Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
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| Developers | |
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| Original games | Croteam |
| Revolution update | Alligator Pit |
| Publishers | |
| Devolver Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine 1 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 30, 2019 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | FPS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Egypt, Sci-fi |
| Series | Serious Sam |
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Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is a unified version of first-person shooters Serious Sam: The First Encounter and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter with an updated engine, modern system compatibility, exclusive content, and full Steamworks integration. It is available for free if the original versions of both titles are already owned on Steam.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
Includes the separated versions of Serious Sam Classic: First Encounter and Second Encounter | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use +skipintro command line argument[1]
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Game data
In-game player settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\227780\local\PersistentSymbols.ini <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\227780\local\Controls\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/227780/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\227780\local\SaveGame\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/227780/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud | Only saves profile options and key binds.[2] |
Video
In-game video settings.
In-game general rendering settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Hor+. For unlisted resolutions see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Resolutions may be unlisted; see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | 70-130° natively supported in the game options menu. To change the weapon FOV, use the /wpn_fFOVAdd=XX command where XX is the desired number (default is 1). |
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| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | For unlisted resolutions see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | None, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced through the GPU control panel. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Labeled as Wait vertical retrace. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Set resolution in PersistentSymbols.ini[3] |
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Changing the refresh rate
The game seems to choose the lowest screen refresh rate available to the monitor. In order to change the screen refresh rate, press ~ (or the key above Tab) to open the console, enter the line: gap_iRefreshRate=60 (or whatever refresh rate you want) then restart the game.
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Alt+Tab ↹ crashes to desktop
| Alt+Tab ↹ will eventually crash to desktop. Happens very rarely, but best way to fix it is to either use Windowed or Borderless Fullscreen. |
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Input
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game axis settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Button prompts | ||
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 2.0 reverb; no DirectSound3D support. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Croatian | Fan translation, Download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 4 | Co-op, Versus Split-screen. |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 42 | Co-op, Versus |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
Changing focus may crash the game
- Alt+Tab ↹ will eventually crash to desktop.[citation needed]
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 650 MHz AMD Athlon 650 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 1.1 compatible | OpenGL 3.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (227780) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Skip intro video at startup - Steam Users' Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Cloud Saves - Steam Users' Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Serious Sam Classics: Revolution | WSGF