colour

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	430 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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 (299030) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-7] 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).

[Proton_path_note-8] 2.0 ^2.1 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 (299030) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (299030) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] The "what did just update?" thread, page 444 - Forum - GOG.com

[2] ttps://blood-wiki.org/index.php/Bugs_in_Blood#All_Versions

[3] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/blood_series/fan_blood_patch_122_fixed_incorrect_damage_scaling_when_loading_a_save

[4] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[5] Blood: One Unit Whole Blood · AppID: 299030 · Steam Database

[6] Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-10-19

[9] Use Mouse Wheel to Change Weapons in OUWB! - GOG.com Forum

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 '''General information'''

Developers

	Monolith Productions
Cryptic Passage	Sunstorm Interactive
Publishers
	GT Interactive
	Atari
Engines
	Build
Release dates
DOS	May 31, 1997
Windows	April 22, 2010
Linux	May 18, 2015^[1]