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Metal Fatigue

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Metal Fatigue
Metal Fatigue cover
Developers
Zono
Publishers
Europe Psygnosis
United Kingdom Take-Two Interactive
United States TalonSoft
2018 GOG/Steam re-release Nightdive Studios
Release dates
Windows May 18, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Vehicles Robot
Themes Sci-fi
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Metal Fatigue is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS 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
Pre-packaged with nGlide.
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Pre-packaged with nGlide.
Windows
A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos and splash screen

Delete or rename movie files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\TBD.
  2. Delete or rename LogoCinematic.avi and OpeningCinematic.avi.
Disable the 3Dfx logo splash screen (nGlide)[1]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\nglide_config.exe.
  2. Set the 3Dfx logo splash screen setting to Off.
  3. Click Apply to save changes, then Exit.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/888040/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/888040/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

nGlide configurator settings. Access by opening <path-to-game>\nglide_config.exe
nGlide configurator settings. Access by opening <path-to-game>\nglide_config.exe
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See discussion here.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
See discussion here.
4K Ultra HD
See discussion here.
Field of view (FOV)
Field of view determined by resolution.
Windowed
Press Alt+ Enter to toggle.
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)
Toggle with <path-to-game>\nglide_config.exe.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Scroll speed is adjustable.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Voice, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
No subtitles during gameplay. Mission briefings are presented via audio and text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down.

Issues fixed

Black borders around textures (OpenGL)

Use GLOverride[2]
  1. Download GLOverride and extract it to <path-to-game>.
  2. Edit opengl32.ini and find FixClamp = 0 and change it to FixClamp = 1.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Glide
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer MPlayer.com

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive


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>/888040/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (888040) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-09-02
  2. Verified by User:ZellSF on 2020-04-03