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Painkiller: Overdose

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Painkiller: Overdose
Painkiller: Overdose cover
Developers
Mindware Studios
Publishers
Retail DreamCatcher Interactive
Digital until 2020 THQ Nordic
Digital as of 2020 Deep Silver
Engines
Pain Engine
Release dates
Windows October 30, 2007
Reception
Metacritic 65
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Themes Horror
Series Painkiller
Painkiller: Overdose on HowLongToBeat
Painkiller: Overdose on IGDB
Painkiller: Overdose on MobyGames
Painkiller: Overdose on Wikipedia
Painkiller
Painkiller 2004
Painkiller: Overdose 2007
Painkiller: Resurrection 2009
Painkiller: Redemption 2011
Painkiller: Recurring Evil 2012
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation 2012

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Painkiller: Overdose is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS game in the Painkiller series.

The game is compatibile in multiplayer with the original Painkiller maps and game modes.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Not available in Germany
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Painkiller Universe
Windows
Painkiller Universe includes the base game and Painkiller along with the Battle out of Hell expansion.

Demo

A free demo can be installed with Steam using this link (allow Steam popup): steam://install/3280.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch can be found here. Digital distribution versions are already patched.

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Movies.
  2. Delete or rename LogoDreamCatcher.bik, LogoMindware.bik and LogoNVidia.bik.

Game data

In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Painkiller Overdose
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Painkiller Overdose\Saves
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Natively supported. HUD is scaled incorrectly and can be additionally fixed with Overdose Widescreen HUD Fix.
Multi-monitor
Use Overdose Widescreen HUD Fix
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use Overdose Widescreen HUD Fix.
Windowed
Use ThirteenAG's D3D9 Wrapper.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use ThirteenAG's D3D9 Wrapper.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate affects the speed of the loading time.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Audio

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

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music (battle & ambient), and sound.
Surround sound
Up to 8 speakers[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
A3D, EAX 3.[3]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Not available in the Steam version
German
Polish
Not available in the Steam version
Russian
Not available in the Steam version
Spanish
Fan translation
Italian
Retail only. Download.

Issues fixed

Slow loading times

Instructions[4]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data and create a new folder called Maps.
  2. Disable Vsync in the GPU control panel.
  3. Optional: Run the game, then open the in-game console by pressing the key above Tab , and type /setmaxfps XX.

Notes

XX stands for the frame rate. It is recommended to type the value corresponding to the monitor's refresh rate.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16 Versus
Online play
16 Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[5] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 4974
UDP 4974
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
This is the default port used. It can be changed in-game by the user.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Miles Sound System 7.1a
Cutscenes Bink Video 1.8s
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce FX 5600
ATI Radeon 9600
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 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>/3270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (3270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References