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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition cover
Developers
Capcom
Engines
MT Framework
Release dates
Windows May 27, 2008
Reception
Metacritic 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Series Lost Planet
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition on IGDB
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition guide on StrategyWiki
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition on MobyGames
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition on Wikipedia
Lost Planet
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition 2008
Lost Planet 2 2010
Lost Planet 3 2013

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

Updated version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition with a Human vs Akrid multiplayer mode, a selection of new multiplayer maps, characters and weapons, and four new single-player modes.[1] Also includes a new "RE4 style" camera & a higher FOV option, both of which are hidden features.[2]
Cross-platform multiplayer with Xbox 360 players.[3]
Includes benchmark.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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SecuROM DRM disc check.[4]
Windows
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DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Temporarily removed from purchase pending Capcom's investigation into an installation issue.[5]
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
Requires online activation
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SecuROM PA DRM.
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[6]
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]

Demo

DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 demos can be downloaded here and here. They include two playable levels and a benchmark.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\capcom\lostplanetcolonies\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45720/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\capcom\lostplanetcolonies\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/45720/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
For setting a custom resolution see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 16x QCSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 120 FPS. Audio and video is out of sync during cutscenes (cap the frame rate at 60 FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit config.ini[7]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.ini.
  3. Change the Resolution= line to the desired resolution.
  4. Save the changes.

Field of view (FOV)

A hidden feature to switch to a higher native FOV is present. To toggle it, hold the Reload key (R-Stick) and press the Left Arrow key (Left on a D-pad) in-game.
See the WSGF entry. If that doesn't work, follow the alternative solution below.
Instructions[8]
  1. Open LostPlanetColoniesDX10.exe in a hex editor like HxD.
  2. Go to offset 8D48E0.
  3. Change 00 00 48 42 (50) to a higher value, for example 00 00 88 42 (68).

Notes

Floating Point Converter can be used to convert values.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and effects.
Surround sound
Up to 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

  • Steam: Localization is set with operating system and cannot be manually changed.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Retail only. The language files available.
Italian
Polish
Current Steam version have errors. Here is alternative translation, but currently incompatible with Steam version.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation — download.
Russian
Dub ported from the original release, download here.
Spanish

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).
Multiplayer is not compatible with Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16 Systemlink
Online play
16 Cross platform with Xbox 360 players.

Issues unresolved

Stuttering when running through snow

When running through snow while carrying standard weapons the game stutters about once a second, probably because of animation or physics bug, since framerate remains stable.

Issues fixed

Audio and video out of sync during cutscenes

Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS[9]

Frequent crashes in DX10 mode

Copy old dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll files to the installation folder[10]
  1. Search your C:\Windows\winsxs folder for dxgi.dll and d3d10.dll
  2. The correct dxgi.dll file was modified on 11/20/2010 or 11/21/2010 (depending on region) and is 496 KB.
  3. The correct d3d10.dll file was modified on 7/13/2009 or 7/14/2009 (depending on region) and is 0.98 MB.
  4. Copy both files to your Lost Planet installation folder, where the .exe files are.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 10 Launcher prompts a version choice.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 HT
AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM) 512 MB (XP)
1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600 series
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
  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>/45720/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (45720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References