Pariah

Pariah

Developers
	Digital Extremes
Publishers
	Groove Games
	Hip Games
Russia	Russobit-M
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	May 3, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	69
IGDB	66
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

StarForce DRM does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Pariah is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and shooter game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4 DRM
Retail		StarForce 3.5 DRM - Russian release

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

The game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.03 updates the game to the latest official version (not suitable for the Russian release, that has version 1.078).

Skip intro videos

Rename, move or delete file
Go to <path-to-game>\Cinematics\NTSC Rename, move or delete the file Chapter01Scene0.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\System\Pariah.ini

Save game data location

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

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution. Image is Vert- and FOV needs to be increased to compensate.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV). Default is 70°.
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Change "DesiredRefreshRate" in <path-to-game>\System\Pariah.ini file to your monitor's refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Edit Pariah.ini[citation needed]

1. Go to <path-to-game>\System. 2. Open Pariah.ini. 3. Go to the [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section. 4. There are 6 lines in there: WindowedViewportX=800 WindowedViewportY=600 FullscreenViewportX=1024 FullscreenViewportY=768 MenuViewportX=640 MenuViewportY=480 5. Edit these lines, entering values for the desired resolution. 6. Save the changes. Notes Changing options in game, will revert the changes. Some elements of HUD may be stretched. Image is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate.

HUD scale

Edit Pariah.ini[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\System. Open Pariah.ini. Go to the [Engine.HUD] section. In it, find a line HudScale=1; lower numbers shrink the HUD but the ammo counter moves to the left slightly. Notes Does not affect the popup sections of the HUD - e.g. current mission and weapon wheel.

Field of view (FOV)

Use a command console[citation needed]
Start a game and load a map. Open a console by pressing ~. Type in FOV X, where X is the horizontal FOV value (e.g. FOV 110).

This change should only need to be applied once.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Edit Pariah.ini[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\System. Open Pariah.ini. Go to the [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section. In it find a line LevelOfAnisotropy=1 and change the number of anisotropic samples.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force MSAA
Open the Pariah.ini located in <path-to-game>\System. Change these values located at [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] as followed, add them if not present there. TextureToViewportShift=1.000000 bUseTextureToViewportShift=True Use third-party software or wrappers (such as graphic card's control panel) to enable anti-aliasing.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Advanced HD. Enabled OpenAL may cause missing sounds, use Creative Alchemy or disable EAX.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation; download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by GameVicio; download.
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	unknown
UDP	unknown

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

Issues fixed

Flashing screen glitch when running on modern hardware

This is caused by setting Visual Effects to maximum value and whenever something explodes in-game.

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\System. Open Pariah.ini. Add HasNVidiaTexM32Tex=1 line to the section [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice], or if it is already present, set it to 1.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile. Requires D3D8to9, see important notes in the vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok Physics
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
Other	4X CD-ROM

Suported Chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X-series; Nvidia GeForce 3/Ti, 4/Ti, FX, 6