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{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = EMERGENCY 3 cover.jpg
 
|cover        = EMERGENCY 3 cover.jpg
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|publishers  =  
 
|publishers  =  
 
|engines      =  
 
|engines      =  
 +
{{Infobox game/row/engine|Vision|name=Vision 7}}
 
|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 21, 2005}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 21, 2005}}
 +
|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  = 757200
 
|steam appid  = 757200
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
|gogcom page  =  
+
|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|wikipedia    =  
+
|hltb        = 3098
 +
|mobygames    = emergency-3
 +
|wikipedia    = Emergency 3: Mission Life
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 +
|protondb    = 757200
 +
|lutris      = emergency-3
 +
|igdb        = emergency-3
 +
|license      = commercial
 +
|official site= https://www.emergency3.de/en/
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Emergency}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/757200/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/757200/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 +
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | Custom {{term|DRM}} in English release.<br>Simple disc check in German release. |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 757200 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 757200 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
==Essential improvements==
 +
===Patches===
 +
* Only the original German version received any patches (with the newest being 1.03). There however exists an unofficial port of 1.03 cumulative patch to an English version, available [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1029-emergency-3-unofficial-103-patch/ here]. This patch is '''not meant''' to be used with digital release of the game.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\em3.cfg}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|Windows|}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\Save\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===[[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           = unknown
+
|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 3 Mission Life - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 +
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+
|widescreen resolution      = false
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
 
|widescreen resolution notes=  
|multimonitor              = unknown
+
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
+
|ultrawidescreen            = false
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = false
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
 
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
|fov                        = unknown
+
|fov                        = hackable
|fov notes                  =  
+
|fov notes                  = Edit line <code><nowiki><var name="r_fov" value="550" /></nowiki></code> in the config file. Use [https://suimachine.github.io/web_projects/vision_fov_calculator/#emergency3 Sui's Calculator] to calculate your desired FOV value. '''May drasticly impact on performance.'''
|windowed                  = unknown
+
|windowed                  = hackable
|windowed notes            =  
+
|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
|borderless windowed        = unknown
+
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
|anisotropic                = unknown
+
|anisotropic                = hackable
|anisotropic notes          =  
+
|anisotropic notes          = Edit <code><nowiki><var name="r_tex_anisotropic" value="1." /></nowiki></code> line in config file, where value is your desired Anistropic filtering value (maximum of 16).
|antialiasing              = unknown
+
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
|vsync                      = unknown
+
|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 +
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
|60 fps                    = unknown
+
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
|120 fps                    = unknown
+
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
|hdr                        = unknown
+
|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
|color blind                = unknown
+
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
+
===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
{{Input settings
+
{{Fixbox|description=Enable Windowed mode|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Suicide_machine|date=2018-06-18}}</ref>|fix=
|key remap                = unknown
+
# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\Em3.exe}} with a '''hex''' editor.
 +
# Find a sequence of bytes: <pre>7B0084E4780C6A01B9</pre>
 +
# Replace it with: <pre>7B0084E4EB0C6A01B9</pre>
 +
# Save the changes.
 +
# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\em3.cfg}} with a '''text''' editor.
 +
# Find a line <code><nowiki><var name="r_fullscreen" value="1" /></nowiki></code> and change its value to <code>0</code> to disable fullscreen mode.
 +
 
 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} This fix requires version 1.3 of a game.
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Input==
 +
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - 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 =  
|controller support        = unknown
+
|touchscreen              = unknown
 +
|touchscreen notes        =
 +
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller          = unknown
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
|touchscreen               = unknown
+
|xinput controllers        = unknown
|touchscreen notes        =  
+
|xinput controllers notes  =
|button prompts           = unknown
+
|xbox prompts              = false
|button prompts notes     =  
+
|xbox prompts notes        =
|controller hotplug        = unknown
+
|impulse triggers          = false
 +
|impulse triggers notes    =
 +
|dualshock 4               = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 notes        =
 +
|dualshock prompts        = false
 +
|dualshock prompts notes  =
 +
|light bar support        = unknown
 +
|light bar support notes  =
 +
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
 +
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 +
|tracked motion controllers notes =
 +
|tracked motion prompts    = false
 +
|tracked motion prompts notes =
 +
|other controllers         = unknown
 +
|other controllers notes  =  
 +
|other button prompts     = false
 +
|other button prompts notes=  
 +
|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
|haptic feedback          = unknown
+
|haptic feedback          = false
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
|simultaneous input        = unknown
+
|simultaneous input        = false
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
|steam input api          = unknown
+
|steam input api          = false
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 
|steam input api notes    =  
|light bar support        = unknown
+
|steam hook input          = true
|light bar support notes   =  
+
|steam hook input notes   =  
 +
|steam input presets      = false
 +
|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = false
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = n/a
 +
|steam cursor detection notes = Mouse is always on the screen.
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
+
==Audio==
{{Audio settings
+
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - 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      = unknown
 
