This page is for the original release. For the enhanced version, see Blood: Fresh Supply.
Key points
- A bug in the game causes damage scaling to change after loading a save.[2][3]
General information
- Blood Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Cryptic Passage |
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| Plasma Pak |
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Essential improvements
Source ports
| Name |
Description |
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| BuildGDX |
Reverse-engineered gameplay-accurate port written in Java. Adds high resolutions support, OpenGL renderer, improved mouse controls, and fixes for the original game bugs with an option to revert them.
Can run official addon and custom made campaings straight from the main menu without the need to use installers or replace any original files.
Has custom difficulty option that allows to choose different combinations of enemies count and damage dealing or receiving.
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| NBlood |
Reverse-engineered gameplay-accurate port of Blood based on EDuke32.
Features original software renderer, improved OpenGL renderer, and OPL3 emulation.
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Improve performance in DOSBox
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Edit DOSBox configuration file
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- Change
output=surface to output=openglnb
- Change
memsize=16 to memsize=64
- Change
core=normal to core=dynamic
- Change
cycles=auto to cycles=max
- Change
aspect=false to aspect=true
- Change
fullresolution=original to fullresolution=0x0
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Blood Launcher
- The One Unit Whole Blood Launcher is recommended for the best experience. It includes a large number of optional modifications and custom maps.
Build Game DOSBox Launcher
- The Build Game DOSBox Launcher allows installation from both digital release and retail release. It also includes a large number of optional modifications and custom maps.
bMouse
- bMouse is a DOS extension which improves mouse looking by removing the mouse filter which causes issues related to both axis not updating properly.
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Install bMouse[6]
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- Unzip
bmouse.exe into the folder where you installed Blood.
- Run
setup.exe through DOSBox and go to Controller Setup > Choose Controller Type and select "Keyboard and External".
- Go to Setup External and change the program name to BMOUSE.EXE, save and exit.
- Open
dosboxBlood_single.conf in a text editor and replace the line containing BLOOD.EXE with bmouse.exe launch blood.exe.
- You can do the same for Cryptic Passage by opening
dosboxBlood_Addon.conf and replacing CRYPTIC.EXE with bmouse.exe launch cryptic.exe.
Notes
- bMouse will cause the vertical aiming to be inverted. To fix this just go to the Setup Advanced Control Options from Control Setup, then at Advanced Mouse Setup change the Mouse Y Scale to negative number.
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Buildmfx
- Buildmfx is a patch which improves mouse looking.
NOLFBLIM
- NOLFBLIM fixes flashing HUD.
BloodCM
- BloodCM is a Blood remake in the form of a mod for EDuke32, a Duke Nukem 3D source port that provides modern features such as widescreen resolutions and dynamic lighting.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Video settings
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
Template:Input settings
Use mouse wheel to change weapons
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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VR support
- A driver for the VFX1 headset can be found here.
Network
Multiplayer types
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| OpenGL |
1.0 |
Use BloodGDX. |
| Glide |
1.0 |
Beta patches for 3Dfx support can be found here. Note these patches are largely unstable and never completed. |
| DOS video modes |
VGA, SVGA |
Supports extremely high resolutions for a DOS game (over 1600x1200). |
Middleware
System requirements
| DOS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
6.2 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 75 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
75 MB |
430 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
VGA 256-colour | |
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
430 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 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 2.2 2.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References
