Requiem: Avenging Angel

Requiem: Avenging Angel

Developers
	Cyclone Studios
Publishers
Retail (North America)	3DO
Retail (Europe)	Ubisoft
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Digital (2016-2020)	Retroism
Digital (2020-present)	Ziggurat Interactive
Engines
	Emotive Animation Technology (EAT)
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk, Sci-fi, Supernatural

Requiem: Avenging Angel is a first-person shooter set in an alternate future where the player has to use a combination of guns and angelic powers to defeat the forces of hell. It was the first videogame to ever feature a bullet time mechanic which allows the use of slow-motion to dodge bullets and outplay enemies. The majority of the game takes place in a futuristic version of earth covered by megacities, while locations also include the chaos realm (a version of purgatory) and spaceships. The game features both a singleplayer campaign and multiplayer.

The retail version requires exactly DirectX 6.1 to run and won't run on newer versions. Patch 1.3 removes this limitation and adds compatibility for up to DirectX 8, but the game still has issues with running on modern systems. The GOG.com and Steam versions have been modified to work on modern OSes.

Some players experience bugs when using Direct3D as rendering method as opposed to 3dfx, like certain doors not opening.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Manual

3DO site (archived)

Ubisoft site (archived)

Prima Strategy Guide walkthrough

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.
GOG.com		Unavailable in Germany.
Green Man Gaming
Steam
Humble Store (unavailable)

A free demo version is available at Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

• The latest official patch 1.3 (3dfx Glide, Direct3D, software) is available at Patches-Scrolls and at soggi.org. It requires the 1.2 patch, also available from Patches-Scrolls.
• The unpacked version of patch 1.3 for troubleshooting is available here.
• Digital releases are already patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493310/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Gamers\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493310/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Set inside the game for Direct3D, or with nglide_config.exe for Glide (3dfx). All widescreen is stretched.
Multi-monitor		Mouse cursor not captured. Try this or this.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the Instructions for other aspect ratios section of the FOV fix to change either horizontal or vertical FOV.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default on D3D and 3DFX modes.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		In 3DFX Glide mode, framerate is locked to 60 FPS. D3D is capped to refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

The 3DFX graphics configuration allows toggling windowed mode with Alt+↵ Enter. This will likely open the in-game console input and prevent movement, press ↵ Enter to close this input.

Use D3DWindower[citation needed]

Install the official 1.3 patch. Install and run D3DWindower. Add the D3D.exe file to the list. Select the newly added file in D3DWindower and open the configuration box. Browse for the hook DLL; use D3dHook.dll which comes with the program. Set the resolution and check the "Use windowed mode" box. Run the game from within the D3DWindower. The credits videos and intro should play and the game menu should appear. The game menu will be stuck in 640x480 resolution and will not stretch within the D3DWindower box but it should be operable. Fortunately, the game itself will stretch to fill out the entire window. Set the resolution in the game menu to the one specified in D3DWindower. This part may be tricky as the game will be off at registering the mouse clicks. Try moving the mouse pointer around or even click outside the window to change focus.

Use wndmode[citation needed]
Install the official 1.3 patch. Unpack wndmode into the installation folder. It's a heavily modified version of D3DWindower. In wndmode.ini, set UseCursorClip to 1 and Border to 0. This will lock cursor inside game window and disable window border. Install nGlide. nGlide is optional, but 3dfx render has less graphics bugs (comparison: 3dfx vs d3d). Play the game via 3DFX.exe or D3D.exe.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Hold the jump key to climb ladders up, and the crouch key to descend.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Dialog, Music.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0, A3D 1.0, DirectSound3D & RSX 3D.
Royalty free audio

DSOAL requires boost=-6 in alsoft.ini to match hardware reverb levels.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail and digital; download for Retail, GOG & STEAM.
Italian				Retail only
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only, download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus
Online play		8	Versus The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down.

Issues fixed

No music in 3DFX

Rename executable
Go the the game directory. Rename the D3D.exe to something else, like D3D.exe.backup. Make a copy of 3DFX.exe and rename it to D3D.exe, then use this one to start the game.

Startup error: "Not enough memory"

Deactivate overlays and third-party tools
Deactivate all third-party tools like Rivatuner Statistics Server (RTSS), MSI Afterburner, GPU overlays (in GeForce Experience / AMD Gaming Evolved) etc. before launching the game.

Disable fullscreen optimizations
Right click 3DFX.exe, go to Properties, Compability tab and check "Disable fullscreen optimizations".

Startup error: "Network problem: Could not connect"

Install DirectPlay

Startup problem: black screen/infinite loading

Run the game as administrator
Right click 3DFX.exe, go to Properties, Compability tab and check "Run this program as an administrator".

Running the disc version on modern systems

These steps are not necessary for the Steam and GOG versions, which already run out of the box.

Use dgVoodoo 2
Install the official 1.3 patch. To make the game work properly with dgVoodoo 2, apply narzoul's DDraw COM Redirection fix. Download dgVoodoo 2. From dgVoodoo 2's extracted archive, copy DDraw.dll and D3Dimm.dll from /MS/x86/ to <path-to-game>. Notes Might cause open windows to be resized after launching the game.

Use D3DWindower[citation needed]

Install the official 1.3 patch. Install and run D3DWindower. Add D3D.exe to the list. Select the newly added file in D3DWindower and open the configuration box. Browse for the hook DLL; use D3dHook.dll which comes with the program. Set the resolution and check the "Use windowed mode" box. Run the game from within the D3DWindower. The credits videos and intro should play and the game menu should appear. The game menu will be stuck in 640x480 resolution and will not stretch within the D3DWindower box but it should be operable. Fortunately, the game itself will stretch to fill out the entire window. Set the resolution in the game menu to the one specified in D3DWindower. This part may be tricky as the game will be off at registering the mouse clicks. Try moving the mouse pointer around or even click outside the window to change focus.

Impossible to select leftmost angelic powers with the mouse pointer

Occurs when running the game with D3DWindower. No problem on GOG and Steam versions.

The game allows to bring up a menu where angelic powers can be selected with the mouse pointer. D3DWindower will break immediately when mouse pointer is brought up by the game and the window will most likely lose the focus when a click is performed. This occurs when mouse pointer is positioned at the left part of the screen. This makes certain angelic powers unselectable through mouse pointer.

Reduce Windows screen resolution to fit the resolution of D3DWindower box

Simply use in-game key bindings to scroll through powers instead (unfortunately this isn't as efficient as selecting them by mouse)

Mouse movement inconsistent

Use dinputto8
Download and extract dinput.dll to <path-to-game>. Notes It also disables mouse acceleration.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Input	DirectInput
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	MPlayer.com

Miscellaneous

The level editor called ReqEd ("Requiem Level Editor") was appearently planned for public release, but the company went bankrupt beforehand. A planned sequel was also cancelled.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	116 MB	275 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	4 MB of VRAM