Difference between revisions of "Future Cop: LAPD"

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Key points

Make sure to run the game as an administrator. No compatibility modes are required other than the Privilege Level.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.0.2 (Mac OS) is a very important patch, fixing a crash issue in the single player mode in the third level.

No patches have been released for the Windows version.

Playing on modern systems

The following installer should get around an issue related to the game not installing on 64-bit operating systems.

Windows 10 support (DirectX)

Insert the Future Cop: LAPD installation disc, then download this installer and run it.
Use all defaults during the installation, except when choosing components to install. Select the "DirectX Rendering" component.
Set up dgVoodoo2.
Run FCopLAPD.exe as an administrator.

Notes

D3D renderer looks best. 3dfx version has black outlines on transparent textures.

Be sure to edit your controller config in controls.txt

Installing the game^[1]

Insert the Future Cop: LAPD installation disc, then download this installer and run it.
Select the desired rendering method. For 3DFX download and install nGlide.

Notes

Don't forget to run FCopLAPD.exe as an admin.

The Software rendering mode appears to be most stable and compatible of all three.

The 3DFX mode will fail to render some of the laser obstacles, they should be fairly easy to detect and avoid.

Windows 10 support (3DFX)^[2]

Insert the Future Cop: LAPD installation disc, then download this installer and run it.
Use the default native resolution output, don't change something during the install
Download DgVoodoo 2 and install 3DFX dgVoodoo2 DLLs to the Future Cop folder
Set the game exe to "Windows 98 / ME" mode and "Admin" by default
Set the game exe to "16-bit (65536) color" mode
Run the game!

Notes

Not compatible with the French CD release, only English release is supported

Game will be playable, but videos may play as a black screen with sound

Be sure to edit your controller config in controls.txt

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\controls.txt^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Saving is only available after completing a level.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Only in software mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Use dgVoodoo2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		37.5 fps cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		<path-to-game>\controls.txt
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
Local play		2
LAN play
Online play		The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

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

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	SVGA, Direct3D compatible Voodoo 1 2 MB of VRAM	4 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (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

↑ Play Old PC Games - Future Cop: LAPD - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Vogons.org Forum - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-3] 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] Play Old PC Games - Future Cop: LAPD - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Vogons.org Forum - last accessed on May 2023

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 # Use the default native resolution output, don't change something during the install

Developers

	EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	November 25, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	November 25, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	TPS
Vehicles	Robot
Themes	Sci-fi, North America