Advent Rising

Advent Rising

Developers
	GlyphX Games
Publishers
Former	Majesco
Current	Ziggurat Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	August 9, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	70
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Sci-fi, Space

Key points

Advent Revising is recommended for installation. It is already included in the digital versions.

Shadows do not work on modern cards, though they can be somewhat restored. See Broken Shadows.

XInput controllers can be configured to work by modifying .ini file.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)

Version differences

Digital releases include Advent Revising as of 4/23/2021 and both offer free comics and soundtrack.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Comics	Free
Soundtrack	Free

Essential improvements

Advent Revising

Advent Revising is an unofficial patch that focuses on improving and fixing cinematics and minor gameplay issues. It features:

• Corrections to the majority of cut-scenes and subtitles (fixes to audio desync, sound errors, playback speed...)
• 12 missing Xbox cutscenes
• Adjustments to .ini files (removing black bars, enabling trilinear and Vsync, adding extra keybindings...)
• Corrections to a few problems with objectives, weapons, weapon screens, and descriptions

The Digital versions incorporate Advent Revising as of April 2021.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename files in the installation folder[citation needed]
Inside <path-to-game>/Help, delete or rename logo.bmp. Inside <path-to-game>/Movies, delete or rename glyphxlogo.bik and Intro_In.bik. Notes This will not remove the Alienware screen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\*.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3800/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\Saves\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3800/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution. Steam version patched with a new launcher which offers widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV). Steam version patched with a new launcher which offers FOV setting (experimental).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Go to Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Trilinear only supported in MyDefault.ini (UseTrilinear=). Advent Revising turns this feature on. Steam version patched with a new launcher which offers trilinear setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync). Steam version patched with a new launcher which offers Vsync. Both need d3d8to9 to work on Windows 10.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Widescreen resolution

Install Advent Revising and change resolution in Mydefault.ini[citation needed]
Install Advent Revising Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Mydefault.ini. Find FullscreenViewportX= and FullscreenViewportY= lines. Change the values to your screen resolution and save. Notes Output always has letterboxing (disabling this stretches the output).

Field of view (FOV)

Add FOV keybinding in defuser.ini
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open defuser.ini. Change =MoveForward to =MoveForward | OnRelease FOV 91 (replace 91 with the FOV you want). Save your changes and close the file. The FOV will be applied as soon as you move forwards.

FOV 75 (Default)	FOV 90	FOV 105

Windowed

Change StartUpFullscreen in Mydefault.ini[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Mydefault.ini. Find the line StartupFullscreen=, change it to False and save.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Installing Advent Revising already turns Vsync on, but if you want to turn it on manually:

Install Advent Revising[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open default.ini. Find the line UseVSync=, change it to True and save.

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is present for the X-axis.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Pre-configured mappings available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Xbox 360 Controller.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Xbox 360 Controller

The game doesn't support Xbox 360 controller natively, but it can be configured to work in this game.

Configure controller keys in-game and add this code

Configure controller keys in Control options. Exit the game. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open MyDefUser.ini (be sure to back up this file if something goes wrong during the process). Under [Engine.Input] (if you can't find the line, insert it), add the values below for the analog sticks and save. JoyU=AxisRaw aLookup SpeedBase=3 DeadZone=0.25 JoyR=AxisRaw aTurn SpeedBase=3 DeadZone=0.25 JoyX=AxisRaw aStrafe SpeedBase=300.0 DeadZone=0.25 JoyY=AxisRaw aForward SpeedBase=300.0 DeadZone=0.25 Invert=-1 JoyV= JoyZ= Notes After doing this procedure, don't go to Control settings because even if nothing is touched, it will cause troubles with camera. If you do have to go there, go to MyDefUser.ini and leave JoyV and JoyZ empty.

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX and Music sliders
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Use AdventRising txt schote.
Hungarian				Fan translation link #1, link #2.
Brazilian Portuguese				Use Tradução de Advent Rising para Português Brasil.
Spanish				Retail only. Download.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Works (not officially supported).
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires d3d8to9 DX8 to DX9 wrapper.

A Novint Falcon version was announced (titled Ascension Reborn) but was never released.

Issues unresolved

Game crashing

The game sometimes crashes, mostly at the beginning when entering the hangar. Regardless of the crash, the game will likely be saved before the crash so you don't lose the progress and likely will not crash. If it still does, try doing something that will break the cycle (like going to the menu) and if it doesn't, then reinstall the game or install outside Program Files.

Broken Shadows

The game lacks any shadows on Nvidia based cards and possibly newer AMD cards. According to this post here shadows will display on an ATI 9800 Pro card.

With this file shadows can be mostly restored. However, they only work in certain scenes and not in others. Unpack the zip and paste the D3DDrv.dll to <path-to-game>\System and override.

Issues fixed

Incessant camera spinning

If you feel dizzy of constant camera spinning, make sure, one step at a time to:

Make sure to check these[citation needed]
Run the game in administrator mode (right click -> Run as Administrator) Not have a controller plugged in (or follow X360 controller instructions.) Set up the camera settings in the game menu. Maybe fiddle with JoyY and JoyX strings in MyDefUser.ini (or with other Joy* settings) if you want to play with a controller or with MouseY and MouseX if you don't.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Shader Model support	1.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 2.0 GHz	Intel Pentium IV 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9000 Nvidia GeForce 3 (except GeForce 4 MX) 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX5600 ATI Radeon 9600 256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 8.1 compatible	Sound Blaster Audigy 2