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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 30, 2005}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|September 30, 2005}}
 +
|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-Time Game Purchase }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-Time}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-Person}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct Control }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | FPS}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
−
|gogcom page  =  
+
|gogcom id    =  
 +
|strategywiki =
 +
|mobygames    = vivisector-beast-within
 +
|wikipedia    = Vivisector: Beast Within
 +
|hltb        = 10980
 +
|igdb        = vivisector-beast-within
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
−
|wikipedia    = Vivisector: Beast Within
+
|lutris      = vivisector-beast-within
 +
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
'''General information'''
 +
{{mm}} [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/B1v3TePHKoS.pdf Manual]
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
−
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | |}}
+
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc |{{DRM|Starforce|3}} | | Windows }}
 +
{{Availability/row| GamersGate | vivisector-beast-within |DRM-free |  <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120121152715/http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-VVS/vivisector-beast-within</ref> | | Windows | unavailable }}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Essential improvements==
 
==Essential improvements==
 
===Skip intro videos===
 
===Skip intro videos===
−
{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox|description=Edit init.cfg|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Edit init.cfg}}
 
 
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Scripts\</code>
 
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Scripts\</code>
 
# Open <code>init.cfg</code> with a text editor.
 
# Open <code>init.cfg</code> with a text editor.
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
−
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}}
+
{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
−
{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\Save\}}
+
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Data\Save\}}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
{{ii}} One autosave, two quicksave slots and nine manual slots.
  
−
==Video settings==
+
==Video==
 
{{Image|Vivisector - Beast Within - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 
{{Image|Vivisector - Beast Within - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
−
{{Video settings
+
{{Video
−
|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/vivisector-beast-within/en
+
|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/vivisector-beast-within/en
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 
|widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 
|multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
 
|multimonitor wsgf award    = unsupported
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|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    = incomplete
 
|widescreen resolution      = hackable
 
|widescreen resolution      = hackable
−
|widescreen resolution notes=  
+
|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
 
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
−
|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+
|4k ultra hd                = hackable
−
|4k ultra hd notes          =  
+
|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|fov                        = hackable
 
|fov                        = hackable
−
|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+
|fov notes                  = 90 by default. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 
|windowed                  = hackable
 
|windowed                  = hackable
 
|windowed notes            = Borderless only. See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
 
|windowed notes            = Borderless only. See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
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|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing              = true
−
|antialiasing notes        =  
+
|antialiasing notes        = Antialiasing disables shadows. Use your graphics card's program settings and enable it through there if you wish to keep shadows.
−
|vsync                      = true
+
|upscaling                  = false
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =  
 +
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps                    = true
−
|120 fps notes              = Capped at 500 fps.
+
|120 fps notes              = Capped at 500 FPS.
 +
|hdr                        = false
 +
|hdr notes                  =
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Edit {{file|config.cfg}} and use [[DgVoodoo 2]]|fix=
 +
# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}} with a text editor.
 +
# Change <code>@v.sx</code> to <code>1280</code> and <code> @v.sy</code> to <code>720</code>.{{note|note=Do not change the resolution to something like 1920x1080, the game has a maximum 1600 width resolution limit and the game will give you an error on launch if you do that. You'll be able to set the resolution to 1080p, 1440p, 4K or higher using dgVoodoo 2.}}
 +
# Save the file.
 +
# Download the latest version of [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgVoodoo 2] and extract the archive.
 +
# Open the <code>MS\x86</code> folder and copy {{file|D3D8.dll}}, {{file|D3D9.dll}}, {{file|D3DImm.dll}} and {{file|DDraw.dll}}.
 +
# Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is.
 +
# Run the included <code>dgVoodooCpl</code> program and configure the settings.
 +
# Under the DirectX tab, resolutions can be forced.
 +
{{ii}} FOV will be zoomed in, it is recommended to set the FOV to something like 120. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]
 +
}}
 +
 +
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Use the widescreen fix|fix=
 +
Use the [https://www.moddb.com/downloads/vivisector-beast-within-widescreen-fix-169-1610/ Vivisector Widescreen Fix mod].}}
  
 
===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
−
{{Fixbox|1=
+
{{Fixbox|description=Use render_fov command|fix=
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Use rendered_fov command}}
 
 
# Open console by pressing {{key|~}}.
 
# Open console by pressing {{key|~}}.
−
# Type in <code>renderer_fov '''X'''</code> where '''X''' your desired horizontal FOV value (e.g. <code>rendered_fov 90</code>).
+
# Type in <code>render_fov '''X'''</code> where '''X''' your desired horizontal FOV value (e.g. <code>render_fov 90</code>).
 +
{{ii}}FOV will reset on in game cinematics, some level loads and at seemingly random moments, must be reapplied frequently, adding it to autoexec.cfg works but doesn't stop it resetting.
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Windowed|Windowed]]===
−
{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox|description=Edit init.cfg|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
−
{{Fixbox/fix|Edit init.cfg}}
 
 
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Scripts\</code>
 
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Scripts\</code>
−
# Open <code>init.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+
# Open {{file|init.cfg}} with a text editor.
 
