Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Developers

	Mithis Entertainment
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
	HD Publishing
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2004

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 3.3 Save game cloud syncing 4 Video settings 4.1 Widescreen resolution 4.2 Field of view (FOV) 4.3 Windowed 5 Input settings 6 Audio settings 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 8 Other information 8.1 API 8.2 Middleware 9 System requirements 10 Notes 11 References

Key points

The GOG.com and Steam versions have been updated with support for higher resolutions, improved multiplayer, and better compatibility with modern systems.^[1]^[2]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4 DRM^{[Note 1]}.

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

The v1.01 Patch updates the retail release to the latest version. The GOG.com and Steam versions are already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mithis\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident^{[Note 2]} %APPDATA%\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6420/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

The retail version uses the registry while the GOG.com and Steam versions use the %APPDATA% location.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 4]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6420/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

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These steps are for the retail version; the GOG.com and Steam versions have native support (use the Desktop or other resolution choice in-game, or set in %APPDATA%\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident\Display.ini)

Change settings in registry^{[citation needed]}
Change the resolution once in the Game's Options Menu. Go to `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mithis\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident` Change `Display_Height` and `Display_Width` to your resolution in Decimal mode (e.g. for 1920x1080 set `Display_Height` to `1080` and `Display_Width` to `1920`). Test your settings. Notes For windowed mode, change `Display_Mode` value to `2` in decimal mode. For multi-monitor resolutions set `Display_Width` to the single-display width (not the width of the group) and set `Display_TripleHead` to `1` to fix most UI issues.^[5]

Change settings in registry^{[citation needed]}

Change the resolution once in the Game's Options Menu.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mithis\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Change Display_Height and Display_Width to your resolution in Decimal mode (e.g. for 1920x1080 set Display_Height to 1080 and Display_Width to 1920).
Test your settings.

Notes

For windowed mode, change Display_Mode value to 2 in decimal mode.

For multi-monitor resolutions set Display_Width to the single-display width (not the width of the group) and set Display_TripleHead to 1 to fix most UI issues.^[5]

Field of view (FOV)

Edit rendering.ini^{[citation needed]}
Extract `nexus_00.dat` using daTool if you haven't already. Go to `universe\engine` in the installation folder. Edit `rendering.ini` Change the `FOV` value accordingly. Try `FOV 90 45 46.826` for 16:9 resolutions or `FOV 80 45 46.826` for 16:10 resolutions. There are some display issues with briefings and in-game titles, but everything else works as expected.

Edit rendering.ini^{[citation needed]}

Extract nexus_00.dat using daTool if you haven't already.
Go to universe\engine in the installation folder.
Edit rendering.ini
Change the FOV value accordingly.

Try FOV 90 45 46.826 for 16:9 resolutions or FOV 80 45 46.826 for 16:10 resolutions.

There are some display issues with briefings and in-game titles, but everything else works as expected.

Windowed

These steps are for the GOG/Steam version.

Set game to windowed mode^[6]
Add parameter `/win` to the game shortcut. Start the game from the `mod_tools.exe` file and select `NEXUS windowed`. This can be found in `<path-to-game>\mod_tools` folder.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Hungarian
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9	The GOG.com and Steam versions do not include Direct3D 8 support.^[1]^[2]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Ogg Vorbis
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] 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.^[4]
↑ 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>/6420/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6420) 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).