Difference between revisions of "Raiden III Digital Edition"

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Raiden
Raiden	1994
Raiden II	1997
Raiden III	2006
Raiden Legacy	2013
Raiden Fighters	2013
Raiden III Digital Edition	2014
Raiden IV: OverKill	2015
Raiden V: Director's Cut	2017
Raiden IV x MIKADO remix	2023
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX	2023

Key points

Includes TATE display option

Windowed mode doesn't scale video correctly; it is squished and resampled with point filtering.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)		Purchase includes a free copy of the game's soundtrack in .mp3 format, located in the installation folder.

No longer available.^[1]

Game data

General Options

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.dat^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/315670/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\hiscore.dat^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/315670/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher Video Options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		480x680 only with options to stretch or rotate the screen. Setting portrait orientation in Windows' display settings will crash the game on start-up if played on fullscreen with an error.^[2]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use dgVoodoo 2 with this patch. Minor glitches.
Field of view (FOV)		Fixed 2D overhead perspective.
Windowed		Set through the game's Config launcher.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Nvidia users can use Nvidia Inspector to force AA with info from this post.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Framerate is capped at 60 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Launcher Keymap Options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is not used at all.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See Controller support for a potential fix for XInput-based controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		Buttons are references by arcade button notations.

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

Controller support

Although this version has support for XInput-based controllers, it does not recognize input from the D-pad.

Use XInput Plus^[3]

Download and run XInput Plus.
Set the Target Program to Raiden3.exe.
Go to the Key Assign tab, then go to Left Stick and assign it to Multiple Key, then check Left Stick and DPAD.
Go to the DirectInput tab, then perform the following:
- Enable DirectInput Output from the general DirectInput section.
- In the Basic sub-tab, set LT/RT to Button 12/13 and the Guide button to Button 11.
- In the Advanced sub-tab, under the Misc. section, check Disable XInput and Override Device Name.
Click Apply to save settings and install DLLs into the installation folder. The game should be able to register XInput D-pad.

Audio

Sound Options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM, SE
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP (32 bit)	7 (64 bit)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX Series ATI Radeon 9000 Series DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8600 AMD Radeon HD3700 DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/315670/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (315670) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Raiden III leaving GOG.com on December 31st [UPDATE] - last accessed on 2023-01-05
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 2, 2018
Windowed mode in portrait orientation worked fine but it was fullscreen mode that caused a crash at start-up.
↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 2, 2018

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/315670/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (315670) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/315670/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (315670) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Raiden III leaving GOG.com on December 31st [UPDATE] - last accessed on 2023-01-05

[4] Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 2, 2018
Windowed mode in portrait orientation worked fine but it was fullscreen mode that caused a crash at start-up.

[5] Verified by User:AmethystViper on November 2, 2018

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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-==Video settings==
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-{{Video settings
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 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
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 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
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-|4k ultra hd notes          = Use [[DgVoodoo_2|dgVoodoo 2]] with [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=774157#p774157 this patch]. Minor glitches.
+|4k ultra hd notes          = Use [[dgVoodoo 2]] with [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=774157#p774157 this patch]. Minor glitches.
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-|antialiasing notes         = Nvidia users can use [http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=5183388 Nvidia Inspector] to force AA with info from [http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5232271&postcount=3380 this post].
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 |vsync notes                =
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-==Input settings==
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 |key remap notes           =
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-==Audio settings==
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-{{Audio settings
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 |recCPU   = Intel Core i3
 |recRAM   = 4 GB
-|recHD    = 700 MB
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 |recGPU2  = AMD Radeon HD3700

Developers

	MOSS
Publishers
	H2 Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 24, 2014
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Raiden