Difference between revisions of "Midtown Madness"
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# Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe and the contents of the MS folder into the <code>{{p|game}}</code> folder | # Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe and the contents of the MS folder into the <code>{{p|game}}</code> folder | ||
# Rename midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe | # Rename midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe | ||
− | {{ii}} If you have a Nvidia card you must set "Output API" to "Direct3D 12 (feature level 12.0) in dgVoodooCpl.exe or you will encounter a driver conflict that gives terrible performance. | + | {{ii}}If you have a Nvidia card you must set "Output API" to "Direct3D 12 (feature level 12.0) in dgVoodooCpl.exe or you will encounter a driver conflict that gives terrible performance. |
− | {{ii}} Open1560 uses an OpenGL render that's incompatible with dgVoodoo. The last dgVoodoo compatible version is [https://github.com/0x1F9F1/OpenMM1 OpenMM1]. | + | {{ii}}Open1560 uses an OpenGL render that's incompatible with dgVoodoo. The last dgVoodoo compatible version is [https://github.com/0x1F9F1/OpenMM1 OpenMM1]. |
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{{Fixbox|description=Use CDAudio proxy|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Use CDAudio proxy|fix= | ||
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdaudio-proxy/ CDAudio proxy] will fix this, place its files in {{p|game}} and rip music to track02.ogg, track03.ogg, etc and place it in a folder named MUSIC in {{p|game}} | [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdaudio-proxy/ CDAudio proxy] will fix this, place its files in {{p|game}} and rip music to track02.ogg, track03.ogg, etc and place it in a folder named MUSIC in {{p|game}} | ||
+ | {{ii}}This does not eliminate the need to have the CD inserted. Even with a no-cd crack, Midtown Madness will still check for a CD drive before deciding to play music. | ||
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Revision as of 23:42, 17 December 2020
Developers | |
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Angel Studios | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Engines | |
Angel Game Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 1, 1999 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Midtown Madness | |
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Midtown Madness | 1999 |
Midtown Madness 2 | 2000 |
Key points
- Extensive modding can make the game unstable on modern operating systems.
- Small but very active community.
Availability
Essential improvements
Open1560
Open1560 is a open-source reimplementation that fixes a lot of problems and adds a modern render.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\video.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players[Note 2] |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Game runs poorly on Windows 8 and later
Use Open1560 |
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Open1560 is a open-source reimplementation that fixes a lot of problems and adds a modern render. |
Use the dgVoodoo2 wrapper |
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CD music does not resume after pause
Use CDAudio proxy |
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CDAudio proxy will fix this, place its files in <path-to-game> and rip music to track02.ogg, track03.ogg, etc and place it in a folder named MUSIC in <path-to-game>
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Text hard to see
Disable font smoothing |
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You must disable font smoothing in Windows. Windows 10 does this by default for midtown.exe, but this is incompatible with dgVoodoo. |
Unable to run on Linux via Wine
Custom Launcher (aka: A BASH script) |
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Tire smoke not appearing
Enable smoke |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ 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