Chrome SpecForce

Chrome SpecForce

Developers
	Techland
Publishers
	Meridian4
Engines
	Chrome Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 19, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Series	Chrome

Chrome
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

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM
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
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46430/pfx/

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
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46430/pfx/

Each save uses multiple files.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
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.
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.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution in VideoSettings.scr
Go to the installation folder. Edit VideoSettings.scr. Change the Resolution values to the width and height of the resolution you want. Save your changes and close the file. Notes Unofficial patch is available that makes the game support all available resolutions and displays them in the options menu. It also fixes stretching of some HUD elements.

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Open <path-to-game>\code.pak with 7-Zip or similar. Extract CameraPlayer.class file. Open CameraPlayer.class using dirtyJOE(Java editor) and in the constant pool tab find and replace the following values: 82 - first person perspective 60 - third person perspective 75 - vehicles, sniper, binoculars... Drop the edited file inside the <path-to-game>\code.pak archive to replace the existing file. Notes Edited files can be downloaded from WSGF. Unofficial patch is available that changes FOV from Vert- to Hor+ and gives more options to edit different FOV settings.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
English
German				Only for retail, is censored (blood, bullet wounds and ragdoll removed).
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
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
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]
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename 46430_install.vdf.

Sliding during movement

Limit FPS
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
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	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