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Enter the Matrix

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Enter the Matrix
Enter the Matrix cover
Developers
Shiny Entertainment
Publishers
Atari
Release dates
Windows May 14, 2003
Enter the Matrix guide on StrategyWiki
Enter the Matrix on Wikipedia
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The Matrix
Enter the Matrix 2003
The Matrix Online 2005
The Matrix: Path of Neo 2005

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM DRM.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.52 updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\movies\.
  2. Delete or rename atari.avi, shiny.avi, totitle.avi, and wb.avi.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\MatrixConfig.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\saved\[Note 1]

Video settings

Launcher window.
Launcher window.

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Windowed

Run in windowed/borderless[citation needed]
  1. Download Enter the Matrix Widescreen Fix.
  2. Extract the contents to the installation folder.
  3. Create wndmode.ini in the installation folder.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Change AF manually[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Open MatrixConfig.ini.
  3. Set FILTERING =3.
  4. Set FILTERSAMPLES =16.

Input settings

300px
Key rebinding. From top: Fighting, Driving and Hovercraft.
Mouse settings.
Mouse settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Audio output settings.
Audio output settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Template:Audio settings

Language choices presented with first start up.
Language choices presented with first start up.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Local retail version only.
Portuguese
Spanish

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior".
  4. Enable "Mute Game" under "Background Behavior".

Issues unresolved

Extremely low performance

On many configurations the game performs badly. One way to improve the performance a bit is to enable Force Object LOD in game's launcher - this however comes at the cost of poor model quality.

Changing language

Language option is only given when first starting the game. Changing language requires complete deletion of save data.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Matrix.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes DivX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
AMD Duron 800 MHz		 Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 256
ATI Radeon 8500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce 3
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) Windows-compatible sound card Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Other 4X CD-ROM Drive 36X CD-ROM Drive
7200 RPM HDD

Notes

  1. ↑ 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).

References