Rise of the Triad

This page is for the 2013 remake. For the original game, see Rise of the Triad: Dark War.

Rise of the Triad
Rise of the Triad: Dark War	1995
Return of the Triad	2011
Rise of the Triad	2013
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition	2023

Rise of the Triad is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and shooter game in the Rise of the Triad series.

General information

Port Report: Rise of the Triad

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry.
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos^{[citation needed]}

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTEngine.ini
Look for a section called [FullScreenMovie] and change the following lines:

StartupMovies=Apogee_intro
StartupMovies=interceptor_intro
StartupMovies=UE3Logo
StartupMovies=QconLoading

to

;StartupMovies=Apogee_intro
;StartupMovies=interceptor_intro
;StartupMovies=UE3Logo
;StartupMovies=QconLoading

Console

Game features console access with some basic commands. Console is accessible via ~ or TAB key.

To access all available commands type first letter and list of all commands that starts with this letter will appear.

Some commands are considered as cheats. To enter cheat mode, to enter dipstick command to the console first. This will disable score and achievements for current level.

Turn off texture streaming

Run the game with the `-DisableTexturePool` command line argument^{[citation needed]}

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217140/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen. May malfunction by displaying a black screen.
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		See 4K Ultra HD.
Field of view (FOV)	Slider with 60° - 120° range. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Press `F11` for switching between fullscreen and windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	The game uses MLAA anti-aliasing which cannot be disabled, despite there being an option for it.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Multiplayer is capped at 90 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Ultra-widescreen

Some people experience parts of menu screen to be shifted outside the monitor when using ultra-widescreen resolutions.

Changing resolution and fullscreen/windowed^{[citation needed]}
Disable fullscreen. If the game does not do it automatically, set the resolution to lower than the monitor's native resolution. Set up the game/join server. Once in game, set resolution to one with the same height as that of the monitor's native resolution. Re-enable fullscreen.

4K Ultra HD

The game seem to be using a fixed list of available display resolutions which top out at 2880x1800.

Set 4K resolution in game's configuration file(s)

Launch the game at least once to generate game's configuration files.
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open ROTTSystemSettings.ini with a text editor.
Search for ResX= and ResY= variables and change them to 3840 and 2160 respectively (or to any other resolution you want the game to run in).

Notes

If you will change the resolution shown in game's options menu and apply the change you will have to edit the ROTTSystemSettings.ini again to restore your custom resolution.

Field of view (FOV)

Although there is FOV slider, you can tweak FOV via console or configuration file.

Flawless Widescreen supports this game.

There is hard range limit to the FOV values. You can only set FOV in 20-120° range.

FOV tweak via console^{[citation needed]}
Enable console from in game option menu. Open the console with `~` or `Tab ↹`. Enter command `fov xx` where xx is the desired fied of view value.

FOV tweak via config file^{[citation needed]}
Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTGame.ini` Look for a section called `[ROTTGame.ROTTPlayerControllerBase]`. Locate line `OnFootDefaultFOV=xx` where xx is the desired fied of view value.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse filtering
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Some menus do not work when using a gamepad. For an example, when pausing the game with the gamepad, the user must un-pause with the `Esc` key.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		By enabling Invert Mouse Y-axis.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse filtering

Mouse acceleration seems to be turned off however there is mouse filtering turned on by default causing strange mouse behavior. See fix below.

Mouse filtering fix^{[citation needed]}
Open `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTInput.ini`. Look for the `[Engine.PlayerInput]` section. Locate line `bEnableMouseSmoothing=true` and change `true` to `false`.

Mouse aiming tweak

Mouse aiming tweak^[1]

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTInput.ini.
Look for the [Engine.PlayerInput] section.
Locate corresponding lines and replace them with these:

LookRightScale=0.000000
LookUpScale=0.000000
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False

Bindings=(Name="MouseX",Command="Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=2.0")
Bindings=(Name="MouseY",Command="Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=2.0")

Bindings=(Name="LookUp",Command="Axis aLookUp Speed=+25.0 AbsoluteAxis=0")
Bindings=(Name="LookDown",Command="Axis aLookUp Speed=-25.0 AbsoluteAxis=0")

Bindings=(Name="GBA_TurnLeft",Command="Axis aBaseX Speed=-40.0 AbsoluteAxis=0")
Bindings=(Name="GBA_TurnRight",Command="Axis aBaseX Speed=+40.0 AbsoluteAxis=0")

Custom commands and key binding fix

Frequently used commands can be streamlined by binding them to a specific key.

Some keys cannot be mapped from game menu. Use this guide to rebind commands to your desired keys.

Custom command and key binding fix^{[citation needed]}

Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Rise Of The Triad\ROTTGame\Config\ROTTGame.ini
Look for the [ROTTGame.ROTTPlayerInput] section.
Complex commands can be created in file ROTTInput.ini section [Engine.PlayerInput] and then bound to a key in ROTTGame.ini file.

Examples:

Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="Exit",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

Bindings=(Name="NumPadThree",Command="MoveForward",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

Notes

List of key names and more detailed guide can be found at Epic Games website

List of default commands
Command	Description
GBA_Use	Use
GBA_Jump	Jump
GBA_MoveForward	Forward
GBA_Backward	Backward
GBA_StrafeLeft	Left
GBA_StrafeRight	Right
GBA_Fire	Primary fire
GBA_AltFire	Secondary fire
GBA_PrevWeapon	Previous weapon
GBA_NextWeapon	Next weapon
GBA_SwitchWeaponX	Switch to weapon X (X = 1 to 5)
GBA_SwitchToBestWeapon	Select best weapon
GBA_Duck	Crouch
GBA_Reload	Reload
GBA_KnifeHit	Melee
GBA_ROTTTalk	Talk
GBA_RemoteRidicule	Remote ridicule
GBA_ShowScores	Show multiplayer scores

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		7.1 audio is supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

GOG.com and Steam players can play multiplayer together.^[2]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	7777

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues unresolved

Black screen on multi-monitor setups

There seems to be an issue with multi-monitor setups where game fails to initialize video output. Disable all but one screen as a temporary fix.

Can be "fixed" by using Alt+↵ Enter to enter windowed mode, then using Alt+↵ Enter again to return once all intro videos played (switch back after the Unreal Engine video).

Issues fixed

Unable to bind some keys

Game does not allow players to bind special keys (num keys, page up, down etc.) to commands.

See Custom commands and key binding fix section for a fix.

Game crashes every time a quicksave is loaded

Re-enable texture streaming^{[citation needed]}
If you disabled texture streaming, Go to the configuration files location. Delete `ROTTEngine.ini`. Start up the game to generate a new `ROTTEngine.ini`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit added in patch 1.5.1.^[2]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	RakNet, Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista	7
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Notes

↑ ^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>/217140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (217140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Mouse Acceleration Fix - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ROTT 1.5.1 Crossplay Patch Released :: Rise of the Triad ROTT '13

[Proton_path_note-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>/217140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (217140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] Mouse Acceleration Fix - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[ROTT_1.5.1-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ROTT 1.5.1 Crossplay Patch Released :: Rise of the Triad ROTT '13

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

Developers

	Interceptor Entertainment
Publishers
	Apogee Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	67
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS, Shooter
Series	Rise of the Triad