Difference between revisions of "Midtown Madness"
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# Create a copy of your game folder and apply the patch to it | # Create a copy of your game folder and apply the patch to it | ||
# Rename the patched midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe and place it in your original game folder | # Rename the patched midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe and place it in your original game folder | ||
− | # This is only necessary if you don't want any of the other changes MM Revisited makes. However it's still necessary to rename the patched midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe for dgvoodoo to work with it. | + | # This is only necessary if you don't want any of the other changes MM Revisited makes. However it's still necessary to rename the patched midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe for dgvoodoo to work with it. |
+ | {{ii}} [http://www.mmarchive.com/file_details.php?file_id=2361 MMArchive] entered directory mode on September 1, 2021.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.mmarchive.com/ MMArchive|title= Archival | of MMArchive}}</ref> The direct file download can be found [https://www.mmarchive.com/files/mm1/2361_MM1Revisitedv3.rar here]. Alternatively the file can be accessed from [https://www.mm2x.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&action=view&did=1418#1418 MM2 EXTREME]. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 19 June 2022
Developers | |
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Angel Studios | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Engines | |
Angel Game Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 27, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing |
Vehicles | Automobile, Bus, Truck |
Themes | Contemporary, North America |
Series | Midtown Madness |
Midtown Madness | |
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Midtown Madness | 1999 |
Midtown Madness 2 | 2000 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Extensive modding can make the game unstable on modern operating systems.
- Small but very active community.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Open1560
- Open-source reimplementation that fixes a lot of problems and adds a modern renderer.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\video.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use Open1560 or see the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert-. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use Open1560 and launch the game with -window command line argument. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use Open1560 (automatically set to 16x, can be manually set to 2x-16x with -afilter x command line argument), or use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-16x under Texture Filtering. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use Open1560 and set between 2x-8x with msaa x command line argument, or use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-8x MSAA. |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use Open1560, or use dgVoodoo 2 and enable Force vSync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | Was done via MSN Gaming Zone which was discontinued on June 19, 2006.[3] | |
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game runs poorly on Windows 8 and later
Use Open1560 |
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Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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CD music does not resume after pause
Use CDAudio proxy |
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CDAudio proxy will fix this, place its files in <path-to-game> and rip music to track02.ogg, track03.ogg, etc and place it in a folder named MUSIC in <path-to-game>
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DxWnd[4] |
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DxWnd can fix this.
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Text hard to see
Disable font smoothing |
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You must disable font smoothing in Windows. Windows 10 does this by default for midtown.exe, but this is incompatible with dgVoodoo. |
Unable to run on Linux via Wine
Custom Launcher (aka: A BASH script) |
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Tire smoke not appearing
Enable smoke |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
OpenGL | 3 | Supported in Open1560. |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ MSN Games - Free Online Games - last accessed on 2021-04-10
- ↑ Consilidation of CDAudio Proxy into DxWnd - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ MMArchive Archival - last accessed on [unknown]