# Change <code>r.windowed 0</code> to <code>r.windowed 1</code>
 
# Change <code>r.windowed 0</code> to <code>r.windowed 1</code>
 
# Save the changes.
 
# Save the changes.
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}}
 
}}
  
−
==Input settings==
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===Longer corpse and decal lifetime===
−
{{Input settings
+
{{Fixbox|description=Edit {{file|config.cfg}}|fix=
 +
# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}} with a text editor.
 +
# Set: <code>@hitfx_lifetime = 9999</code>
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Input==
 +
{{Input
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap                = true
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 +
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
 +
|mouse sensitivity notes  =
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
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|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap          = false
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 +
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
 +
|controller sensitivity notes=
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 +
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 +
|xinput controllers notes  =
 +
|xbox prompts              = unknown
 +
|xbox prompts notes        =
 +
|impulse triggers          = unknown
 +
|impulse triggers notes    =
 +
|dualshock 4              = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 notes        =
 +
|dualshock prompts        = unknown
 +
|dualshock prompts notes  =
 +
|light bar support        = unknown
 +
|light bar support notes  =
 +
|dualshock 4 modes        = unknown
 +
|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
 +
|tracked motion controllers= unknown
 +
|tracked motion controllers notes =
 +
|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
 +
|tracked motion prompts notes =
 +
|other controllers        = unknown
 +
|other controllers notes  =
 +
|other button prompts      = unknown
 +
|other button prompts notes=
 +
|controller hotplug        = unknown
 +
|controller hotplug notes  =
 +
|haptic feedback          = unknown
 +
|haptic feedback notes    =
 +
|simultaneous input        = unknown
 +
|simultaneous input notes  =
 +
|steam input api          = unknown
 +
|steam input api notes    =
 +
|steam hook input          = unknown
 +
|steam hook input notes    =
 +
|steam input presets      = unknown
 +
|steam input presets notes =
 +
|steam controller prompts  = unknown
 +
|steam controller prompts notes =
 +
|steam cursor detection    = unknown
 +
|steam cursor detection notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==Audio settings==
+
==Audio==
 
{{Image|Vivisector - Beast Within - audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
 
{{Image|Vivisector - Beast Within - audio settings.png|Audio settings.}}
−
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
−
|surround sound          = unknown
+
|surround sound          = true
−
|surround sound notes    =  
+
|surround sound notes    = Up to 7.0 output. May require [[Glossary:Sound card#DirectSound hardware path|DirectSound 3D restoration software]]..
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
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|mute on focus lost      = true
 
|mute on focus lost      = true
 
|mute on focus lost notes = Alt-tabbing even in windowed mode causes the game to minimize (and mutes the sound).
 
|mute on focus lost notes = Alt-tabbing even in windowed mode causes the game to minimize (and mutes the sound).
−
|eax support              =  
+
|eax support              = true
−
|eax support notes        =  
+
|eax support notes         = EAX 4.0<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904102525/http://www.soundblaster.com/mailer/welcome.asp?mon=2005mar05|title=SoundBlaster.com - NewsLetters|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 +
|royalty free audio       = unknown
 +
|royalty free audio notes  =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
 
  |language  = English
 
  |language  = English
−
  |interface = yes
+
  |interface = true
−
  |audio    = yes
+
  |audio    = true
−
  |subtitles = yes
+
  |subtitles = true
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
  |fan notes =  
+
}}
 +
{{L10n/switch
 +
|language  = Polish
 +
|interface = true
 +
|audio    = false
 +
|subtitles = true
 +
|notes    = Local retail only.
 +
  |fan       =
 +
|ref      =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
  |subtitles = true
 
