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One Must Fall 2097

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One Must Fall 2097
One Must Fall 2097 cover
Developers
Diversions Entertainment
Publishers
Epic Games
US B&N Companies
Release dates
DOS 1994
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Fighting
Vehicles Robot
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics
Themes Sci-fi
Series One Must Fall
One Must Fall 2097 on MobyGames
One Must Fall 2097 on Wikipedia
One Must Fall
One Must Fall 2097 1994
One Must Fall: Battlegrounds 2003

Key points

The game has been officially made freeware[1]

General information

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature
X-BoT's OMF Universe - Fansite with substantial download and media sections

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Floppy and CD-ROM release. Both are identical in terms of content.
DOS
Official website
DRM-free
Freeware CD version (install using DOSBox).
DOS

Essential improvements

OpenOMF Port

Adds TCP/IP multiplayer and gamepad support for 64-bit Windows and Linux. Enables windowed and widescreen modes through scaling. Currently in alpha stage.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\PLAYERNAME.CHR

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
72 fps frame rate cap.

Input

Audio

Audio settings (accessed with setup.exe)
Audio settings (accessed with setup.exe)
Audio settings (ingame)
Audio settings (ingame)

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Versus
Uses IPX protocol
Online play
For DOSBox use DOSBox IPX/modem emulation.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Uses modem or serial connection
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game speed too fast

With DOSBox, execute config cpu cycles fixed 26800 before launching the game. This gives a comfortable speed, as opposed to the robots fighting too quickly on a modern system.

Game speed may also be set to minimum in the options menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 386
System memory (RAM) 4 MB (540K conventional)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA


References