Risen
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Developers | |
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Piranha Bytes | |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 2, 2009 |
Risen | |
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Risen | 2009 |
Risen 2: Dark Waters | 2012 |
Risen 3: Titan Lords | 2014 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES Solidshield DRM disc check; use Patch 1.11 Final to remove. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Not available in Australia and New Zealand.[1] |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.11 Final fixes various issues and removes copy protection.
- The Risen Unofficial patch fixes a number of minor issues with gameplay, localisation, quests and dialog that were not addressed in the official patches. Works on official patch versions 1.10 and 1.11.
Skip intro videos
Remove intro videos from playlist[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\ConfigUser.xml <path-to-game>\data\ini\ConfigDefault.xml[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
ConfigUser.xml
overridesConfigDefault.xml
; make changes inConfigUser.xml
unless otherwise noted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Risen\SaveGames %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\achievements.bin |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- Aspect ratio is fully correct for 16:9 only. 16:10 resolutions are listed in-game but have some UI elements slightly squashed.
Fix aspect ratio[2] |
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Notes
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Windowed
Enable windowed mode in config file[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Mouse sensitivity
Change sensitivity in config file[citation needed] |
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail release. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it. | |||
Russian | Available here. |
Issues fixed
"The program cannot start because PhysXLoader.dll is missing from your computer" error at launch
Install PhysX[citation needed] |
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Install the NVIDIA PhysX System Software. |
"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error at launch
Install Visual C++ 2005 (x86)[3] |
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Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86). The above link appears to be broken now, try this link instead (restart computer after installing to take effect): Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | FMOD | 4.24.0 |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8i |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7900 ATI Radeon HD 1800 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2900 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/40300/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.