AquaNox

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AquaNox
Aquanox cover.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
November 30, 2001
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 AquaNox at Wikipedia
AquaNox
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General information

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Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Retail DRM details are not known
GamersGate DRM details are not known DRM: Other DRM.
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Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %APPDATA%\AquaNox

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Impossible False icon.svg Widescreen resolutions have a stretched 4:3 aspect ratio.
Multi-monitor Impossible False icon.svg
Ultra-widescreen Impossible False icon.svg
4K Ultra HD Impossible False icon.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Hackable 640x480 only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native FSAA up to 8.
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Unknown

Windowed[edit]

Fix Starting in windowed mode

  • Start a game with an attribute: -window

Notes:

Disadvantage Window is 640x480 resolution, with no option to change it.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Unknown
Controller
Controller support Native Joystick support. Works well with gamepads.
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Native

Xbox 360 Controller[edit]

This game works well with Xbox 360 Controller. However actions can not be bound to Left and Right Triggers. Below are recommended settings for X360 and similar controllers.

Recommended settings for X360 controller.

Fix Recommend settings for Xbox 360 Controller

Direction of View section

  • Up/Down - Joystick u-Axis, Sensitivity 15%, Tolerance 15%,
  • Left/Right - Joystick r-Axis, Sensitivity 15%, Tolerance 15%, Inverted

Direction of Movement section (click More for Joystick settings)

  • Fwd/Back - Joystick z-Axis, Sensitivity 60%, Tolerance 10%, Inverted
  • Left/Right - Joystick x-Axis, Sensitivity 30%, Tolerance 10%, Inverted
  • Up/Down - Joystick y-Axis, Sensitivity 30%, Tolerance 10%

Weapon's config section

  • Primary Fire - Joy Button 6 (Right Bumper)
  • Secondary Fire - Joy Button 5 (Left Bumper)
  • Next Weapon - Joy POV up
  • Last Weapon - Joy POV down
  • Throw Buzzer - Joy Button 3 (X)
  • Lock Enemy - Joy Button 4 (Y)
  • Secondary Fire - Joy Button 5 (Left Bumper)
Make sure to set Joystick: On under Joystick Section.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native Sliders for sound effects and music.
Surround sound Native
Subtitles Native Can not be disabled.
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native Can not be disabled.
EAX support Native CreativeLabs EAX 1 and EAX2.

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
German Native Native Native
Italian Native Unknown Native
Spanish Native Unknown Native

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play Native 2-16
Online play Native 2-16

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer Native
Dedicated Impossible
Self-hosting Native
Direct IP Native

Issues fixed[edit]

Unresponsive mouse[edit]

Fix High polling rate and DPI

  • Lower mouse polling rate to 200Hz or lower.
  • Lower DPI of a mouse to 200.

Notes

Information This is a common problem with many mice.

Screen flickering (black frame)[edit]

Fix Lag compensation

  • Disable lag compensation under graphical options.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) 400 MHz Pentium 3 or Athlon 700 MHz Pentium 3 or Athlon
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB 800 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB AGP2X Video Card 64 MB AGP4X Video Card with VertexShaders 1.1 and PixelShaders 1.0

References