Vivisector - Beast Within

Vivisector - Beast Within

Developers
	Action Forms
Publishers
	1C Company
Poland	Cenega
Germany	Brigades
Engines
	AtmosFear
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror, Sci-fi

Warnings

StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Vivisector - Beast Within is a singleplayer first-person FPS game.

General information

Manual

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM
GamersGate (unavailable)
Publisher website (unavailable)		StarForce 5 DRM
(unavailable)

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Demo

A demo is available from Polish publisher website.

A German demo is available from gamepressure.com.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1

Resolves DRM issues.

Other changes include:

• Game physics have been improved, especially regarding creatures/objects falling out of levels.
• In level DRM26 the boss monster will no longer fall out of the level.
• Fixed problems with the Creative X-Fi sound card.

Skip intro videos

Modify init.cfg
Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Scripts\ Open init.cfg with a text editor. Change r.showlogos value to 0 Save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Save\

One autosave, two quicksave slots and nine manual slots.

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Same method as for 16:9. The ideal values are 1600x676 and 122 FOV
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		90 by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Borderless only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 6x MSAA. Antialiasing disables shadows. Use your graphics card's program settings and enable it through there if you wish to keep shadows.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 500 FPS. No in-game option available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Modify config.cfg and use DgVoodoo 2

Open <path-to-game>\config.cfg with a text editor. Change @v.sx value to 1280 and @v.sy value to 720. Save the file. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive. Open MS\x86 and copy D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll. Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is. Run the included dgVoodooCpl.exe program and configure the settings. Resolutions can be forced under the DirectX tab. FOV will be zoomed in, it is recommended to set the FOV to something like 120. See Field of view (FOV)

Use the Vivisector Widescreen Fix mod

Field of view (FOV)

Modify config.cfg
Go to Configuration file location. Open config.cfg with a text editor. Add @render_fov=101 parameter under the video settings section. Adjust the value as needed. Save the file. Notes The camera will invert above 180 FOV.

Windowed

Use DgVoodoo 2

Corpse and decal lifetime

Modify config.cfg
Go to Configuration file location. Open config.cfg with a text editor. Change @hitfx_lifetime value as desired (30 by default). Save the file. Notes High values may cause crashes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only one volume slider.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Alt-tabbing even in windowed mode causes the game to minimize (and mutes the sound).
EAX support		EAX 4.0
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail - #1
German				Local retail only.
Polish				Local retail only.
Russian				Local retail only Released as Вивисектор: Зверь внутри.

Issues unresolved

FOV settings resets after cutscene

No current fix.

Game change weapons rapidly

Occurred when attempting to adjust the FOV in the config.

Set the FOV below 120.

Issues fixed

Random crashes

Lower the Corpse and decal lifetime

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Newton Game Dynamics
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.6.6.0

Console commands

The console can be opened using the ~ key.

Console commands are listed in <path-to-game>\DATA\Scripts\commands.txt and in <path-to-game>\DATA\Scripts\commands as file names.

Modifications

Vivisector Beast Within Upscale Project

A 4x upscale of the game's textures, FMV's and logos.

Large file size; 6.6 GB compressed.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, 7
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz		Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB		768 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce FX ATI Radeon 9600 256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound compatible card		SoundBlaster Audigy Series audio card