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K. Hawk: Survival Instinct

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K. Hawk: Survival Instinct
K. Hawk: Survival Instinct cover
Developers
Similis Software
Publishers
JoWood Productions
Release dates
Windows October 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
K. Hawk: Survival Instinct on MobyGames

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\video.
  2. Delete or rename intro.avi.

Fix crash on startup

Fix crash on startup[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Open KHSI.INI.
  3. Change BitDepth=16 to BitDepth=32

Fix mouse moving out of the game window on multi monitor displays

Fix mouse moving out of the game window on multi monitor displays

See Windowed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Forcing widescreen resolution results in stretching
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
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 the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Framerate is uncapped

Windowed

Force windowed mode
  1. Use DxWnd.
  2. Open DxWnd, click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Type in a name, and browse for the .exe file path.
  4. In Main tab check Run in Window and set position to Desktop center.
  5. In Mouse tab set Mouse Clipper to On

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


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