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Giants: Citizen Kabuto

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Giants: Citizen Kabuto
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Developers
Planet Moon Studios
macOS (OS X) The Omni Group
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Engines
Amityville
Release dates
Windows December 7, 2000
macOS (OS X) 2001
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Key points

Manual saving feature is only available in the console version.[1]

General information

GiantsWD site - Active community, mods, patches, level editors, etc.
GiantsWD forums
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)
 CD check just on 1.4 patch (Windows)[citation needed]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
 1.4 (without CD check)
Windows
Steam
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 Functions similarly to GOG.com version.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.4 is the last official patch.
Patch 1.5 is an unofficial patch that adds several graphics settings, additional effects and DirectX 8 renderer. It is highly recommended to install this patch. The latest version (Patch 1.497 Beta) can be found here.

Graphical Revision Mod 1.01

Mouse Speed Fix

Use -framelimit 120 to fix mouse speed issues (requires patch 1.5).

GiantsHook Graphical Overhaul Mod

Adds GeForce 3 exclusive effects and DirectX 8 renderer.
Single-player only.
Not compatible with patch 1.5.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PlanetMoon\Giants\IDs\<user-id>
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/557750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/557750/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Resolution and renderer settings.
Resolution and renderer settings.
Default graphics settings.
Default graphics settings.
Patched graphics settings.
Patched graphics settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

The language for the GOG.com version can be changed with Language Selector.exe in the installation folder or Start menu.[2]
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Local retail version only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
20
Online play
20

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 19712
UDP 19712
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

Remove censorship

Delphi was originally going to be topless, as evidenced by early trailers and the boxart, however she wears a bikini in the final game.
Create empty file[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\bin
  2. Delete or rename arpfix.gzp.
  3. Start the game.

Notes

Delphi will still wear a bikini during the loading screen.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 8 1.497 Beta patch adds D3D8.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 350 MHz
AMD K62 350 MHz		 Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
AMD K62 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 875 MB 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible 		16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/557750/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (557750) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  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