Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.


Warning for game developers: PCGamingWiki staff members will only ever reach out to you using the official press@pcgamingwiki.com mail address.
Be aware of scammers claiming to be representatives or affiliates of PCGamingWiki who promise a PCGW page for a game key.

Difference between revisions of "Emergency 2012"

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Deep Silver}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Deep Silver}}
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Vision{{!}}Vision 8}}
+
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Vision|name=Vision 8}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 5, 2010}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 5, 2010}}
|steam appid  =  
+
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Simulation, Strategy }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Emergency }}
 +
|steam appid  = 40370
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
|gogcom page  =  
+
|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 +
|mobygames    = emergency-2012
 
|wikipedia    = Emergency_(video_game_series)#Emergency_2012:_The_Quest_for_Peace
 
|wikipedia    = Emergency_(video_game_series)#Emergency_2012:_The_Quest_for_Peace
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 +
|igdb        = emergency-2012
 +
|lutris      = emergency-2012
 +
|protondb    = 40370
 +
|hltb        = 24124
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Emergency}}
+
 
 +
'''General information'''
 +
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/40370/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | |  | Windows }}
+
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|ProtectDisc|8}} |  | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Steam | 40370 | Steam  |  |  | Windows | unavailable }}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
{{ii}} No longer available in digital distribution.
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 
===Patches===
 
===Patches===
* All of the patches can be downloaded from [http://www.patches-scrolls.com/emergency2012.php Patches-scrolls].
+
* All of the patches can be downloaded from [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1433/7/ Patches-Scrolls].
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|LOCALAPPDATA}}\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\em2012.cfg}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|LOCALAPPDATA}}\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
|gog galaxy           =  
+
|discord                  =
|gog galaxy notes     =  
+
|discord notes            =
|origin               =  
+
|epic games launcher      =
|origin notes         =  
+
|epic games launcher notes =
|steam cloud           =  
+
|gog galaxy               =  
|steam cloud notes     =  
+
|gog galaxy notes         =  
|uplay                =  
+
|origin                   =  
|uplay notes           =  
+
|origin notes             =  
|xbox cloud           =  
+
|steam cloud               = false
|xbox cloud notes     =  
+
|steam cloud notes         =  
 +
|ubisoft connect          =  
 +
|ubisoft connect notes     =  
 +
|xbox cloud               =  
 +
|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
+
==Video==
{{Video settings
+
{{Image|Emergency 2012 - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
|wsgf link                  =  
+
{{Video
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
+
|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/emergency-2012
|multimonitor wsgf award    =  
+
|widescreen wsgf award      = gold
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
+
|multimonitor wsgf award    = gold
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
+
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award = incomplete
|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
|widescreen resolution notes=  
+
|widescreen resolution      = true
|multimonitor              = unknown
+
|widescreen resolution notes= Rendering resolution (described at '''Resolution''') has to be set to '''Very High''' to render the image at native resolution.
 +
|multimonitor              = true
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
 
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
Line 67: Line 95:
 
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
 
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = unknown
+
|fov                        = false
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = unknown
+
|windowed                  = hackable
|windowed notes            =  
+
|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
|borderless windowed        = unknown
+
|borderless windowed        = hackable
|borderless windowed notes  =  
+
|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
|anisotropic                = unknown
+
|anisotropic                = false
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
|antialiasing              = unknown
+
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
|vsync                      = unknown
+
|upscaling                  = unknown
|vsync notes                =  
+
|upscaling tech            =
|60 fps                    = unknown
+
|upscaling notes            =
 +
|vsync                      = hackable
 +
|vsync notes                = Enabled by default. See [[#Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]].
 +
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
|120 fps                    = unknown
+
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr                        = unknown
Line 89: Line 120:
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
+
===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
{{Input settings
+
{{Fixbox|description=Hex edit exe files|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide_machine|date=2018-05-04}}</ref>|fix=
|key remap                = unknown
+
# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\bin.x86\em2012.exe}} with a hex editor.
 +
# Find a sequence of bytes <code>E8C2160000A0CCEABE008B15</code>.
 +
# Replace it with: <code>E8C2160000B0009090908B15</code>.
 +
# Save the file.
 +
 
 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} This was tested with 2.0 retail version of the game.
 +
{{ii}} Window is Borderless.
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]]===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Set Vsync in config file|ref=<ref name="Sui" />|fix=
 +
# Edit {{file|{{p|LOCALAPPDATA}}\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\em2012.cfg}} with a text editor.
 +
# Find a line <code><nowiki><var name="r_vsync" value="1" /></nowiki></code>.
 +
# Replace value <code>1</code> with <code>0</code> to disable Vsync (e.g.<code><nowiki><var name="r_vsync" value="0" /></nowiki></code>).
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Input==
 +
{{Image|Emergency 2012 - game settings.png|Game settings.}}
 +
{{Input
 +
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = unknown
+
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
+
|mouse sensitivity        = false
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
|mouse menu                = unknown
+
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
+
|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
|controller support        = unknown
+
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller          = unknown
Line 153: Line 204:
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
+
==Audio==
{{Audio settings
+
{{Image|Emergency 2012 - audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
|separate volume          = unknown
+
{{Audio
 +
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound          = unknown
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
+
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
+
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
+
|mute on focus lost      = true
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
|eax support notes        =  
+
|eax support notes         =
 +
|royalty free audio       = unknown
 +
|royalty free audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
Line 172: Line 226:
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = yes
+
  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
+
  |audio    = true
  |subtitles =  
+
  |subtitles = false
 +
|notes    =
 +
|fan      =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = French
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = German
 
