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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Paranoia }}
 
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'''Key points'''
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{{++}} The game was originally distributed as [[Half-Life]] mod. And it is generally unplayable with modern version of HL. Fortunately, later it was re-released as standalone game based on [https://www.moddb.com/engines/xash3d-engine Xash3D Engine]. This version is called TGE (The Game Edition) and works as intended.
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'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [https://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia Mod DB page]
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{{mm}} [http://paranoia.level-design.ru/ Official site (outdated)]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Developer | http://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia/downloads/paranoia-the-game-edition-v122-ruen | DRM-free | The Game Edition |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Developer | https://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia/downloads/paranoia-the-game-edition-v122-ruen | DRM-free | The Game Edition |  | Windows }}
 
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{P|game}}\paranoia\config.cfg}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\paranoia\config.cfg}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{P|game}}\paranoia\save}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|game}}\paranoia\save}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
 
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
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|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen notes        =
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
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|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
|touchscreen               = unknown
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|xinput controllers        = unknown
|touchscreen notes        =  
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|xinput controllers notes  =
|button prompts           = unknown
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|xbox prompts              = unknown
|button prompts notes     =  
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|xbox prompts notes        =
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|impulse triggers          = unknown
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|impulse triggers notes    =
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|dualshock 4               = unknown
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|dualshock 4 notes        =
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|dualshock prompts        = unknown
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|dualshock prompts notes  =
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support notes  =
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|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
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|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
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|tracked motion controllers= unknown
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|tracked motion controllers notes =
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
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|tracked motion prompts notes =
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|other controllers         = unknown
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|other controllers notes  =  
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|other button prompts     = unknown
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|other button prompts notes=  
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
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|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api notes    =  
 
|steam input api notes    =  
|light bar support        = unknown
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|steam input presets      = unknown
|light bar support notes   =  
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|steam input presets notes =
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|steam controller prompts  = unknown
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|steam controller prompts notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Sound/Music/Suit
 
|separate volume notes    = Sound/Music/Suit
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|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
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|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|mute on focus lost      = true
 
|mute on focus lost      = true
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    = no
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  |audio    = false
  |subtitles = yes
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  |subtitles = true
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = Russian
 
  |language  = Russian
  |interface = yes
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  |interface = true
  |audio    = yes
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  |audio    = true
  |subtitles = yes
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  |subtitles = true
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
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}}
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==Issues fixed==
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===Game crashes or becomes unresponsive===
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{{Fixbox|description=Update FMOD library|fix=
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# Game is distributed with FMOD v3.71, you should update it to v3.75.
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# FMOD library resides here: <code>{{p|game}}\paranoia\cl_dlls\fmod.dll</code>.
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# Get updated FMOD dll elsewhere and just copy it to aforementioned path.
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'''Notes'''
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{{ii}} Updated FMOD dll is included with [https://www.moddb.com/mods/paranoia/downloads/paranoia-the-game-edition-customfan-patch-v123 fan patch]. If you just want to update FMOD library, you don't have to install the whole patch: download archive, open it and here you have your updated FMOD dll - <code>Paranoia_the_game_custom_patch_v1.2.6_lanif\paranoia\cl_dlls\fmod.dll</code>.
 
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|metal support          =  
 
|metal support          =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
 
|metal support notes    =  
|vulkan support        =  
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|vulkan versions        =  
|vulkan support notes   =  
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|vulkan notes           =  
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes              =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|dos modes notes        =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|64-bit executable     = false
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|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|64-bit executable notes=  
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|linux executable notes =  
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
|minOS    =  
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|minOS    = 98
|minCPU  =  
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|minCPU  = 1 GHz
|minRAM  =  
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|minRAM  = 64 Mb
 
|minHD    =  
 
|minHD    =  
|minGPU  =  
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|minGPU  = 3D accelerator (32 Mb) with OpenGL mode support
  
|recOS    =  
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|recOS    = XP
|recCPU  =  
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|recCPU  = 2 GHz
|recRAM  =  
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|recRAM  = 512 Mb
 
|recHD    =  
 
|recHD    =  
|recGPU  =  
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|recGPU  = 3D accelerator (128 Mb) with OpenGL mode support
 
}}
 
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Latest revision as of 03:49, 11 November 2022

Paranoia
Paranoia cover
Developers
PARANOIA TEAM
Release dates
Windows December 3, 2007
Taxonomy
Series Paranoia
Paranoia
Paranoia 2007
Paranoia 2: Savior 2015

Key points

The game was originally distributed as Half-Life mod. And it is generally unplayable with modern version of HL. Fortunately, later it was re-released as standalone game based on Xash3D Engine. This version is called TGE (The Game Edition) and works as intended.

General information

Mod DB page
Official site (outdated)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
The Game Edition
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit StartupVids.txt[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\paranoia\media\
  2. Edit StartupVids.txt.
  3. Comment first two lines.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\paranoia\config.cfg[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\paranoia\save[Note 1]

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound/Music/Suit
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Game crashes or becomes unresponsive

Update FMOD library
  1. Game is distributed with FMOD v3.71, you should update it to v3.75.
  2. FMOD library resides here: <path-to-game>\paranoia\cl_dlls\fmod.dll.
  3. Get updated FMOD dll elsewhere and just copy it to aforementioned path.

Notes

Updated FMOD dll is included with fan patch. If you just want to update FMOD library, you don't have to install the whole patch: download archive, open it and here you have your updated FMOD dll - Paranoia_the_game_custom_patch_v1.2.6_lanif\paranoia\cl_dlls\fmod.dll.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 64 Mb
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 3D accelerator (32 Mb) with OpenGL mode support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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