POD: Planet of Death
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft | |
Publishers | |
North America, Europe | Ubisoft |
Brazil | Brasoft |
Czech | Bohemia Interactive |
China | Ubisoft China |
Russia | Akella |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 28, 1997 |
Key points
- Titled "POD" in North America
General information
- pod PhReAk - Comprehensive fan resource (requires Flash)
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Includes the Back to Hell expansion. | |||
Ubisoft Store | Gold Edition. Included with Ubisoft+. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Back to Hell |
Essential improvements
- Playing POD Gold on Windows 10 (2018), a guide on how to fix POD Gold issues (GOG/CD version) on Windows 10, and how to add new cars/tracks.
Patches
- Fixes a lot of compatibility issues on modern operating systems.
Apply Podhacks[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\DATA\ChShip\[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Ubisoft Connect | [2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
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) | Enable by default | ||
60 FPS | Probably more than 60fps / 60hz there are physical problems.to avoid problems just keep the monitor set to 60hz | ||
120+ FPS |
Widescreen resolution
Normally the game only allows for resolutions up to 800x600.
Rename a DLL[citation needed] |
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Notes
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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 | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | CD Music, Sound | |
Surround sound | Via Dolby Surround | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Dutch | ||||
German | ||||
Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Versus |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | native support | |
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) | XP | Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
- System requirements are for the GOG.com release.
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ Cloud save support for games available on Ubisoft+ - last accessed on 2021-09-18