Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Developers

	Monolith Productions
Mac OS (Classic)	Hyperion Entertainment^[1]
Linux	Hyperion Entertainment^[1]
Publishers
	Monolith Productions
	Interplay Entertainment
	Microïds
Engines
	LithTech 1.0
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	December 18, 2000
Linux	February 11, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	88
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Robot
Themes	Sci-fi

Contents 1 Availability 2 Essential improvements 2.1 Patches 2.2 Peixoto's patch 2.3 Running on modern systems 3 Game data 3.1 Configuration file(s) location 3.2 Save game data location 3.3 Save game cloud syncing 4 Video 5 Input 6 Audio 6.1 Localizations 7 Network 7.1 Multiplayer types 8 Issues fixed 8.1 Mouse cursor flickers through screen 8.2 Music doesn't play in-game 8.3 Cutscenes play too fast 9 Other information 9.1 API 9.2 Middleware 10 System requirements 11 Notes 12 References

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Shogo Pentacle - A Shogo Fan Site

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 2.2 is available at soggi.org.
The latest unofficial patch 2.4 is also available at soggi.org.

Both the Steam and GOG.com versions already come pre-patched.

Peixoto's patch

Gets the installer working on 64-bit systems
Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\Menus
Fixes bad performance on Windows 10
Hides the window border on Windows 10

Running on modern systems

Install DirectPlay

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux	<path-to-game>/autoexec.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/610860/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux	<path-to-game>/Save
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/610860/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display Settings (SHOGO Launcher).

Advanced Settings (SHOGO Launcher).

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		FOV is Vert-. Use the widescreen patch to add in a proper FOV.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF topic.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use the widescreen patch.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Control panel hack doesn't seem to apply to all textures.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Will need to use dgVoodoo.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Might need to use dgVoodoo for stable performance.
120+ FPS	Cutscenes are too fast, cutting off characters voice lines.See Cutscenes play too fast.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Menus can only be navigated with the arrow keys.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports joysticks out of the box, but is very basic. For details on better native support, go to `<path-to-game>\Joystick` and open a file called `joystick.htm`. Has not been tested with GOG.com version.
Full controller support		Can't navigate menus with joystick. See Controller Remap Notes for details.
Controller remapping		Must be configured in `Joystick.cfg`. Each axis, including the Right and Left Triggers on XInput controllers, can be individually given digital or analog actions, (i.e. RT = Fire, Y Axis Up = Jump, X Axis = Turning). See Controller Support Notes for details.
Controller sensitivity		Must be configured in `Joystick.cfg`. See Controller Support Notes for details.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Any axis can be inverted. Must be configured in `Joystick.cfg`. See Controller Support Notes for details.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings in Launcher.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		All dialogue has subtitles that cannot be turned off.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0,^[2] DirectSound3D, and RSX 3D Audio.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				GOG only.
Italian				Retail only. Patching the game to 2.4 will turn the game to english
Polish				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Russian				Official localization by "1C/Snowball". Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Mouse cursor flickers through screen

Install DirectInput wrapper that hides mouse cursor
Download `dinput.zip` from this GitHub comment. Copy `dinput.dll` to the game directory.

Music doesn't play in-game

Patch AM18.DLL
Open `AM18.DLL` with a hex editor such as HxD. Find the text `dslite.dll` (when you find `dslite.dll` there should also be a `dsound.dll` somewhere nearby). Change `dslite.dll` to `dsound.dll` (when you complete this step you should be seeing two `dsound.dll` entries around that area of the file) Alternatively, download pre-patched file.

Patch AM18.DLL

Open AM18.DLL with a hex editor such as HxD.
Find the text dslite.dll (when you find dslite.dll there should also be a dsound.dll somewhere nearby).
Change dslite.dll to dsound.dll (when you complete this step you should be seeing two dsound.dll entries around that area of the file)

Alternatively, download pre-patched file.

Cutscenes play too fast

Game logic is tied to frame rate. At over 60 fps, mouse is jerky and cutscenes are too fast cutting off characters' voice lines. At extremely high frame rates, game runs inhumanly fast.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Set the refresh rate to 60Hz

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
Software renderer

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 6 compatible	4 MB of VRAM
Other	4X CD-ROM

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	96 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	6 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^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>/610860/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (610860) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.