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Revision as of 22:43, 28 November 2018

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

Potential performance issues; use the DirectInput FPS Fix.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
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Windows
Steam
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The Steam version is missing some sound effects.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable movies[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit autoexec.cfg with Notepad.
  3. Add "DisableMovies" "1" on a new line.

Missing sound effects / "The Dark" prototype footage being corrupted

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. In particular, the train sounds at the end of Chapter 3 are missing.[1] The footage from "The Dark" game prototype is also corrupted.[2]
Use replacement files or xdelta patch[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %PUBLIC%\Documents\Monolith Productions\Condemned\settings.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %PUBLIC%\Documents\Monolith Productions\Condemned\Save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Despite the steam cloud feature is activated, the game doesn't seem to synchronize anything

Video settings

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

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Widescreen resolution

In case the game does not recognize or is unable to switch to your resolution.
Set custom resolution[citation needed]
  1. Go to %PUBLIC%\Documents\Monolith Productions\Condemned
  2. Edit settings.cfg
  3. Change the "ScreenWidth" and "ScreenHeight" values to the desired resolution.

Letterboxing

By default the game uses letterboxing for aspect ratios other than 16:9.
Remove letterboxing[citation needed]
  1. Download Racer_S's conFOV5 utility.
  2. Run it and use the sliders to adjust GUI distance from screen edges.
  3. Run the game.

Notes

Additionally you can add "Widescreen" "0" to settings.cfg file, which will render game in 4:3 AR with black bars on the sides. It can then be stretched to fullscreen with conFOV5 utility. See screenshots for comparison.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Set custom FOV[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit autoexec.cfg with Notepad.
  3. Add "FovY" "XX" on a new line, where XX is the desired vertical FOV.

Windowed

Some players game may only launch as a black screen while in windowed mode but will be perfectly fine during fullscreen.
Set windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Edit autoexec.cfg with Notepad.
  3. Add "Windowed" "1" on a new line.

Input settings

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Controller support

A fix is required to assign triggers on the Xbox 360 Controller.
May not be compatible with the low frame rate fix.
Fix remapping issues[citation needed]
  1. Download and run XInput Plus.
  2. Set the "Target Program" to Condemned.exe.
  3. Go to "DirectInput" and check "Enable DirectInput Output".
  4. Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12.
  5. Click Apply and OK.

Audio settings

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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
Fan translation.
Russian
Fan full sound and cinematics translation available here.

Issues fixed

Slow loading level and aero disabling

Occurs only on Windows Vista and Windows 7, because of the special graphic stack WDDM.
Fix slow load level and spontaneous shutdown aero interface
  • Install game only on Windows XP, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. [3]

Notes

Using Windows 8.1 or 10 significantly reduces the launch time of the level, perhaps this is due to improvements in the WDDM graphics stack. [4]

Invisible text

Some users are reporting that Windows 10 causes text to be invisible.[5]
Fix Invisible text
  • Use compability mode with older version of Windows
  • If else you use dpi scaling in Windows settings, change this option and use custom DPI setting

Control key settings are not assigned

Keyboard settings reset to unassigned when you restart the game
Control key settings are not assigned fix
  • Need run game as Administrator

Low frame rate

Frame rate may drop to around 20-30 FPS after a few minutes of play. This is especially common with systems utilizing Logitech devices.
DirectInput FPS Fix[citation needed]

Soft Shadows not working

Soft Shadows not working but setting enabled
Soft Shadows fix
  • Need disable anti-aliasing in game options
This is due to the features of the engine and the artificial limitation of the simultaneous use of anti-aliasing with soft shadows, since they can cause graphic artifacts on the shadows.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

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 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>/4720/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (4720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References