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Carmageddon

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Carmageddon
Carmageddon cover
Developers
Stainless Games
Publishers
Retail (UK) SCi Games
Retail (Europe) Sales Curve Interactive
Retail (NA) Interplay Entertainment
Retail (Brazil) Brasoft
Mac OS Aspyr Media
Original digital Stainless Games
Current digital THQ Nordic
Engines
BRender
Release dates
DOS June 30, 1997
Windows August 30, 1997
Mac OS (Classic) August 30, 1997
Windows (DOSBox) September 27, 2012[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Racing, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Automobile, Street racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Series Carmageddon
Carmageddon on HowLongToBeat
Carmageddon on MobyGames
Carmageddon on Wikipedia
Carmageddon
Carmageddon 1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now 1998
Carmageddon TDR 2000 2000
Carmageddon: Reincarnation 2015
Carmageddon: Max Damage 2016

Carmageddon is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action, racing and vehicle combat game in the Carmageddon series.

General information

Official website (archived)
Official forums (archived)
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
GamersGate
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Max Pack.
Windows
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Max Pack.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Max Pack. Pre-packaged with DOSBox[2] and pre-configured with nGlide.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Max Pack.
Windows
Humble Store
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Max Pack.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Max Pack. Pre-packaged with DOSBox[3] and pre-configured with nGlide. Not available in Germany.
Windows
Free demo versions are available from Archive.org: base game, Splat Pack.

Version differences

Carmageddon Max Pack includes the base game along with the Splat Pack expansion.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Splat Pack Included with Carmageddon Max Pack.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

  • The 3dfx-patch and the Voodoo2-patch (requires the former) are available at soggi.org.

Windows 95 Restoration Pack

The Unofficial Max Pack 95 Restoration Project Pack adds the Windows 95 version of the game, alongside the DOS version.

The Windows 95 version allows the game to run at a higher native resolution and with higher frame rates. However, it is not as stable as the DOS version (some AMD/ATI cards have issues running it) and has poor multiplayer support.[4]

Improved draw distance

Edit OPTIONS.txt[5]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open OPTIONS.TXT (Steam) or DATA.TWT (GOG.com, 3dfx).
  3. Find the line containing Yon 35.000000 and increase the value to Yon 70..000000 or more.
Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\DATA[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282010/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\DATA\SAVEGAME[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282010/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Widescreen resolution

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the lines with width and height to the width and height the game should run in (ex. width=1680 and height=1050 will run the game in 1680x1050 resolution).
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Windowed

DOS version

Toggle with Alt+ Enter (when using DOSBox).

Windows 95 version

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with windowed from false to true.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with windowed from false to true.
  4. Change the line with border from true to false.
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch the game.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

DOS version

Use nGlide.

Windows 95 version

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with vsync to either true or false.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.

High frame rate

Modifying the ddraw.ini file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game installation folder
  2. Open ddraw.ini.
  3. Change the line with vsync from true to false.
  4. Change the line with maxfps to either 0 (no limit), -1 (cap the FPS to the monitor refresh rate), or any arbitrary number (ex. maxfps=75 will cap the game at 75 FPS).
  5. Save the file.
  6. Launch the game.

Input

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Certain keys are hardcoded in the menu, preventing use of a WASD control scheme for example. Use the Carma Key Binder to work around this.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings (DOS version).
In-game audio settings (DOS version).

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
For the Windows 95 version, all audio settings need to be configured via external control panel (which does not work with 64-bit Windows).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Combined original and licensed music by Fear Factory (instrumentals).
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Retail base game only. Zombie version.
Polish
Retail base game only.
Brazilian Portuguese
Retail only.[6]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
PlayStation version only.
LAN play
6
Online play

Connection types

Issues unresolved

Random crashes on modern versions of Windows

No fix known yet.

Issues fixed

Running the game on modern versions of Windows

Use DgVoodoo DirectX Wrapper
  1. Download the files by link.
  2. Choose the WineD3D versions folder, then copy to the game directory.
The Vsync enabled by default and a music is not working on modern systems.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA & SVGA
2 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) Sound Blaster compatible
Other 4X CD-ROM w/ MSCDEX 2.25
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 1 MB of VRAM
DirectX 3a compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7.5
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 601
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 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>/282010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Release: Carmageddon Max Pack - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  2. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Carmageddon Max Pack · AppID: 282010 · SteamDB - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  4. gog.com - last accessed on May 2023
  5. Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018
  6. Big Box PC Games Brasil - last accessed on 2023-09-06