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Revision as of 10:04, 16 September 2021

Singularity
Singularity cover
Developers
Raven Software
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows June 25, 2010
Singularity on MobyGames
Singularity on Wikipedia

Key points

Multiplayer capped to 30 FPS.[citation needed]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM DRM.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 (released in 2010-07, it only fixes Texture streaming and Networking connectivity).

Launch parameters

Parameter Description
-NoStartupMovies Disables the intro movies when starting game.
-NoSplash Disable Splash screen when starting the game.
-UseAllAvailableCores Force the use of all available cores on the target platform.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\Singularity
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42670/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Singularity\RvGame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42670/pfx/[Note 1]
Singularity has 3 separate playthrough slots. Each slot only stores the most recent autosave from that playthrough. The game does not have any sort of level select feature.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
Ultrawide resolutions not detected. See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
Windowed
Can be toggled with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force it in your graphics card control panel
SGSSAA can be utilized by using the following anti-aliasing compatibility bits 0x004010C1 under Nvidia Inspector with a Nvidia graphics card.[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
The setting isn't saved properly, it's easier to force it from the video driver settings
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 30 FPS in Multiplayer.[citation needed]
Capped at 121 FPS in single player.[citation needed]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\Singularity
  2. Open the MaxAnisotropy entry, select Decimal, then write 16.

Ultra-widescreen

Game engine supports true Hor+ ultra-wide rendering but the game itself doesn't detect ultra-wide monitors.
Edit the configuration settings in the registry
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\Singularity
  2. Open the ResX entry, select Decimal, then write your desired X resolution (i.e. 2560).
  3. Open the ResY entry, select Decimal, then write your desired Y resolution (i.e. 1080).
  4. Open the UserSelectedResolution entry, and change the value to "1".

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
SFX, Music.
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 5.1 output[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only. For digital releases download this
Russian
Retail only
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game not launching

Install PhysX redistributables.[3]
  • Located at <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\PhysX\9.14.0702\.

Stuttering on Windows 10 (2004 or newer)

This game uses PhysX so it doesn't get along with the Windows 10 HAGS technology
Disable Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) .

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
12

Connection types

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Demonware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
AMD Ahtlon 64 x2 Dual-Core 4800+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon X1800
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References