Turok: Evolution

Turok: Evolution

Developers
	Acclaim Studios Austin
Windows	Super Happy Fun Fun
Publishers
	Acclaim Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	October 23, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Series	Turok (Acclaim)

Turok (Acclaim)
Subseries of Turok
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter	1997
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil	1999
Turok: Evolution	2003
Turok (2015)	2015
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (2017)	2017
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered	2023

Turok: Evolution is a singleplayer first-person shooter game in the Turok (Acclaim) series.

The PC port of the game, released only in Europe, was based on the GameCube/Xbox version. Compared to the original versions, it is missing graphical effects, has inferior lighting and worse audio quality

Install Microsoft DirectInput Mapper to fix remapping issues on Windows Vista and later.

General information

Official website (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acclaim\Turok4\1.0\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\

Video

Config tool.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Vertical FOV is decreased.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Text scales poorly.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		On/off only. Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate cap. High frame rate (above 250 FPS) may cause the player character to float/fly in the air. Limit the frame rate to avoid this problem (60-120 FPS will be more than enough).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the name and executable path. Set the window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on Input tab, set Cursor clipper to On. Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Install Microsoft DirectInput Mapper to fix remapping on modern systems.
Mouse acceleration		Strong mouse acceleration is always enabled.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse cursor doesn't select options in main menu.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Install Microsoft DirectInput Mapper to fix remapping on modern systems.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Croatian				Fan translation, Download
German				Censored and uncensored versions exist.
Spanish
Russian				A choice between two pirated translations ported from Playstation 2 and Xbox for the PC version. Download.

Issues fixed

Extremely slow mouse input

Decrease mouse polling rate[citation needed]
Open Razer Synapse if installed. Click on Performance tab. Set Polling Rate to 125 Hz.

Can't remap controls

Fix remapping issues[citation needed]
Install Microsoft DirectInput Mapper.

Error when loading saved game

Save menu says 'Cannot load game' when choosing which save game to load[citation needed]
When installing the game, choose a directory other than C:\Program Files (i.e. install to C:\Games or another drive entirely). It's suspected that increased security in Windows is affecting the games ability to load or save files in protected directories, such as Program Files.

Black screen with audio during cutscenes and intros

Set the game's shortcut/Turok4.exe file in compatibility mode Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

A simple way to improve mouse control

Disable Vsync and cap frame rate[citation needed]

Open Nvidia Control Panel, Navigate to Manage 3D settings and click on the Program Settings tab, Select or add the "Turok4.exe" application, Disable Vsync in the "Vertical Sync" column by selecting "Off", Limit the frame rate to values ​​​​not exceeding 250 FPS by selecting the appropriate value in the "Max Frame Rate" column, otherwise the player character will start float/fly in the air (60-120 will be enough). Notes Try other frame rate limiting ways (AMD has similar features to limit FPS and disable/enable Vsync). Significant improvement in mouse control. With Vsync disabled can cause screen tearing. Mouse control is still far from the norm.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	3D Accelerator Required 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible