Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

Carmageddon
Carmageddon	1997
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now	1998
Carmageddon TDR 2000	2000
Carmageddon: Reincarnation	2015
Carmageddon: Max Damage	2016

Key points

Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game

General information

Official website (archived)

Official forums (archived)

Carmageddon Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.
GamersGate

GOG.com		Comes pre-configured with nGlide.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Not available in Germany.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^[3]
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\CUTSCENE`. Delete or rename `mix_intr.smk`.

Improved draw distances

Edit OPTIONS.txt^[4]

Go to the configuration file location.
Open OPTIONS.TXT (Steam) or DATA.TWT (GOG.com).
Find the line containing Yon and change the value from 35.00 to 70.00 or more.

Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Improved pedestrian draw distance

Edit SETTINGS.txt^[5]

Go to the Peds subfolder in the configuration file location.
Open SETTINGS.TXT (Steam)
Find the lines containing 12 // Max distance from camera that peds are processed within and 9 // Min distance from camera that peds can suddenly pop up at and increase the value to 24 and 18.

Entering the in-game settings menu will revert the value.

Patches

The latest official patch 1.2 (US) and official Super Patch v2.0 (DE/ES/FR/IT/UK Blood/UK Zombie) are available at soggi.org.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282030/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\SAVEDGAMES.ARS^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/282030/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3. Use nGlide.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3. Use nGlide.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Can be forced through graphics driver or dgVoodoo2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Use dgVoodoo2 with the Direct3D renderer.

Input

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
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Limited modern controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Sliders for X-axis (steering) and Y-axis (throttle).
Controller Y-axis inversion		Add a minus before the sensitivity value in data\joystick.txt

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		CD Music and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		All music is licensed from Iron Maiden and Sentience.
Red Book CD audio		For the GOG.com version, see here.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Left Mouse Button doesn't work after leaving the game

Caused by graphic tablet software.^{[citation needed]}

Shutdown the graphic tablet software before running the game^{[citation needed]}
Go to the Task Manager In the `Processes` tab select `Pen_TouchUser.exe` End the task

Uninstall the drivers and software for the graphic tablet^{[citation needed]}

The music does not play

The music does not play in the GOG.com version of Carmageddon II.

Rename `CARMA2_HW.EXE` to something else^[6]

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		6
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Glide

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible	3Dfx Voodoo 1 3Dfx Voodoo 2 4 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 6 compatible
Other	4X CD-ROM	8X CD-ROM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/282030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-02-02
↑ Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018
↑ Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018
↑ Carmageddon 2 - No music in Win10?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-7] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-8] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/282030/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (282030) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] Verified by User:Diskersen on 2018-02-02

[5] Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018

[6] Improve Graphics Draw and resolution : Steam - last accessed on 19 January 2018

[9] Carmageddon 2 - No music in Win10?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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Developers

	Stainless Games
Publishers
Retail (UK)	Sales Curve Interactive
Retail (Europe)	Virgin Interactive
Retail (NA)	Interplay Entertainment
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Mac OS	GT Interactive
Original digital	Stainless Games
Current digital	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Blazing Renderer
Release dates
Windows	December 10, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	April 30, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Racing, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Automobile, Street racing
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Carmageddon