Difference between revisions of "FlatOut"

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FlatOut
FlatOut	2004
FlatOut 2	2006
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage	2008
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction	2011
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity	2017

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Opening the launcher

After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.

Instructions

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6220/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6220/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Game's launcher.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Polish

A high quality Polish translation was made by PL Projekt group. It can be downloaded from Portal24h.

Instructions

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Hot seat Bonus Rag-Doll Sports Mode.
LAN play	8
Online play	8

Issues unresolved

"Access Denied - Please login with administrator privileges and try again" error on launch (Windows 10)

The retail version does not work on Windows 10 due to SafeDisc support being discontinued.

Issues fixed

"Access Denied - Please login with administrator privileges and try again" error on launch

The SecDrv.Sys driver required by SafeDisc is not running. SecDrv.sys has been disabled by a hotfix. Refer to kb3086255 for workaround details (this does not work for Windows 10).

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Equivalent	2.0 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD 2000+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM

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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6220) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014
↑ 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] 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]

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (6220) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (6220) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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@@ Line 247: / Line 247: @@
 {{Network/Multiplayer
 |local play           = true
-|local play players   = 2-4
+|local play players   = 4
 |local play modes     = Hot seat
 |local play notes     = Bonus Rag-Doll Sports Mode.

Developers
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	Bugbear Entertainment
Publishers
	Empire Interactive
Engines
	ROMU Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2004
Linux	July 24, 2014^[1]