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Slave Zero

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Slave Zero
Slave Zero cover
Developers
Accolade
Publishers
Original Infogrames
Current Tommo
Engines
Ecstasy Engine
Release dates
Windows November 19, 1999
Slave Zero guide on StrategyWiki
Slave Zero on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Comes pre-configured with nGlide.
Windows
Steam
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Comes pre-configured with nGlide.
Windows
Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

The Slave Zero Update adds four-player LAN multiplayer and force feedback support for joysticks.

Direct3D Patch

The Slave Zero Direct3D Patch restores Direct3D support for modern Windows.

Peixoto's patch

Fixes the crosshair offset bug in Direct3D mode to allow playing at high resolutions with bump maps and 32-bit textures.
Hides the window border and restores the functionality of the gamma control on Windows 8 and later.
Fixes poor performance on Windows 8 and later.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/328470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Not compatible with #Peixoto's patch.
Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Requires the Slave Zero Update.
Online play

Connection types

Issues fixed

Misaligned crosshair

The crosshair on higher resolutions gets misaligned. Top image is at 640x480 (correct position), while the bottom image is at 1280x960 (misaligned).
The crosshair on higher resolutions gets misaligned. Top image is at 640x480 (correct position), while the bottom image is at 1280x960 (misaligned).
On higher resolutions, the crosshair is misaligned with the correct position, preventing accurate aiming. This bug can also break the missile lock-on ability.
Peixoto's patch can force the game to run at the highest resolution available (but preserving the 4:3 aspect ratio) and the crosshair will be in the right place.
Instructions

Window border visible in fullscreen mode

Instructions

Gamma not working in Direct3D mode

Instructions
Instructions

Low frame rate on Windows 8

Frame rate only reaches ~30 FPS on Windows 8 in Direct3D mode.
Instructions

Game crashes on Alt+Tab

Instructions

Cannot enable the "True Colour Textures" and "Bump Mapping" options

Instructions

Cannot change resolution in-game (with nGlide)

It is recommended to set the internal resolution to 640x480 to avoid the misaligned crosshair bug
Instructions

Game draws in corner of screen

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Glide
Does not support all graphical settings.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Aural A3D

DirectX vs. Glide renderers

DirectX (Direct3D)

Best looking (all graphical options are available)
Not as stable as Glide

Glide (using nGlide)

Very stable
Benefits from all nGlide enhancements (scale resolution up to 4K, proper gamma support, etc.)
"Uglier" than DirectX (does not support True Colour Textures and Bump Mapping)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 120 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 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>/328470/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (328470) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References