Enter the Matrix

Enter the Matrix

Developers
	Shiny Entertainment
Publishers
	Atari
Release dates
Windows	May 14, 2003

The Matrix

Enter the Matrix	2003
The Matrix Online	2005
The Matrix: Path of Neo	2005

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use of modified exe for widescreen removes disc check.

Essential improvements

Patches

1.52

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\MatrixConfig.ini

Save game data location

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

Video settings

Launcher window.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			HUD elements and some FMVs are stretched. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 4 samples. Set in launcher.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default with a limit to 60fps. Vsync can be forced off from graphics drivers control panel.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. FRAMERATE_BEHAVIOR doesn't effect on the cap.
Color blind mode

Widescreen resolution

Patch 1.52 is needed for both solutions.

Replace exe file with modified one Download modified exe files from WSGF and extract them. Copy Matrix.exe from a folder named after your resolution value. Paste it into the folder of a game overwriting the original file.

Use uniws Download uniws from WSGF and extract it. Launch uniws.exe. Go to <path-to-game> or use "Find it for me" function. Enter desired resolution and click Patch. Notes If resolution options and a Patch button won't be a available after selecting a folder, where the game is installed, you probably have a version of exe file that doesn't work with a program.

Windowed

Edit config file[citation needed] Go to <path-to-game>. Open MatrixConfig.ini. Change FULLSCREEN=1 to FULLSCREEN=0. Save changes. Launch the game using Matrix.exe. Notes Starting a game with a launcher will revert the changes. An invisible mouse cursor may sometimes trigger some elements of desktop, but it shouldn't activate any programs.

Input settings

Key rebinding. From top: Fighting, Driving and Hovercraft.

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Heavy reverse mouse acceleration and smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Emulates joystick movement. Recommended to use keyboard instead.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput.
Full controller support		Only movement will work, other buttons has to be bound in settings.
Controller remapping		Same remapping with keyboard buttons.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio output settings.

Graphics settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Under Graphics settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3

Language choises presented with first start up.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
Spanish
German
Italian
Portuguese

Changing language

Language option is only given when first starting the game. Changing language requires complete deletion of save data.

Issues unresolved

Extremely low performance

• On many configurations the game performs badly. One way to improve the performance a bit is to enable Force Object LOD in game's launcher - this however comes at the cost of poor model quality.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	DivX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1.2GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 8500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	NVIDIA GeForce 3 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other	36X CD-ROM Drive, 7200 RPM HDD