Difference between revisions of "Blood: Fresh Supply"

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This page is for the enhanced version. For the 1997 original game, see Blood.

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

Blood: Fresh Supply is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Blood series.

Key points

Enhanced version of Blood, ported to the Kex Engine.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
GOG.com		Includes Blood with Plasma Pak and Cryptic Passage DLC.
Humble Store
Steam		Includes Plasma Pak and Cryptic Passage DLC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^[1]
Go to Options → Display Setup, and scroll down to Show Splash Movies and set it to `Off`.

Alternative^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\movie
Rename, move or delete these files:

ATARI.ogv
GTI.ogv
Kex.ogv
MONOLITH.ogv
NightDive.ogv

Upscaled cinematics

Game cinematics were upscaled 4x using ESRGAN with 15->30 fps conversion (ModDB link)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Nightdive Studios\Blood EX\kexengine.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1010750/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Nightdive Studios\Blood EX\saves\save_**.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1010750/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		74-140° vertical via slider.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Anisotropic filtering is always enabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SMAA, or up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Optional cap to 30, 60, 120, 144, 240 FPS or MAX. MAX framerate is capped to 1920 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Bindings settings

Mouse settings

Gamepad settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Requires keyboard for manual saving (needed for typing in the save file name). Another workaround would be to bind a button (preferrably not the A, B, or any of the dpad buttons) to quicksave. The use of an Xbox One controller with a chatpad attached solves this issue.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Not shown during gameplay, but only in controller rebinding screen.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Touchpad button cannot be bound to any in-game function.
PlayStation button prompts		Controller rebinding screen only shows Xbox button labels.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound effects
Surround sound		7.0
Subtitles		No subtitles for pre-rendered movie sequences.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio		Uses Ogg Vorbis files in leu of the original game's Redbook audio tracks when `CD Music` is enabled.
General MIDI audio		Uses built-in FluidSynth library rather than an external MIDI device. The soundfont used can be changed to any General MIDI-compatible soundfont by replacing `TimGM6mb.sf2`.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	8	Co-op, Versus Split-screen
LAN play	8	Host must use spawnipserver command, Direct IP Connect only
Online play	8	Co-op, Versus

Issues fixed

Muffled audio fix

Add alsoft.ini file^[2]
Download the `alsoft.ini` file from here Copy it to `<path-to-game>`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	3.2
Vulkan	1.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL Soft, FluidSynth
Input	SDL2	Version 2.0.9
Cutscenes	Theora	[1]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core	Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.2 compatible DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1010750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1010750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Nessy on 2022-01-25
↑ How to fix the muffled audio in Blood Fresh Supply

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1010750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1010750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2022-01-25-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Nessy on 2022-01-25

[3] How to fix the muffled audio in Blood Fresh Supply

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Developers
Cover image missing, please upload it
Original game, Plasma Pak	Monolith Productions
Cryptic Passage	Sunstorm Interactive
Fresh Supply	Night Dive Studios
Publishers
	Night Dive Studios
	Atari
Engines
	Kex Engine
Release dates
Windows	May 9, 2019
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy, Horror
Series	Blood