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Revision as of 01:51, 28 June 2021

Carmageddon
Carmageddon cover
Developers
Stainless Games
Publishers
Retail (Europe) Sales Curve Interactive
Retail (NA) Interplay Entertainment
Mac OS Aspyr Media
Original digital Stainless Games
Current digital THQ Nordic
Engines
BRender
Release dates
DOS June 30, 1997
Windows August 30, 1997
Mac OS (Classic) August 30, 1997
Windows (DOSBox) September 27, 2012[1]
Carmageddon on MobyGames
Carmageddon on Wikipedia
Carmageddon
Carmageddon 1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now 1998
Carmageddon TDR 2000 2000
Carmageddon: Reincarnation 2015
Carmageddon: Max Damage 2016

General information

Official website (archived)
Official forums (archived)
Carmageddon Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
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Carmageddon Max Pack.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Carmageddon Max Pack. Pre-packaged with DOSBox[2] and pre-configured with nGlide.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Carmageddon Max Pack.
Windows
Humble Store
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Carmageddon Max Pack.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Carmageddon Max Pack. Pre-packaged with DOSBox[3] and pre-configured with nGlide. Not available in Germany.
Windows
Carmageddon Max Pack includes the base game along with the Splat Pack expansion.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Splat Pack Included with Carmageddon Max Pack.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The 3dfx-patch and the Voodoo2-patch (requires the former) can be downloaded at soggi.org.

Windows 95 Restoration Pack

The Unofficial Max Pack 95 Restoration Project Pack adds the Windows 95 version of the game, alongside the DOS version.

The Windows 95 version allows the game to run at a higher native resolution and with higher frame rates. However, it is not as stable as the DOS version (some AMD/ATI cards have issues running it) and has poor multiplayer support.[4]

Improved draw distance

Edit OPTIONS.txt[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open OPTIONS.TXT (Steam) or DATA.TWT (GOG.com, 3dfx).
  3. Find the line containing Yon 35.000000 and increase the value to Yon 70..000000 or more.
Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Improved pedestrian draw distance

Edit SETTINGS.txt[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open OPTIONS.TXT (Steam)
  3. Find the lines containing 12 // Max distance from camera that peds are processed within and 9 // Min distance from camera that peds can suddenly pop up at and increase the value to 24 and 18.
Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\DATA[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282010/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\DATA\SAVEGAME[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282010/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
300px
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Widescreen resolution

DOS version

Use nGlide. Note that the picture will be stretched.

Windows 95 version

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the lines with width and height to the width and height the game should run in (ex. width=1680 and height=1050 will run the game in 1680x1050 resolution).
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Windowed

DOS version

Toggle with Alt+ Enter (when using DOSBox).

Windows 95 version

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with windowed from false to true.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with windowed from false to true.
  4. Change the line with border from true to false.
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch the game.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

DOS version

Use nGlide.

Windows 95 version

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with vsync to either true or false.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

High frame rate

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with vsync from true to false.
  4. Change the line with maxfps to either 0 (no limit), -1 (cap the FPS to the monitor refresh rate), or any arbitrary number (ex. maxfps=75 will cap the game at 75 FPS).
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch the game.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Certain keys are hardcoded in the menu, preventing use of a WASD control scheme for example. Use the Carma Key Binder to work around this.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings (DOS version).
In-game audio settings (DOS version).

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
For the Windows 95 version, all audio settings need to be configured via external control panel (which does not work with 64-bit Windows).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
PlayStation version only.
LAN play
6
Online play

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3a compatible


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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/282010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References