Will Rock

Will Rock

Developers
	Saber Interactive
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Saber3D Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 9, 2003

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Demo

A demo is available here, here, here or here. It features one single player map (The Tholos Temple) and one multiplayer map (The Rotunda).

Essential improvements

Patches

Install the latest patch 1.2. It includes all the previous updates from patch 1.1.

Level of detail

Disables switching between high and low detailed models for enemies and other dynamic objects depending on distance from the player. The game will render highest detail models all the time.

Edit the configuration file
Go to the configuration files location. Open willrock.ini. Change VIDEO_MaxLod=0 to VIDEO_MaxLod=-10.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\bin

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves

Video settings

Video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Game is stretched in widescreen resolutions, use WSGF modified executable for a proper Hor+ FOV fix.

The following method doesn't work with the WSGF modified executable. Vertical and horizontal FOV values can be changed individually, increasing the horizontal value fixes screen stretching on widescreen resolutions, but the HUD and menus remain stretched.

Use Cheat Engine

Download, install and run Cheat Engine. Launch the game and add willrock.exe process to Cheat Engine. Find the vertical FOV value 59.84044647 with the following settings: Scan type - Exact Value Value Type - Float Rounded (default) Double click the found result to add it to table list. In the table list copy and paste it and set "adjust the address by" to -4 to get the horizontal FOV address (it should point to value 75). Change the values as you wish (increasing the horizontal value to 90 is good for 16:9 screens). Notes The game changes these values when zooming in/out with the sniper and during cut-scenes. Set a hotkey in Cheat Engine to quickly change back to desired values when it happens.

Windowed

Instructions
Go to the configuration files location. Open willrock.ini. Change VIDEO_FullScr=Yes to VIDEO_FullScr=No.

Input settings

Controls settings.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		16	Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players.
Online play		16	Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Included with patch 1.1 and later.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7780
UDP	7780

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Low FPS (~30) on Windows 8/8.1

Use Windows 8/8.1 DDRAW FPS Fix

Options menu crash

In the options menu selecting the "game" submenu crashes the game.

Install the latest patch

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 550 MHz	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	64 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible