Serious Sam: The First Encounter

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Serious Sam: The First Encounter
Serious Sam Box.jpg
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
March 1, 2001
Serious Sam: The First Encounter at WineHQ
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 Serious Sam: The First Encounter at Wikipedia
Serious Sam
Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2001
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter 2002
Serious Sam II 2005
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter 2009
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter 2010
Fusion DLC Pack
Serious Eight
The Legend of the Beast
Serious Sam Double D 2011
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! 2011
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter 2011
Serious Sam 3: BFE 2011
Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution TBA
Serious Sam 4 2014

For the updated HD version, see Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

General information

More information Official game series site
More information Serious Sam Wiki
More information Seriously! Forums
More information GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
More information GOG.com Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
GOG.com DRM-free Includes in-game Soundtrack
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Only available by purchasing the Deluxe edition of Serious Sam 3: BFE or Serious Sam HD: Gold Edition.

Game data[edit]

In-game player settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Scripts

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGame

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.
In-game general rendering settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Hackable WSGF WS Silver.svg See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor Hackable Grading incomplete See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV) Hackable See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native None, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128.
Anti-aliasing (AA) Impossible
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native Labeled as "Wait vertical retrace".
High frame rate Native

Widescreen resolution[edit]

This is what happens if you don't disable widescreen when setting a custom resolution in Serious Sam: The First Encounter.

Fix Custom resolution

Information Do not enable wide screen option from rendering menu. If it is enabled, game will add black bars on top and bottom of the screen regardless of aspect ratio or resolution.

1) Run game at least once.

2) Go to Scripts\ in the installation folder.

3) Open PersistentSymbols.ini with text editor (notepad for example)

4) Locate lines 

persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeI=(INDEX)XXX;
persistent extern INDEX sam_iScreenSizeJ=(INDEX)YYY;
5) Change XXX and YYY to your prefered resolution.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Fix Field of view (FOV)

  1. Run game at least once.
  2. Go to Scripts\ in the installation folder.
  3. Open PersistentSymbols.ini with a text editor
  4. Locate the line persistent extern user FLOAT plr_fFOV=(FLOAT)XX;
  5. Change XX to your preferred field of view.

Input settings[edit]

In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game axis settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Native
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Native

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Impossible [1]
Subtitles Impossible
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native
EAX support Native EAX 2

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Impossible

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play Native 4 Split-screen versus mode.
LAN play Native 16
Online play Native 16
Local co-op Native 4 Split-screen co-op mode.
LAN co-op Native 16
Online co-op Native 16

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 25600 - 25603
UDP (outbound) 25600 - 25603

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-3 400 MHz 		Intel Pentium III 650 MHz
AMD Athlon 650 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB 450 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible 		NVIDIA TNT2 Ultra
ATi Rage128 Pro
PowerVR Kyro
S3 Savage2000
3Dfx Voodoo3
32 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ The Nameless Guide To PC Gaming Audio (with binaural headphone surround sound) - Head-Fi.org Forums