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Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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SecuROM 4 DRM. Despite what the description for "Minimum Install" says about it requiring the CD, "Maximum Install" still requires the disc for the game to be played. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- v1.04 is the latest official version of the game.
Skip intro videos
Disable movies[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Open
autoexec.cfg with a text editor.
- Change
"nomovies" "0" to "nomovies" "1"
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- Recoil animation lowered, bullets hit register and distance fixed, enemies reaction to damage fixed, disappearing dead bodies fixed (most of them), infinite enemies respawning disabled, and more various fixes and balances.
- Enemies AI behavior is unchanged.
- Boss type enemies health lowered to human levels, but they still have high accuracy and reaction.
- The Hard difficulty was used as a baseline for balancing.
- On the "Sewer" level, the instant death penalty was disabled for shooting/killing SWAT members.
- Adds better gunsounds, muzzle flash and gun models
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Edit config file[1]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg with a text editor.
- Find the line
"screenwidth" and set to desired value, e.g. "1920" .
- Find the line
"screenheight" and set to desired value, e.g. "1080" .
- Save the file.
- It requires the game to be run as administrator for this to work.
- Intro videos do not play properly using this fix.
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Enable windowed mode via config file[citation needed]
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- Open
<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg with a text editor.
- Add line
"Windowed" "1"
Notes
- Running a game in windowed mode disables v-sync, unlocking the frame rate. To avoid issues with the game, make sure to limit the frame rate.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Located under Video options. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Loosing focus minimizes the game. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Russian |
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Issues fixed
Models of characters not being rendered properly
Black screen under water
Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed]
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- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe , as well as the files D3D8.dll , D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll from the \MS\x86 subfolder of the dgVoodoo2 distribution to <path-to-game> .
- In the game settings, change the resolution to the lowest (640x480).
- In the dgVoodoo 2 control panel, go to the DirectX tab and change the resolution to 640x480.
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High FPS issues
- Occurs due to script breaking at frame rates higher than 60 FPS
Vsync not working on Windows 10
Use d3d8to9 and set the monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.
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Erratic or inaccurate mouse input
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II - 400 MHz
| Intel Pentium III - 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
660 MB |
860 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0a compatible
| 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References