Sanity: Aiken's Artifact
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| Developers | |
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| Monolith Productions | |
| Publishers | |
| Fox Interactive | |
| Engines | |
| LithTech 2.0 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 26, 2000 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Puzzle, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Warnings
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- The game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Peixoto's patch
- Gets the game running properly on Windows 10. Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\Menus, Super Sampling Anti Aliasing is also possible.
- Gets the installer running on Windows 64-bit.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\LITHTECH\autoexec.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 2] |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Vert-. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Vert-. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Vert-. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Vert-. | ||
| 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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound, Dialogue and Music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 2. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
Issues fixed
Installing on 64-bit systems
- This game comes with a 16-bit InstallShield installer, which won't work on modern systems.
| Use 32-bit installer[citation needed] |
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| Use winevdm[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 | |
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.0.0 |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 96 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | 650 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.0 compatible DirectX 7.0a compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology