Difference between revisions of "System Shock: Enhanced Edition"

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System Shock
System Shock	1994
System Shock 2	1999
System Shock: Enhanced Edition	2015
System Shock (2023)	2023
System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition	TBA
System Shock 3	TBA

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

System Shock, the biggest forum about the game.

SHODANPEDIA - A wiki for the System Shock series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Includes System Shock as Classic Edition.^[2]
Humble Store
Steam		Includes System Shock as Classic.^[3]

Essential improvements

Gigaquad's Enhanced log texts mod

Gigaquad's Enhanced log texts mod matches the audio and text dialogue.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/410710/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

The Enhanced Edition lists a single internal widescreen resolution (854x480). This can be changed to a different resolution.

Edit sshock.ini^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Edit sshock.ini.
Set CustomWidth= and CustomHeight=
Choose 854x480 in the video options in-game.

Notes

Use lower resolutions to maintain performance (e.g. 768x480 for 16:10).

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Enable reloading and switching ammo with a single keyboard key

Few people know that System Shock has (and always had) a shortcut for both reloading and switching alternate ammo types (Alt+← Backspace and Ctrl+← Backspace). Unfortunately these keyboard shortcuts are less than convenient for modern standards. Luckily they can be changed in Enhanced Edition.

Edit controls.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Add the following lines, preferably under the "custom profile" section:

    bind r	 	    cmd.ammotype default 0
    bind shift+r	    cmd.ammotype default 0
    bind tab	 	    cmd.ammotype default 1
    bind shift+tab 	    cmd.ammotype default 1

Requires R (stand) to be rebound for use by reloading.

Adding mouse-wheel support

Use AutoHotkey^{[citation needed]}

Copy the following into a text editor and name it MOUSEWHEEL.AHK:

#ifWinActive, ahk_class SDL_app
#SingleInstance Ignore

*WheelUp::
SendEvent {Shift+Q Down}
Sleep 200
SendEvent {Shift+Q Up}
Return

*WheelDown::
SendEvent {Q Down}
Sleep 200
SendEvent {Q Up}
Return

Assuming you already have the AutoHotkey suite installed, compile the script into an application. Now open a text editor again and copy the following into it, save it as a .bat file:

@ECHO OFF
TITLE System Shock: Enhanced Edition
IF EXIST MOUSEWHEEL.exe START MOUSEWHEEL.exe
sshock.exe
IF EXIST MOUSEWHEEL.exe TASKKILL /IM MOUSEWHEEL.exe
EXIT

Place both the batch file and the compiled app into your System Shock: Enhanced Edition installation folder and use the batch script to launch the game.

Both Q and Shift+Q may have to be changed to be compatible with your controller layout.

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Select MIDI Device

System Shock: Enhanced Edition has MIDI playback hard-coded to Device 0.

Hex edit executable to change MIDI device^{[citation needed]}
Open DOSBox and run `MIXER /LISTMIDI` to get a list of your MIDI device IDs. Open `sshock.exe` in a hex editor such as HxD Search for the first instance of hex values `6A 00 6A 00 6A 00 6A 00`. In HxD this should appear at Offset `000019C0`. Edit the last digit to that of your desired MIDI device ID. Using Device 5 as an example, this would be: `6A 00 6A 00 6A 00 6A 05`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL		Utilizes SDL 2.0 for output.
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL-Compatible Card

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (410710) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Release: System Shock - GOG.com
↑ SystemShock Enhanced DOS?, GOG Community Discussions for the System Shock series
↑ System Shock: Enhanced Edition on Steam

[Proton_path_note-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (410710) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (410710) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Release: System Shock - GOG.com

[2] SystemShock Enhanced DOS?, GOG Community Discussions for the System Shock series

[3] System Shock: Enhanced Edition on Steam

[1]

[2]

[3]

[Note 1]

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 |120 fps                    = true
 |120 fps notes              =
+|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
@@ Line 136: / Line 138: @@
 |haptic feedback           = unknown
 |haptic feedback notes     =
+|simultaneous input        = unknown
+|simultaneous input notes  =
+|steam input api           = unknown
+|steam input api notes     =
 |light bar support         = unknown
 |light bar support notes   =
@@ Line 141: / Line 147: @@
 ===Enable reloading and switching ammo with a single keyboard key===
-Few people know that System Shock has (and always had) a shortcut for both reloading and switching alternate ammo types (<code>Alt + Backspace</code> and <code>Ctrl + Backspace</code>). Unfortunately these keyboard shortcuts are less than convenient for modern standards. Luckily they can be changed in Enhanced Edition.
+Few people know that System Shock has (and always had) a shortcut for both reloading and switching alternate ammo types ({{key|Alt|Backspace}} and {{key|Ctrl|Backspace}}). Unfortunately these keyboard shortcuts are less than convenient for modern standards. Luckily they can be changed in Enhanced Edition.
 {{Fixbox|description=Edit controls.cfg|ref={{cn|date=August 2017}}|fix=
@@ Line 155: / Line 161: @@
 ===Adding mouse-wheel support===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://autohotkey.com/ AutoHotKey]|ref={{cn|date=August 2017}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://autohotkey.com/ AutoHotkey]|ref={{cn|date=August 2017}}|fix=
 Copy the following into a text editor and name it ''MOUSEWHEEL.AHK'':
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Developers

	Looking Glass Studios
Publishers
	Night Dive Studios
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2015^[1]