StarLancer

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StarLancer
StarLancer cover
Developers
Digital Anvil
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows March 31, 2000
 

Key points

Problems running the game on modern hardware, but all problems can be fix.[citation needed] (see Issues fixed).

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 SafeDisc disc check.
 
This game is not available digitally.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.
Video settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Widescreen resolutions set in starlancer.ini stretch from 4:3.
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Fps are capped to 100 max.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse not in use outside menu.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, speech, sound effects and music sliders.
Surround sound
Need a wrapper like Creative Alchemy on Vista/7/8/10.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Need a wrapper like Creative Alchemy on Vista/7/8/10

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
French
Only available on French version
German
Only available on German version

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
2-4 or 2-8 Versus, Co-op.
"Co-op." is not in the list of possible values (Co-op, Versus) for this property.
Online play
2-4 or 2-8 Versus, Co-op.
"Co-op." is not in the list of possible values (Co-op, Versus) for this property.

MSN Gaming Zone support has been discontinued but Direct TCP/IP still available. 4 players Max in coop, 8 max in versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 47624 (inbound, outbound)

Issues fixed[edit]

Graphics/colors problem[edit]

Depending of your video card you could have some graphical problem ingame. A graphic wrapper can fix this problem. The wrapper can Also improved the graphics of the game by forcing a superior resolution, AA that is not possible though ini

Download DGVOODOO2[citation needed]
  1. Copy the 3 dll include of the MS folder and dgVoodooSetup.exe in the game folder.
  2. Launch the dgVoodooSetup.exe and be sure to that the running instance is the game folder.
  3. In the DirectX tab, choose an TI4400 or a radeon 8500 videocard and max VRAM.
  4. Optional : Modify the resolution(max 4/3 resolution, like 1440*1080 for a 16/9 screen), AA, and other texturing settings to your convenience.
  5. Be sure in the general tab that aspect ratio is activate (to avoid stretch image).
  6. Apply the change and launch the game.

Creative Alchemy Wrapper not working[edit]

By default the DSOUND.dll of the creative alchemy wrapper is ignored by the game. So No surround sound or EAX can be selected.

Open the MSS32.DLL in the game folder with an Hex editor[citation needed]
  1. Search for value DSOUND.DLL inside it
  2. change DSOUND.DLL value to ESOUND.DLL
  3. Save the dll.
  4. Rename the DSOUND.DLL of the ALchemy Wrapper inside the game folder to ESOUND.DLL
  5. The game should now use the ESOUND.dll (instead of the native Windows DSOUND.DLL)
  6. EAX and Surround sound should be now available and can be activate.
  7. No log will be created by the alchemy wrapper due to the renaming.

Random crash on modern operating systems[edit]

The game could on some configuration have some random crash, this issue can be fix by forcing the game to use only one CPU core.
Not need if you already use the unofficial patch below that fix the medal case crash problem, it also force the game to run on one core.
Download the official Microsoft tools imagecfg[citation needed]

Then launch the following command though the command interpreter (cmd.Exe). 

imagecfg -u <path-to-game>\lancer.exe
imagecfg -u <path-to-game>\lancer.icd
imagecfg -a <path-to-game>\lancer.exe
imagecfg -a <path-to-game>\lancer.icd

After that exe file and ICD file of the game has been modified to force the game to use only one CPU Core.

No Launch on Windows 10[edit]

This problem is due to the SafeDisc DRM that is not support any more in Windows 10. Two solutions exist.
Use a NO-CD to launch the game on Windows 10[citation needed]
Use an unSafeDisc tool to remove SafeDisc DRM from your version of the game[citation needed]

Game crash when closing the medal case[edit]

This game crash when you want to close the medal case on modern windows OS, a patch exists to fix this problem.
This fix also force the game to run on one core, so no need to use the imagecfg after that.
Download and install the unofficial patch available here[citation needed]
  1. Install the Application Compatibility Database with the batch included in this file.
  2. Do not use any compatibility mode on the Game exe after that !
  3. The medal case should now be usable without any crash of the game.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium 200 MHz Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Super VGA card which supports 256 colours
2 MB of VRAM

References