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Chaser

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Chaser
Chaser cover
Developers
Cauldron
Publishers
2003-2011 JoWood Productions
2011-2016 Nordic Games
2016-present THQ Nordic
Engines
CloakNT
Release dates
Windows June 27, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 66
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, FPS, Shooter
Themes Sci-fi
Chaser on HowLongToBeat
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Chaser on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches are available.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Logos folder[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data.
  2. Delete or rename the Logos folder.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\Users\default.cfg[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39670/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39670/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

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

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
See the WSGF entry. Some text scales poorly.
Field of view (FOV)
Use Chaser FOV Tool. /* 8-8-20 Can someone please verify that this tool works with the latest version of the game (1.50?)? */
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Set in Options, Video, Texture Filter.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA and SGSSAA can be forced via Nvidia Inspector with no compability bits needed
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disabled by default; see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 96 FPS.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Set in default.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit default.cfg.
  3. Change Set "VerticalSync" 0 to Set "VerticalSync" 1
  4. Save the changes.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Cannot map Mouse5 button.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, Music and Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Enabled by default; set in Options, Player Setup.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Does not mute on main menu screen.
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Retail and Steam only.
German
Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release.
Hungarian
Retail and Steam only.
Japanese
Retail and Steam only.
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Retail and Steam only.
Spanish
Retail and Steam only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
128
Online play
128 Usage of the alternative CGP Launcher to replace GameSpy server browser was recommended, but that launcher's server is currently down, too (checked on August 2018).

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use -connect parameter with the IP and port.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7, 8.1 DirectX 7 is used for cutscenes only.
Shader Model support 1.x
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 650 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.35 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


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>/39670/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (39670) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References