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Crimson Skies

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Crimson Skies
Crimson Skies cover
Developers
Zipper Interactive
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows September 17, 2000
Crimson Skies on Wikipedia
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

General information

Official game site (archived)
MontanaRaiders.com - A fan site for the Crimson Skies series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Patches

Patch 1.02

The latest patch can be downloaded from here.

Modern hardware support

Use csfix[citation needed]
  1. Make sure the game is patched to 1.02. If not, see the Patches section for a download link.
  2. Download the Crimson Skies fix.
  3. Extract to the installation folder.
  4. Optional: Edit csfix.ini to use a resolution other than your native resolution.
  5. If running on Windows 10, ensure that the Windows features are also enabled under "Turn Windows Features On and off"
    1. Legacy Components > DirectPlay
    2. Media Features > Windows Media Player

Notes

The resolution specified in csfix.ini is used during gameplay; menus are letterboxed 4:3.
Use dgVoodoo2[citation needed]
  1. Download dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe</code and under the DirectX tab, tick Application controlled fullscreen/windowed state.
  3. (Optional) Set your resolution and enable MSAA and texture filtering.
  4. Copy D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll from MS to <path-to-game>.

Notes

Menus will follow your resolution, but they will be stretched unless the aspect ratio is 4:3.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SavedGames\[Note 2]

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
External video settings.
External video settings.

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Input settings

In-game general controls settings.
In-game general controls settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16 TCP/IP or IPX
Online play
16 Direct IP or via modem
Playing via MSN Gaming Zone is no longer possible.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 28805, 28801, 3040, 1121[3]
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 700 MB 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible 		16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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