Secret Service

Secret Service

Developers
	Cauldron
Publishers
	Activision Value Publishing
Engines
	CloakNT
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 2008
Taxonomy
Series	Secret Service

Secret Service
Secret Service: In Harm's Way	2001
Secret Service: Security Breach	2003
Secret Service	2008

Key points

Game lacks an FPS limiter or Vsync and has hit detection issues with frame rates higher than 85 FPS.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Blood Mod

This mod enables blood when shooting enemies.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\

Key bindings are stored in <path-to-game>\Config\keybinding.txt

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		The FOV can be changed via Hex edit --> Offset 343580: AB 61 9C 3F → AB 61 CC 3F
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x, 4x MSAA
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Hit detection breaks at higher frame rates. See Issues fixed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Modified CloakNTEngine.dll file[citation needed]
Download CloakNTEngine.dll and replace the original one in your install directory to unlock all resolutions.

Hex edit the config file[citation needed]

Go to <path-to-game>\Save\ Open profile.dat with a hex editor such as HxD. Find a string which displays your current resolution, e.g. 1280x720x60. Replace it with a resolution of your liking. Notes If the resolution's height doesn't have enough characters - close hex editor, open the game, choose 1600x1050, apply new settings and quit. Then edit the config file. Changing any in-game video options will revert the changes.

Input

Key bindings

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

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles		Gameplay only
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Issued fixed

Enemies not taking any damage when you shoot them

Cap frame rate to 85 FPS via Nvidia Control Panel[citation needed]
Open Nvidia Control Panel and navigate to Manage 3D settings. Under the Program Settings tab, select ss.exe. Set the max frame rate to 85 FPS and save.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods

• No HUD - Put the Gui directory from that zip file into game installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision Value\Secret Service. This mod only works correctly with widescreen.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	512 MB of VRAM