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Revision as of 23:41, 24 September 2021

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter cover
Developers
Croteam
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
Serious Engine 3
Release dates
Windows November 24, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 68
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes Egypt, Sci-fi
Series Serious Sam
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on HowLongToBeat
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on IGDB
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter guide on StrategyWiki
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on MobyGames
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter on Wikipedia
Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2001
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter 2002
Serious Sam 2 2005
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter 2009
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter 2010
Serious Sam Double D 2011
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter 2011
Serious Sam 3: BFE 2011
Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter 2012
Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! 2012
Serious Sam VR (series)
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 EA
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour 2017
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution 2019
Serious Sam 4 2020
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem 2022
Serious Sam: Tormental 2022

General information

Official game series site
Seriously! Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game advanced settings.
In-game advanced settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\41000\local
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\41000\local\SeriousSamHD\SavedGames
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/41000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.

Field of view (FOV)

Changing FOV[citation needed]
  1. Open console with ~.
  2. Enter plr_fFOVOverride = X

4K Ultra HD

Custom Resolution[citation needed]
This fix will also work for other resolutions such as 1920x1200, 2560x1440 and other resolutions.
  1. Open SeriousSamHD config file in <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/41000/local using a text editor.
  2. you should find gfx_pixResWidth/height and gfx_pixLastGoodResHeight/Width
  3. Now type your custom resolution, example,
 gfx_pixLastGoodResHeight = 2160;
 gfx_pixLastGoodResWidth = 3840;
 gfx_pixLastGoodWinHeight = 2160;
 gfx_pixLastGoodWinWidth = 3840;
 gfx_pixResHeight = 2160;
 gfx_pixResWidth = 3840;
 gfx_pixWinHeight = 2160;
Now save and set SeriousSamHD to "Read Only" in properties

Input

In-game general keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game general keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Effects and Music sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Use OpenAL Soft to get binaural HRTF mixing.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish
Polish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Available in Serious Sam Fusion 2017
LAN play
Online play
16 Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use gam_strConnectToIP [IP address here] in the in-game console.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27015
UDP 27016
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
2D
Officially supported game.
Note:Game is on official list but not yet confirmed to be 3D.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
Supports: Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Dynamic Light, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Flashlight Control, Interaction at Gaze. For Eye tracking features to work you must be playing the Serious Sam Fusion 2017 version of this game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11, 12 Direct3D 11 and 12 (Beta) are supported in Fusion 2017 version
Vulkan
Fusion 2017 version
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0+ GHz
AMD Athlon64 3500+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3 support
Integrated graphic chipsets are not supported


Notes

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

References