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Evolva

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Evolva
Evolva cover
Developers
Computer Artworks
Publishers
Virgin Interactive
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows June 1, 2000
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 LaserLock DRM
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Patched to latest version.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Install the latest patch (v1.2.944) to enable bump mapping.

LOD modification

LOD modification disables the game from switching between high and low detailed models for enemies and other dynamic objects depending on the distance from the player. High detailed models will be used all the time.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\Evolva\1.0\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/771430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGames\[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\GenoHunters\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/771430/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings menu.
General settings menu.
Key mappings menu.
Key mappings menu.

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Widescreen resolution

Edit the settings in the registry[1]
  1. Change the screen resolution in-game and save the changes so the registry entries get created.
  2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\Evolva\1.0.
  3. Set DisplayModeWidth and DisplayModeHeight to the desired resolution.
  4. If the chosen resolution is greater than 2048x2048, use dgVoodoo2 to remove the resolution limit.

Notes

Multi-monitor resolutions work with some limitations; see the WSGF entry for details.

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 465 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
Listed system requirements are based on the data provided on the GOG.com store page. Game was originally made to run on older PCs running Windows 95/98.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  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