Difference between revisions of "Chrome"

Chrome
Developers

	Techland
Publishers
	Meridian4
Engines
	Chrome Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 16, 2003
Taxonomy
Series	Chrome

Chrome
Chrome	2003
Chrome SpecForce	2005

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 2.2 Visual fidelity (unofficial patch) 2.3 Limit FPS 2.4 Skip intro videos 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 3.3 Save game cloud syncing 4 Video 4.1 Widescreen resolution 4.2 Field of view (FOV) 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 7.2 Connection types 8 VR support 9 Other information 9.1 API 10 Issues fixed 10.1 Advanced Battlegrounds installation problem 10.2 Run the game at screen refresh rate 11 System requirements 12 Notes 13 References

Key points

The game was re-released in 2004 as Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat (known in Europe as Chrome: Gold Edition).^[1]

The game includes a level editor, detailed editor tutorial and Java source code that can be recompiled to change the game logic and settings.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.com

Essential improvements

Patches

Install patch 1.1.3.0_v2, followed by patch 1.1.3.0_v2 to 1.2.0.0. Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat(Chrome: Gold Edition) is already patched to latest version.

Visual fidelity (unofficial patch)

A set of widescreen, FOV, HUD and text rendering fixes for Chrome and Chrome SpecForce. Enables native support for higher resolutions and Hor+ FOV. Also includes files to disable mouse acceleration, LOD switching and increase draw distance. Download from Mod DB.

Limit FPS

You should limit the fps to 60, otherwise problems can arise, like "slippery / sliding" movement.^[2]^[3]^[4] Use a tool like Rivatuner Statistics Server for that. Alternatively, force VSync if it leads to the same outcome for your monitor.

Skip intro videos

"No Intro" fix
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\Menu` Rename `techland_1024x512.jpg`

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46420/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

AudioSettings.scr contains audio settings.

Controller.scr contains mouse and controller settings.

VideoSettings.scr contains video settings.

UserControls.scr contains key mapping settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46420/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Each save uses multiple files.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Run in window mode and use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Set in `<path-to-game>\VideoSettings.scr` or use unofficial patch to enable it in the options menu. Force in the graphics card control panel for highest quality.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Disabled by default. Must be set individually for each executable in graphics card control panel (chromesingle.exe for SP and chromenet.exe for MP). Use D3Doverrider if it can't be forced using the graphics card control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate cap. Excessively high frame rate (over 200) can result in delayed player movement responsiveness and sliding on terrain.^[5]

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in VideoSettings.scr^[6]
Go to the installation folder. Edit `VideoSettings.scr`. Change the `Resolution` values to the width and height of the resolution you want. Save your changes and close the file. Notes Unofficial patch is available that makes the game support all available resolutions and displays them in the options menu. It also fixes stretching of some HUD elements.

Set resolution in VideoSettings.scr^[6]

Go to the installation folder.
Edit VideoSettings.scr.
Change the Resolution values to the width and height of the resolution you want.
Save your changes and close the file.

Notes

Unofficial patch is available that makes the game support all available resolutions and displays them in the options menu. It also fixes stretching of some HUD elements.

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions^[7]
Open `<path-to-game>\code.pak` with 7-Zip or similar. Extract `CameraPlayer.class` file. Open `CameraPlayer.class` using dirtyJOE(Java editor) and in the `constant pool` tab find and replace the following values: 82 - first person perspective 60 - third person perspective 75 - vehicles, sniper, binoculars... Drop the edited file inside the `<path-to-game>\code.pak` archive to replace the existing file. Notes Edited files can be downloaded from WSGF. `<path-to-game>\codenet.pak` contains settings for the multiplayer and the same method can be used. Unofficial patch is available that changes FOV from Vert- to Hor+ and gives more options to edit different FOV settings.

Instructions^[7]

Open <path-to-game>\code.pak with 7-Zip or similar.
Extract CameraPlayer.class file.
Open CameraPlayer.class using dirtyJOE(Java editor) and in the constant pool tab find and replace the following values:
1. 82 - first person perspective
2. 60 - third person perspective
3. 75 - vehicles, sniper, binoculars...
Drop the edited file inside the <path-to-game>\code.pak archive to replace the existing file.

Notes

Edited files can be downloaded from WSGF.

<path-to-game>\codenet.pak contains settings for the multiplayer and the same method can be used.

Unofficial patch is available that changes FOV from Vert- to Hor+ and gives more options to edit different FOV settings.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		On by default. Unofficial patch includes recompiled `Player.class` file that disables it (put it inside `<path-to-game>\code.pak` and `<path-to-game>\codenet.pak` archives).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and FX.
Surround sound		5.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Disabled by default.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Hungarian				Local Retail version only, but can be downloaded from here. Also a fan translation is available.
Polish
Russian				Available here.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

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

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Advanced Battlegrounds installation problem

The installation process fails with "Error 2711" message.

The game refuses to install if original Chrome is already installed on the computer^[8]
Uninstall original Chrome. Install Advanced Battlegrounds.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode is limited to 85 Hz, even if the display refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set display refresh rate^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `VideoSettings.scr` with a text editor. Change `MaxRefresh(85)` to `MaxRefresh(0)`. Save the changes.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 MX ATI Radeon 7000 chipset 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 4 ATI Radeon 9000 chipset 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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>/46420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46420) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

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