Gun

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[1]

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v4 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Game data[edit]

In-game display settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Activision\Gun\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2610/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Gun\saves\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2610/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use ThirteenAG's fix On Linux/Wine: You also need to set d3d9 native override for ThirteenAG hook to work.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use ThirteenAG's fix
4K Ultra HD		Use ThirteenAG's fix
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FSAA 2x, 4x and 8x (Fullscreen Effects need to be turned off).
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Forced on by default. Can be disabled in the graphics card control panel.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[1]

Windowed[edit]

Force windowed mode^{[citation needed]}

Install ThirteenAG's fix.
Create wndmode.ini in <path-to-game>.
Start the game and exit.
Edit wndmode.ini.
Set UseForegroundControl=1 to prevent minimizing.
Set Border=1 to enable the window border.

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

External language settings (GOG.com version).

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and Music
Surround sound		May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish				External download required for Steam version. Download

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	1
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.7d

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1800+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 8500 Nvidia GeForce3 Series/3 Ti Series 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^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>/2610/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Is the framerate capped at 30? How do you remove it? :: GUN General Discussions
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[Proton_path_note-5] 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>/2610/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[FPS_cap-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Is the framerate capped at 30? How do you remove it? :: GUN General Discussions

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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Developers

	Neversoft
Windows	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2005

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