Difference between revisions of "Vivisector - Beast Within"

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General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit init.cfg^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\Scripts\` Open `init.cfg` with a text editor. Change `r.showlogos 1` to `r.showlogos 0` Save the changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.cfg^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Save\^{[Note 1]}

One autosave, two quicksave slots and nine manual slots.

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)	90 by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Borderless only. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Antialiasing disables shadows. Use your graphics card's program settings and enable it through there if you wish to keep shadows.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Capped at 500 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit config.cfg and use DgVoodoo 2

Edit <path-to-game>\config.cfg with a text editor.
Change @v.sx to 1280 and @v.sy to 720.^{[Note 2]}
Save the file.
Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive.
Open the MS\x86 folder and copy D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll.
Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is.
Run the included dgVoodooCpl program and configure the settings.
Under the DirectX tab, resolutions can be forced.

FOV will be zoomed in, it is recommended to set the FOV to something like 120. See Field of view (FOV)

Field of view (FOV)

Use render_fov command
Open console by pressing `~`. Type in `render_fov X` where X your desired horizontal FOV value (e.g. `render_fov 90`).

Windowed

Edit init.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Scripts\
Open init.cfg with a text editor.
Change r.windowed 0 to r.windowed 1
Save the changes.

Notes

The window is locked to the top-left corner of the screen.

Longer corpse and decal lifetime

Edit `config.cfg`
Edit `<path-to-game>\config.cfg` with a text editor. Set: `@hitfx_lifetime = 9999`

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software..
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Alt-tabbing even in windowed mode causes the game to minimize (and mutes the sound).
EAX support		EAX 4.0^[1]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Local retail only.
Russian				Local retail only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon @ 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX AMD Radeon 7600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

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).
↑ Do not change the resolution to something like 1920x1080, the game has a maximum 1600 width resolution limit and the game will give you an error on launch if you do that. You'll be able to set the resolution to 1080p, 1440p, 4K or higher using dgVoodoo 2.

References

↑ SoundBlaster.com - NewsLetters - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Note-2] Do not change the resolution to something like 1920x1080, the game has a maximum 1600 width resolution limit and the game will give you an error on launch if you do that. You'll be able to set the resolution to 1080p, 1440p, 4K or higher using dgVoodoo 2.

[3] SoundBlaster.com - NewsLetters - last accessed on May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= See the [https://www.wsgf.org/dr/vivisector-beast-within/en WSGF entry].
+|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
-|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
+|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = See the [https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=30035 WSGF topic].
+|ultrawidescreen notes      =
-|4k ultra hd                = unknown
+|4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 |fov                        = hackable
-|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
+|fov notes                  = 90 by default. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   = hackable
 |windowed notes             = Borderless only. See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].
@@ Line 91: / Line 91: @@
 |upscaling tech             =
 |upscaling notes            =
-|vsync                      = true
+|vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = Capped at 500 fps.
+|120 fps notes              = Capped at 500 FPS.
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit {{file|config.cfg}} and use [[DgVoodoo 2]]|fix=
+# Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}} with a text editor.
+# Change <code>@v.sx</code> to <code>1280</code> and <code> @v.sy</code> to <code>720</code>.{{note|note=Do not change the resolution to something like 1920x1080, the game has a maximum 1600 width resolution limit and the game will give you an error on launch if you do that. You'll be able to set the resolution to 1080p, 1440p, 4K or higher using dgVoodoo 2.}}
+# Save the file.
+# Download the latest version of [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgVoodoo 2] and extract the archive.
+# Open the <code>MS\x86</code> folder and copy {{file|D3D8.dll}}, {{file|D3D9.dll}}, {{file|D3DImm.dll}} and {{file|DDraw.dll}}.
+# Paste the files into the game installation folder where the game executable is.
+# Run the included <code>dgVoodooCpl</code> program and configure the settings.
+# Under the DirectX tab, resolutions can be forced.
+{{ii}} FOV will be zoomed in, it is recommended to set the FOV to something like 120. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use render_fov command|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use render_fov command|fix=
 # Open console by pressing {{key|~}}.
 # Type in <code>render_fov '''X'''</code> where '''X''' your desired horizontal FOV value (e.g. <code>render_fov 90</code>).
@@ Line 112: / Line 125: @@
 {{Fixbox|description=Edit init.cfg|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
 # Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Data\Scripts\</code>
-# Open <code>init.cfg</code> with a text editor.
+# Open {{file|init.cfg}} with a text editor.
 # Change <code>r.windowed 0</code> to <code>r.windowed 1</code>
 # Save the changes.
@@ Line 121: / Line 134: @@
 ===Longer corpse and decal lifetime===
+{{Fixbox|description=Edit {{file|config.cfg}}|fix=
 # Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\config.cfg}} with a text editor.
 # Set: <code>@hitfx_lifetime = 9999</code>
+}}
 ==Input==

Developers

	Action Forms
Publishers
	1C Company
Engines
	AtmosFear
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Art styles	Realistic