Psychotoxic
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Developers | |
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Nuclearvision Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Germany | Vidis |
Europe, North America | Whiptail Interactive |
Russia, Ukraine | 1C Company |
Engines | |
Vision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 3, 2004[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 40 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Supernatural |
Psychotoxic is a singleplayer first-person FPS game developed by Nuclearvision Entertainment and published by Vidis and Whiptail Interactive.
The game was released for Windows on September 3, 2004.[1]
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | StarForce 3.4.71.17 DRM in English release, bad sectors in German release. 3 CDs. |
Demo
- A two-level demo consisting of The Underground Garage and The Harbor.
- Available to download from PCGamingWiki Files.
Essential improvements
Official patches
- The latest official English patch is 1.04, available to download from PCGamingWiki Files.
- The latest official German patch is 1.02, available to download from PCGamingWiki Files.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\*.cfg[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\SaveGame\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use the widescreen fix (1680x1050 only). | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
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 | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Censored. | |||
Polish | Fan translation, download. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
"OpenGL Error: #436"
- A leftover debug error tied to StarForce DRM, commonly caused by physically defective game discs.[1]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.3 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8 compatible | |
Other | 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Psychotoxic – Chronik einer Odyssee, Teil 3 - Making Games - last accessed on 2023-06-07