  |subtitles = true
−
  |notes    =  
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  |notes    = Local retail only.
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
}}
 +
 +
==Other information==
 +
===API===
 +
{{API
 +
|direct3d versions      = 9
 +
|direct3d notes        =
 +
|directdraw versions    =
 +
|directdraw notes      =
 +
|opengl versions        =
 +
|opengl notes          =
 +
|glide versions        =
 +
|glide notes            =
 +
|software mode          =
 +
|software mode notes    =
 +
|mantle support        =
 +
|mantle support notes  =
 +
|metal support          =
 +
|metal support notes    =
 +
|vulkan versions        =
 +
|vulkan notes          =
 +
|dos modes              =
 +
|dos modes notes        =
 +
|shader model versions  =
 +
|shader model notes    =
 +
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 +
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes      =
 +
|macos intel 32-bit app =
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app =
 +
|macos arm app          = unknown
 +
|macos app notes        =
 +
|linux 32-bit executable=
 +
|linux 64-bit executable=
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 +
|linux executable notes =
 +
}}
 +
 +
===Mods===
 +
* [https://www.nexusmods.com/vivisectorbeastwithin/mods/1?tab=files Vivisector Beast Within Upscale Project]
 +
A 4x upscale of the game's textures, FMV's and logos.
 +
{{ii}}Very big in size, 6.6gb compressed
  
 
==System requirements==
 
==System requirements==
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
−
|minOS    = 2000/XP
+
|minOS    = 2000, XP, 7
−
|minCPU  = Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz
+
|minCPU  = Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz
−
|minCPU2  = Athlon @ 1.8 GHz
+
|minCPU2  = AMD Athlon @ 1.8 GHz
 
|minRAM  = 512 MB
 
|minRAM  = 512 MB
−
|minHD    = 3GB
+
|minHD    = 3 GB
−
|minGPU  = GeForce FX
+
|minGPU  = Nvidia GeForce FX
−
|minGPU2  = Radeon 7600
+
|minGPU2  = AMD Radeon 7600
 
|minVRAM  = 256 MB
 
|minVRAM  = 256 MB
 
|minDX    = 9.0c
 
|minDX    = 9.0c

Latest revision as of 17:12, 10 March 2024

Vivisector - Beast Within
Vivisector - Beast Within cover
Developers
Action Forms
Publishers
1C Company
Engines
AtmosFear
Release dates
Windows September 30, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Art styles Realistic
Vivisector - Beast Within on HowLongToBeat
Vivisector - Beast Within on IGDB
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Vivisector - Beast Within on MobyGames
Vivisector - Beast Within on Wikipedia
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General information

Manual

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
 [5]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit init.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Scripts\
  2. Open init.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change r.showlogos 1 to r.showlogos 0
  4. Save the changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\config.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\Save\[Note 2]
One autosave, two quicksave slots and nine manual slots.

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
 See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
90 by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Antialiasing disables shadows. Use your graphics card's program settings and enable it through there if you wish to keep shadows.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 500 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit config.cfg and use DgVoodoo 2
  1. Edit <path-to-game>\config.cfg with a text editor.
  2. Change @v.sx to 1280 and @v.sy to 720.[Note 3]
  3. Save the file.
  4. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
  5. Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll.
  6. Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is.
  7. Run the included dgVoodooCpl program and configure the settings.
  8. Under the DirectX tab, resolutions can be forced.
FOV will be zoomed in, it is recommended to set the FOV to something like 120. See Field of view (FOV)


Use the widescreen fix

Use the Vivisector Widescreen Fix mod.

Field of view (FOV)

Use render_fov command
  1. Open console by pressing ~.
  2. Type in render_fov X where X your desired horizontal FOV value (e.g. render_fov 90).
FOV will reset on in game cinematics, some level loads and at seemingly random moments, must be reapplied frequently, adding it to autoexec.cfg works but doesn't stop it resetting.

Windowed

Edit init.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Scripts\
  2. Open init.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change r.windowed 0 to r.windowed 1
  4. Save the changes.

Notes

The window is locked to the top-left corner of the screen.

Longer corpse and decal lifetime

Edit config.cfg
  1. Edit <path-to-game>\config.cfg with a text editor.
  2. Set: @hitfx_lifetime = 9999

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software..
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Alt-tabbing even in windowed mode causes the game to minimize (and mutes the sound).
EAX support
EAX 4.0[6]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Local retail only.
Russian
Local retail only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Mods

A 4x upscale of the game's textures, FMV's and logos.

Very big in size, 6.6gb compressed

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon @ 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce FX
AMD Radeon 7600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  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. ↑ Do not change the resolution to something like 1920x1080, the game has a maximum 1600 width resolution limit and the game will give you an error on launch if you do that. You'll be able to set the resolution to 1080p, 1440p, 4K or higher using dgVoodoo 2.

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