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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 21, 2005}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|January 21, 2005}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Simulation, Strategy }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Emergency }}
 
|steam appid  = 757200
 
|steam appid  = 757200
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|steam appid side  =  
 
|gogcom id    =  
 
|gogcom id    =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|wikipedia    =  
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|hltb        = 3098
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|mobygames    = emergency-3
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|wikipedia    = Emergency 3: Mission Life
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
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|protondb    = 757200
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|lutris      = emergency-3
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|igdb        = emergency-3
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|license      = commercial
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|official site= https://www.emergency3.de/en/
 
}}
 
}}
{{Series|Emergency}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://www.emergency3.de/en/ Official website]
 
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/757200/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/757200/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
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{{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 }}
 
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===[[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
|discord               =  
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|discord                   =  
|discord notes         =  
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|discord notes             =  
|epic games store       =  
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|epic games launcher       =  
|epic games store notes =  
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|epic games launcher notes =  
|gog galaxy             =  
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|gog galaxy               =  
|gog galaxy notes       =  
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|gog galaxy notes         =  
|origin                 =  
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|origin                   =  
|origin notes           =  
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|steam cloud           = unknown
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|steam cloud notes         =  
|uplay                  =  
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|ubisoft connect          =  
|uplay notes           =  
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|xbox cloud             =  
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|xbox cloud               =  
|xbox cloud notes       =  
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|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|vsync                      = false
 
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - game settings.png|Game settings.}}
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - game settings.png|Game settings.}}
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
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}}
 
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
 
{{Image|Emergency 3 Mission Life - audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
 
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|opengl versions        = unknown
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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|windows exe notes      =  
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|linux 32-bit executable=  
 
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|recGPU  = AGP graphics card
 
|recGPU  = AGP graphics card
 
|recVRAM  = 64 MB
 
|recVRAM  = 64 MB
|recDX    = 9.0
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}}
 
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{{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
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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