Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green

Developers
	Brainbox Games
Publishers
	Groove Games
Russia	1C Company
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	October 18, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	36
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS, shooter and survival horror game.

General information

Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from October 1, 2005.

Rising Dead LOTD Community

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

Available on Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\

LOTD.ini contains general settings.

User.ini contains camera FOV, mouse, keyboard/controller bindings and other settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\

8 save slots + 1 autosave slot available.

Additional save slots can be created by creating a new profile.

On modern systems, save slots may not be limited properly; saves beyond 8 can be made, but these save files contain no level data and will not load properly.

Video

In-game 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)		65° by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Off by default. To turn it on, see Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Custom resolutions can be set manually. Note that the image in the first two options is Vert- and FOV should be increased to compensate.

Set custom resolution in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setres XXXXxYYYY (for example setres 1920x1080).

Set custom resolution with an .ini edit
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. Under [WinDrv.WindowsClient], set FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY to the desired values.

Use the Widescreen Fix
Notes Weapon and camera FOV are both fixed during gameplay and in-engine cutscenes. Menu elements are no longer cropped. HUD and menus are stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Game could start to randomly reset those values. If so, edit those values in <path-to-game>\System\DefUser.ini too.

Weapon FOV stays the same.

Set default FOV in-game
While in game open the console with ~. Type in and enter fov x where x is the desired FOV.

Set default FOV with an .ini edit
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Change DesiredFOV=65 and DefaultFOV=65 to the desired values.

Windowed

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. Find the section [WinDrv.WindowsClient]. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportX= and set its value to the desired window width. In that section, find an entry WindowedViewportY= and set its value to the desired window height. Set StartupFullscreen= to False to start the game in windowed mode.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Use SRWE[citation needed]
Start the game in a window. Download and run SRWE. Attach the game process. Enable Remove borders. Enable Fake fullscreen.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Increase AF samples
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. Change LevelOfAnisotropy=1 to LevelOfAnisotropy=16.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Enable Vsync
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. Change UseVSync=False to UseVSync=True.

Input

In-game control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Max of 10. For higher, see Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default, see Mouse acceleration to enable it if needed.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Needs to be set via # Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. See Enabling gamepad controls.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Needs to be mapped via <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. See Mapping gamepad controls.
Controller sensitivity		Needs to be mapped via <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. See Mapping gamepad controls.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Needs to be mapped via <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. See Mapping gamepad controls.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Edit ini file
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Change the line MouseAccelThreshold= from 0 to the desired value. Notes [Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity.

Mouse sensitivity

[Engine.PlayerInput] entries are created upon inverting mouse y-axis or adjusting sensitivity in the game settings.

Set custom sensitivity in-game
While in game, open the console with ~. Enter setsensitivity x (for example setsensitivity 5).

Edit ini file
Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Change the line MouseSensitivity= to the desired value.

Enabling gamepad controls

Edit LOTD.ini
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Change UseJoystick=false to UseJoystick=true in both [WinDrv.WindowsClient] and [SDLDrv.SDLClient] sections.

Mapping gamepad controls

Edit User.ini

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Look for the Joy*= entries under the [Engine.Input] section. XBox 360 controller This is a recommended configuration for the XBox 360 controller: Joy1=Jump Joy2=Toggle bDuck Joy3=Action Joy4=ForceReload Joy5=AltFire Joy6=Fire Joy7=ToggleObjectivesDisplay Joy8=ClientPause Joy9=Walking Joy10= Joy11= Joy12= Joy13=SwitchWeapon 9 Joy14=NextWeapon Joy15=SwitchWeapon 8 Joy16=PrevWeapon JoyX=Axis aStrafe SpeedBase=750 DeadZone=0.1 Invert=+1 JoyY=Axis aBaseY SpeedBase=1000 DeadZone=0.1 Invert=-1 JoyZ= JoyR=Axis aBaseX SpeedBase=0.5 DeadZone=0.1 JoyU=Axis aLookUp SpeedBase=0.5 DeadZone=0.1 Invert=-1 JoyV= JoySlider1= JoySlider2= JoyV= and JoySlider1= must remain empty and DeadZone values are to be left untouched to prevent view controls from drifiting. Use Toggle followed by a command to bind a toggleable command as shown at Joy2. Aliases cannot be used. Joysticks sensitivities can be individually set by modifying their SpeedBase values.

XBox 360 controller input reference table

Input entry	Controller button
Joy1	A
Joy2	B
Joy3	X
Joy4	Y
Joy5	LB
Joy6	RB
Joy7	Back
Joy8	Start
Joy9	Left stick (pressed)
Joy10	Right stick (pressed)
Joy11	Unknown
Joy12	Unknown
Joy13	D-Pad up
Joy14	D-Pad right
Joy15	D-Pad down
Joy16	D-Pad left
JoyX	Left stick's X-axis
JoyY	Left stick's Y-axis
JoyZ	Unknown
JoyR	Right stick's X-axis
JoyU	Right stick's Y-axis
JoyV	Unknown Must be left blank.
JoySlider1	Unknown Must be left blank.
JoySlider2	Unknown

Jerky/Uneven mouse movement

Edit ini file

Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\User.ini. Go to the following lines and change 6 to 0.1: MouseX=Count bXAxis | Axis aMouseX Speed=6.0 MouseY=Count bYAxis | Axis aMouseY Speed=6.0 Change the line MouseSmoothingMode= to 1 and MouseSamplingTime= to: 0.008 for 125 Hz polling rate 0.004 for 250 Hz polling rate 0.002 for 500 Hz polling rate 0.001 for 1000 Hz polling rate Change the line MouseSensitivity= to 50 (more or less, if needed to adjust). Notes Opening the control settings in-game to adjust mouse sensitivity will reset the value to 10 or below, making aiming way too slow.

Audio

In-game audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3.0.
Royalty free audio

DefOpenAL32.dll is a DirectSound3D driver that can be used with DSOAL to restore EAX effects & 3D audio.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - 1
Slovak				Fan - 1

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8	Co-op, Versus
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus The official GameSpy service has been shut down; see GameSpy alternatives.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7777-7781, 4343, 28902-28909
UDP	7777-7781, 4343, 28902-28909

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

GameSpy alternatives

Community server list
Land of the Dead Server List: a website that serves as an alternative server browser. IPs are manually declared by server owners. (Only Destroyers-LMS seems to be working now) D-Tools: a server query tool using the website's database. Also allows to save extra IPs not declared on the site.

Issues fixed

Game's Vsync doesn't work on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>\System\.

Poor performance on Windows 8/8.1/10/11

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download d3d8.dll from here. Place it in <path-to-game>\System\.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

This does not limit FPS, but may set the monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz, which may result in screen tearing on a 120 or 144 Hz monitor.

Set fullscreen refresh rate
Launch the game at least once then close it. Open <path-to-game>\System\LOTD.ini. Find the line DesiredRefreshRate=60. Change the value to set the monitor's refresh rate. For example, 120 or 144. Notes Modifying any video options will undo the custom refresh rate.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy	Service is now defunct. See GameSpy alternatives.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III
System memory (RAM)	256 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce ATI Radeon 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible		AMD Radeon 9000 Nvidia GeForce FX
Sound (audio device)	16-bit DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card