Chrome SpecForce
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Developers | |
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Techland | |
Publishers | |
Meridian4 | |
Engines | |
Chrome Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 19, 2005 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Series | Chrome |
Chrome | |
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Chrome | 2003 |
Chrome SpecForce | 2005 |
Key points
- The game includes a level editor and Java source code that can be recompiled to change the game logic and settings.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Visual fidelity (unofficial patch)
- A set of widescreen, FOV, HUD and text rendering fixes for Chrome and Chrome SpecForce. Enables native support for higher resolutions and Hor+ FOV. Also includes files to disable mouse acceleration, LOD switching and increase draw distance. Download from Mod DB.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46430/pfx/[Note 3] |
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AudioSettings.scr
contains audio settings. -
Controller.scr
contains mouse and controller settings. -
VideoSettings.scr
contains video settings. -
UserControls.scr
contains key mapping settings.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46430/pfx/[Note 3] |
- Each save uses multiple files.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Run in window mode and use Borderless Gaming. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Set in <path-to-game>\VideoSettings.scr or use unofficial patch to enable it in the options menu. Force in the graphics card control panel for highest quality. |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Disabled by default. Use D3Doverrider if it can't be forced using the graphics card control panel. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. Excessively high frame rates may result in delayed response for player movement and sliding.[5] |
Widescreen resolution
Set resolution in VideoSettings.scr[6] |
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Notes
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Field of view (FOV)
Instructions[7] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | On by default. Unofficial patch includes recompiled Player.class file that disables it (put it inside <path-to-game>\code.pak archive). |
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Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and FX. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Disabled by default. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Only for retail, is censored (blood, bullet wounds and ragdoll removed).[8] | |||
Hungarian | Only for retail, the official patch is available. | |||
Italian | Only for retail | |||
Russian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Steam version installs DirectX at every launch
Delete/rename 46430_install.vdf[citation needed] |
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Sliding during movement
Limit FPS[9] |
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Use a tool like Rivatuner Statistics Server to limit max. fps in the game to 60. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon 1.3 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 9200 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
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 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>/46430/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Steam - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Chrome SpecForce| WSGF
- ↑ Chrome SpecForce FOV fix | WSGF
- ↑ https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=3250
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023