|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  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = English
 
|language  = English
|interface = yes
+
|interface = true
|audio    = yes
+
|audio    = true
|subtitles = yes
+
|subtitles = true
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = French
 
|language  = French
|interface = yes
+
|interface = true
|audio    = yes
+
|audio    = true
|subtitles = yes
+
|subtitles = true
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = German
 
|language  = German
|interface = yes
+
|interface = true
|audio    = yes
+
|audio    = true
|subtitles = yes
+
|subtitles = true
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = Italian
 
|language  = Italian
|interface = yes
+
|interface = true
|audio    = no
+
|audio    = false
|subtitles = yes
+
|subtitles = true
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
|language  = Spanish
 
|language  = Spanish
|interface = yes
+
|interface = true
|audio    = yes
+
|audio    = true
|subtitles = yes
+
|subtitles = true
 
|notes    =  
 
|notes    =  
 
|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
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|metal support          =  
 
|metal support          =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
|vulkan support        =  
+
|vulkan versions        =  
|vulkan support notes   =  
+
|vulkan notes           =  
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = unknown
+
|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 =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|minRAM  = 256 MB
 
|minRAM  = 256 MB
 
|minHD    = 1 GB
 
|minHD    = 1 GB
|minGPU  = DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with 32MB RAM
+
|minGPU  = AGP graphics card
 +
|minVRAM  = 32 MB
 
|minDX    = 9.0
 
|minDX    = 9.0
  
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|recRAM  = 512 MB
 
|recRAM  = 512 MB
 
|recHD    = 2 GB
 
|recHD    = 2 GB
|recGPU  = DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with 64MB RAM
+
|recGPU  = AGP graphics card
 +
|recVRAM  = 64 MB
 
|recDX    =  
 
|recDX    =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Latest revision as of 18:54, 22 January 2024

Emergency 3: Mission:Life
Emergency 3: Mission:Life cover
Developers
Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Engines
Vision 7
Release dates
Windows January 21, 2005
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 3: Mission:Life on HowLongToBeat
Emergency 3: Mission:Life on IGDB
Emergency 3: Mission:Life on MobyGames
Emergency 3: Mission:Life 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)
Custom DRM in English release.
Simple disc check in German release.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

  • Only the original German version received any patches (with the newest being 1.03). There however exists an unofficial port of 1.03 cumulative patch to an English version, available here. This patch is not meant to be used with digital release of the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\em3.cfg[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/757200/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Save\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/757200/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Edit line <var name="r_fov" value="550" /> in the config file. Use Sui's Calculator to calculate your desired FOV value. May drasticly impact on performance.
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit <var name="r_tex_anisotropic" value="1." /> line in config file, where value is your desired Anistropic filtering value (maximum of 16).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Enable Windowed mode[1]
  1. Edit <path-to-game>\Em3.exe with a hex editor.
  2. Find a sequence of bytes:
    7B0084E4780C6A01B9
  3. Replace it with:
    7B0084E4EB0C6A01B9
  4. Save the changes.
  5. Edit <path-to-game>\em3.cfg with a text editor.
  6. Find a line <var name="r_fullscreen" value="1" /> and change its value to 0 to disable fullscreen mode.

Notes

This fix requires version 1.3 of a game.

Input

Game settings.
Game settings.

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
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) AGP graphics card
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible


Notes

  1. 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2018-06-18