  |language  = German
  |interface = yes
+
  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
+
  |audio    = unknown
  |subtitles =  
+
  |subtitles = unknown
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
  |fan notes =  
+
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Italian
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = unknown
 +
|subtitles = unknown
 +
|notes    =
 +
  |fan       =
 +
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Polish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = true
 +
|subtitles = false
 +
|notes     = Available only in local retail release.
 +
|fan      =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = Spanish
 
  |language  = Spanish
  |interface = yes
+
  |interface = true
  |audio    =  
+
  |audio    = unknown
  |subtitles =  
+
  |subtitles = unknown
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
  |fan notes =  
+
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Russian
 +
|interface = hackable
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = false
 +
|notes    = [https://www.zoneofgames.ru/games/emergency_2012/files/4488.html Fan translation by «TTL T.Community»]
 +
  |fan       = true
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
Line 205: Line 288:
 
|local play modes    =  
 
|local play modes    =  
 
|local play notes    =  
 
|local play notes    =  
|lan play            =  
+
|lan play            = unknown
 
|lan play players    =  
 
|lan play players    =  
 
|lan play modes      =  
 
|lan play modes      =  
 
|lan play notes      =  
 
|lan play notes      =  
|online play          =  
+
|online play          = unknown
 
|online play players  =  
 
|online play players  =  
 
|online play modes    =  
 
|online play modes    =  
Line 229: Line 312:
 
|tcp  = 58282, 54322
 
|tcp  = 58282, 54322
 
|udp  = 12345, 54322
 
|udp  = 12345, 54322
|upnp =  
+
|upnp = unknown
 
}}
 
}}
  
Line 235: Line 318:
 
===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
|direct3d versions      =  
+
|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
Line 253: Line 336:
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
|shader model versions  =  
+
|shader model versions  = 3
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
+
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|64-bit executable notes=  
+
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes      =
 +
|macos intel 32-bit app =
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app =
 +
|macos arm app          = unknown
 +
|macos app notes        =
 +
|linux 32-bit executable=  
 +
|linux 64-bit executable=
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 +
|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Middleware===
 
===Middleware===
 
{{Middleware
 
{{Middleware
|physics          =  
+
|physics          = PhysX
 
|physics notes    =  
 
|physics notes    =  
 
|audio            =  
 
|audio            =  
Line 279: Line 372:
 
|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    = XP / Vista / 7
+
|minOS    = XP, Vista, 7
 
|minCPU  = 2.5 GHz
 
|minCPU  = 2.5 GHz
|minRAM  = 1 GB RAM
+
|minRAM  = 1 GB
 
|minHD    = 5 GB
 
|minHD    = 5 GB
 
|minGPU  = Nvidia GeForce 6600
 
|minGPU  = Nvidia GeForce 6600
|minGPU  = Ati Radeon X1300
+
|minGPU2  = Ati Radeon X1300
 
|minVRAM  = 256 MB
 
|minVRAM  = 256 MB
 
|miDX    = 9
 
|miDX    = 9
  
 
|recCPU  = Dual Core 2 GHz
 
|recCPU  = Dual Core 2 GHz
|recRAM  = 2 GB RAM
+
|recRAM  = 2 GB
 
|recGPU  = Nvidia GeForce 8600
 
|recGPU  = Nvidia GeForce 8600
 
|recVRAM  = 512 MB
 
|recVRAM  = 512 MB

Latest revision as of 18:56, 22 January 2024

Emergency 2012
Emergency 2012 cover
Developers
Quadriga Games
Publishers
Deep Silver
Engines
Vision 8
Release dates
Windows November 5, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Simulation, Strategy
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Emergency
Emergency 2012 on HowLongToBeat
Emergency 2012 on IGDB
Emergency 2012 on MobyGames
Emergency 2012 on Wikipedia
Emergency: Fighters for Life 1998
Emergency Police 2001
Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life 2002
Emergency 3: Mission:Life 2005
Emergency 4: Global Fighters for Life 2006
Emergency 2012 2010
Emergency 2013 2012
Emergency 2014 2013
Emergency 5 2014
Emergency 2016 2015
Emergency 2017 2016
Emergency 20 2017

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
ProtectDISC Software 8 DRM
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
Icon overlay.png
Windows
No longer available in digital distribution.

Essential improvements

Patches

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\em2012.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Rendering resolution (described at Resolution) has to be set to Very High to render the image at native resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enabled by default. See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Hex edit exe files[1]
  1. Edit <path-to-game>\bin.x86\em2012.exe with a hex editor.
  2. Find a sequence of bytes E8C2160000A0CCEABE008B15.
  3. Replace it with: E8C2160000B0009090908B15.
  4. Save the file.

Notes

This was tested with 2.0 retail version of the game.
Window is Borderless.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Set Vsync in config file[1]
  1. Edit %LOCALAPPDATA%\Quadriga Games\Emergency 2012\em2012.cfg with a text editor.
  2. Find a line <var name="r_vsync" value="1" />.
  3. Replace value 1 with 0 to disable Vsync (e.g.<var name="r_vsync" value="0" />).

Input

Game settings.
Game settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Available only in local retail release.
Spanish
Russian
Fan translation by «TTL T.Community»

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 58282, 54322
UDP 12345, 54322
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600
Ati Radeon X1300
256 MB of VRAM


Notes

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2018-05-04