DethKarz
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| Developers | |
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| Melbourne House | |
| Publishers | |
| United States | GT Interactive |
| Europe | Infogrames |
| Argentina | Edusoft |
| Digital (2019-2020) | Piko Interactive |
| Digital (2020-present) | Ziggurat Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 6, 1998 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Racing |
| Vehicles | Track racing |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
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DethKarz is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action and racing game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Simple disc check. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Version differences
- The GOG.com re-release is packaged with nGlide, and defaults to 3DFX Glide.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Melbourne House\Dethkarz[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1257910/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\*.dks[Note 3] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1257910/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Gameplay/general settings.
Display/graphics settings.
Performance/quality settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use nGlide or DgVoodoo 2. nGlide is already included in the GOG.com re-release. Use Alt+↵ Enter to toggle nGlide/dgVoodoo2's windowed mode. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Framerate limit can be set to 15, 30, or 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Widescreen Fix[1] |
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Input
Keyboard binding options.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | Ranges from 0 to 100. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) | ||
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| Additional button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Effects and Menu. | |
| Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio | ||
| Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Fan - 1 |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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| Online play | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
Change rendering device
- To change the default resolution/rendering device, retail installations will have a start menu shortcut for configuration.
- This shortcut is missing from the GOG.com release.
| Create a configuration shortcut[citation needed] |
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Notes
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API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 6 | |
| Glide | 2 | GOG release uses nGlide to convert to DirectX 9 or Vulkan. |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | DirectSound3D |
Modifications
Medium Red Planet Map UI Fix
- Fixes the incorrect UI map of the Medium Red Planet track to match the actual in-game track.
Extended music tracks
- This mod contains extended music files. In new GOG version music track plays only once per race and after there is no second track playing.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium @ 166 MHz | Pentium MMX @ 200 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 50 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | 3DFX or DirectX 6 compatible GPU 4 MB of VRAM |
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- A faster CPU is required if a 3D accelerator is not present.
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAREwill be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1257910) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-05-11