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Revision as of 11:20, 25 July 2016

Condemned: Criminal Origins
Condemned: Criminal Origins cover
Developers
Monolith Productions
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Lithtech Jupiter EX
Release dates
Windows April 11, 2006
Condemned: Criminal Origins on Wikipedia

Key points

Steam version is lacking some sound effects (in particular train sounds at the end of chapter 3);[1] use the Missing sounds FIX.
Some are having issues with invisible text.[2][3]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Condemned's graphics settings menu.
Condemned's graphics settings menu.
Condemned's detail settings menu.
Condemned's detail settings menu.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

In case game does not recognize or is unable to switch to your resolution.
Instructions
By default the game uses letterboxing for aspect ratios other than 16:9.
Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

May require DirectSound3D restoration software to enable EAX and surround sound functionality on Vista and newer Windows operating systems.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

Invisible text

Some users are reporting that Windows 10 causes text to be invisible,[2] however some can play the game without any problems at all[3] and there doesn't seem to be any explanation or fix available.

Issues fixed

FPS problems

Method 1

Instructions

Method 2

If you don't own a Logitech device but are still having frame rate issues.

Instructions

Missing sounds

The Steam version's CondemnedA.Arch00 is noticeably smaller when compared to the retail game. Because of this, and reversed audio files within the .Arch00 file, many sounds are simply missing from the Steam version.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4
AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References