Nox
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Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 31, 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | June 18, 2013[1] |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Official ladder ranking servers closed, but 'official' lobby server for multiplayer still online.
- For online multiplayer in the GOG.com version install Westwood Online.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Use the Nox Quest patch. | |||
GOG.com | Includes manual and reference card; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2). | |||
Origin | Includes manual; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2), but does not enable the Quest add-on by default |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Patches
Nox Quest
- Nox Quest adds new multiplayer modes and patches the game to version 1.2.
- The Origin version includes this patch, but does not enable it by default.[4]
- The GOG.com version already includes this patch.
Other
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\nox.cfg[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video settings
Windowed
Windowed[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Unofficial translation by To_an, download and forum topic | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by 7Wolf and Fargus, download and rewiew |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 | For the GOG.com version download Westwood Online. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3840, 4005, 4808, 4810, 4995, 7000-7002 |
UDP | 1234-1237 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Flickering title screen or black screen on startup
- Run Nox in Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode to avoid this issue.
- The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
Set compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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"Westwood Online is not installed on this computer" error
Install Westwood Online |
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Install Westwood Online. |
Enable Quest add-on for Origin version
Modify registry settings[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer | Requires Nox GUI. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT 4.0 SP3, 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 1.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
- The recommended is extrapolated from the digital releases' minimum.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mac Game Update: System Shock 2 + 10 more titles ● GOG.com
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:ilike2burnthing on 2016-6-10
- ↑ http://www.noxforum.net/index.php?topic=8677.0