Difference between revisions of "Screamer 4x4"

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Screamer
Screamer	1995
Screamer 2	1996
Screamer Rally	1997
Screamer 4x4	2000

Screamer 4x4 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game in the Screamer series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
ZOOM Platform

A demo is available here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saved^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen Patch.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen Patch.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen Patch.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen Patch.
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)		For OpenGL, force from the graphics driver's control panel. For Direct3D, force from control panel or dgVoodoo2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		For OpenGL, force from the graphics driver's control panel. For Direct3D, force from control panel or dgVoodoo2. For Glide, force from dgVoodoo2 or graphics driver control panel using nGlide.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		At high fps (+170fps aprox) the menu animations speed up and there is probably a physics problem in the game.Set refresh rate on 60hz to fix
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Controls settings.

Input

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

Game and audio settings.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	4
Online play	4	The official multiplayer service was shut down.

Issues fixed

Game freezes during loading / runs too fast(D3D Rendering)

Set core affinity to a single core^{[citation needed]}

Select Glide or OpenGL rendering in the launcher^{[citation needed]}

Notes

In order to run a game using Glide, you're going to need Glide wrapper. See nGlide.

Crash on Startup

Analyse wait chain

Open Task Manager.
Find Screamer4x4_gl.exe or Screamer4x4_glide.exe or Screamer4x4_d3d.exe on the list and expand it.
Right-click on every child object that belongs to the process and click on "Go to details".
In the Details tab, right-click on the highlighted element and click on "Analyse Wait Chain".
If there are elements on the list, select them and kill the process.

Notes:

Most common programs causing issues are logitechg_discord.exe (Discord applet for Logitech Gaming Software),Setpoint.exe (program of Logitech) and nvcontainer.exe (part of Nvidia Experience).

If you do not want to do this process every time you start the game, you must simply deactivate the conflicting process or uninstall the program from the conflicting process.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
OpenGL
Glide	3.10

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM	16 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).

References

[gamedir-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).

[Note 1]

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-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Virgin Interactive}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Virgin Interactive|Original}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Mastertronic|Current}}
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 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|December 4, 2000}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Third-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Racing }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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 |steam appid  =
 |gogcom id    = 1207664523
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+|lutris       = screamer-4x4
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = screamer-4x4
+|mobygames    = 2836
 |wikipedia    = Screamer 4x4
 |winehq       = 1269
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 37: / Line 45: @@
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | screamer_4x4 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Zoom Platform | screamer-4x4 | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 }}
 {{ii}} A demo is available [https://downloads.ag.ru/demos/4290/screamer4x4demo.zip here.]
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 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = false
+|widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Stretched. Main menu is always rendered at 640x480.
+|widescreen resolution notes= See [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2662-screamer-4x4-widescreen-fix/ Widescreen Patch].
-|multimonitor               = false
+|multimonitor               = hackable
-|multimonitor notes         =
+|multimonitor notes         = See [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2662-screamer-4x4-widescreen-fix/ Widescreen Patch].
-|ultrawidescreen            = false
+|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      =
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2662-screamer-4x4-widescreen-fix/ Widescreen Patch].
-|4k ultra hd                = false
+|4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = See [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2662-screamer-4x4-widescreen-fix/ Widescreen Patch].
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =
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 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = false
+|anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = For OpenGL, force from the graphics driver's control panel. For Direct3D, force from control panel or dgVoodoo2.
-|antialiasing               = false
+|antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = For OpenGL, force from the graphics driver's control panel. For Direct3D, force from control panel or dgVoodoo2. For Glide, force from dgVoodoo2 or graphics driver control panel using nGlide.
+|upscaling                  =
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 101: / Line 113: @@
 |120 fps                    = false
 |120 fps notes              = At high fps (+170fps aprox) the menu animations speed up and there is probably a physics problem in the game.Set refresh rate on 60hz to fix
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
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 |mute on focus lost       = unknown
 |mute on focus lost notes =
-|eax support              =
+|eax support              = true
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 258: / Line 272: @@
 |lan play modes       =
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 4
 |online play modes    =
-|online play notes    =
+|online play notes    = The official multiplayer service was shut down.
 |asynchronous         =
 |asynchronous notes   =
@@ Line 282: / Line 296: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
-===Installer doesn't work (hangs)===
-{{Fixbox|description=Analyze wait chain|fix=
-# Open [[Task Manager]].
-# Find '''32-bit Setup Launcher (32-bit)''' on the list and expand it.
-# Right-click on every child object that belongs to the process and click on "Go to details".
-# In the Details tab, right-click on the highlighted element and click on "Analyse Wait Chain".
-# If there are elements on the list, select them and kill the process.
-'''Notes:'''
-{{ii}} Most common programs causing issues are '''logitechg_discord.exe''' (Discord applet for Logitech Gaming Software) and '''nvcontainer.exe''' (part of Nvidia Experience).
-}}
 ===Game freezes during loading / runs too fast(D3D Rendering)===
 {{Fixbox|description=Set core affinity to a single core|ref={{cn|date=October 2016}}}}
@@ Line 325: / Line 327: @@
 |opengl versions        = true
 |opengl notes           =
-|glide versions         = true
+|glide versions         = 3.10
 |glide notes            =
 |software mode          =
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 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        =
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          =
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          =
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Clever's Games
Publishers
Original	Virgin Interactive
Current	Mastertronic
Release dates
Windows	December 4, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing
Vehicles	Automobile, Off-roading, Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Screamer