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Mega Man X	1995
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection	2018
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Mega Man X4^{[Note 1]} is a singleplayer side view scrolling platform game developed by Capcom. It is the fourth main entry in the Mega Man X series.

Originally released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn on August 1, 1997, it was ported to PC by Capcom and released on December 3, 1998, published by MediaKite in Japan, Capcom Entertainment in North America, Virgin Interactive in Europe and AcerTWP in Taiwan.

FMV playback in the game requires the Indeo 5 codec, with alternative codec replacement available for modern operating systems. The game's installer was written for a 16-bit system and doesn't run on a modern OS, requiring workarounds such as running 32-bit InstallShield 3 software to install the game (which doesn't create desktop or start menu shortcuts for the game). The game's framerate is capped at 59 FPS.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

A port of this game based off the PlayStation version was re-released as part of Mega Man X Legacy Collection.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CAPCOM\MEGA MAN X4

Save game data location

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

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Not possible to due to the low resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 59 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard remapping.

Controller remapping.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Function keys are used for video settings, and to soft reset/exit the game.
Controller remapping		Only buttons 1-8 (referred as Buttons A-H in-game) are remappable, while buttons 9 and 10 are hard-coded as "Start" and "Select" respectively.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Uses DirectInput. See Controller support to use XInput controllers.

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Controller support

A fix is required for the game to recognize XInput D-pad and analog triggers when assigning controls.

Use XInput Plus^[1]

Download and run XInput Plus.
Set the Target Program to MMX4.exe.
Go to the KeyAssign tab, click the Left Stick drop-down menu, set it to Multiple Key, then check Left Stick and DPAD.
Go to the DirectInput tab, then check Enable DirectInput Output.
Click Customize, then assign the following buttons:
- Left and Right Triggers as Button 7/8, respectively.
- Back/View and Start/Menu buttons as Button 10/9, respectively for proper in-game Start and Select placements.
- Left and Right Stick buttons as Button 11/12, respectively.
- And the Guide button as Button 13
(Optional) Go to the Settings tab, go to Other, and uncheck Enable Init Beep to disable the start-up sound when launching the game.
Click Apply to save settings and install DLLs into the installation folder.
Launch the game and configure your controller from the in-game Button Config settings from the Options menu.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Replacing voice file of 8 Maverick bosses with the same files in Japanese PC version can (partially) restore Japanese voice acting of 8 Maverick bosses.
Japanese				There exists a strange variation uses Japanese logo at title screen, but the scripts and voiceover are in English (presumably released in Taiwan). Japanese vocal Opening/Ending themes from Playstation version is missing; the game uses International Opening/Ending themes instead.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
DirectDraw	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM)	24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	46 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5 compatible

Notes

↑ Known as Rockman X4 (Japanese: ロックマンX4) in Japan.
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-11-17

[Note-1] Known as Rockman X4 (Japanese: ロックマンX4) in Japan.

[gamedir-2] 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).

[3] Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-11-17

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Capcom
Publishers
North America	Capcom
Europe	Virgin Interactive
Japan	MediaKite
Taiwan	AcerTWP
Release dates
Windows	December 3, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Platform
Vehicles	Hovercraft, Robot
Art styles	Anime, Pixel art
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Mega Man X