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Kill Switch

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Developers
Namco
Publishers
Hip Interactive
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows March 3, 2004
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Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3.3.33.08 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 2]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Edit settings.cfg
  1. Go to <path-to-game>
  2. Open settings.cfg.
  3. Set width and height under [display] to the desired values.
Results in stretching.
If using DxWnd ensure to set the same resolution there.

Windowed

Use DxWnd
  1. Open DxWnd.
  2. Drag Kill.Switch.dxw from exports folder into DxWnd.
  3. Right click and select Modify.
  4. Under Path select KILLSWITCH.EXE from <path-to-game>.
  5. In Main tab check Run in Window and set position to Desktop center.
Setting "windowed" line to "1" in settings.cfg works but the mouse is not locked to the window.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or above
AMD Athlon 900 MHz or above		 Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, 1.5 GHz or higher
System memory (RAM) 64 MB RAM (98 and ME)
128 MB RAM (2000 and XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 7500, 8500, 9000 series or better
nVidia GeForce 2, 3, 4, FX series or better
Matrox, Parhelia, or Intel Extreme 845 or better 		Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 9000 series
64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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