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Rise of the Triad

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Rise of the Triad
Rise of the Triad cover
Developers
Interceptor Entertainment
Publishers
Apogee Software
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows July 31, 2013
Rise of the Triad on Wikipedia
Rise of the Triad
Rise of the Triad: Dark War 1995
Return of the Triad 2011
Rise of the Triad 2013
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition 2023

This page is for the 2013 remake. For the original game, see Rise of the Triad: Dark War.

Key points

Plenty of graphics options accessible via game launcher.
GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.[1]
Blackscreens on multi-monitor systems. Sound and game work fine, but graphics fail to appear.
Frame rate issues on wide variety of systems. Driver update is recommended.

General information

Port Report: Rise of the Triad
Official Forum - General Discussion
Official Forum - Gameplay Discussion
Official Forum - Tech Support
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Console

Game features console access with some basic commands. Console is accessible via ~ or TAB key.
To access all available commands type first letter and list of all commands that starts with this letter will appear.
Some commands are considered as cheats. To enter cheat mode you need to enter dipstick command to the console first. This will disable score and achievements for current level.

Custom commands and key binding fix

You can streamline your your frequently used commands by binding them on a specific key.
Some keys cannot be mapped from game menu. Use this guide to rebind commands to your desired keys.
Instructions
List of default commands
Command Description
GBA_Use Use
GBA_Jump Jump
GBA_MoveForward Forward
GBA_Backward Backward
GBA_StrafeLeft Left
GBA_StrafeRight Right
GBA_Fire Primary fire
GBA_AltFire Secondary fire
GBA_PrevWeapon Previous weapon
GBA_NextWeapon Next weapon
GBA_SwitchWeaponX Switch to weapon X (X = 1 to 5)
GBA_SwitchToBestWeapon Select best weapon
GBA_Duck Crouch
GBA_Reload Reload
GBA_KnifeHit Melee
GBA_ROTTTalk Talk
GBA_RemoteRidicule Remore ridicule
GBA_ShowScores Show multiplayer scores

Turn Off Texture Streaming

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Although there is FOV slider, you can tweak FOV via console or configuration file.
Flawless Widescreen supports this game.
There is hard range limit to the FOV values. You can only set FOV in 20-120° range.
Instructions
Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

The game uses MLAA anti aliasing which cannot be disabled, despite there being an option for it.

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Mouse filtering

Mouse acceleration seems to be turned off however there is mouse filtering turned on by default causing strange mouse behavior. See fix below.
Instructions

Mouse aiming tweak

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16
Online play
16

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 7777
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues unresolved

Black screen on multi-monitor setups

There seems to be an issue with multi-monitor setups where game fails to initialize video output. Disable all but one screen as a temporary fix.
Can be 'fixed' by using Alt+ Enter to enter windowed mode, then using Alt+ Enter again to return once all intro videos played (Switch back after Unreal Engine video)

Issues fixed

Unable to bind some keys

Game does not allow players to bind special keys (num keys, page up, down etc.) to commands.
See Custom commands and key binding fix section for a fix.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer RakNet, Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 3870
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  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>/217140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (217140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References