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Carmageddon
Carmageddon	1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now	1998
Carmageddon TDR 2000	2000
Carmageddon: Reincarnation	2015
Carmageddon: Max Damage	2016

Key points

Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game

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		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.

GOG.com		Comes pre-configured with nGlide.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Not available in Germany.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^[3]
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\CUTSCENE` Delete or rename `mix_intr.smk`

Improved draw distances

Edit OPTIONS.txt^[4]

Go to the configuration file location.
Open OPTIONS.TXT (Steam) or DATA.TWT (GOG.com).
Find the line containing Yon and change the value from 35.00 to 70.00 or more.

Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Patches

Latest official patch 1.2 (US) and official Super Patch v2.0 (DE/ES/FR/IT/UK Blood/UK Zombie) are available at soggi.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282030/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\SAVEDGAMES.ARS^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282030/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3. Use nGlide.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3. Use nGlide.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Can be forced through graphics driver or dgVoodoo2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Use nGlide.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Use dgVoodoo2 with the Direct3D renderer.

Input

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		Sliders for X-axis (steering) and Y-axis (throttle).
Controller Y-axis inversion		add a minus before the sensitivity value in data\joystick.txt

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.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		CD Music and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio		For the GOG.com version, see here.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Left Mouse Button doesn't work after leaving the game

Caused by graphic tablet software.^{[citation needed]}

Shutdown the graphic tablet software before running the game^{[citation needed]}
Go to the Task Manager In the `Processes` tab select `Pen_TouchUser.exe` End the task

Uninstall the drivers and software for the graphic tablet^{[citation needed]}

The music does not play

The music does not play in the GOG.com version of Carmageddon II.

Rename `CARMA2_HW.EXE` to something else^[5]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		6
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D
Glide

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	3Dfx Voodoo 1 3Dfx Voodoo 2 4 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/282030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-02-02
↑ Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018
↑ Carmageddon 2 - No music in Win10?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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-7] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/282030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-02-02

[5] Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018

[8] Carmageddon 2 - No music in Win10?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/carmageddon-2-carpocalypse-now/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = unsupported
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-==Input settings==
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 {{Image|Carmageddon II Carpocalypse Now Controls.png|In-game control settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           = Certain keys are hardcoded in the menu, preventing use of a WASD control scheme for example. Use the [http://www.cwaboard.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9474 Carma Key Binder] to work around this.
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-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Carmageddon II Carpocalypse Now Audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = CD Music and Sound Effects.

Developers

	Stainless Games
Publishers
Retail (UK)	Sales Curve Interactive
Retail (Europe)	Virgin Interactive
Retail (NA)	Interplay Entertainment
Mac OS	GT Interactive
Original digital	Stainless Games
Current digital	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Blazing Renderer
Release dates
Windows	December 10, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	April 30, 1999