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Gunman Chronicles

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Gunman Chronicles
Gunman Chronicles cover
Developers
Rewolf Software
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Sierra On-Line
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows November 21, 2000[1]
Reception
Metacritic 65
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Vehicles Tank
Art styles Realistic
Themes Sci-fi, Space, Western
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Gunman Chronicles is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person FPS game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM 4 DRM.
Windows
Despite being partially developed by Valve, the game was never released on Steam. The CD Key that came with the game can however be activated and the "Half-Life Platinum Pack" will be received.
A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Gunman-To-Steam Patch

Gunman-To-Steam Patch is a fan patch that adds compatibility with the Steam platform, along with various visual and audio enhancements.
Requires the Steam version of Half-Life, or another GoldSrc Steam release.

Xash3D Engine

Xash3D is a custom Gold Source Engine built from scratch.
Allows game to run on modern systems with widescreen support and other features.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\rewolf[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\rewolf\SAVE[Note 1]

Video

In-game resolution settings.
In-game resolution settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Xash3D Engine.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
90º by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Launch the game with -window parameter.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Triple Buffering.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 72 FPS by default. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

FOV adjustment may be necessary at widescreen resolutions.
Field of view[2]
  1. In the game's launch options, add +default_fov ###, replacing ### with the desired FOV.
  2. While in game, open the console (~).
  3. Type default_fov and press Enter to confirm the changes have taken place in-game.

Notes

Weapon models are affected by changes in FOV.
To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121.

High frame rate

Use +developer 1 +fps_override 1 +fps_max ###
Disabling the cap may reduce the speed at which you move objects and NPC turn rate bug.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
EAX 1.0, A3D 2.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Unoffical audio translation from "Fargus Multimedia" avaliable here

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
The official WON multiplayer service was shut down.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile (use openGL renderer), see profile introdution.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate (Retail version)

The retail version of the game defaults to 60 Hz when running with Direct3D renderer in full-screen mode.
Use the -freq <rate> command line argument[3]
Example: -freq 120 forces a 120 Hz refresh rate.

Input Lag in Direct3D (Retail version)

On certain graphics cards, using the D3D renderer can result in severe input lag, even with disabled VSync.
Set gl_d3dflip 1 in the console[4]

No music playback (Retail version)

Switch from CD playback to MP3[5]
  1. Make sure you have updated Half-Life to v1.1.1.0 (see patch), adding MP3 playback support.
  2. (This action requires a Steam account and Steam platform installed to access the content)

Put the MP3 soundtrack of Half-Life Steam version (see here) into <path-to-game>\valve\media.

  1. Add ID3v1 tags to the MP3 files (see instruction here)
Burn the soundtrack on a separate CD
  1. Open up your favorite CD burner utility program
  2. Create a new audio project
  3. Place a dummy file as track 1; since track 1 is data, the game skips it and moves straight to track 2.
  4. (This action requires a Steam account and Steam platform installed to access the content) Download the Half-Life soundtrack through steam (see here) And begin placing the soundtrack from 01 to 27
  5. Burn the CD

Main menu issues (Retail Version)

In modern versions of windows the menu is usually not seen in full screen in addition to crashing when loading the game
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Fatal Error - Available memory less than 15MB (Retail version)

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
OpenGL
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer WON (World Opponent Network)

Demo Addon

Incorporates demo levels seemlessly into the full version at the appropriate positions.

Steam Version

The full version of Gunman Chronicles fully ported to steam. From this Steam version you can play the demo, the full game, and deathmatch. All voice lines and such are in English. This version includes another deathmatch map that wasn't in the original Gunman Chronicles release.

System requirements

Windows[6]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Other 4x 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).

References

  1. In stores now! (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-06-24
  2. https://steamcommunity.com/app/70/discussions/0/620713633859376599/ Is there anyway to change the default F.O.V.? :: Half Life General Discussions
  3. Command Line Options - Valve Developer Community - last accessed on May 2023
  4. valvearchive.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  5. https://steamcommunity.com/app/70/discussions/0/527274088387899010/ Half-Life WON (CD) does not have music :: Half-Life General Discussions
  6. Gunman Chronicles Manual - last accessed on 2023-06-24