Difference between revisions of "Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood"

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Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez	2006
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood	2009
Call of Juarez: The Cartel	2011
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger	2013

Key points

Online multiplayer services are no longer available.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		^[2]

GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		Free demo available (only per direct link): `steam://install/33290`

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 (2009-09) is the latest patch available

Skip intro videos

Adjust game files^{[citation needed]}
Download this archive. Extract to the installation folder and replace the file. In the installation folder, go into `CoJ2\Data\Menu\Movies`. Delete or rename `attract.wmv`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Juarez - Bound in Blood\Out\Settings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21980/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Juarez - Bound in Blood\Out\save\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21980/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default vertical FOV is 46°. Use Data0.pak of Realism Mod. Swapping Data0.pak may prevent loading existing save data.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Force in the graphics driver or see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Use Nvidia Inspector^[3]

Set compatibility flag as 0x000012C1
Set behavior flags as 0x00000000 / “None”
Should look like this

Make sure Transparency Supersampling is on Sparse Grid Supersampling or MSAA won't work.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Enabling Vsync^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Video.scr with a text editor.
Scroll to the bottom and enter VSync().

alt-tab disables vsync for the current session, unless the game is in windowed mode.

Input

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		One key per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Controller must be enabled in the options menu before use.
Controller remapping		2 presets: for left- and right-handed.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Keybinding options (1/3).
Keybinding options (2/3).
Keybinding options (3/3).

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12	Online services are no longer available.^[1]

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Devices
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed

Game crashes during the first story cinematic

Switch your audio card to DVD Quality format^{[citation needed]}
Right click the Windows Volume Mixer icon in the taskbar Select Playback devices Choose your current playback device in the list Click Properties Open Advanced tab In the drop down make sure that 16 bit, 48000 Hz (DVD Quality) option is selected Hit OK

Intro and menu videos play upside down

Apply this fix^{[citation needed]}
Download and install Videos fix

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Max refresh rate is 60 Hz; this does not affect game render FPS, but determines your monitor's refresh rate.

Set refresh rate manually^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `Video.scr` with a text editor. Change `MaxRefresh(60)` to the screen refresh rate.

Assertion Error At Start-Up

Game does not work on some drives Install game to C drive If the game does not work on the C drive, install it to a vhd.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+	Intel Core 2 Duo AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21980/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (21980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21980/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (21980) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21980/.

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

[5] The app ID (21980) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[online_services-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ubisoft forums - Online services update (2015-07-08)

[2] The Ubi DRM-Free Games List

[4] Call of Juarez: Gunslinger – An awesome budget game and FSAA on nVidia

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Developers

	Techland
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Chrome Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 30, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	79