Condemned: Criminal Origins
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| Developers | |
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| Monolith Productions | |
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| Sega | |
| Engines | |
| Lithtech Jupiter EX | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 11, 2006 |
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Key points
- Severe performance issues for players using Logitech devices; use the DirectInput FPS Fix.
- Steam version is lacking some sound effects (in particular train sounds at the end of chapter 3);[1] use the Missing sounds fix.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4720/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Condemned's graphics settings menu.
Condemned's detail settings menu.
Widescreen resolution
- In case the game does not recognize or is unable to switch to your resolution.
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Letterboxing
- By default the game uses letterboxing for aspect ratios other than 16:9.
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Default setting without any modifications.
Default setting with conFOV5.
"Widescreen" "0" without conFOV5.
"Widescreen" "0" with conFOV5.
Field of view (FOV)
- This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
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Windowed
- Some players game may only launch as a black screen while in windowed mode but will be perfectly fine during fullscreen.
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Input settings
Controller support
- A fix is required to assign triggers on the Xbox 360 Controller.
- May not be compatible with the low frame rate fix.
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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 |
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| 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]
Issues fixed
Low frame rate
- Frame rate may drop to around 20-30 FPS after a few minutes of play. This is especially common with people using Logitech devices.
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Missing sounds
- The Steam version's
CondemnedA.Arch00is noticeably smaller when compared to the retail game. Because of this, and reversed audio files within the.Arch00file, many sounds are simply missing from the Steam version.
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon |
2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | nVidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon 9700 PRO |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (4720) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.