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The Art Of Shattering Mac OS

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The Art Of Shattering Mac OS

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Shattered Steel
Developers
Additional Development
Mac OS (Classic)
Publishers
Release dates
DOSSeptember 27, 1996
Mac OS (Classic)December 1997
Windows (DOSBox)July 29, 2008[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)October 26, 2012[2]
  • 1Availability
  • 2Essential improvements
    • 2.1Run in DOSBox
  • 3Game data
  • 6Audio
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues fixed
  • 9Other information

General information

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Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail Use DOSBox for DOS version.
GOG.com Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3]
Steam
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DLC and expansion packs

NameNotes
Expansion Pack Freeware, available here. Included in GOG.com version.

Essential improvements[edit]

Run in DOSBox[edit]

To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:

  • Change core=dynamic to core=normal (if not already)
  • Change cputype=auto to cputype=486_slow
  • Change memsize=16 to memsize=31
  • Change mpu401=intelligent to mpu401=none

DOS/32A[edit]

DOS/32A is a more advanced extender and open source replacement to DOS4GW. It can improve both performance and stability of Shattered Steel greatly.

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To make SS8MEG.BAT compatible with DOS32A, replace the line set DOS4GVM=MAXMEM#16000000 with SET DOS32A=/EXTMEM:16000000.

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Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to MOVIES in the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename FILM7.MVE and INTRO.MVE.

Notes

The Interplay, BioWare and Shattered Steel screens will still be shown.

Patches[edit]

Patch 1.12 updates the retail version to the latest version. The GOG.com version already has this patch.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
DOS <path-to-game>OPTIONS.CFG
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
DOS <path-to-game>PLAYER.CFG
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624060/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video[edit]

General settings.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution 640x480 max.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSet in Graphic Mode Setup (GOG.com) or toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Can be forced to run in 320x200 mode with the parameter -no640. Movies can also be forced to run in 'windowed mode' with the parameter -window.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingSelect a different controller type then switch back to your original to reset it's bindings to their default values.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivityFor DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio[edit]

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controlsSound FX and Music.
Surround sound
SubtitlesCockpit/mission voice commands are not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Red Book CD audioRedbook audio initialization can be skipped with -nocd parameter. Note does not disable CD check.

Localizations

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

TypeNativePlayersNotes
LAN play16 Versus, Co-op
Online play16 Versus, Co-op
Via IPX tunneling (the GOG.com version is pre-configured).

Connection types

TypeNativeNotes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed[edit]

Mech won't stop turning[edit]

Change joystick timing setting[citation needed]
  1. Edit the DOSBox configuration file; for the GOG.com version this is dosboxShatteredSteel.conf.
  2. Change timed=true to timed=false (if it is already set to this, try timed=true instead).
  3. Save your changes and run the game again.
  4. If problems persist ensure the in-game axis handling (Incremental or Absolute) matches the real axis.

SOUNDSET.EXE says it can't find the setup file (GOG.com)[edit]

Create a setup.ini[4]

Create a setup.ini file in the game installation folder and paste this text into it and save it:

'World1.pol not found' error[edit]

This issues commonly occurs if you installed the game on an older version of Windows without restarting in MS-DOS mode then attempt to run the game from DOS there after.[5]

Edit file DIR.FLT[citation needed]

Change the various paths and drive letters to Shattered Steel's install location ensuring they're 8.3 name compatible.You could also replace them with . though this requires having the game's directory be the current active one.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

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Technical specsSupportedNotes
DOS video modesVGA, SVGA

Middleware[edit]

MiddlewareNotes
AudioHuman Machine Interface (HMI) audio drivers

System requirements[edit]

DOS
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)DOS 5.0
Processor (CPU)486 @ 66 MHz Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)8 MB16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)25 MB
Video card (GPU) VGASVGA
Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)512 MB1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)700 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS)10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later
Processor (CPU)Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+
System memory (RAM)1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)700 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.01.1File/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>/624060/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (624060) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Big robots with big guns at GOG.com ● GOG.com
  2. GOG.com adds Interplay games for Mac OS X ● GOG.com
  3. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
  4. https://www.gog.com/forum/general/shattered_steel_bincue_files_hidden_data
  5. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=24730

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