Lifeforce Tenka

Lifeforce Tenka

Developers
	Psygnosis
Publishers
	Psygnosis
Release dates
Windows	January 22, 1998
Reception
IGDB	70

Key points

Released as Lifeforce Tenka in Europe and Codename: Tenka in North America.

Poor compatibility with modern systems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

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

All saves are stored in tenka.sav.

Information on how to edit the file with an hexadecimal editor can be found here.

Video

Resolution selection screen

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Up to 720p.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Alt-tabbing will cause the game to flicker and freeze on the last frame it displayed before losing focus.
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)
60 FPS		A frame rate above 30 FPS will cause the game to run too fast and render timed missions impossible to complete. See Game runs too fast.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Control settings menu

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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		Toggleable by pressing F1.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings menu

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Music, Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audio		See Background music doesn't play.

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
Copy the content of the CD in a folder. Download this generic 32-bit version of the InstallShield 3 setup engine. Extract the file in the folder along with the CD's content. Delete SETUP.EXE and rename the new file after it. 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
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

Background music doesn't play

Patch the executable with _inmm.dll

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. Copy all the .wav files from the CD to the game's root folder. Download and install _inmm.dll. Open _inmm.dll Setup On the Method tab, make sure that .wav's method is set to DirectShow. Select the _inmm.dll tab, then click Add. Go to the game's root folder and select all the .wav files. Select Save and save the .ini file in the game's root folder. Close _inmm.dll Setup. 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"

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