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Key points

Re-released as freeware on November 2, 2008.^[1]

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ew\*.cfg^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ew\*.sav^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		HUD becomes way too small. See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Use D3DWindower.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Use -width 1920 -height 1080 -bpp 32 (Change the values if needed)

Notes

Lower vertical FOV at wider aspect ratios (Vert-). Increase FOV to compensate, see Field of view (FOV).

Field of view (FOV)

Use a console^[2]

Open a console with ~.
Type in FOV X where X is your horizontal FOV value.

To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121, for 32:9 use 139, and for 48:9 use 152).

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Co-op, Versus
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Fog is being rendered at too low of a distance

Use fog fix^{[citation needed]}
Download fog fix and extract it. Move `ew` folder to `<path-to-game>` overwriting fog.txt files.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB

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

↑ MobyGames - last accessed on 18-08-2008
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-02

[gamedir-2] 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).

[1] MobyGames - last accessed on 18-08-2008

[3] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-07-02

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 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Two Guys Software}}
 |engines      =
-{{Infobox game/row/engine|id Tech 2}}
+{{Infobox game/row/engine|Quake engine}}
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 11, 2002}}

Developers

	Two Guys Software
Publishers
	Two Guys Software
Engines
	Quake engine
Release dates
Windows	December 11, 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy, Medieval, Zombies