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"RESOURCEDIR"="c:\\thething\\data;c:\\thething\\data\\mainui.pak"</pre>
 
(If your game is not installed to c:\thething then edit the paths accordingly!)
 
(If your game is not installed to c:\thething then edit the paths accordingly!)

Revision as of 23:52, 29 May 2018

The Thing
The Thing cover
Developers
Computer Artworks
Publishers
Vivendi Universal Games
Release dates
Windows August 20, 2002
The Thing on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png
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General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.2 adds mouse look (enable in options under advanced controls).

Game data

Location of settings in the registry

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0\
Or for 64-bit (x64) Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\bin\[Note 1]

Video settings

Game settings.
Game settings.
Audio and video settings.
Audio and video settings.
Key mappings screen.
Key mappings screen.
Advanced controls (enable mouse look here).
Advanced controls (enable mouse look here).

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Change resolution and aspect ratio[1]
  1. Open TheThing.exe with a hex editor such as HxD
  2. Find the hex values AB AA AA 3F
  3. Replace with the desired aspect ratio
    • CD CC CC 3F for 16:10 screens
    • 39 8E E3 3F for 16:9 screens
    • CD 90 18 40 for 21:9 screens

(You can set the resolution in the menu or by hand in the registry.)

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

White screen, no intro movie error

If you get a white and black screen when starting or see broken menu graphics, it means the data paths are missing.
Reinstall the game
Or add the necessary paths to the registry by hand:
  1. Copy the following code block to a text editor
  2. Save as a .reg file and run (merge) it
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0]
"RESOURCEDIR"="c:\\thething\\data;c:\\thething\\data\\mainui.pak"

(If your game is not installed to c:\thething then edit the paths accordingly!)

Other information

Enabling cheats

Cheats are enabled in the registry:
  1. Copy the following code block to a text editor
  2. Save as a .reg file and run (merge) it
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Computer Artworks\The Thing\1.0]
"PlayerInvulnerable"="1"
"NPCInvulnerable"="1"
"FullWeaponEquip"="1"
"Fullammo"="1"

(Or set to 0 to disable individual or all items.)

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows[2]
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) 3D Accelerator Required
8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ The Thing - WSGF - last accessed on November 30, 2016
  2. ↑ The Thing for Windows (2002) Tech Info - MobyGames - last accessed on November 30, 2016