Robots

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Robots

Developers
	Eurocom
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	EngineX
Release dates
Windows	March 7, 2005
Reception
IGDB	50

Key points

Gameplay is capped at 30fps, while the GameCube and Xbox version runs at 60fps. Can be hacked.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM v5 Copy Protection on Disc 1

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Robots\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Robots\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Main menu is 60 fps. 30 fps in-game. See 60 FPS.
120+ FPS		Elements of the game are tied to framerate. Going above 60 might lead to issues. See 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Modify the game executable for wider screen support
Open Robots.exe with a hex-editor. Search for the hex value of 000466C74002000333D28A9178404300 and replace the 0004 with the desired width and the 0003 with the desired height in hex (using the related WSGF table as a reference). Save the file and start the game. Make sure the resolution is set to 1024x768 in the video settings.

60 FPS

Modify the game executable
Open Robots.exe with a hex-editor. Search for the hex value of A3200062008986F40200 and replace it with A3900062008986F40200. Search for the hex value of D1E88BC852A320006200 and replace it with C1E8009052A320006200. Save the file. Might cause gameplay anomalies, specifically with this method (i.e: trucks not moving in first level).

Use the Robots PC FPS Trainer
Download the Robots PC FPS Trainer here. Automatically applies the 60 fps patch if the game is running.

Use Cheat Engine

Launch the game. Open Cheat Engine. Open Robots.exe in Cheat Engine. Click on "Add Address Manually". Add "0047289E". Right click the address in the list and select "Disassemble this memory region". In memory viewer, right click the selected address and select "Replace with code that does nothing". Close the memory viewer window. Click on "Add Address Manually" again. Add "Robots.exe+220020". Select the address in the list and double click the value. Change it to 60 (you can go higher but it might lead to undesirable effects in-game). Perfectly stable.

Input

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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Disabling subtitles may prevent some in-game instructions from showing.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Video V-Sync Off

Screen tearing apparent in videos throughout the game. Intros also suffer from this issue.

Issues fixed

White screen at launch

Use compatibility mode
Go to the game directory. Right-click "Robots.exe". Go to "Compatibility". Check "Disable fullscreen optimizations".

FMVs Show Black Screen in Windows 7

Use compatibility mode
Go to the game directory. Right-click "Robots.exe". Go to "Compatibility". Check "Disable desktop composition".

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98/2000/ME/XP	XP
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor	1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon 3D video card 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon 3D video card 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible