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FAKK
2 tweak guide
Posted
by Thomas
McGuire on August 23, 2000
 Prepare
yourself for F.A.K.K.2 - a 3D action\adventure
experience that merges the twisted visions of the 70s cult
classic Heavy Metal with the limitless interactive
possibilities of your PC. Powered by id Software's Quake III
technology, F.A.K.K.2 delivers detailed renderings
of indoor and outdoor settings with stunning realism. Battle
your way through surreal landscapes armed with powerful and
sinister weaponry against a cast of freakish characters who
create unique situations each time you play.
The
demo can be downloaded at 3D
Files if you haven’t got the full game yet.
Troubleshooting
Download
the latest drivers for your video card & soundcard. This
may solve (some) display or audio problems you might
encounter. There are links to various manufacturers on the
Drivers page.
Patch it; get the latest patch for Heavy Metal: FAKK2,
it can be downloaded from Fileplanet.
This patch fixes numerous game bugs.
If you own an MX400,
SoundBlaster Live! Or other Creative soundcard &
experience static noise or irregular playback, try the
following (assuming that installing the latest drivers don’t
fix the problems):
1.
Click on Start, Settings, then Control
Panel.
2.
Open the Multimedia icon.
3.
Select Advanced Properties in the Playback
tab on the Audio tab.
4.
Select the Performance tab.
5.
Move the Hardware acceleration slider to the 2nd
notch from the left (Basic Acceleration). Move the Sample
rate conversion quality slider to the middle notch
(improved sample rate converter).
If
you own a 3dfx card you should consider downloading the
Wicked3D WickedGL
for better performance (although with a Voodoo 4/5 this will
remove a few things like large texture, 256*256+, support).
If
you are using an Intellimouse you’ll also need to install
the latest drivers. You can get them from Microsoft.
This should fix any problems related to that mouse with the
game.
If
you experience any lockups & such they might be caused by
overclocking, if so try reducing the clock speed of the
overclocked device. FAKK2 can be quite sensitive to
overclocking.
This
guide has been prepared on both demo & retail versions of
Heavy Metal FAKK2.
Config files
The
tweaks here can be either changed in your config.cfg
(located in the fakk sub-directory of where
the game is installed, e.g. C:\FAKK2\fakk) or
you may make your own custom Config file for the game. If you
want to make you own config file then simply create a New
Text Document, enter in the settings & save the file
as All files & name it customconfig.cfg
(Enter in whatever you wish for customconfig, the
important part is the .cfg).
To
load your customconfig.cfg in FAKK2, bring down the
console & type /exec customconfig.cfg & hit the Enter key.
NOTE – If you choose to make the settings in your own
custom config file then you can omit the seta (space)
from each setting. In the config there will need to be
a seta followed by a space. E.g. In your config.cfg
a setting would appear as follows, seta r_texturemode
"LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR",
while in your own customconfig.cfg
it would appear simply as r_texturemode
"LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR”.
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