Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Developers
	Monolith Productions
Mac OS (Classic)	Hyperion Entertainment
Linux	Hyperion Entertainment
Publishers
	Monolith Productions
	Interplay Entertainment
	Microïds
Engines
	LithTech 1.0
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	December 18, 2000
Linux	February 11, 2001
Reception
Metacritic	88
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Robot
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi

Warnings

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

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Shogo Pentacle - A Shogo Fan Site

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

• The latest official patch 2.2 is available at soggi.org.
• The latest unofficial patch 2.4 is also available at soggi.org.

Both the Steam and GOG.com versions already come pre-patched.

Peixoto's patch

• Gets the installer working on 64-bit systems.
• Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\Menus.
• Fixes bad performance on Windows 10.
• Hides the window border on Windows 10.

Running on modern systems

Install DirectPlay[citation needed]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/610860/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux	<path-to-game>\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/610860/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Display Settings (SHOGO Launcher).

Advanced Settings (SHOGO Launcher).

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Vert-, use the widescreen patch or the FOV fix for a proper FOV.
Multi-monitor			Vert-, use the widescreen patch or the FOV fix for a proper FOV.
Ultra-widescreen			Vert-, use the widescreen patch or the FOV fix for a proper FOV.
4K Ultra HD			Vert-, use the widescreen patch or the FOV fix for a proper FOV. Use a DirectX wrapper like dgVoodoo 2 to avoid crashing at startup.
Field of view (FOV)		Use the widescreen patch or FOV fix.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Control panel hack doesn't seem to apply to all textures.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		dgVoodoo 2 might be needed for stable performance.
120+ FPS		Cutscenes are too fast, cutting off characters' voice lines. See Cutscenes play too fast.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Menus can only be navigated with the arrow keys.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports joysticks out of the box, but is very basic. For details on better native support, go to <path-to-game>\Joystick and open a file called joystick.htm. Has not been tested with GOG.com version.
Full controller support		Can't navigate menus with joystick. See Controller Remap Notes for details.
Controller remapping		Must be configured in Joystick.cfg. Each axis, including the Right and Left Triggers on XInput controllers, can be individually given digital or analog actions, (i.e. RT = Fire, Y Axis Up = Jump, X Axis = Turning). See Controller Support Notes for details.
Controller sensitivity		Must be configured in Joystick.cfg. See Controller Support Notes for details.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Any axis can be inverted. Must be configured in Joystick.cfg. See Controller Support Notes for details.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio Settings in Launcher.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		All dialogue has subtitles that cannot be turned off.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0, DirectSound3D, and RSX 3D Audio.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				GOG only.
Italian				Retail only. Patching the game to 2.4 will turn the game to English.
Polish				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Russian				Official localization by "1C/Snowball". Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Issues fixed

Mouse cursor flickers through screen

Install DirectInput wrapper that hides mouse cursor
Download dinput.zip from this GitHub comment. Copy dinput.dll to <path-to-game>.

Music doesn't play in-game

Patch AM18.DLL
Open AM18.DLL with a hex editor such as HxD. Find the text dslite.dll (when finding dslite.dll, there should also be a dsound.dll somewhere nearby). Change dslite.dll to dsound.dll (when completing this step, two dsound.dll entries should appear around that area of the file). Notes Alternatively, download pre-patched file.

Cutscenes play too fast

Game logic is tied to frame rate. At over 60 FPS, mouse is jerky and cutscenes are too fast cutting off characters' voice lines. At extremely high frame rates, game runs inhumanly fast.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]

Set the refresh rate to 60 Hz

Game crash or hangs indefinitely on a small black window after launch

Use dgVoodoo 2 window behavior control

Setup the game to run through dgVoodoo 2: put D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll from /MS/x86 folder of dgVoodoo 2 distribution into <path-to-game>; put dgVoodooCpl.exe there as well. Launch dgVoodooCpl.exe in <path-to-game>, go to DirectX tab and uncheck both options in Behavior group. Click OK. This will disable game's own control over window behavior which seem to result in a hangup on start on Windows 10 and 11. Notes The desired display resolution can also be forced with dgVoodoo 2 instead of using the game's own resolution options, which seem to be fairly limited. Make sure to setup the game to use a resolution with the same aspect ratio however – especially if using the widescreen patch.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
DirectDraw	6	Software renderer mode.
Software renderer

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Input	DirectInput (Windows), SDL (Linux)
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 6 compatible	4 MB of VRAM
Other	4X CD-ROM

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8.5
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	96 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	6 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Kernel 2.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB