BlackSite: Area 51
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| Developers | |
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| Midway Studios Austin | |
| Publishers | |
| Midway Games | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 3 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 12, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 60 |
| IGDB | 58 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Shooter |
| Themes | North America |
| Series | Area 51 |
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| Area 51 | |
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| Area 51 | 1995 |
| Area 51 (2005) | 2005 |
| BlackSite: Area 51 | 2007 |
Key points
- Game was released as BlackSite outside the U.S.
Availability[edit]
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Install the latest patch (v1.2).
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Midway\Blacksite\Config\ |
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Screen.inionly contains screen resolution and option to start in window or fullscreen mode. Other settings are encrypted inside other files.
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Midway\Blacksite\ |
Video[edit]
Video settings.
Post-processing enabled(up) and disabled(down).
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See Field of View. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Image is Vert- and FOV will need to be increased to compensate. See Field of View. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of View. Default is 75°. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Run in windowed mode and use Borderless Gaming. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Available in the options menu, but doesn't do anything. Force in the graphics card control panel. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Game can be played in windowed mode which enables double buffering in modern Windows and prevents screen tearing, but the framerate won't be capped.[1] | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap. High frame rates may break NPC scripting during scripted events. | ||
Field of View[edit]
- FOV can be edited in Coalesced.ini, however this involves editing multiple entries. Comprehensively edited files for Hor+ gameplay in various different resolutions can be downloaded from the game's WSGF.com entry.
- The files provided on WSGF.com give an FOV that is about 7° wider than a true 1:1 Hor+ increase from a base 4:3 image. Also, these files increase the FOV based on the default 75° at a 4:3 aspect ratio, however the game is designed around 75° FOV at a 16:9 aspect ratio, as indicated by the cutscenes which have a fixed FOV.
| Download a comprehensively edited Coalesced.ini from wsgf.com |
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Post-processing effects[edit]
- Motion blur, light bloom and color correction can be disabled by deleting or renaming an external file.
| Disabling post-processing[1] |
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Input[edit]
Input settings and key mappings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Disabled by default. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio[edit]
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, sound effects and dialogue | |
| Surround sound | 5.1 | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Available to download. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support[edit]
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D User created game profile. Requires important settings to work properly, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| Shader Model support | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | Havok | |
| Audio | FMOD | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | Quazal |
Issues unresolved[edit]
Dynamic shadow rendering bug.
Dynamic shadows enabled(up) and disabled(down).
Dynamic shadow rendering bug[edit]
- Dynamic shadows of certain characters and objects are rendered incorrectly.
- Turning off dynamic shadows in video settings isn't an improvement, because it also turns off light in outdoor areas.
Game freezes when changing video settings[edit]
- It can sometimes happen that the game freezes when changing dynamic light, anti-aliasing or filtering mode in the video settings menu.
| Delete the settings file[1] |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 4000+ |
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| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verified by User:Antrad on November 28, 2017