Urban Chaos
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| Developers | |
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| Mucky Foot Productions | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Eidos Interactive |
| Digital | Square Enix |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 30, 1999 |
| Reception | |
| IGDB | 90 |
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Key points
- The game's source code has been released in 2017.
- This article also applies to the demo.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Publisher website (unavailable) | |
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| GOG.com (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- A demo containing an exclusive level is available here.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete or rename video files[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Game's launcher.
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Use Urban Chaos Widescreen Fix. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | Locked at 30 FPS by default. See High frame rate. | ||
| 120+ FPS | See High frame rate. | ||
High frame rate
- Raising the frame rate cap beyond 60 FPS will speed up the game.
| Set high frame rate[1] |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Not advised. Can cause automated spinning of character.[citation needed] | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | At least 5.1 | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | 1.0 via Miles Sound System |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Only available in the retail version. | |||
| Italian | Only available in the retail version. | |||
| Spanish | Open config.ini and change lang_english.txt to lang_spanish.txt. |
Issues fixed
Visual artifacts during gameplay
| Alt+Tab ↹ to another window and back. |
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| If using a GeForce card, disable Fast VSync. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 | |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | 5.0r |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | 0.8i |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | Intel Pentium 300 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 400 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1a compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/243060/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (243060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Azatoth on November 23, 2018