Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens

Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens

Developers
	City Interactive
Publishers
	City Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	February 2, 2007
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Comedy
Series	Chickenator

Chickenator
The Chickenator	2003
Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens	2007

Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Chickenator series.

General information

Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from March 10, 2007.

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam
GamersGate

Demo/free trial

A demo is available here.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\Movies\. Delete or rename Intro.mpg and PoweredBy.mpg.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/System/*.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837040/pfx/

Kury.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/Saves/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/837040/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Default 70°; see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only natively present in the OpenGL renderer. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. Set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired resolution. Notes Vert-; Increase FOV to compensate, see Field of view (FOV). HUD and menus are stretched.

Use the Widescreen Fix
Notes Both weapon and camera FOVs are fixed. HUD and menus are stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Search for the line 36 and change the line to: Aliases[27]=(Command="fov 106",Alias=SetFOV) Add SetFOV in front of one of the keyboard letters that says <Keyname>=. While in-game press the key to activate the new FOV. Notes Weapon FOV stays the same.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini. Go to the [D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice], [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] or [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice] sections, depending on your chosen renderer. Change LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to the desired value.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini. Go to the [D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice], [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] or [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice] sections, depending on your chosen renderer. Change UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Edit ini file (MSAA)
Open <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini. Go to the [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice] section. Set MultisampleSamples=0 to the desired value.

Use dgVoodoo2 for the other renderers.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Enabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to disable it.
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Set UseJoystick=True in <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini under [WinDrv.WindowsClient].
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Edit in <path-to-game>\System\User.ini.
Controller sensitivity		Edit in <path-to-game>\System\User.ini.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Edit in <path-to-game>\System\User.ini.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Add the line MouseAccelThreshold= in [Engine.PlayerInput] section, and set it to 0.

Mouse sensitivity

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Add a [Engine.PlayerInput] section at the bottom of the file. Add the line MouseSensitivity= and configure the value as desired (max is undefined).

Jerky/Uneven mouse movement

Edit ini file

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Add a [Engine.PlayerInput] section at the bottom of the file. Add the following lines below it: MouseX=Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=0.1 MouseY=Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=0.1 MouseSmoothingMode=1 MouseSamplingTime=0.001 MouseSensitivity=50.0000 0.008 for 125Hz polling rate 0.004 for 250Hz polling rate 0.002 for 500Hz polling rate 0.001 for 1000Hz polling rate Change the line MouseSensitivity= to more or less, if needed to adjust. Notes Opening the control settings in-game to adjust mouse sensitivity will reset the value to 10 or below, making aiming way too slow.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software or OpenAL. See Surround sound.
Subtitles		Gameplay dialogues are subtitled, but not inside menus.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.
Royalty free audio

Surround sound

By default the game ouput to stereo on modern versions of Windows. This will force the game to use the system OpenAL device as ouput and restore surround sound.

Forcing the game to use system OpenAL device may lead to audio dropouts, missing and substituted audio samples.

Restore surround sound
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\Kury.ini. Set Use3DSound=True and UseDefaultDriver=False, and save.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Polish
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8, 9
OpenGL	1.4
Software renderer
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870) DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870)