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Interstate '76

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Interstate '76
Interstate '76 cover
Developers
Activision
Publishers
Activision
Brazil Brasoft
Engines
MechWarrior 2
Release dates
Windows March 26, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Automobile
Series Interstate
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Interstate '76 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person racing and vehicle combat game in the Interstate series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Multiplayer (Anet) source code was made open source in 2002.
interstate76.com - fan site with tips, tricks and mods.
Local Ditch Gaming - source for tips.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Arsenal Edition, fully updated.
Windows
Free official demos are available for the base game and the Arsenal edition.

Version differences

The Arsenal edition, also sold as the Gold Edition, included the base game and the Nitro Pack with the official 1.2 patch, 3D acceleration support and force feedback support.
The Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Edition (v1.06) was bundled with Microsoft's Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro controller line.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Nitro Pack Standalone expansion, does not require the base game to run. Known as Nitro Riders in Europe.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Updates for the original retail version, including the Gold Edition, are available here.

Unofficial patch

The latest unofficial patch for the Nitro Pack is available here. It includes a frame rate limiter set to 24 FPS for preventing issues, and improved A3D and Direct3D support.
An all-in-one patch installer is available in the Files section on PCGW.

Play movies off hard drive in retail version

Copy cutscene files to the hard drive[1]
  1. In <path-to-game>, create the smk subfolder.
  2. From the CUTSCENES folder on disc 2, copy all the files into <path-to-game>\smk.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
input.map for keyboard bindings
input.def and gamekey.def for additional bindings (not changeable through game dialogue)
internet.lst for server list
modem.ini for modem configuration
NSCR.DAT and user.mel for multiplayer configuration
reconfig.spc for car loadout

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.cmp[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\savegame.dir[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
4:3 resolutions only. Higher 4:3 resolutions can be forced for the Glide or Direct3D mode by using a wrapper such as dgVoodoo 2, but the aspect ratio can not be changed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For software rendering, a windowed mode can be activated by using the -gdi parameter. May be broken on modern Windows[citation needed]. D3D and Glide can be forced in certain wrappers.[citation needed]
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)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High frame rate

Frame rates higher than 30 FPS (24 FPS in some cases) cause stuttering, physics and enemy AI problems.
Use the unofficial patch for Nitro Pack
Use patches by immi (or legacy patch for base game)
Force the frame rate to 24 FPS in the graphics card control panel or via dgVoodoo 2

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Enabling force feedback on the Gold Edition

Change registry key[2]
  1. Run the Registry Editor.
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ACTIVISION\
  3. Rename the Interstate'76FRC folder to Interstate '76.

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
CD Music, SFX and voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
A3D 1.0[3]
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
GOG.com version uses the winmm wrapper.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Brazilian Portuguese
Retail release: Interestadual '76.[4]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Uses deprecated IPX protocol; see IPX protocol deprecated for more information.
Online play
8 Versus
The official ANet service has been shut down. Use the unofficial patch for Nitro Pack; GOG users should get the version from here instead (no DRM).

Connection types

Issues fixed

Corrupt graphics on Windows Vista and Windows 7

See DirectDraw troubleshooting

Crashes on Windows XP

Download modified database files for base game and Nitro Pack
Manually modify files[5]
  1. Open the file database.mw2 (.tvf in Nitro Pack) in a hex editor.
  2. Find the last two RIFF extensions and change them to something else, such as PIFF.
Disable hardware acceleration for audio devices or disable sound in-game[5]

Installing retail version on 64-bit systems

The official 16-bit installer will not run on 64-bit systems.
A German website has a custom installer here. It also includes and installs the patches, up to the Gold Edition.
winevdm can also be used.


Manual installation
  1. Create a folder where the game files will be located.
  2. Copy all files and folders to it, with the exception of the DEMO and DirectX subfolders and the setup.exe file.
  3. Create a .reg file, edit it in a text editor to include the data below (note that the path to the game needs two \ characters), and run it as administrator:
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\I76.exe]
"(Default)"="{{p|game}}\\I76.exe"
"Path"="{{p|game}}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Activision]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Activision\Interstate '76]
"EXE"=i76.exe

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Activision\Interstate '76\1.06]

Textures are "flipped" with other textures in Glide mode[6][7][8][9][10]

This is a bug in some Glide wrappers. Reduce the texture memory to 2 MB to bypass this.
If running a real Voodoo card, add the following to a batch file followed by the game's executable:
SET SST_TMUMEM_SIZE=2
nitro.exe

Game crashes after mission 12

Official response from Activision representative[11][12]
This problem can be fixed by retrieving the I76shell.dll from the 1.06 or 1.08 patch for the original I76 W95. Do not install the 1.06 patch to the Gold Edition! It will crash. Instead, extract the 1.06 patch to a new folder. Copy the I76shell.dll file to the Gold Edition directory. Only 1 file will be replaced.

I tested Gold i76 using the i76shell.dll file from the 1.083 patch. It worked! I was able to get into the 13th level without a page fault crash. Be sure to back up the original .dll file though before doing this. The Gold edition will crash on Instant Melees with 1.08 .dll file installed. I would only use the 1.08 file temporarily for the purpose of gaining access to the 13th level.
This can be simplified by renaming the patch .dll to I76shell_1083.dll (GOG.com version already includes it), then using the following batch scripts to enable and disable the fix. Name them as such:
Batch file contents

EnableM13.bat

@echo off
if exist I76shell.bak goto error
ren I76shell.dll I76shell.bak
ren I76shell_1083.dll I76shell.dll
goto fix

:error
echo Mission 13 Fix already enabled! If you are experiencing crashes in
echo melee or other single player missions, run RevertM13.bat instead.
pause
goto end

:fix
echo Mission 13 Fix enabled. Run RevertM13.bat to disable.
pause
goto end

:end

RevertM13.bat

@echo off
if exist I76shell_1083.dll goto error
ren I76shell.dll I76shell_1083.dll
ren I76shell.bak I76shell.dll
goto fix

:error
echo Mission 13 Fix NOT enabled! If you are experiencing crashes in
echo mission 13, run EnableM13.bat instead.
pause
goto end

:fix
echo Mission 13 Fix reverted. Run EnableM13.bat to re-patch.
pause
goto end

:end

Unhandled exception error

Run the game as administrator[citation needed]
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 95/98 (retail) or XP SP3 (GOG.com)[13][citation needed]
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings in compatibility settings[citation needed]
Set core affinity to just one core[citation needed]

Mouse becoming unusable in certain menus while using dgVoodoo in fullscreen mode

Toggle into windowed mode before the game enters into the post-/pre-mission menus.[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
Launch the game with the -d3d parameter.
DirectDraw
Only used for main menu. D3D or Glide are used for actual gameplay.
OpenGL
PowerVR only (MiniGL). Launch the game with the -powervr parameter.
Glide 1.0 Requires wrapper, such as nGlide, to work on modern systems. Launch the game with the "-glide" parameter.
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Setup.exe is 16-bit.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Cutscenes remain on disc in the retail version.
Multiplayer ANET

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 75 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
1 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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