Constantine
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Developers | |
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Bits Studios | |
SCi Games | |
Publishers | |
THQ | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 15, 2005 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | DC |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Superman (series) | |
Batman (series) | |
Aquaman: War of the Water Worlds | 1996 |
Catwoman | 2004 |
Constantine | 2005 |
DC Universe Online | 2011 |
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure | 2013 |
Injustice (series) | |
Watchmen (series) | |
Young Justice: Legacy | 2013 |
Infinite Crisis | 2015 |
Suicide Squad: Special Ops | 2016 |
Justice League VR | 2017 |
DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace | 2022 |
DC's Justice League: Cosmic Chaos | 2023 |
DC Dual Force | EA |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Start the game with -skipMovies command line argument[1]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SCi Games\Constantine_3.23\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.dat[Note 1] <path-to-game>\*.dpt[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggled by pressing F2 in the video options screen. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Toggle On/Off. If enabled, It seems to be a x2 or x4 anisotropic filter. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | This game has a hard-coded frame limit set to 30 FPS. Use FPS Utility by unknownproject to unlock the frame rate and then cap it to 60 FPS.[1] | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Set windowed resolution manually[1] |
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#UseHook On F12:: GameWidth := 1600 GameHeight := 900 WinGet, WindowID, ID, A ;WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, ahk_id %WindowID% WinMove, ahk_id %WindowID%, , 1920/2 - GameWidth/2, 0, GameWidth, GameHeight Return
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Negative mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Available in the pause menu. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Available in the pause menu. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Available in the pause menu. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Available in the pause menu. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | None of the sliders affects FMV volume.[1] | |
Surround sound | If running the game on Windows Vista and/or later, use DirectSound 3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | No option to disable it. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Refuse to run on Windows 10
- It does not occur on all Windows 10 setups. The cause of the issue is still unknown.[2]
Set the compatibility mode for Constantine.exe to Windows 7 [3]
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Notes
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Use DxWnd[4] |
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Notes
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Resolution does not change when in windowed mode [2]
- The in-game resolution settings menu only seems to affect full screen mode and not windowed mode.
Modify DWORD values[6] |
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Notes
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, important hints see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | XP |
Processor (CPU) | AMD or Intel - 1.5 GHz | AMD or Intel - 2.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support |
128 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2017-05-17
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 DxWnd Constantine Thread - Test results - last accessed on 2022-01-15
- ↑ DxWnd Constantine Thread - last accessed on 2022-01-11
- ↑ DxWnd Constantine Thread - Tested Handle Exceptions - last accessed on 2022-01-21
- ↑ Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on 2022-01-21
- ↑ Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on 2022-01-15