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Revision as of 16:08, 1 September 2022

Gunman Chronicles
Gunman Chronicles cover
Developers
Rewolf Software
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Sierra On-Line
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows November 20, 2000
Reception
Metacritic 65
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter
Vehicles Tank
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi, Western
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Gunman Chronicles on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 4 DRM.
Windows
Despite being partially developed by Valve, the game was never released on Steam. The CD-key that came with the game can however be activated and the "Half-Life Platinum Pack" will be received.
Demo

Essential improvements

Gunman-To-Steam Patch

Gunman-To-Steam Patch is a fan patch that adds compatibility with the Steam platform, along with various visual and audio enhancements.
Requires the Steam version of Half-Life, or another GoldSrc Steam release.

Xash3D Engine

Xash3D is a custom Gold Source Engine built from scratch.
Allows game to run on modern systems with widescreen support and other features.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\rewolf[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\rewolf\SAVE[Note 1]

Video

In-game resolution settings.
In-game resolution settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Xash3D Engine.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use default_fov command
Windowed
Launch the game with -window parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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
Capped at 72 FPS by default. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High frame rate

Use +developer 1 +fps_override 1 +fps_max ###
Disabling the cap may reduce the speed at which you move objects and NPC turn rate bug.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 1.0, A3D 2.0.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Unoffical audio translation from "Fargus Multimedia" avaliable here

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile (use openGL renderer), see profile introdution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
OpenGL
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Demo Addon

Incorporates demo levels seemlessly into the full version at the appropriate positions.

Steam Version

The full version of Gunman Chronicles fully ported to steam. From this Steam version you can play the demo, the full game, and deathmatch. All voice lines and such are in English. This version includes another deathmatch map that wasn't in the original Gunman Chronicles release.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, high color (16-bit)
DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  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).

References