Terminal Velocity

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD-ROM or floppies. Use DOSBox (see Run in DOSBox).
Official website		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5]
Steam

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox make the following changes:^[6]

Change cycles=auto to cycles=max
Change memsize=16 to memsize=24
Change timed=true to timed=false
Change rate and oplrate to match the frequencies set in Sound Options in-game.

Leave all other settings at their defaults.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\TVI\
Delete or rename DEPA.TVI and LOGO.TVI.

Notes

The 3D Realms and Terminal Reality logos will still be shown.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\VOX.INI
Windows	<path-to-game>\VOX.INI^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVE*.DAT
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVE*.DAT^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358370/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8
Online play		8	Via IPX tunneling (the GOG.com version is pre-configured).

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Joystick controls are unresponsive

Change joystick timing^[6]
Edit the DOSBox configuration file. Change `timed=true` to `timed=false` Save your changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	486	486 DX2/66
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA	SVGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	128 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/358370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Terminal Velocity - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters
↑ Release: Terminal Velocity ● GOG.com
↑ January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com
↑ http://www.an-ovel.com/downloads/chg/chg_1207659136.htm
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity

[gamedir-7] 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).

[Proton_path_note-8] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/358370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Terminal Velocity - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters

[2] Release: Terminal Velocity ● GOG.com

[3] January Mac Game Update: 10 New Additions - GOG.com

[4] ttp://www.an-ovel.com/downloads/chg/chg_1207659136.htm

[5] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[ADG-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 5: Terminal Velocity

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Developers

	Terminal Reality
Publishers
DOS	3D Realms
Mac OS	MacSoft
Engines
	Photex
	Terrain Engine 1
Release dates
DOS	May 1, 1995^[1]
Mac OS (Classic)	1996
Windows	November 15, 2012^[2]
macOS (OS X)	January 24, 2013^[3]
Linux	May 12, 2015^[4]