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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Re-released for free as Gore: Special Edition.

General information

Official website (4D Rulers)

Official website (DreamCatcher Interactive, archived)

Gore fansite (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		US release, SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Retail		EU release

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.48 is the latest patch available

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		90° - See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		1, 2, 4, 6, 8.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FSAA 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Extremely high FPS (in the high hundreds) significantly reduces jumping height and may make certain sections (such as climbing the rope net in the first level) impossible to progress past. Turning on Vsync should prevent this.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Image is Vert- and FOV should be increased to compensate.

Set custom resolution
Go to `<path-to-game>\settings`. Open `client_system.cfg`. Change `res 1024x768` to your desired resolution.

Field of view (FOV)

The game supports from 80 to 90 FOV natively through the autoclient.cfg file.

Hex edit `Gore.exe` and change the field of view
Open `Gore.exe` with a hex editor such as HxD. Press `Ctrl`+`F`, change the data type to hex values and search for "00 00 B4 42" and change it to "00 00 F0 42". Now do either of the following: Go to `<path-to-game>\settings`, open `autoclient.cfg` and change `fov` up to `120`. Start the game, press `~` to open the console and type `fov` up to `120`.

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
French
German
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Co-op, Versus
Online play		16	Co-op, Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

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

Issues unresolved

Game crashing when enabling any of the anti-aliasing options

Issues fixed

Can't change the resolution in the settings menu

Change Windows compatibility mode
Right-click `Gore.exe` and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Make sure Run this program in compatibility mode for is checked and set to Windows XP (Service Pack 2).

Game zoomed in at high resolutions (DPI issues)

Change high DPI settings
Right-click `Gore.exe` and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Near the bottom of the window, select Change high DPI settings Make sure Override high DPI scaling behaviour is set to Application in the drop down list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, 2000, NT4, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM
Other	4x CD-ROM Drive

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ 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

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 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] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

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[Note 2]

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@@ Line 80: / Line 80: @@
 |4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+|fov notes                  = 90° - See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = true
 |windowed notes             =
@@ Line 86: / Line 86: @@
 |borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = true
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = 1, 2, 4, 6, 8.
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = [[FSAA]] 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16.
 |upscaling                  = false
 |upscaling tech             =
@@ Line 113: / Line 113: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Change the Field of View|ref=|fix=
+{{ii}} The game supports from 80 to 90 FOV natively through the {{file|autoclient.cfg}} file.
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\settings</code>.
+{{Fixbox|description=Hex edit {{file|Gore.exe}} and change the field of view|ref=|fix=
-# Open <code>autoclient.cfg</code>.
+# Open {{file|Gore.exe}} with a hex editor such as [https://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD HxD].
-# Change <code>fov 90</code> to your desired Field of View.
+# Press {{key|Ctrl|F}}, change the data type to hex values and search for "00 00 '''B4''' 42" and change it to "00 00 '''F0''' 42".
+# Now do either of the following:
+#* Go to <code>{{p|game}}\settings</code>, open {{file|autoclient.cfg}} and change <code>fov</code> up to <code>120</code>.
+#* Start the game, press {{key|`}} to open the console and type <code>fov</code> up to <code>120</code>.
 }}
@@ Line 278: / Line 281: @@
 ==Issues unresolved==
+===Game crashing when enabling any of the anti-aliasing options===
+==Issues fixed==
 ===Can't change the resolution in the settings menu===
-{{Fixbox|description=Enable the following [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility settings]] for the {{File|Gore.exe}} file:
+{{Fixbox|description=Change Windows compatibility mode|fix=
-<code>Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 2))</code>}}
+# Right-click {{file|Gore.exe}} and select '''Properties'''.
+# Go to the '''Compatibility''' tab.
+# Make sure '''Run this program in compatibility mode for''' is checked and set to '''Windows XP (Service Pack 2)'''.
+}}
+===Game zoomed in at high resolutions (DPI issues)===
+{{Fixbox|description=Change high DPI settings|fix=
+# Right-click {{file|Gore.exe}} and select '''Properties'''.
+# Go to the '''Compatibility''' tab.
+# Near the bottom of the window, select '''Change high DPI settings'''
+# Make sure '''Override high DPI scaling behaviour''' is set to '''Application''' in the drop down list.
+}}
 ==Other information==

Developers

	4D Rulers
	Eyecon
Publishers
	DreamCatcher Interactive
Engines
	AMP
Release dates
Windows	June 5, 2002