Enter the Matrix

The Matrix
Enter the Matrix	2003
The Matrix Online	2005
The Matrix: Path of Neo	2005

General information

Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from July 2008.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		4 CD-ROMS. 1-3 install discs and play disc, Or 1 DVD-ROM. SecuROM DRM.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.52 updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\movies\`. Delete or rename `atari.avi`, `shiny.avi`, `wb.avi` and optionally `totitle.avi`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MatrixConfig.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saved\^{[Note 1]}

Video

Launcher window.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor		Use Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	On/off only. See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Broken on modern systems. Force in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Cutscenes are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Run in windowed/borderless^{[citation needed]}

Download Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
Extract the contents to the installation folder.
Create wndmode.ini in the installation folder.

Notes

Window is always borderless, so selecting monitors native resolution makes the game borderless windowed.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Change AF manually^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Open `MatrixConfig.ini`. Set `FILTERING =3`. Set `FILTERSAMPLES =16`.

Input

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Heavy reverse mouse acceleration and smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Emulates joystick movement. Recommended to use keyboard instead.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Only movement will work, other buttons have to be bound in settings first.
Controller remapping		Same remapping with keyboard buttons.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Rebinding does not work properly.

PlayStation controllers		Works trough DirectInput mode.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Key rebinding: Fighting.
Key rebinding: Driving.
Key rebinding: Hovercraft.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio output settings.

Graphics settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Under Graphics settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		See Mute on focus lost.
EAX support		EAX 3^[2]

Language choices presented with first start up.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only.
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese				Local retail version only.
Spanish

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background^{[citation needed]}
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`← Backspace` to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior". Enable "Mute Game" under "Background Behavior".

Issues unresolved

Extremely low performance

On many configurations the game performs badly. One way to improve the performance a bit is to enable Force Object LOD in game's launcher - this however comes at the cost of poor model quality.

Changing language

Language option is only given when first starting the game. Changing language requires complete deletion of save data.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate^{[citation needed]}
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open `<path-to-game>\d3d9.ini` or `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Matrix.exe\SpecialK.ini` depending on the installation method you used. Change `RefreshRate=-1` to `RefreshRate=0` under `[Render.FrameRate]`.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	DivX

Add texture filtering to character clothes

The PC port by default has unfiltered textures for character clothing

Force texture filtering using dgVoodoo2 (tested with version 2.75.1)

Follow the DirectX 9 installation guide on dgVoodoo2's page
Open the dgVoodoo2 Control Panel and select the path to Enter the Matrix from the dropdown menu if it is not selected already
Go to the DirectX tab
Under Videocard select GeForce FX 5700 Ultra and set it's VRAM to 256 MB
Under Texturing select the Force anisotropic 16x Filtering option
Tick the Fast video memory access box and untick the dgVoodoo Watermark box

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Duron 800 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 8500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	Windows-compatible sound card	Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Other	4X CD-ROM Drive	36X CD-ROM Drive 7200 RPM HDD

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

↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
despite changes in config file and forcing Vsync off, I wasn't able to get the game past 60fps
↑ EAX Featured Game: Enter The Matrix - EAX.CREATIVE.COM (retrieved)

[gamedir-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] Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
despite changes in config file and forcing Vsync off, I wasn't able to get the game past 60fps

[3] EAX Featured Game: Enter The Matrix - EAX.CREATIVE.COM (retrieved)

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Shiny Entertainment
Publishers
	Atari
Release dates
Windows	May 14, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	58
IGDB	56
Taxonomy
Series	The Matrix