FBI: Hostage Rescue

FBI: Hostage Rescue is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Rename/delete files^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\shellmedia`. Rename or delete `Activision.mpg` and `idolfx.mpg`.

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idol FX\Hostage Rescue\^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Version\SaveGames^{[Note 2]}

Launcher settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only limited 4:3 resolutions are supported (800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x960). For widescreen support, use AlphaYellow's Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Multi-monitor		Use AlphaYellow's Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use AlphaYellow's Widescreen & FOV Fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use AlphaYellow's Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use AlphaYellow's Widescreen & FOV Fix to set a custom FOV value.
Windowed		Start `Hostage Rescue.exe` with `-win=1` command line argument. Remember about adding remaining parameters, see Hostage Rescue.exe launch arguments.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 4x MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Voice commands can not be remapped.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Press `F2`.
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation - #1

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

See command line arguments on how to use the following options. Hostage Rescue.exe supports the following commands:

Parameter	Description
-w=X	Sets game screen width to X, where X is either 800 / 1024 / 1280 or 1600 (e.g. `-w=1280`).
-h=X	Sets game screen height to X, where X is either 600 / 768 / 960 or 1200 (e.g. `-w=960`).
-d=X	Sets display color depth to X, where X should be either 16 or 32 (e.g. `-d=32`).
-win=X	Enables or disables windowed mode according to X, where X set to 0 is disabled and 1 is enabled (e.g. `-win=1`)
-tf=X	Sets texture filtering to X, where X should be 0 - bilinear / 1 - trilinear / 2 - Anisotropic (e.g. `-tf=2`).
-aa=X	Sets anti-aliasing to X, where X should be a number of samples - 0, 2 or 4 (e.g. `-aa=4`).
-adapter=X	Select adapter X to for displaying the game image (e.g. `-adapter=0` selects 1st adapter / monitor).
-tq=X	Sets texture color depth to X, where X should be either 16 or 32 bit (e.g. `-tq=32`).
-lg=X	Sets level geometry detail to X, where X should be 0 - Low / 1 - Medium / 2 - High (e.g. `-lg=2`).
-lt=X	Sets texture detail level to X, where X should be 0 - Low / 1 - Medium / 2 - High (e.g. `-lt=2`).
-pd=X	Sets particle detail level to X, where X should be 0 - Low / 1 - Medium / 2 - High (e.g. `-pd=2`).
-s=X	Enables or disables sound according to X, where X set to 0 is disabled and 1 is enabled (e.g. `-s=1`).
-ldump=X	Enables or disables log dump, where X set to 0 is disabled and 1 is enabled (e.g. `-ldump=1`).
-nnjoin=X	Unknown.

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III @ 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	550 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0a compatible

↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
↑ 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).

Developers

	Idol FX
Publishers
North America	Activision Value Publishing
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	FXEngine
Release dates
Windows	February 5, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic