Mortal Kombat 4

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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat	1993
Mortal Kombat II	1994
Mortal Kombat 3	1995
Mortal Kombat Trilogy	1997
Mortal Kombat 4	1998
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection	2012
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition	2013
Mortal Kombat X	2015
Mortal Kombat 11	2019
Mortal Kombat 1	2023

Mortal Kombat 4 is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series.

The retail version's installer is 16-bit only; use winevdm to install the game.

General information

Options menu can be accessed any time by pressing F2.

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with nGlide 2.10.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 3 is available at soggi.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GT Interactive\Mortal Kombat 4\1.00^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked to 640x480 (Glide) or 320x240 (Software).^[1] See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		62 FPS lock.^[2]
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Use nGlide^{[citation needed]}

Install nGlide.
Run nGlide from the Start screen/Start menu and change the resolution and other settings.

Set aspect ratio to 4:3 for a letterboxed output or to fit to screen to stretch from 4:3.

Input

Keyboard settings.

Joystick/Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Recent DirectInput and XInput gamepads are supported. Movement and selection is limited to the left stick and XInput triggers are not supported.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and CD Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

(GOG.com Release/nGlide) Exception C0000005 at Address 625DFC33

An example of the crash on startup.

Configure nGlide to use Vulkan Backend^[3]

Ensure that nGlide is up to date. (This step is not necessary for the GOG.com release)
Navigate to <path-to-game>.
Open nglide_config.exe and change Video Backend to Vulkan.
Click Apply then Exit to save changes.

Notes

See the Khronos group website for a list of GPUs that are compatible with Vulkan.

More about the nGlide Vulkan backend and its minimum specifications can be found in the nGlide 2.00 patchnotes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
Software renderer		Resolution is limited to 320x240 in this mode.
Vulkan	1.0	Via nGlide (GOG release).

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	DirectInput

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon MP
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	256 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5 compatible

Notes

↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested using the in-game screenshot tool; external tools resulted in a black screen.
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested with RivaTuner Statistics Server in the 3DFX Glide renderer (using nGlide 2.10).
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested with the GOG release.

[HKLM-1] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[2] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested using the in-game screenshot tool; external tools resulted in a black screen.

[3] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested with RivaTuner Statistics Server in the 3DFX Glide renderer (using nGlide 2.10).

[4] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2020-03-16
Tested with the GOG release.

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Midway Games
Windows	Eurocom
Publishers
Retail	Midway Games
Digital	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	June 30, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Fighting
Series	Mortal Kombat