Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

Developers
	Capcom
Engines
	MT Framework
Release dates
Windows	May 27, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	70
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Lost Planet

Lost Planet
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	2007
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition	2008
Lost Planet 2	2010
Lost Planet 3	2013

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

Updated version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition with a Human vs Akrid multiplayer mode, a selection of new multiplayer maps, characters and weapons, and four new single-player modes. Also includes a new "RE4 style" camera & a higher FOV option, both of which are hidden features.

Cross-platform multiplayer with Xbox 360 players.

Includes benchmark.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
Steam (unavailable)		Temporarily removed from purchase pending Capcom's investigation into an installation issue.
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.

Demo

DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 demos can be downloaded here and here. They include two playable levels and a benchmark.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\capcom\lostplanetcolonies\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45720/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\capcom\lostplanetcolonies\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45720/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			For setting a custom resolution see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 16x QCSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 120 FPS. Audio and video is out of sync during cutscenes (cap the frame rate at 60 FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit config.ini
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open config.ini. Change the Resolution= line to the desired resolution. Save the changes.

Field of view (FOV)

A hidden feature to switch to a higher native FOV is present. To toggle it, hold the Reload key (R-Stick) and press the Left Arrow key (Left on a D-pad) in-game.

See the WSGF entry. If that doesn't work, follow the alternative solution below.

Instructions
Open LostPlanetColoniesDX10.exe in a hex editor like HxD. Go to offset 8D48E0. Change 00 00 48 42 (50) to a higher value, for example 00 00 88 42 (68). Notes Floating Point Converter can be used to convert values.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Supports remapping thumb mouse buttons.
Mouse acceleration		No way to turn it off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Three presets only.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		Xbox 360 Controller only.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound		Up to 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

• Steam: Localization is set with operating system and cannot be manually changed.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Retail only. The language files available.
Italian
Polish				Current Steam version have errors. Here is alternative translation, but currently incompatible with Steam version.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation — download.
Russian				Dub ported from the original release, download here.
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer is not compatible with Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Systemlink
Online play		16	Cross platform with Xbox 360 players.

Issues unresolved

Stuttering when running through snow

When running through snow while carrying standard weapons the game stutters about once a second, probably because of animation or physics bug, since framerate remains stable.

Issues fixed

Audio and video out of sync during cutscenes

Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS

Frequent crashes in DX10 mode

Copy old dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll files to the installation folder
Search your C:\Windows\winsxs folder for dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll The correct dxgi.dll file was modified on 11/20/2010 or 11/21/2010 (depending on region) and is 496 KB. The correct d3d10.dll file was modified on 7/13/2009 or 7/14/2009 (depending on region) and is 0.98 MB. Copy both files to your Lost Planet installation folder, where the .exe files are.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 10	Launcher prompts a version choice.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 HT AMD Athlon 64	Intel Core 2 Quad AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM)	512 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 series ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 8600 ATI Radeon HD 2600 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible