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MorphX

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MorphX
MorphX cover
Developers
Targem Games
Publishers
Russia (Original, Retail) Buka Entertainment
Europe (Localization, Digital) 505 Games
Release dates
Windows October 23, 2008
MorphX on MobyGames
MorphX on Wikipedia

Key points

PC version had a physical release only in Russia. while the localized version (MorphX) had a limited digital release, potentially Europe only.
Also known as "The Swarm" and "Симбионт", literally "Symbiont".
Original Russian version lacks controller support.[1]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
Official website (unavailable)
Requires online activation
TAGES v5.5.3.7 DRM.
Windows
Demo is available here.
This game is no longer available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\config.cfg[Note 1]
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Swarm\user_config.cfg

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Swarm\Saves

Video

Field of view (FOV)

Edit user_config.cfg
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Swarm\user_config.cfg with a text editor:
  2. Find seta cam_fovInit "80.000000" and change 80.000000 to the desired FOV.
  3. Save the changes.

Windowed

Edit user_config.cfg
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Swarm\user_config.cfg with a text editor:
  2. Find seta r_fullscreen "1" and change "1" to "0".
  3. Save the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Strong mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, and Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Official translation, digital release only.
English
Unofficial fan translation.
French
Digital release only.
German
Digital release only.
Italian
Digital release only.
Russian
Russian retail version.
Spanish
Digital release only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 2.0, 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Service Pack 2, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.5GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
768 MB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible with Shader Model 2.0 support
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 compatible sound card
Other DVD-ROM


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. Verified by User:Fudgesiclesxd on 2022-03-23
    xinput1_3.dll files existed in the install directory of that version, possibly the controller support being dummied out.