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POD: Planet of Death

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POD: Planet of Death
POD: Planet of Death cover
Developers
Ubisoft
Publishers
North America, Europe, digital Ubisoft
Brazil Brasoft
Czech Bohemia Interactive
China Ubisoft China
Russia Akella
Release dates
Windows February 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, Subscription gaming service
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Automobile
Themes Sci-fi
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POD: Planet of Death is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing game.

General information

Titled simply POD in North America
pod PhReAk - Comprehensive fan resource (requires Flash)
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Windows
Ubisoft Store
Icon overlay.png
Gold Edition. Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

Version differences

The Gold edition includes the base game and the Back to Hell expansion.

Monetization

Type Notes
Expansion pack The expansion pack includes new cars and tracks.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Ubisoft+.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Back to Hell
Windows

Essential improvements

Playing POD Gold on Windows 10 (2018), a guide on how to fix POD Gold issues (GOG/CD version) on Windows 10, and how to add new cars/tracks.

Patches

Fixes a lot of compatibility issues on modern operating systems.
Apply Podhacks[1]
  1. Download PodHacks.zip (password is PodHacks).
  2. Extract PodHacks executable into <path-to-game>.
  3. Run the executable

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect
[2]

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enable by default
60 FPS
Probably more than 60fps / 60hz there are physical problems.to avoid problems just keep the monitor set to 60hz
120+ FPS

Widescreen resolution

Normally the game only allows for resolutions up to 800x600.

Rename a DLL[citation needed]
  1. Install nGlide.
  2. Delete or rename glide2x.dll found in <path-to-game>.

Notes

Causes sky box issues on some tracks.
Recommended to first apply PodHacks.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
CD Music, Sound
Surround sound
Via Dolby Surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Versus
LAN play
8
Online play
8 The official multiplayer service was shut down

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 2
DirectDraw
Glide
Native support.
Software renderer
Also supports PowerVR's PowerSGL, ATI 3D CIF, and S3 ViRGE's S3D APIs
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz (with 3D acceleration)
Intel Pentium 120 MHz (without 3D acceleration)
Intel Pentium MMX
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB


Notes

  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. gog.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  2. Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18