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Revision as of 01:46, 17 August 2021
Developers | |
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Singleplayer | Arkane Studios |
Singleplayer | Floodgate Entertainment |
Multiplayer | Kuju Entertainment |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
Source | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 24, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
IGDB | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, ARPG, Immersive sim, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Might and Magic |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM. Multiplayer requires Steam. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- All versions require Steam DRM for multiplayer.
- Some retail versions allow playing single player without Steam.
Demo
English demo is available here.
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest retail patch is v1.02 (you must install v1.01 first). The German version has a separate patch (this includes v1.01).
Skip intro videos
Use -novid command line argument[1]
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Large Address Aware
Significantly improves stability on 64 bit systems with at least 3GB RAM by allowing the application to use more than 2GB RAM. Resolves the "Out of Memory" errors.
Use autoexec.cfg
To use any console tweaks in the game, some of which are described on this site, you have to launch the game with the autoexec.cfg. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\mm\cfg\config.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2100/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Video settings are stored in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Source\mm\Settings
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\mm\SAVE\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2100/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Issues with HUD positioning. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Stamina bar is slightly cut off | ||
4K Ultra HD | HUD does not scale well at resolutions beyond 1080p | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Set via console. Must enable cheats (SV_Cheats 1, Fov XX) | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x MSAA, use 0x000000C1 flag in Nvidia Inspector for SGSSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Windowed
Run the game in windowed mode using the console[2] |
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Notes
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Adjust/disable camera tilting when strafing
Adjust/disable camera tilting when strafing[citation needed] |
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Note: though this is a different effect from head-bobbing, head-bobbing needs to be disabled for the following fix to work. You can easily disable it by going to Settings > Gameplay.
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Toggle HUD
In the autoexec.cfg, insert the following to set a key (in this example "x") that can turn the HUD on and off:
bind x ToggleHUD alias ToggleHUD "HUDOff" alias HUDOff "cl_drawhud 0; alias ToggleHUD HUDOn" alias HUDOn "cl_drawhud 1; alias ToggleHUD HUDOff"
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Settings for both smoothing and acceleration can be found in the mouse & keyboard section | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Toogle crouch and walk
In the autoexec.cfg, insert:
//Key Bindings - Change these to whatever you wish bind alt ToggleWalk bind c ToggleCrouch //Walk Toggle Button alias ToggleWalk "WalkOn" alias WalkOn "+speed; alias ToggleWalk WalkOff" alias WalkOff "-speed; alias ToggleWalk WalkOn" //Crouch Toggle Button alias ToggleCrouch "CrouchOn" alias CrouchOn "+duck; alias ToggleCrouch CrouchOff" alias CrouchOff "-duck; alias ToggleCrouch CrouchOn"
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Set +snd_digital_surround 1 as launch command to avoid muted/muffled sound like voices (vista/7/8/10 only) from rear / side speakers. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | The German retail version is censored, e.g. no dismemberment and less blood. The German version on Steam, however, is completely uncut and identical to the international version.[3] | |||
Hungarian | Local retail only. Official language files available here. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. Official language files available here | |||
Russian | Official localization by «Buka» and «Reanimedia» (Audio). A mistake in the SteamPipe update causes Xana to speak German. See Xana speaks German in a Russian version of the game for a fix. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «SyS-team», «Spirit Team», «ENPY Studio» | |||
Spanish |
Network
- Servers can optionally use Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) protection.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | For dedicated hosting, install Dedicated Server under Tools in the Steam client. | |
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27014-27050 |
UDP | 4380, 27000-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod for better 3D support. | |||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
Game fails to start
Disable anti-virus[citation needed] |
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Disabling your antivirus may fix this issue. |
Uninstall Lavasoft Web Companion[4] |
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Black screen on start-up (Steam)
Because the SteamPipe update converted the game to a new format, certain glitches may appear - most common of which is black screen on start-up.
Verify game cache (Steam)[1] |
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Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
A few issues can cause this error.
Upgrade your drivers[1] |
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Updating your hardware drivers (including non-graphics drivers) may solve this issue. |
Use automatic settings[1] |
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Use the command line parameter In Steam:
Notes
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Start the game in a custom resolution[1] |
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Use the command line parameter
Make sure In Steam:
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Crash when exiting the game
Enable Heap emulation for mm.exe[1] |
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Crash when changing level
If this bug appears, it usually happens when loading chapter 4.
Disable High Dynamic Range (HDR) or set graphics to low |
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Xana speaks German in a Russian version of the game
Download proper Russian voice lines[1] |
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Game installs AZERTY (French) keyboard layout
- Steam and retail versions of the game install the "AZERTY (French)" keyboard layout, which can't be deleted with normal means because it doesn't show in Language options.
Manually add and then delete "AZERTY (French)" layout[citation needed] |
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In Windows:
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Changing language doesn't take effect (Steam version)
Since the game is using an obsolete version of the Source engine, the only way to set its language is by changing the language of Steam itself.
Change language of Steam client[5] |
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Performance Problems
large-address aware |
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Make the game Large Address Aware. |
GFX-detail |
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While you can have all other graphic options at maximum, try setting GFX-detail to medium only. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8, 8.1, 9 | Only 8-9 are supported after the Steampipe update. |
Shader Model support | 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Mods
Unlimited Edition mod
- Mod features:
- Limited Edition weapons can be found and equipped in the game
- New Game+ mode
- Extra inventory for the New Game+ mode
- Endurance difficulty for the New Game+ mode
- Restored unused NPCs voices and audio interactions
- Fixes for missing sound effects
- Mini-Mods support
- Only the Steam version is currently supported.
Higher corpse limit
The number of corpses per level is limited to 2-4, so if you kill new enemies the old bodies fade away. To increase this number, follow this guide.
- Only works for the Steam version.
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | Heavily modified variant. |
Audio | Miles Sound System | Single-Player: 7.0L Mutli-Player: 6.6a |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8J |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2016-10-17
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2100/discussions/0/864976837801037787/
- ↑ Dark Messiah on Schnittberichte - last accessed on 2021-01-29
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/2100/discussions/0/558747922227774495/?ctp=4#c350543738455599454
- ↑ Steamcommunity (How to change the game language to german?) - last accessed on 2017-04-15