Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
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Developers | |
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Midway Games | |
Windows | GameStar |
Publishers | |
Midway Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 14, 2004 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Available free.
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Patches
- Patch #1 updates the Russian retail release to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\GameConfig.ini[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Widescreen Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Widescreen Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Widescreen Fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Widescreen Fix. | ||
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. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | FPS higher than 60 might result in game breaking behavior like ladders being unusable and jumping not working.See Main character shows ghosting when moving, ladders launch and kill you, jumping doesn't work. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Can also invert X-axis. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | FX, Ambient | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DSOAL. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | For Freeware version See Change Language in the Free version. | |||
French | For Freeware version See Change Language in the Free version. | |||
Italian | For Freeware version See Change Language in the Free version. | |||
Spanish | For Freeware version See Change Language in the Free version. | |||
German | For Freeware version See Change Language in the Free version. |
Change Language in the Free version
The Free version comes with multiple languages, but because it doesn't change Windows registry, only defaults to English.
Create [PsiOpsLanguage.reg] and add to registry (For Windows 64 bits)[4] |
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\GAMESTAR\PsiOps] "LANGUAGE"="1" Notes
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Issues fixed
Can't begin to play, game not responding to some keyboard keys (e.g. space key)
Reset to the defaults in the keyboard settings[5] |
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Main character shows ghosting when moving, ladders launch and kill you, jumping doesn't work
Limit frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed] |
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See Frame rate capping. |
Enable Vsync and set monitor 60hz[citation needed] |
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API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Game Database - DAEMON Tools Forum - last accessed on December 2, 2016
- ↑ Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on april 14, 2021
- ↑ Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on april 14, 2021