Chameleon
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This page is for the 2005 action game by Silver Wish Games. For the 2020 puzzle game by Joyfulstar, see Chameleon (2020).
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| Developers | |
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| Silver Wish Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Take-Two Interactive | |
| 1C Company | |
| Engines | |
| LS3D | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 19, 2005 |
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Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
- This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1], initial release | |
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| Retail | |
"Kolekce Klasiky" Czech re-release | |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Delete or rename video file[5] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\controls.cfg[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\usets.cfg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>\Savegame\[Note 2] |
Video
In-game video/audio settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Widescreen resolutions are Vert-. HUD is stretched. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | Causes some UI and text to become small. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Fixed FOV (Vert-). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x FSAA. Can be improved; see Forcing Anti-Aliasing. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Triple buffering option available. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 100 FPS | ||
Input
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, effects. | |
| Surround sound | Up to 5.1 output. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | No official localization. Fan translation, Download | |||
| Czech | English speech. | |||
| Polish | English speech. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation, download. Setup translation, download. |
- The game has never been released in Western countries.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
- Despite official system requirements, game always uses DirectX 8.
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.5p |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz AMD Athlon 2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.1 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI 128 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | SoundBlaster Audigy |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).