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Deathtrap Dungeon

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This page is for the action-adventure game. For the Fighting Fantasy gamebook, see Fighting Fantasy Classics.

Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon
Ian Livingstone's Deathtrap Dungeon cover
Developers
Asylum Studios
Publishers
1998-2009 Eidos Interactive
2009-present Square Enix
Re-release Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows June 25, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action
Themes Fantasy
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Deathtrap Dungeon is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Comes bundled with nGlide.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Comes bundled with nGlide.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename RPL files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\MOVIES.
  2. Move, delete or rename intro.rpl and Logos.rpl.
  3. For the GOG.com and Steam versions, run the nGlide configurator in the installation folder and change the 3dfx logo splash screen setting.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\ASYLUM\config.dat[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245010/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\ASYLUM\SAVEGAME\*.DDS[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/245010/pfx/[Note 2]
Saves are *.DDS; *.RAW are the save menu screenshots (not necessary for loading).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 16 FPS. Changing FRAME_LOCK 16 in config.dat changes the game speed.[2]

Widescreen resolution

Deathtrap Dungeon can run at higher resolutions using nGlide (pre-installed for the GOG.com and Steam versions).
Install nGlide (retail)[3]
  1. Download and install nGlide.
  2. Download Zeus Software's patch and extract it somewhere temporarily.
  3. Run PatchInstall.bat
  4. Move MSS32.dll to <path-to-game>, replacing the existing file.
  5. Run the nGlide configurator from the Start screen/Start menu.
  6. Set the desired screen resolution.
  7. Change aspect ratio to "4:3" for the correct perspective.
Run the nGlide configurator (GOG.com / Steam)
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Run <path-to-game>\nglide_config.exe.
  3. Set the desired screen resolution.
  4. Change aspect ratio to "4:3" for the correct perspective.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

For retail versions, install nGlide then set from the nGlide configurator in the Start screen/Start menu. For the GOG.com and Steam versions, go to <path-to-game> and run nglide_config.exe.

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound FX and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 IPX connection
Online play

Connection types

Issues fixed

Game does not start (Windows 10)

Use replacement DLLs[1]
  1. Download the latest version of ogg-winmm.
  2. Extract to the installation folder, replacing the existing files when prompted.
  3. Delete or rename win32.dll.
  4. Rename winmm.dll to win32.dll.

"Deathtrap Dungeon CD not found in Drive" (Sold Out Software version)

The Sold Out Software version requires a registry file which may not have been correctly imported.[4]
Import DDUNG.REG[4]
  1. Go to the CD's root directory.
  2. Run DDUNG.REG.
  3. When prompted to import the file, choose Yes.
  4. Choose OK when prompted.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Glide
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Also supports ATI's proprietary 3D CIF API for their 3D Rage series of cards.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes ESCAPE 130 Intro videos (.RPL) are encoded with the ESCAPE 130 codec

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) 16-bit colour at 640x480
Other 2x CD-ROM Drive


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/245010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (245010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References