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Pariah

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Pariah
Pariah cover
Developers
Digital Extremes
Publishers
Groove Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows May 3, 2005
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Warnings

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

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
The game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.03 updates the game to the latest version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Edit Pariah.ini[citation needed]
1. Go to <path-to-game>\System\
2. Open Pariah.ini.
3. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section.
4. There are 6 lines in there:
WindowedViewportX=800
WindowedViewportY=600
FullscreenViewportX=1024
FullscreenViewportY=768
MenuViewportX=640
MenuViewportY=480
5. Edit these lines, entering values for desired resolution.
6. Save the changes.

Notes

Changing options in game, will revert the changes.
Some elements of HUD may be stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Use a command console[citation needed]
  1. Start a game and load a map.
  2. Open a console by pressing ~.
  3. Type in FOV X, where X is your horizontal FOV value (e.g. FOV 110).

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit Pariah.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\System\
  2. Open Pariah.ini.
  3. Go to the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section.
  4. In it find a line LevelOfAnisotropy=1 and change the number of anisotropic samples.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Third-party software[citation needed]
  1. Launch the game and go to the "Performance" menu.
  2. Set "Disable Post Render FX" to Yes.
  3. Use third-party software (such as your GPU's control panel) to enable anti-aliasing.

Notes

By setting "Disable Post Render FX" to "Yes", the bloom and motion blur effects in the game will be disabled.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Flashing screen glitch when running on modern hardware

This is caused by setting Visual Effects to maximum value and whenever something explodes in-game.
Instructions[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\System\
  2. Open Pariah.ini
  3. Add HasNVidiaTexM32Tex=1 line to the secton [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] or if it's already present set it to 1

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III
AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]

References