Urban Chaos

Urban Chaos is a singleplayer third-person open world action game made by Mucky Foot Productions and published by Eidos Interactive.

Originally redistributed digitally by Square Enix, Urban Chaos rights have been reacquired by My Little Planet, a company founded by Mucky Foot co-founder Guy Simmons^[1].

In May 2017, Mucky Foot developer Mike Diskett released the source code.

Key points

This article also applies to the demo.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com
Steam
Publisher website (unavailable)

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A demo containing an exclusive level is available here.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^[4]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Bink`. Delete or rename `Eidos.bik`, `logo24.bik` and `PCINTRO_withsound.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Game's launcher.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243060/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Urban Chaos Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Use Urban Chaos Widescreen Fix and dgVoodoo2 to run in 4K.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS	Locked at 30 FPS by default. See High frame rate.
120+ FPS	See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

High frame rate

Raising the frame rate cap beyond 60 FPS will speed up the game.

Set high frame rate^[4]
Go to the installation folder. Edit `config.ini`. Set `max_frame_rate` to the desired FPS cap.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Use DirectInput controls only as XInput causes the character to spin on the spot. See XInput support for a workaround.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See XInput support.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers only. PlayStation Mini USB controller, Logitech F series (310, 510 & 710) or any controller with a DI/XI selection switch on the back set to DI.
Button prompts

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

XInput support

Use XInput Plus^[4]
Download, extract and run XInput Plus. Set Target Program as `fallen.exe` in <path-to-game>. Under the DirectInput tab, set LT/RT to `Button 12/13` and DPAD to `Button 14/17`. (Optional) Under the Setting tab, go to the Others tab and uncheck Enable init beep to not hear the beep every launch. Press Apply and exit.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		At least 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		1.0 via Miles Sound System.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Italian				Retail only.
Spanish				Open `config.ini` and change `lang_english.txt` to `lang_spanish.txt`.

Issues fixed

Visual artifacts during gameplay

`Alt`+`Tab ↹` to another window and back.

If using a GeForce card, disable Fast VSync.

Game crashes when restarting a mission

Set Windows compatibility mode to "Windows XP SP2"^[4]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6, 7
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System	5.0r
Cutscenes	Bink Video	0.8i

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	400 MB	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1a compatible	64 MB of VRAM
Other	4X CD-ROM	8X CD-ROM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/243060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (243060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ MY LITTLE PLANET LIMITED persons with significant control - Find and update company information - GOV.UK - last accessed on August 17, 2022
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Verified by User:Azatoth on August 17, 2022

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-7] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/243060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (243060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] MY LITTLE PLANET LIMITED persons with significant control - Find and update company information - GOV.UK - last accessed on August 17, 2022

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[refcheck_Azatoth-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Verified by User:Azatoth on August 17, 2022

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Developers

	Mucky Foot Productions
Publishers
1999-2009	Eidos Interactive
2009-2020	Square Enix
2020-present	My Little Planet Ltd
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	November 30, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, TPS
Vehicles	Automobile
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Fantasy