Blacklight: Retribution
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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
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Developers | |
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Zombie Studios | |
Hardsuit Labs | |
Publishers | |
Perfect World Entertainment | |
Hardsuit Labs | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 3, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Series | Blacklight |
Blacklight | |
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Blacklight: Tango Down | 2010 |
Blacklight: Retribution | 2012 |
Key points
- Servers were shut down on March 11, 2019,[1] game can't be launched without server connection.
- Heavy frame rate drops and low GPU utilisation on Intel-based systems with Hyper-Threading enabled.[citation needed]
General information
- Blacklight Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Blacklight series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- This game is no longer available.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Evacuation Pack | ||
Onslaught Bronze Pack | ||
Onslaught Gold Pack | ||
Onslaught Silver Pack | ||
Sniper Kit | ||
Starter Pack |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patches for this game should be downloaded and installed automatically when the game is run after a patch has been released. Note that this requires an internet connection - you will not be able to play online without having the most recent patch If the automatic patching doesn't work, you can manually download the patches here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\FoxGame\Config\PCConsole\Cooked[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209870/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209870/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 954 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use Flawless Widescreen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | [2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Between 30° and 100°; use Flawless Widescreen for higher settings. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Post Process MLAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Enable "Framerate Smoothing" in advanced video settings | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Launcher requires mouse; menus are navigable | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Moved to General Settings menu | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Private Servers run on the official servers. | |
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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TriDef 3D |
Issues fixed
Game won't start
- If the game gives you an "Crash Report" message after you press the "Play" button in the launcher try to update your GPU Driver
- If the game refuses to start with no error message try updating DirectX.
Install DirectX[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.1 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8xxx AMD Radeon HD 2xxx 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible sound card |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (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>/209870/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (209870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Blacklight: Retribution :: Official Support Ending - last accessed on 2019-04-17
- "March 11th
* PC game servers shut down permanently
* Support shut down for PC and PS4"
- "March 11th
- ↑ Blacklight Retribution 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Even Balance, Inc. - PunkBuster Online Countermeasures - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Even Balance, Inc. - PunkBuster Online Countermeasures - last accessed on 2018-09-04
- "Sun Jan 08 2012 12:00
Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate our PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the free to play online first person shooter title known as Blacklight: Retribution."
- "Sun Jan 08 2012 12:00
- ↑ Even Balance, Inc. - PunkBuster Online Countermeasures - last accessed on 2018-09-04
- "Fri Apr 04 2014 12:00
IAH Games has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate our PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the free to play online first person shooter title known as "Blacklight: Retribution" for the Southeast Asia region."
- "Fri Apr 04 2014 12:00