Difference between revisions of "Blacklight: Retribution"

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Blacklight
Blacklight: Tango Down	2010
Blacklight: Retribution	2012

Key points

Free to play.

Heavy frame rate drops and low GPU utilisation on Intel-based systems with Hyper-Threading enabled.

General information

Official game site

Blacklight Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Blacklight series

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches for this game should be downloaded and installed automatically when the game is run after a patch has been released. Note that this requires an internet connection - you will not be able to play online without having the most recent patch If the automatic patching doesn't work, you can manually download the patches here.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209870/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209870/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

All stats and settings are automatically saved to the Perfect World servers

Video settings

File:Blacklight Retribution Video.png

In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Private Servers run on the official servers.
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game won't start

If the game gives you an "Crash Report" message after you press the "Play" button in the launcher try to update your GPU Driver

If the game refuses to start with no error message try updating DirectX.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit)	7 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core Processor	Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	GeForce 8xxx or Radeon HD2xxx 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	1 GB+ of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/209870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (209870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/209870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (209870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Zombie Studios
Publishers
	Perfect World Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	April 3, 2012