FIFA World Cup 98

Not to be confused with FIFA: Road to World Cup 98.

FIFA World Cup 98

Developers
	EA Canada
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	April 30, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Sports
Sports	Football (Soccer)
Art styles	Realistic
Series	FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup
Subseries of FIFA
World Cup Soccer: Italia '90	1990
World Cup USA '94	1994
World Cup 98	1998
2002 FIFA World Cup	2002
2006 FIFA World Cup	2006

Key points

Installing on 64-bit systems requires a workaround. See Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally; Only rare second-hand copies are available.

Essential improvements

nGlide wrapper

FIFA World Cup 98 supports multiple rendering methods (Software Rendering, Direct3D and 3dfx). However, due to compatibility issues, it's recommended to use nGlide 3dfx wrapper.

Using nGlide with FIFA WC 98[citation needed]

Download newest version of nGlide and install it. After you've installed both FIFA98 and nGlide, download a compatibility fix from this site (find FIFA World Cup 98 - the fix is in the right column). Extract the fix. Go to a folder where you've installed FIFA World Cup 98. Enter folder thrash in FIFA World Cup 98 folder. Replace voodoo2a.dll in World Cup 98\thrash, with a file downloaded in a fix. If you're using 64bit system, edit fifawc98.reg with a text editor before adding it to registry. Find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Sports\World Cup 98] Replace it with [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\EA Sports\World Cup 98] Double click on fifawc98.reg provided by nGlide to change renderer to 3dfx. Launch PatchInstall.bat to add compatibility fixes to system database.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\USER

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 640x480.
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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		In d3d and software mode is Enable by default.In Glide Can be forced using 3dfx wrapper.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Glide is capped 63fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports DirectInput controllers. Works well with Xbox 360 Controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The main theme is "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba. All other music is licensed (various artists)

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Installing on 64-bit versions of Windows

The original setup file is 16-bit and can't run on 64-bit versions of Windows.

Use replacement setup executable

Download the InstallShield 3 32-bit Generic Installer. Make a temporary folder for the game setup files (this will not be the game's actual installation folder). Copy the entire CD contents into this folder. Go into SETUP in the copied folder. Go into the folder for the language you want to install (e.g. ENGLISH). Extract the InstallShield 3 32-bit Generic Installer here. Run the new setup32.exe to start installing the game. When the installer shows "Error: Can not detect hardware!" click OK to continue (this will appear several times). Change the Destination Directory to the folder you want (the default path shown is invalid and must be changed). Follow the rest of the steps to finish installing the game normally. Notes If a game asks to Insert a CD, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\EA SPORTS\World Cup 98. Check entry CD Drive. CD Drive should point to your CD drive (either physical of virtual), e.g. if your CD drive has a latter G, the value for CD Drive should be G. See nGlide wrapper for more improvements and fixes.

Black screen

Apply compatibility fixes[citation needed]
Download compatibility fix from this site (find FIFA World Cup 98 - the fix is in the right column). Extract it and launch PatchInstall.bat to add compatibility fixes to compatibility base.

Use nGlide wrapper[citation needed]
See nGlide wrapper.

Alternative - Use Software Rendering[citation needed]
Run FIFAWC.EXE with the command line argument -no3dx. Notes Software renderer is extremely glitchy on new systems.

Sound issues

Fixing sound issues[citation needed]
Download and install Creative ALchemy Universal Run the program and create a new profile for the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
Glide
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	120 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA, True Color