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Evolva

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Evolva
Evolva cover
Developers
Computer Artworks
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Europe Virgin Interactive
Russia 1C Company
Retail re-release Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows June 1, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, TPS
Themes Sci-fi
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Evolva on Wikipedia

Evolva is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and TPS 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)
LaserLock DRM
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Patched to latest version.
Windows
Steam
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Windows
A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

Install the latest patch (v1.2.944) to enable bump mapping.

LOD modification

LOD modification disables the game from switching between high and low detailed models for enemies and other dynamic objects depending on the distance from the player. High detailed models will be used all the time.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\Evolva\1.0\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/771430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\GenoHunters\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/771430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings menu.
General settings menu.
Key mappings menu.
Key mappings menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
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)
Can be forced in the GPU control panel or dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Can be forced in the GPU control panel or dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Edit the settings in the registry[1]
  1. Change the screen resolution in-game and save the changes so the registry entries get created.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\Evolva\1.0.
  3. Set DisplayModeWidth and DisplayModeHeight to the desired resolution.
  4. If the chosen resolution is greater than 2048x2048, use dgVoodoo 2 to remove the resolution limit.

Notes

Multi-monitor resolutions work with some limitations; see the WSGF entry for details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No dialogue in the game.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Russian
Retail only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op
The official multiplayer service was shut down.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II (266 MHz)
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 420 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


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>/771430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (771430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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).

References