Difference between revisions of "Chicken Invaders"

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Chicken Invaders
Chicken Invaders	1999
Chicken Invaders 2	2002
Chicken Invaders 3	2006
Chicken Invaders 4	2010
Chicken Invaders 5	2014
Chicken Invaders Universe	Early Access

Key points

Has problems running on Windows 8 and above. See "Low frame-rate"

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website		Remastered version included since Jan 27th 2023^[2]

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use dgVoodoo 2, stretches.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use dgVoodoo 2, stretches significantly.
4K Ultra HD		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		27 FPS cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Supports Dolby surround.
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		`Alt + Tab` crashes the game, using a DirectX wrapper can alleviate the issue.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2

Issues fixed

Low frame-rate

DirectDraw emulation is used in Windows 8 and later, causing low frame-rate.

Use a DirectDraw wrapper^[3]

Download the DirectDrawCompat wrapper
Extract the contents from the .zip file into the game's installation folder

Notes

Alternatively, a normal DirectX wrapper can be used to get the same results.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7
Processor (CPU)	166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible

Notes

↑ UVE engine build: UveDX7.NET (assumption)^[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).

References

↑ Verified by User:Mrpenguinb on 2022-01-26
↑ CI1 Remaster released - last accessed on 2023-02-26
↑ GitHub - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[2] UVE engine build: UveDX7.NET (assumption)^[1]

[gamedir-4] 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).

[Mrpenguinb-1] Verified by User:Mrpenguinb on 2022-01-26

[3] CI1 Remaster released - last accessed on 2023-02-26

[5] GitHub - last accessed on 26 May 2023

[Note 1]

[2]

[Note 2]

[3]

[1]

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Developers

	InterAction Studios
Engines
	Ultra VGA Engine^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	1999
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Vehicles	Space flight
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Cartoon
Themes	Space, Sci-fi
Series	Chicken Invaders