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# Select '''Virtual 3D Accelerated Card''' under Videocard and set its VRAM to '''64 MB'''. | # Select '''Virtual 3D Accelerated Card''' under Videocard and set its VRAM to '''64 MB'''. | ||
# Click '''OK'''. | # Click '''OK'''. | ||
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+ | ===8-bit Palettized textures option greyed out=== | ||
+ | {{--}} A bug in the original code meant this option can't be selected without this fix. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHUquneKSak See this video for information on what this option does]. | ||
+ | {{Fixbox|description=Use a hex editor|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=99404|title=Driver (1999) - 8bit palettized textures=March 2024}}</ref>|fix= | ||
+ | # Download a hex editor of choice, such as [https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ HxD]. | ||
+ | # Within the hex editor, open {{file|game.exe}} in the install directory. | ||
+ | # Search for the byte pattern '''0F 85 DA 00 00 00''' located at offset 20E4C, and change it to '''0F 85 DF 00 00 00'''. Save the change. | ||
+ | # Repeat process with file {{file|config.exe}}, also in the install directory. | ||
+ | # 8-Bit texture option in config.exe should now be selectable, with animated textures in-game. | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 19 March 2024
Developers | |
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Reflections Interactive | |
Mac OS (Classic) | MacSoft |
Publishers | |
GT Interactive | |
Mac OS | Infogrames |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 11, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | December 12, 2000 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person, First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Driving, Open world |
Vehicles | Automobile |
Themes | North America, Contemporary |
Series | Driver |
Driver | |
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Driver | 1999 |
Driv3r | 2005 |
Driver: Parallel Lines | 2007 |
Driver: San Francisco | 2011 |
REDRIVER 2 (unofficial port) | 2020 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Driver is a singleplayer third-person and first-person driving and open world game in the Driver series.
General information
Availability
Essential improvements
FMVs without the game disc
Copy the FMVDATA folder from the disc to <path-to-game> [3]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\CONFIG.DAT[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\GAME*.BIN[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 10, 12, 16, 25, or 50 FPS caps with an option to turn it off. Game speed increases above 50 FPS in multiples with 50 FPS as a base (for example: runs at 1.2x speed when externally capped to 60 FPS) |
Widescreen resolution
Hed-edit the executable[4] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse isn't supported | |
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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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | Works only with DirectInput controllers | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separate controls for sound effects and CD music; voice volume is controlled under effects volume; FMV audio is unaffected by volume settings | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 1 | |
Royalty free audio | ||
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 | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail copy. The FMVs have subtitles and the in-game voices are dubbed. | |||
Russian | Compilation of unofficial translations – «7 Wolf, Наша Марка, Процедура 2000, City, Фаргус, Эксклюзив, FireCross, Golden Leon, Студия Оригинал, RGR Studio, Vector» and unknown translator), download. Review. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
3D acceleration problems
- Running the game with 3D acceleration turned on may cause crashes or graphics problems on some modern machines.
Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed] |
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8-bit Palettized textures option greyed out
- A bug in the original code meant this option can't be selected without this fix. See this video for information on what this option does.
Use a hex editor[5] |
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Music always turned off
Change the CD drive's label to D:
or use the Music does not loop solution below.
Music does not loop
- This is a known issue on Windows XP and later.
Possible fix[6] |
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Alternate fix using Winamp[citation needed] |
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VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
Glide | 2 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz | Intel Pentium 350 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 80 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D Accelerator 4 MB of VRAM | 3D Accelerator 8 MB of VRAM |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2022-03-11
- ↑ Driver (1999) - Widescreen Tutorial (Every resolution) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Driver (1999) - 8bit palettized textures=March 2024 - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ How to fix CD audio looping on Windows Vista/7 - Steam Community Guides - last accessed on May 2023