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Revision as of 18:48, 13 November 2022
Developers | |
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Westwood Pacific | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 16, 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | June 18, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | ARPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Official ladder ranking servers closed, but official lobby server for multiplayer still online. Unofficial ladder hosted on NoXforum.info
- For online multiplayer in the GOG.com version install Westwood Online.
General information
- Nox Wiki
- XWIS (legacy multiplayer replacement, default server lookup leads to this service)
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |||
GOG.com | Includes manual and reference card; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2). | |||
Origin | Includes manual; includes the Nox Quest patch (version 1.2), but does not enable the Quest add-on by default. As of Nov 12, 2022, the store page requires the following user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) QtWebEngine/5.8.0 Chrome/53.0.2785.148 Safari/537.36 EA Download Manager Origin/10.5.115.51547 . |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Essential improvements
OpenNox
- An open-source, unofficial extension of the Nox engine for preservation, extending modding capabilities and compatibility purposes.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Patches
Nox Quest
- Nox Quest adds new multiplayer modes and come with larger versions of the 1.2 patch installer. There are also versions of the 1.2 patch that do not include the Quest add-on.
- The Origin version includes this patch, but does not enable it by default.[4]
- The GOG.com version already includes this patch.
Other
- Nox GUI is an unofficial launcher patch which improves compatibility with Windows 7+.[5]
- Warrior Ch. 10 Map 2 Fix provides fixes for the Warrior Chapter 10 Map 2 .map file, which prevented two secrets from triggering correctly.[6]
Peixoto's patch
- Allows nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling
- Supports the original DirectDraw renderer as well as the Direct3D 9 renderer on Nox GUI
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\nox.cfg[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) |
This game has an AUTOSAVE folder and Save Slots 1-13. The Working folder saves your current map discovery progress, as well as other activated triggers in maps you've already been to, etc. Do note that the Autosave folder has it's own working folder, so that's something to keep in mind.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Resolutions up to 1024x768; see the WSGF entry. See also OpenNox which comes with an OpenNox HD executable supporting widescreen resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | OpenNox comes with an OpenNox HD executable supporting resolutions up to 4K.[7] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30 fps cap | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Windowed
Windowed[citation needed] |
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OpenNox |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Possible with the unofficial SDL patch. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Also possible with the unofficial SDL patch. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, voice and music. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Everything is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. Digital release users can use this download from this forum topic | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Korean | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Unofficial translation by «7th Wolf» and «Fargus», download and review | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 | Lobbies point to XWIS by default since 2005 as part of an agreement with EA. The GOG.com version needs a manual installation of the Westwood Online Shared Components. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Run the game with -serveronly parameter |
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Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Possible through Mix's unoffical patch |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 18590-18599 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Flickering title screen or black screen on startup
- Run Nox in Windows 98 / Windows ME compatibility mode to avoid this issue.
- The GOG.com version already includes this fix.
Set compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Install dgVoodoo 2. |
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"Westwood Online is not installed on this computer" error
Install Westwood Online |
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Install Westwood Online. |
Enable Quest add-on for Origin version
Modify registry settings[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
Software renderer | Requires Nox GUI. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | VQA | |
Multiplayer | Westwood Online |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT 4.0 SP3 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] 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.[3]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mac Game Update: System Shock 2 + 10 more titles ● GOG.com
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:ilike2burnthing on 2016-6-10
- ↑ http://www.noxforum.net/index.php?topic=8677.0
- ↑ https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1305-warrior-ch-10-map-2-fix-v100/
- ↑ opennox/game-features.md at dev · noxworld-dev/opennox · GitHub - last accessed on 2022-05-14