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Carmageddon: Max Damage

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Carmageddon: Max Damage
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Developers
Stainless Games
Publishers
Original Stainless Games
Current THQ Nordic
Engines
Beelzebub
Release dates
Windows October 27, 2016[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Racing, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Series Carmageddon
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Carmageddon
Carmageddon 1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now 1998
Carmageddon TDR 2000 2000
Carmageddon: Reincarnation 2015
Carmageddon: Max Damage 2016

Carmageddon: Max Damage is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, racing and vehicle combat game in the Carmageddon series.

The game is an updated version of Carmageddon: Reincarnation, with owners of the former getting Max Damage for free.[1]

There is a critical bug that crashes the game when restarting an event. To prevent it, refer to it by clicking here.

General information

Official website (archived)
Official forums (archived)
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip splash screen

Delete/rename the splash files[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data_Misc\splashscreen.
  2. Delete or rename splash.png.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\Data_Misc\config
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\505170\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/505170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Carmageddon Max Damage\savegames
<Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Carmageddon1\CARMA\DATA\SAVEGAME
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/505170/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 125 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
Blood color can be changed between red, green and blue.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
XInput supported, DirectInput has some mapping issues.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
3 pre-set layouts available. Presets can be edited by altering text files in <path-to-game>\Data_Misc\default_controls
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection
Always reads cursor as visible.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Sound Effects, Comment, Engine
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
All music is licensed from Fear Factory, Morgue and Maximum Sexy Pigeon.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
6 Versus

Connection types

Issues fixed

The game crashes after restarting an event

The game is triggered to crash when an event is restarted from the pause and post-event menus.

Restart the event from the main menu instead.[3]

It's suggested from a dump that the game has an issue with mapped memory clean-up. To prevent this, quit the event and then replay the event from the main menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are NOT officially supported.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/505170/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (505170) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carmageddon: Max Damage for PC - OUT NOW! (Archived) - last accessed on October 28, 2016
  2. Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-07-02
  3. Restart Race crash to desktop - The CWA Board - last accessed on 2021-11-17