Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Key points

The GOG.com and Steam versions have been updated with support for higher resolutions, improved multiplayer, and better compatibility with modern systems.^[1]^[2]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Games Republic
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The v1.01 Patch updates the retail release to the latest version. The GOG.com and Steam versions are already patched.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mithis\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident %APPDATA%\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident\

The retail version uses the registry while the GOG.com and Steam versions use the %APPDATA% location.

Save game data location[edit]

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

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native for GOG.com and Steam;^[1]^[2] for retail see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		Native for GOG.com and Steam;^[1]^[2] for retail see Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		Native for GOG.com and Steam;^[1]^[2] for retail see Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Native for GOG.com and Steam; for retail see Widescreen resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	GOG.com and Steam versions only. Enabled by default (toggle in-game).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

These steps are for the retail version; the GOG.com and Steam versions have native support (use the Desktop or other resolution choice in-game, or set in %APPDATA%\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident\Display.ini)

Change settings in registry^{[citation needed]}

Change the resolution once in the Game's Options Menu.
Open the Registry Editor:
- Vista and later: open the Start Screen/Start Menu, type regedit and press ↵ Enter.
- Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R, type regedit and press ↵ Enter.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mithis\Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Change Display_Height and Display_Width to your resolution in Decimal mode (e.g. for 1920x1080 set Display_Height to 1080 and Display_Width to 1920).
Exit the Registry Editor and test your settings.

Notes

For windowed mode, change Display_Mode value to 2 in decimal mode.

For multi-monitor resolutions set Display_Width to the single-display width (not the width of the group) and set Display_TripleHead to 1 to fix most UI issues.^[3]

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Edit rendering.ini^{[citation needed]}

Extract nexus_00.dat using daTool if you haven't already.
Go to universe\engine in the installation folder.
Edit rendering.ini
Change the FOV value accordingly.

Try FOV 90 45 46.826 for 16:9 resolutions or FOV 80 45 46.826 for 16:10 resolutions.

There are some display issues with briefings and in-game titles, but everything else works as expected.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Dialog, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Hungarian
Russian

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9	The GOG.com and Steam versions do not include Direct3D 8 support.^[1]^[2]
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Ogg Vorbis
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

References

[GOG.com-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[Steam-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Big Update Published - HD Resolutions, Modern Systems compatibility, Multiplayer, etc... :: Nexus: The Jupiter Incident General Discussions

[3] View topic - Nexus - The Jupiter Incident supports Triplehead | WSGF

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Developers

	Mithis Entertainment
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
	HD Publishing
Release dates
Windows	November 5, 2004