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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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StarForce 3.3.36.01 DRM[Note 1] |
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Steam |
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Updated version with full XInput controller support and compatibility fixes. |
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GOG.com (unavailable) |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Use D3D8 Wrapper[citation needed]
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- Download D3D8 Wrapper.
- Copy the contents to
<path-to-game> .
- Open
d3d8.ini .
- Set
ForceWindowedMode to 1 .
Notes
- Doesn't work with the Steam version.[4]
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Use DxWrapper[5]
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- Download DxWrapper.
- Extract from the ZIP file to
<path-to-game> :
d3d9.dll from the Stub folder.
dxwrapper.dll and dxwrapper.ini from the root ZIP file.
- Open
dxwrapper.ini :
- Set
EnableD3d9Wrapper to 1 .
- Set
EnableWindowMode to 1 .
Notes
- Works with the Steam version.
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Input
- In the retail and GOG.com versions, all controller buttons must be assigned manually. Also requires a fix for XInput controllers.
Use XInput Plus[citation needed]
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- Download and run XInput Plus.
- Set the Target Program to
Obscure.exe .
- Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output.
- Assign LT/RT to
Button11/12 .
- Assign DPAD to
Button 13-16 .
- Click on Customize and change the following options:
- Set Right Stick-X to
Slider1 .
- Set Right Stick-Y to
Slider2 .
- Click Apply and DLL files will be added to the installation folder.
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Fan translation for Steam and GOG.com versions; download. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation for Steam version; download. |
Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Vsync does not work on Windows 10
Use d3d8to9
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- Download d3d8to9.
- Copy
d3d8.dll to the game directory.
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Camera issues at very high frame rate
- This occurs because camera motion is related to frame rate. Unfortunately, internal Vsync does not work on Windows 10.
Use d3d8to9[citation needed]
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- Download d3d8to9.
- Copy
d3d8.dll to the game directory.
- Set the refresh rate to 60Hz.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, Me, 2000, XP |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
| Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
384 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 2 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1b compatible
| 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX 8.1b compatible | |
Other |
8X CD-ROM/DVD-ROM |
24X CD-ROM/DVD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References