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The Punisher (2005)

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The Punisher
The Punisher cover
Developers
Volition
Publishers
THQ
Engines
Geo-Mod 1.0[1]
Release dates
Windows January 16, 2005
The Punisher (2005) guide on StrategyWiki
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The Punisher
Subseries of Marvel
The Punisher 1990
The Punisher (2005) 2005

Key points

Superior graphics compared to console versions.
All versions of the game have the same worldwide censorship.[2]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 5 DRM disc check
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Install The Punisher Widescreen Fix.
  2. Open ThePunisher.WidescreenFix.ini.
  3. Change SkipIntro = 0 to SkipIntro = 1.

The Punisher Gore Patch

Adds gore as well as blood effect previously removed from the game.
Removes "black and white" filter from interrogations.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\profiles\[Note 1]

Video settings

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Widescreen resolution

Use The Punisher Widescreen Fix[citation needed]
To change the FOV, open ThePunisher.WidescreenFix.ini and increase the FOVFactor value.
To run in windowed mode, create wndmode.ini in the installation folder.
To change the FPS limit, open d3d8.ini and modify the FPSLimit value.
Some elements like HUDs and menus could look very tiny in high resolutions.

Brightness Fix

Black level correction with ReShade
  1. Download and install dgVoodoo 2 for this game.
  2. Download the latest version of ReShade and run the ReShade Setup program.
  3. Click Select game, then select pun.exe found in <path-to-game>.
  4. Select Direct3D 10+ as the rendering API.
  5. Allow to download shaders/effects, click "uncheck all" and select only Levels.fx.
  6. Run the game, press Home/Pos1 to enter the configuration menu and follow the tutorial to create a new config.
  7. Enable Levels.fx and change the range to 15-255.
  8. In the Settings tab, under Usage Mode select Performance Mode.
  9. Press Home/Pos1 to exit the configuration menu.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Italian
French
Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz		 Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Hardware T&L compatible
64 MB of VRAM 		Nvidia GeForce 4
ATI Radeon 8500
128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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).

References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Solarstrike on 2018-06-30
    Some of the internal files use the .vpp file extension, and parts of the file structure of the Red Faction games are present in the game files. Additionally, some leftover elements of Red Faction II remain in the game's code.
  2. ↑ Game Censorship: The Punisher