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Revision as of 13:23, 30 November 2018

Lifeforce Tenka
Lifeforce Tenka cover
Developers
Psygnosis
Publishers
Psygnosis
Release dates
Windows January 22, 1998
Lifeforce Tenka on Wikipedia
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Key points

Released as Lifeforce Tenka in Europe and Codename: Tenka in the USA.
Poor compatibility with modern systems.

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Psygnosis\Tenka\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save\tenka.sav[Note 1]
All saves are stored in tenka.sav.

Video settings

Resolution selection screen
Resolution selection screen

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Control settings menu
Control settings menu

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings menu
Audio settings menu

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Installer won't run on 64-bit operating systems

Use a 32-bit executable[1][2]
  1. Copy the content of the CD in a folder.
  2. Download this generic 32-bit version of the InstallShield 3 setup engine.
  3. Extract the file in the folder along with the CD's content.
  4. Delete SETUP.EXE and rename the new file after it.
  5. Proceed to install the game with the new executable file.
The folder may be safely deleted after the installation is complete.

Game runs too fast

Cap the frame rate at 30 FPS[2]
If using RivaTuner Statistics Server, detection level needs to be set to Medium.

Mouse controls are nearly unresponsive

Decrease mouse polling rate to 125 Hz[2]

Background music doesn't play

Patch the executable with _inmm.dll[2]
Applying this fix breaks control over music volume. It is recommended to increase sound effects and speech volume then lowering the overall game volume instead to get a decent mix as the music volume is very loud by default.
  1. Copy all the .wav files from the CD to the game's root folder.
  2. Download and install _inmm.dll.
  3. Open _inmm.dll Setup
  4. On the Method tab, make sure that .wav's method is set to DirectShow.
  5. Select the _inmm.dll tab, then click Add.
  6. Go to the game's root folder and select all the .wav files.
  7. Select Save and save the .ini file in the game's root folder. Close _inmm.dll Setup.
  8. Drag and drop tenka.exe onto _inmmcnf.exe. Select OK on the prompt asking to confirm the patching process.

Cutscenes don't play

Set Windows compatibility mode on "Windows 95"[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 100 Intel Pentium 166
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
1 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ Installing 32-bit programs with 16-bit setup launcher stubs - ReactOS Website - last accessed on November 18, 2018
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Verified by User:Azatoth on November 29, 2018