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Revision as of 15:21, 28 October 2022
Developers | |
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Third Law Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Gathering of Developers | |
Engines | |
LithTech 1.5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 14, 2000 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 71 |
IGDB | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Themes | Fantasy, Horror |
Warnings
Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and shooter game.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Run Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child on modern systems
Use Felizpe's patch[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | The FOV Slider in the Game Options under Interface is not truly HOR+ - you gain more on the sides but also the Picture is stretched vertically. | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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 | Game logic is tied to frame rate. At over 60 fps, mouse is jerky and cutscenes are too fast cutting off characters' voice lines. At extremely high frame rates, game runs inhumanly fast.Set The monitor refresh rate on 60hz to fix |
Widescreen resolution
Run the game in widescreen resolutions[2] |
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Notes:
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or:
Use Felizpe's patch[3] |
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Note:
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0, EAX 1 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[4] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Issues unresolved
Can't uninstall the game on Windows 10
- If the game is installed in any other drive besides the main one, the uninstall information gets corrupted and it can't be uninstalled from inside the Control Panel, returning a "catastrophic failure" error message.
Issues fixed
Can't reinstall the game after the above error
Delete the corrupted files[5] |
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High FPS Issues
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Set refresh rate on 60hz[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0d 5.0f version 1.1 |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | 4.0d |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.0 compatible |
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).