Mafia
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Developers | |
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Illusion Softworks | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Gathering of Developers |
Digital | 2K Games |
Engines | |
LS3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 28, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 88 |
IGDB | 63 |
Mafia | |
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Mafia | 2002 |
Mafia II | 2010 |
Mafia III | 2016 |
Mafia II: Definitive Edition | 2020 |
Mafia: Definitive Edition | 2020 |
Key points
- The game may fail to start or load settings correctly on modern systems; use Mafia Widescreen Fix as a workaround.
- Licensed music tracks have been removed from the digital versions.[1] See Restore original music (digital versions).
General information
- Mafia Wiki for the series
- MafiaScene.com - Game fan site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo version is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.3 updates the game to the latest version. Some sources list this patch as version 1.2.
Skip intro videos
Delete logos[citation needed] |
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Increase draw distance
Increase the draw distance via the widescreen patch[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Illusion Softworks\Mafia\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40990/pfx/[Note 3] |
- Stored as binary
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 4] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40990/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Vert- on digital distribution version. HUD is stretched. Use Mafia Widescreen Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Mafia Widescreen Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Native Hor+ support on digital distribution version (strange because 16:9 is Vert-). HUD is correct but FMVs are 4:3 and aligned on left of screen. Use Mafia Widescreen Fix to correct. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Vert- on digital distribution version. HUD is stretched. Use Mafia Widescreen Fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Mafia Widescreen Fix. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x or 4x FSAA. MSAA can be forced in the graphics card control panel. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On/Off; Triple Buffering On/Off | ||
60 FPS | Frame rate is capped at 63 FPS. | ||
120+ FPS | Use Mafia Widescreen Fix and set desired FPS Limit in Mafia.WidescreenFix.ini . |
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 | Deadzone issues on XInput controllers;[4] use Mafia Widescreen Fix to fix deadzones. | |
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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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
- The game has refined Force Feedback support (options presented on screenshots).
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound effects, Music, Vehicles, Voiceover | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | Option to turn it on/off its located in "control" settings in "other" menu. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 3.0[5] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Game doesn't start/Settings aren't saved
Use Mafia Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Flickering shadows
Use Mafia Widescreen Fix[8] |
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Controller deadzone issues
Use Mafia Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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No fullscreen mode on Windows 10
Use Mafia Widescreen Fix[citation needed] |
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Free Ride Extreme frame rate bugs
- The Exploding Celeste and Bridge Bombing Zeppelin missions have a bug that makes completion difficult when playing at a frame rate above 15-20 FPS.[9]
Limit frame rate to 15-20 FPS[10] |
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Game crashes on startup (GOG.com)
Set Fullscene antialiasing to "OFF" in setup.exe [citation needed]
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Restore original music (digital versions)
- Licensed music tracks have been removed from the digital versions.[1]
Restore original music (simple install)[11] |
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Restore original music (manual install)[11] |
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Notes
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Red blocks/black lines on screen
Change rendering method[12] |
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Error 4205 Generic
Download the freeware Indeo codec[13] |
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Input your actual screen resolution and refresh rate in the Setup launcher[14] |
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Set Fullscene antialiasing to "OFF" in setup.exe [citation needed]
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Error 4214 Unsupported
Install DirectPlay[15] |
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Copy SysWOW64\dpnhpast.dll to <path-to-game>\dpnhpast.dll [citation needed]
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Error 8815 Generic
Input your actual screen resolution and refresh rate in the Setup launcher[16] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5p |
Modifications
- Mafia Water Shader Mod (updated) - Makes water reflect and refract on the city; there is also a simplified Fresnel effect.
- Xbox Rain Droplets - Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX.
- Footpath & Road Mod - Changes roads, sidewalks and parking textures to be better and more realistic. Requires MafiaDataXtractor to extract
maps
folder to Mafia folder.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz | Intel Pentium III 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40990/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Release: Mafia - GOG.com
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Mafia 1 Xbox 360 controller issues? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ EAX Featured Game: Mafia - EAX.CREATIVE.COM
- ↑ mafia update · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack@0a25bf9
- ↑ can't start game - gfx settings menu keeps coming up for non-English versions - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Shadow Flickering Problems - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Exploding Celeste | Mafia Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
- ↑ Talk:Exploding Celeste | Mafia Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 [Tutorial] How to restore the original music - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Weird lines/colors - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Mafia hlasi chybu - notebooky-forum.notebook.cz
- ↑ Mafia Error: Init error error: #4205 Generic... - ForumPlanet (retrieved)
- ↑ Error: #4214 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ error : #8815 Generic - Forum Bar Mafieuso