Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen

Developers
	The Collective, Inc.
Publishers
North America	Simon & Schuster Interactive
Europe	Infinite Loop
Engines
	Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows	November 15, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	November 23, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	81
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Star Trek

Key points

Demo of the game features special levels, which are not a part of official game. See Demo Levels.

General information

TrekCore - patches, faq and hints.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

• Retail Patch (patch 112100) - this patch won't work with minimal installation of the game.

Verifying version of the game[citation needed]
To confirm if you need to install the patch open the Help file installed with The Fallen. Go to Start Menu/Programs/Deep Space Nine-The Fallen/Help The very last line shows the current build. If the build is "Build110800-d-US" or "Build110800-d-EU-sr" then you need to install the patch.

Peixoto's patch

Peixoto's patch forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus. Super sampling anti-aliasing is also possible. Works with the Opengl and Direct3D 7 renderers

• Mini Code Patch (English and German) - solves problem with application not starting and Direct3D not being detected.

It is recommended to install this patch after updating a game to version 112100 / retail patch.

Unreal Engine DirectX 11 Renderer

A fork of Kentie's Direct3D 10 renderer that adds more graphical features.

Run games at HD resolution.

Improved lighting.

Adds ambient occlusion, screen-space reflections and higher quality HDR post-processing.

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Disable DirectX 11 renderer's PayPal watermark and disable the link from being copied into the clipboard.

Open the developer console with ~/Tab ↹. Use the preferences command to open the Advanced Options window In a new window open Rendering section. Open Direct3D 11 support section. Set SupportMETextEnabled to False. Notes: If the game crashes while attempting to access the Advanced Options, open <game>.ini (see configuration file(s) location) with text editor and modify SupportMETextEnabled in [D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice] section, instead.

Remove low-poly shadows cast on characters models
By default the DX11 renderer enables ASSAO, which causes some ugly shadows to appear on character models. Open the developer console with ~/Tab ↹. Use the preferences command to open the Advanced Options window Navigate to Rendering → Direct3D 11 support Set ASSAO to False Close the Advanced Options window for the change to take effect

Demo Levels

Fusion Creative Design created 3 special levels for a demo version of the game. These levels were later on released as a free addon for the full game and can be downloaded here (Convergence for Windows V1.1).

Skip Infinite Loop intro video

Skip Infinite Loop intro video[citation needed] Go to <path-to-game>\movies\ Delete or rename intro.avi.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system\Ds9.ini
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save
Mac OS (Classic)

Video

Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See the WSGF entry.
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
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)		Vsync is always on in Direct3D,OpenGL and software mode.When using 3dfx wrapper it can be forced from the level of wrapper.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2048525175 (only changing 0AD7A33B to 00000000 needed).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse Smoothing option. Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Like a lot of other console ports it has no 1:1 mouse support.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Basic joystick support.
Full controller support		Mouse is required for menu navigation as well as some in-game actions (e.g. adjusting phaser modulation).
Controller remapping		See Controller remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Controller remapping

In-game options are limited to buttons remapping only. Below are instructions how to remap axis.

Use preferences command[citation needed]
Open a console by pressing ~. Type in: preferences. Go to Advanced / Raw Key Bindings. Scroll down until you see: JoyR - this is first of the axis. JoyZ is the last. Edit settings by clicking into a box right of the Axis name. Notes Only movement and aiming can be bound to axis.

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Under Game settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 2.0 & EAX

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Japanese				Japanese release.
Russian

Issues fixed

Freeze when loading data from CD

For some reason, even if a full version of a game is installed, some data are still being loaded from CD. This may result in a freeze when using physical compact disk, due to game waiting for a disk drive to spin the disk and load a data from it.

Fixing freezing using Windows registry[citation needed]
Install a Full version of a game. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\The Collective Studios inc.\Deep Space Nine The Fallen\ds9thefallen Right click on installpath and click modify. Copy the data from it (it's going to be a path to a folder, where you've installed a game). Right click on CdPath and click modify. Replace its data with data you've copied from installpath.

Fixing freezing using virtual CD drive[citation needed]
Install a game from a virtual CD drive. Run a game using an image in virtual CD drive.

Camera keeps spinning, when a Joystick is enabled

Lower joystick sensitivity[citation needed]
Open a console by pressing ~. Type in: preferences. Open a Joystick tab. Lower both ScaleRUV and Scale XYZ values.

MSI Afterburner issues

Change the settings in RivaTuner[citation needed]
Depending on the setting, the overlay may not be shown, or the game may crash upon pressing the overlay button. After launching MSI Afterburner, open the RivaTunerStatisticsServer from the system tray. Add ds9.exe from <path-to-game>\system\ to the settings. Set "Application detection level" to "high" and Stealth mode to "ON".

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 11	Direct3D 11 support using the Unreal DirectX11 Renderer.
OpenGL		Experimental Support
Glide		Experimental Support
Software renderer

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	165 MB (minimal installation)	680 MB (full installation)
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM	8 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8
Processor (CPU)	Power Mac G3
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	650 MB