Duke Nukem Forever: Restoration Project
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| Developers | |
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| Restoration Project | Mighty Foot Productions |
| Original | 3D Realms |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 1 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | North America, Sci-fi |
| Series | Duke Nukem |
| Duke Nukem | |
|---|---|
| Duke Nukem | 1991 |
| Duke Nukem II | 1993 |
| Duke Nukem 3D | 1996 |
| Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project | 2002 |
| Duke Nukem Forever | 2011 |
| Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition | 2013 |
| Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour | 2016 |
| Duke Nukem Forever (2001) | 2022 |
| Duke Nukem Forever: Restoration Project (unofficial) | Early access |
Duke Nukem Forever: Restoration Project is a fan-made effort to polish and complete the leaked 2001 builds of Duke Nukem Forever for modern PCs with a complete singleplayer campaign, multiplayer support and an SDK with source code.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website |  |
Version 0.2.1 | |
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| Developer website | |
Version 0.2.1 Source Code | |
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | The game is free to download. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | The game does not contain microtransactions. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\players\<user-id>\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\players\<user-id>\saves[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Only functions in windowed mode, and there are HUD and Menu issues | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Game does display, but there are HUD and Menu issues | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Planned to be supported at a later date. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | located in DukeForever.ini | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Rendering is mostly CPU based so things like Nvidia RTX do not function | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse Precision and Smoothing disabled | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Planned to be supported at a later date. |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | Feature is unfinished | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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| Online play | 16 | Versus |
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- Multiplayer is an ongoing WIP, some modes are very early and not well implemented yet.
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 7777, 8080, 8777, 9777, 27900 |
| UDP | 7777, 7778, 7779, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
'Debug Assertion' error
| Exclude DukeForever.exe from Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows settings |
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Issues unresolved
Alt-tabbing from Fullscreen renders game unplayable
| Play in windowed mode for now if alt-tab is needed |
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Saving/loading causes crashing
| Ensure install directory has no spaces in it and is not a nested directory |
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Notes:
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8, 9 | 9.0 is best supported at the moment, 8.0 is a fallback and is far buggier. |
| OpenGL | 1.4 | Not as stable as 9.0. but better performance. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Galaxy Audio System | |
| Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium M Processor 740 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATi Radeon X300 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible |
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- Minimum specs based on oldest hardware tested by developers. Minimum specs give at least ~20+ FPS. Install size based on most recent release build.
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).