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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo
Essential improvements
Patches
- The Slave Zero Update adds four-player LAN multiplayer and force feedback support for joysticks.
Direct3D Patch
- The Slave Zero Direct3D Patch restores Direct3D support for modern Windows.
- Forced resolution fixes the crosshair offset bug in Direct3D mode and allows playing at high resolutions with bump maps and 32-bit textures.
- Hides the window border and restores the functionality of the gamma control on Windows 8 and later.
- Fixes poor performance on Windows 8 and later.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
- Not compatible with Peixoto's patch.
Set windowed mode[citation needed]
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- Install Direct3D Patch.
- Go to the installation folder.
- Edit
szOptions.ini .
- Set
Display Mode Wanted to 9 .
- Set
Windowed Mode to 1 .
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Input
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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I3DL2[3] |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Misaligned crosshair
The crosshair on higher resolutions gets misaligned. Top image is at 640x480 (correct position), while the bottom image is at 1280x960 (misaligned).
- On higher resolutions, the crosshair is misaligned with the correct position, preventing accurate aiming. This bug can also break the missile lock-on ability.
- Peixoto's patch can force the game to run at the highest resolution available (but preserving the 4:3 aspect ratio) and the crosshair will be in the right place.
Start the game with Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
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Window border visible in fullscreen mode
Start the game with Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
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Gamma not working in Direct3D mode
Start the game with Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
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Close other applications[citation needed]
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- Close any gamma-altering applications such as f.lux.
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Low frame rate on Windows 8
- Frame rate only reaches ~30 FPS on Windows 8 in Direct3D mode.
Fix frame rate issues[citation needed]
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Game crashes on Alt+Tab
Switch the renderer to DirectX (Direct3D)[citation needed]
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- Install Direct3D Patch.
- Set Video Mode to Primary.
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Cannot enable the "True Colour Textures" and "Bump Mapping" options
Switch the renderer to DirectX (Direct3D)[4]
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- Install Direct3D Patch.
- Set Video Mode to Primary.
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Cannot change resolution in-game (with nGlide)
- It is recommended to set the internal resolution to 640x480 to avoid the misaligned crosshair bug
Modify the internal and wrapper resolutions externally[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game> .
- Open
szHardware.ini .
- Change the values of
Width and Hight to the desired resolution width and height respectively.
- Save the file.
- Open the nGlide options menu and set the Screen resolution setting to "By desktop" (recommended).
- In-game, go to the Video settings menu and click "Apply Settings" to fix any fullscreen issues.
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Game draws in corner of screen
Choose "Reinitialize original settings"[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
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Glide |
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Does not support all graphical settings. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
Aural A3D |
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DirectX vs. Glide renderers
DirectX (Direct3D)
- Best looking (all graphical options are available)
- Not as stable as Glide
Glide (using nGlide)
- Very stable
- Benefits from all nGlide enhancements (scale resolution up to 4K, proper gamma support, etc.)
- "Uglier" than DirectX (does not support True Colour Textures and Bump Mapping)
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 233 MHz
| Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
120 MB |
230 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible | |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References