Kingpin: Life of Crime

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

Kingpin.info - demo, mods, patches, etc.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use MH's Kingpin Patch to remove disc check.
GOG.com
Steam		No background music during gameplay.

The Linux installer can be found here. Requires the CD of the game in order to install it.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Kingpin v1.21 patch. Not needed for digital releases.

MH's Kingpin Patch[edit]

Fixes various bugs and adds support for custom resolutions.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\main\config.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38430/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[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\main\save\^{[Note 1]}
Linux
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/38430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
4K Ultra HD		Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Can also be toggled with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.
60 FPS	Frame rate is capped at 83 FPS.
120+ FPS	Use MH's Kingpin Patch.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Custom FOV^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\main\
Open config.cfg with a text editor.
Change fov "90" to the desired FOV.
Use Kingpin Patch Config to show gun with any FOV.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Use MH's Kingpin Patch to add support for Mouse4 and Mouse5.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is forced on. Use MarkC mouse accel fix.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Sticks and triggers can't be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Stereo output only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Menus were left untouched for clients compatibility in multiplayer.
Russian				Unofficial localization by «Fargus Multimedia». Attached as bonus to GOG version.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play		16	GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed[edit]

Game always starts in a window[edit]

Force fullscreen^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\main\
Open autoexec.cfg with a text editor.
Add the line set vid_fullscreen 1.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Enable developer console[edit]

Enable console^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\main\
Open autoexec.cfg with a text editor.
Add the line developer 1.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	570 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL-based video card

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (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>/38430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/38430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (38430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

Developers

	Xatrix Entertainment
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Engines
	id Tech 2
Release dates
Windows	June 30, 1999
Linux	July 1999