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Revision as of 20:21, 25 November 2020

This page is for the original 1998 game. For the remaster, see Forsaken Remastered.

Forsaken
Forsaken cover
Developers
Probe Entertainment
Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment
Release dates
Windows April 30, 1998
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Forsaken
Forsaken on IGDB
Forsaken on MobyGames
Forsaken on Wikipedia
Forsaken
Forsaken 1998
Forsaken Remastered 2018

Key points

Difficult to get running on newer systems
Engine is open source with a modern multi-platform port available.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM.
Windows
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 1.01 is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and at soggi.org.
Unofficial patches

ProjectX

Community port of Forsaken, runs on cross-platform technologies and currently officially supports Windows, Linux, and OS X.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Set horizontal FOV[1]
  1. Download ProjectX.
  2. Add -fov:<number> command line argument.
  3. Replace <number> with desired FOV; default is 90, max is 120.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Versus
Online play
Versus

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
Game was crashing on Win7.

Issues fixed

Game not launching on modern operating systems

  1. Download [1] dgvoodoo2.
  2. Copy D3DImm.dll,DDRAW.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to the game install directory.
  3. Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe,dgVoodooCpl.conf to the game install directory

Setup not working on modern operating systems

  1. Set setup.exe on Windows 95 compatibilty mode

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB

References

  1. Command line · ForsakenX/forsaken Wiki - last accessed on November 26, 2016