Will Rock

Will Rock

Developers
	Saber Interactive Russia
Publishers
	Ubisoft
	Russobit-M
Engines
	Saber3D Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 9, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	63
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy

Warnings

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

Will Rock is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM
Retail		Russian release

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

Demo

A demo is available from GamePressure and Archive.org. It features one single player map (The Tholos Temple) and one multiplayer map (The Rotunda).

Essential improvements

Patches

Install the latest official patch 1.2. It includes all the previous updates from patch 1.1.

Level of detail

Disables switching between high and low detailed models for enemies and other dynamic objects depending on distance from the player. The game will render highest detail models all the time.

Edit the configuration file
Go to the configuration files location. Open willrock.ini. Change VIDEO_MaxLod=0 to VIDEO_MaxLod=-10.

Skip intro videos

Edit/delete files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\movies. Delete or rename the files ubilogo.mpg and saber3d.mpg. Open <path-to-game>\texts\ati_logo.cms in a text editor. Delete what's there, paste the following and save: [EVENT_1] ClearPic = all ClearText = all [EVENT_2] PicTexture = "ati_logo" ShowPic = "big_frame" FadeInTime = 0.0 Delay = 0.0 [EVENT_3] FadeOut = 0.0 Delay = 0.0

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

Video

Game and video options.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD			See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Run in windowed mode and use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Built-in full scene AA doesn't work. Force in the graphics card control panel.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 250 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Game is stretched in widescreen resolutions, use modified executable for a proper Hor+ FOV fix.

The following method doesn't work with the modified executable. Vertical and horizontal FOV values can be changed individually, increasing the horizontal value fixes screen stretching on widescreen resolutions, but the HUD and menus remain stretched.

Use Cheat Engine

Download, install and run Cheat Engine. Launch the game and add willrock.exe process to Cheat Engine. Find the vertical FOV value 59.84044647 with the following settings: Scan type - Exact Value Value Type - Float Rounded (default) Double click the found result to add it to table list. In the table list copy and paste it and set "adjust the address by" to -4 to get the horizontal FOV address (it should point to value 75). Change the values as you wish (increasing the horizontal value to 90 is good for 16:9 screens). Notes The game changes these values when zooming in/out with the sniper and during cut-scenes. Set a hotkey in Cheat Engine to quickly change back to desired values when it happens.

Windowed

Instructions
Go to the configuration files location. Open willrock.ini. Change VIDEO_FullScr=Yes to VIDEO_FullScr=No.

Input

Control options

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 options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Audio sliders for sound effects and music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian
German
Dutch
French
Turkish				Fan translation by ibomen; download.
Croatian				Fan translation; download.
Czech				Fan translation; download
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by GameVicio; download.
Slovak				Fan translation; download

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		16	Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players.
Online play		16	Versus, Co-op Up to 16 players. Co-op mode has limit of 4 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Included with patch 1.1 and later.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7780
UDP	7780

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

Issues fixed

Low FPS (~30) on Windows 8/8.1

Use Windows 8/8.1 DDRAW FPS Fix

Flickering and missing textures on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use DDrawCompat
Download DDrawCompat. Extract the contents from the .zip file into <path-to-game>/bin.

Options menu crash

In the options menu selecting the "game" submenu crashes the game.

Install the latest patch

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz AMD Athlon 550 MHz		Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB		256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible		64 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible