Carnivores: Cityscape

Carnivores: Cityscape

Developers
	Sunstorm Interactive
Publishers
	Infogrames
Engines
	Serious Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	March 28, 2002
Taxonomy
Series	Carnivores

Carnivores
Carnivores	1998
Carnivores 2	1999
Carnivores: Ice Age	2001
Carnivores: Cityscape	2002
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn	2015
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt	2022

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Runs on the Serious Engine. Some fixes that work in Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter will work for this as well.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Scripts\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CarniData\

Video

Video options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 90° horizontal. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Listed as "wait vertical retrace" in options.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Modify PersistentSymbols.ini

Launch the game at least once. Go to <path-to-game>\Scripts\ Open PersistentSymbols.ini. Locate lines: persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)XXX; persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)YYY; Change XXX to the desired width resolution (like 1920) and YYY to the desired height resolution (like 1080). Save the changes and launch the game. Applying the video options in the in-game menus will revert the changes. Vert- and no known workarounds to compensate the weapon FOV. Stretched menus and HUD.

Field of view (FOV)

Press ~ to open the in-game console and use the /plr_fFOV=XX command where XX is the desired horizontal FOV

This does not affect the weapon FOV.

Input

Keymapping options menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio options menu.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for sound effects and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game zoomed in at high resolutions (DPI issues)

Change high DPI settings
Right-click Main.exe and select Properties Go to the Compatibility tab Near the bottom of the window, select Change high DPI settings Make sure Override high DPI scaling behaviour is set to Application in the drop-down list Click on Apply and launch the game

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 400 Intel Pentium III 400	AMD Athlon 600 Intel Pentium III 600
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	450 MB hard drive space
Video card (GPU)	Open GL compliant 3D accelerator 16 MB of VRAM	32 MB of VRAM
Other	8X CD-ROM 56 Kbps modem for online multiplayer