Risen
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Developers | |
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Piranha Bytes | |
Publishers | |
Deep Silver | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 2, 2009 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 81 |
Risen | |
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Risen | 2009 |
Risen 2: Dark Waters | 2012 |
Risen 3: Titan Lords | 2014 |
General information
Availability[edit]
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | TAGES Solidshield DRM disc check; use Patch 1.11 Final to remove. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Gamesplanet | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Not available in Australia and New Zealand.[1] |
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
- Patch 1.11 Final fixes various issues and removes copy protection.
- The Risen Unofficial patch fixes a number of minor issues with gameplay, localisation, quests and dialog that were not addressed in the official patches. Works on official patch versions 1.10 and 1.11.
Skip intro videos[edit]
Remove intro videos from playlist[citation needed] |
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Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\ConfigUser.xml[Note 1] <path-to-game>\data\ini\ConfigDefault.xml |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 2] |
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ConfigUser.xml
overridesConfigDefault.xml
; make changes inConfigUser.xml
unless otherwise noted.
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Risen\SaveGames %LOCALAPPDATA%\Risen\achievements.bin |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40300/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | native 3840x2160 support. Can go higher in Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Risen -ConfigUser.xml | ||
Field of view (FOV) | FOV setting in ConfigDefault.xml is ignored. |
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Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be set in video card driver. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | No option in-game and driver override has no effect. Try capping FPS with external software instead. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[2] |
Widescreen resolution[edit]
- Aspect ratio is fully correct for 16:9 only. 16:10 resolutions are listed in-game but have some UI elements slightly squashed.
Fix aspect ratio[3] |
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Notes
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Windowed[edit]
Enable windowed mode in config file[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Quicksave, quickload and some other keys are locked in the binds menu. Can be edited in ConfigUser.xml. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | See Mouse sensitivity | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Under Game settings. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Mouse sensitivity[edit]
Change sensitivity in config file[citation needed] |
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Audio[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, voice, effects, ambient and master volume. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Under Game settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail release. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it. | |||
Russian | Available here. |
Issues fixed[edit]
"The program cannot start because PhysXLoader.dll is missing from your computer" error at launch[edit]
Install PhysX[citation needed] |
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Install the NVIDIA PhysX System Software. |
"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect" error at launch[edit]
Install Visual C++ 2005 (x86)[4] |
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Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86). The above link appears to be broken now, try this link instead (restart computer after installing to take effect): Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update. |
VR support[edit]
3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | FMOD | 4.24.0 |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8i |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | XP SP3, Vista |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.5 GB | 2.5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7900 ATI Radeon HD 1800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2900 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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>/40300/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.