BloodRayne

This page is for the original 2003 version. For the updated 2020 version, see BloodRayne: Terminal Cut.

BloodRayne

Developers
	Terminal Reality
Publishers
	Majesco
Russia, CIS, Baltics	Noviy Disk
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	Infernal Engine
Release dates
Windows	September 13, 2003
macOS (OS X)	May 23, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	65
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Interwar, Supernatural
Series	BloodRayne

BloodRayne
BloodRayne	2002
BloodRayne 2	2005
BloodRayne: Betrayal	2014
BloodRayne: Terminal Cut	2020
BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut	2020
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites	2021

BloodRayne is a singleplayer third-person action and hack and slash game in the BloodRayne series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v4.84.71.0002 DRM
GOG.com		Included with BloodRayne: Terminal Cut.
Steam		Included with BloodRayne: Terminal Cut.
ZOOM Platform (unavailable)

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\video Rename, move or delete these files: logo.mpg, intro.mpg.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3810/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3810/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			Force resolution with dgVoodoo 2.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use dgVoodoo 2.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 1000 FPS. Frame rate affects certain elements such as mouse sensitivity and physics ('tightrope' action is slower) etc. In-engine cinematics are locked to 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Reflections and aura vision render incorrectly.

Widescreen resolution[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\SYSTEM. Edit rayne.ini. Set gamePIXY= and gamePIXX= to the preferred resolution.

Windowed

Force windowed mode[citation needed]
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the Path to <path-to-game>\rayne.exe. Set the desired window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click on Video tab. Enable "Initial resolution" and set it to the desktop resolution. Click on Input tab, set Cursor Clipper to On. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

Keyboard and mouse options.

Controller options.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Inverted by default.
Controller
Controller support		Uses DirectInput. For XInput support, see Controller support.
Full controller support		Setup screen does not support controller input.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		In the Options menu, go to Control Options, change your controls to Gamepad, then under Customize Gamepad Controls, select Look Up/Down and assign the axis for up to down.

Additional information
Button prompts		In-game controller prompts are referred as "Button 1", "Axis 2", and so forth.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

Use XInput Plus

Back up both rayne.ini and RENDER.ini before using this fix. For any issues when using this fix, see the FAQ section in the guide. Download the pre-configured XInput Plus files from this Steam Community guide. Extract the contents of the zip file, then copy and paste its contents inside <path-to-game> while replacing files in the folder. Re-configure and calibrate the controls in the Options menu under Control Options.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions		In-game dialogue not subtitled.
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Download from DeutschPatch.
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation: download.
Russian				Retail only
Spanish				Retail version, download.
Turkish				Fan translation, download.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires dgVoodoo 2, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

Game does not run on multi-core CPUs

Set core affinity to only one core

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL	1.2

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	733 MHz	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 3 Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti ATI Radeon 8500
Sound (audio device)		Sound Blaster Audigy

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.2
Processor (CPU)	733 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 64 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 3 Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti ATI Radeon 8500