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V.I.P.

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V.I.P.
V.I.P. cover
Developers
Ubisoft Shanghai
Publishers
Ubisoft
Russia Russobit-M
Engines
Ubisoft OpenSpace
Release dates
Windows 2002
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Rail shooter, Shooter, TPS
Art styles Realistic
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V.I.P. on MobyGames

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

V.I.P. is a singleplayer third-person action, rail shooter, shooter and TPS game.

It's based on the PlayStation 1 version, rather than the PlayStation 2 version.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v2.51.021 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Video Settings.
Video Settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 28 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard Settings.
Keyboard Settings.

Audio

Audio Settings.
Audio Settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound Effects sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Local retail release only.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7 Despite the game's system requirements stating DirectX 8 is required, it uses Direct3D 7 for rendering.
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8.0 compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References