Omikron: The Nomad Soul

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Developers
	Quantic Dream
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows	October 29, 1999

Key points

Animations are capped at 30 FPS.

Playing at more than 60fps will make some graphical effects disappear.

General information

Official website (retrieved)

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SafeDisc r2 1.30.010
GOG.com
Steam		Can be run without Steam.

A demo is available here

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed] Digital: Delete or rename <path-to-game>\FLIS\ Retail: replace EIDOS.MPG, GAME.MPG and QUANTIC.MPG in <path-to-game>\FLIS\ with dummies.

dgVoodoo wrapper

Wraps games graphic API calls into DirectX 11, which fixes many issues with modern systems, including overlays, graphical injectors including GPU control panel and resolutions above 2048px in dimensions.

(DirectX 10.1+) Use dgVoodoo wrapper[citation needed] Download newest dgVoodoo 2. Extract it and place it in a convenient place. Start dgVoodooSetup.exe and configure it. Go to DirectX tab and make sure that Disable a passthru to real DirectX is not checked. Select Virtual 3D Accelerated Card under Videocard and set its RAM to 64 MB or higher. For windowed mode, make sure that Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state is not checked. Click Apply and OK. Now go to MS folder in dgVoodoo's directory and copy files D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll. Go to the <path-to-game>\ and paste the files in there.

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\IAM\GAMES

All configurations and save data is stored in single file.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Configuration utility. Open with CONFIG parameter

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Stretched by default. Use Old Games Widescreen Patch. UI scales 1:1 pixel ratio which makes it smaller on higher resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Resolutions with any dimension higher than 2048px aren't supported. Use dgVoodoo wrapper for larger resolutions
Field of view (FOV)		Vert- with widescreen patch.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo wrapper for up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled.
60 FPS		Animations are capped at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		Playing at more than 60 FPS makes some graphical effects disappear (portal, daemon vision etc.)[citation needed]

Windowed

Launch with WINDOW parameter[citation needed]

(DirectX 10.1+) Use dgVoodoo wrapper[citation needed] See essential improvements section and install necessary files accordingly. Make sure that Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state is not checked. Launch the game and press ALT+↵ Enter.

Use DxWnd[citation needed] Download DxWnd Add a profile for <path-to-game>\Runtime.exe Select Monitor native modes in Video tab Untick Correct mouse position in Input tab. Tick Flip emulation in DirectX tab. Notes Window dimensions must not exceed those of display minus window borders. Enable borderless windowed mode by checking Modal Style in Video tab.

Input settings

Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		In game refers to actions by their name instead of keys.
Mouse acceleration		Follows Windows default behavior
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		DirectInput only. There's no deadzones support. Use DirectInput wrapper to force it into the API.
Full controller support		Starting a new game requires to enter a name with keyboard. Cannot open some menus with controller.
Controller remapping		Movement and look controls can't be bound. Renders some controllers unuseable or have problems like moving camera in first person mode.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts		In options menu only. In game refers to actions by their name.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Dreamcast version controls

Dreamcast version button placements for making rebinding bit easier.

Instructions[citation needed] Adventure Controls: Forwards/Backwards: Up/Down Turn Left/Right: Left/Right Action/Use: A Button Cancel Action/Jump: B Button First Person View X Button Open Sneak: Y Button Half Turn: Hold Left Trigger and move backwards Run: Right Trigger Swim Controls: Forwards/Backwards: Up/Down Turn Left/Right: Left/Right Action/Use: A Button Dive: B Button Crawl: Right Trigger Shoot Controls: Forwards/Backwards: Up/Down Turn Left/Right: Left/Right Action/Use: A Button Jump: B Button Fire: X Button Weapon: Y Button Strafe Right/Left: Right Trigger/Left Trigger Fight Controls: Jump: Up Crouch: Down Forwards/Backwards: Right/Left Kick 1: A Button Kick 2: B Button Punch 1: X Button Punch 2: Y Button Strafe Right/Left: Right Trigger/Left Trigger

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Dialogue, ambient, sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French				Not included in digital editions. Check here.
German				Not included in digital editions. Check here.
Italian				Not included in digital editions. Check here.
Russian				Check here.
Spanish				Not included in digital editions. Check here.

Issues unresolved

Black screen after switching 3D accelerator in-game

Run the external settings utility[citation needed]

Issues fixed

Game doesn't start (retail)

Bypass SafeDisc[citation needed] Copy dplayerx.dll from CD2 to <path-to-game> Download unSafedisc. Run it and select <path-to-game>\RUNTIME.ICD Switch Runtime.exe with testme.exe Notes There's still a disk check in place

Incorrect rendering

(DirectX 10.1+) Use dgVoodoo wrapper[citation needed] See essential improvements section.

Run the game in 16-bit Reduced Color Mode[citation needed] Because all resolutions have 16-bit color only, the game stops working after the first time in most cases. This method is guaranteed to solve this issue and shows the resolution settings properly in the Configuration utility.

Use HeliX666 injector[citation needed] Extract the files in <path-to-game> Run Omikron-AtiFixLoader.exe Notes In the demo version <path-to-game>\Nomad.exe must be renamed to Runtime.exe

Use DxWnd[citation needed] Download DxWnd Add a profile for game executable Tick Flip emulation in DirectX tab. Tick Clean ZBUFFER @0.0 fix in Direct3D tab.

Crash during Mech Shootout Mission

Switch to software mode[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	6
Software renderer		DirectX software renderer or built-in one (maximum VGA resolution)
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	DirectInput	5

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB	1.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	8 MB of VRAM