Difference between revisions of "Wheelman"

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Key points

Bare-bone PC port, lacking such features as video options or key rebinding.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7.39.0005 DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace bik files^{[citation needed]}
Download "blank" movie files and extract them. Copy them to `<path-to-game>\WheelmanGame\Movies` replacing already existing ones.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wheelman
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Wheelman
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Use FOV hack^{[citation needed]}
Download [1] and extract it. Start the program. Start the game. Use hotkeys displayed in a program to increase or decrease FOV.

Windowed

Use DxWnd^{[citation needed]}

Download DxWnd,extract and start it.
Click Edit and Add.
Type in a name, e.g. Wheelman.
Right to a Path field click button with ....
Go to <path-to-game>\Binaries\Wheelman.exe.
Under position type in:
- X = 0
- Y = 0
- W = *your desired window width* (e.g. 1920)
- H = *your desired window hight* (e.g. 1080)
Go to Input tab and under Cursor handling select.
- Correct mouse position
- Intercept GDI Cursor Clipping
Go to DirectX tab and under DirectX version hook select DirectX9.
Click OK and launch the game.

Notes

Make sure window width and height in DxWnd is the same as the one selected in game.

This method has a negative impact on frame rate.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Only available in Russian retail copy
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X1800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2600 512 MB of VRAM

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 (21920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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 (21920) 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 (21920) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[Note 1]

@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|origin                =
+|discord                =
-|origin notes          =
+|discord notes          =
-|steam cloud           = false
+|epic games store       =
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|epic games store notes =
-|uplay                 =
+|gog galaxy             =
-|uplay notes           =
+|gog galaxy notes       =
+|origin                 =
+|origin notes           =
+|steam cloud            = false
+|steam cloud notes      =
+|uplay                  =
+|uplay notes            =
+|xbox cloud             =
+|xbox cloud notes       =
 }}
@@ Line 63: / Line 71: @@
 {{Image|Wheelman - video settings.png|Video settings.}}
 {{Video settings
-|wsgf link                  = http://www.wsgf.org/dr/wheelman
+|wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/wheelman
 |widescreen wsgf award      = limited
 |multimonitor wsgf award    = limited
@@ Line 100: / Line 108: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
 {{Fixbox|description=Use FOV hack|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Download [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lfqq0DpUo-RUtHaTRFazJfY1E/view Racer_S FOV hack] and extract it.
+# Download [http://www.wsgf.org/dr/wheelman] and extract it.
 # Start the program.
 # Start the game.
@@ Line 240: / Line 248: @@
   |language  = Italian
   |interface = true
-  |audio     = unknown
+  |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 284: / Line 292: @@
 |shader model versions  = 3
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = false
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows exe notes      =
+|macos 32-bit app       =
+|macos 64-bit app       =
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux 32-bit executable=
+|linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Tigon Studios
	Midway Studios Newcastle
Publishers
	Midway Games
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 24, 2009