Sitting Ducks
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| Developers | |
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| Asobo Studio | |
| Publishers | |
| Light & Shadow Production | |
| Hip Games | |
| Russia | Russobit-M |
| Engines | |
| Zouna[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 8, 2004 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Stylized |
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Warnings
- StarForce DRM does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
Sitting Ducks is a singleplayer third-person adventure game.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] - EU & Russian releases | |
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| Retail | |
NA release & Russian re-release | |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
Essential improvements
Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix
- Forces the screen resolution.
- Multipliers for FOV, draw distance, objects visibility distance, and HUD size.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Asobo Studio\Sitting Ducks[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Savegame[Note 3] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix. | ||
| Multi-monitor | Use Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Use Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Use Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix. | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | Use Sitting Ducks Widescreen fix. | ||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap (the game may speed up and malfunction at high FPS, see Frame rate capping). | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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 feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | European release only. | |||
| Spanish | European release only. | |||
| Italian | European release only. | |||
| Dutch | European release only. | |||
| Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
| Russian | Local retail version only. | |||
| Czech | Fan - 1 |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, Me, XP | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 800 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM | ||
Notes
- ↑ Version 3.0 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[2][3][4][5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAREwill 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).