This page is for the 1997 original. For the 2025 remaster, see Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Paleface - Fan site
- TheOutlawdad - Fan site
Availability
| Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
| Retail |
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| GOG.com |
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Includes the Handful of Missions pack |
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| Steam |
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Includes the Handful of Missions pack |
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- A preconfigured WINE wrapper for Linux is available.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name |
Notes |
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| Handful of Missions |
Includes four additional single-player levels[Note 1] and five additional multiplayer levels[Note 2]. Included in digital releases; available as a free upgrade for retail releases. |
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Essential improvements
Official Patches
- The latest version is 2.0.1. Install the 1.1 Update, 2.0 Update, and 2.0.1 Update.
- Use the Outlaws D3D Update to add Direct3D rendering and support for higher resolutions (requires the 1.1 Update).
- Allows the game to be installed from the original CD on 64-bit Windows.
- Also patches the game, rips the music from the CD, adds winmm.dll to play the music from the hard drive and removes the CD check.
- Enables changing weapons by scrolling the mouse wheel up/down and other useful functions with the mouse wheel and the middle and right mouse buttons.
Higher quality graphics
- The dgVoodoo wrapper, unlike nGlide, allows for enabling translucency effects, anisotropic filtering and antialiasing.
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Use dgVoodoo 2[2]
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- Install DgVoodoo 2, including the optional step.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe.
- In the General tab, set Scaling mode to Stretched, keep Aspect Ratio.
- Click on the DirectX tab and set Resolution to Max and Antialiasing (MSAA) to 8x.
- Remove the checkmark from dgVoodoo Watermark at the bottom .
- Right-click on the dgVoodoo and enable Show all Settings to Configuration.
- In the GeneralExt tab enable Free Mouse in the Miscellaneous section and Fake in the Fullscreen Mode Attributes section.
- Click the OK button.
- Run
olcfg.exe.
- Select Direct3D [HW Accelerated].
- Click on Advanced and enable everything except the top and bottom two options. Click Accept, then OK.
Notes:
- It's possible to select a higher resolution to give better 3D detail,[3] but smaller 2D overlays.
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Game data
Track list, as taken from the back of the CD case. Tracks 2-9 of disc 2 are renamed to tracks 9-15 in digital rereleases.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
On the left, the Outlaws Registry; on the right, in-game general settings.
Input
A collection of screenshots from in-game input options.
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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With A3D |
| Subtitles |
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Toggle with Alt+T. |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| EAX support |
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A3D 1.x support was added with the 1.1 patch |
| Royalty free audio |
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| Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Czech |
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Fan translation; download. |
| French |
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Retail only. |
| German |
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Retail only; download for digital versions. |
| Italian |
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Retail only. This translation translates the GOG version. Read this guide to install the same translation on the Steam version. |
| Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only (Outlaws: Cidade Sem Lei).[4] Translation guide. |
| Spanish |
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Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Graphics smear trying to enter buildings
- This happens only in native Direct3D mode.
Switch to 3Dfx Glide mode in olcfg.exe[5]
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Black screen or other issues with 3Dfx Glide
- The version of nGlide (the Glide wrapper) that comes with the game is outdated.
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Update nGlide[6]
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- Download and install the latest nGlide.
- Delete the three
glide*.dll files from <path-to-game>. That forces the game to use the newly installed versions.
- Run
nglide_config.exe and set Screen resolution back to By desktop and 3Dfx logo splash screen back to Off (and Aspect ratio back to 4:3), since the installer resets them.
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HUD is missing
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Try pressing the - and / keys (separately) to bring it back[7]
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Full-sized HUD and sepia effects missing
- These features of the game require software rendering mode.
Windows mouse pointer is periodically visible
- The Windows mouse pointer (or the blue, "working" circle) briefly flashes on screen while playing.
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Enable Vsync[citation needed]
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- If using dgVoodoo, run
dgVoodooCpl.exe, click on the DirectX tab and check Force vSync.
- If using nGlide, run
nglide_config.exe, and set Vertical synchronization to On.
- If using neither, try forcing Vsync in the video card's control panel.
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Dark screen after loading underwater save
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Load a different save first, then the underwater save[9]
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Cutscenes play too fast (XP)
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Disable audio acceleration[10]
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- Click on Start, then on Run and enter
DxDiag.
- On the Sound tab, move the Hardware Sound Acceleration Level slider all the way to the left, until it says No acceleration.
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No music during gameplay
Rename olwin.exe in <path-to-game> to anything else[citation needed]
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Notes
- Be sure to launch the game from this file.
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Disable FRAPS[12]
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Notes
- Fraps may cause the game's menus to glitch and should be disabled if this occurs.
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Unable to access control remapper
Switch to windowed mode in olcfg.exe[citation needed]
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
3 |
[13]
Direct3D support with the Direct3D upgrade beta patch (July 16, 2001)
The GOG release is already updated to this version.[14] |
| DirectDraw |
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[15] |
| Glide |
2.1.1, 2.3 |
Added in patches 1.1 and 2.0 respectively |
| Software renderer |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Cutscenes |
INSANE |
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| Multiplayer |
MSN Gaming Zone |
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A3D audio
- Enabling A3D audio adds some environmental audio effects.
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Enable A3D[citation needed]
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- Install A3D-Live (a warning might appear when running it, but it's a safe package).
- Run
olcfg.exe in <path-to-game> and enable Aureal A3D Interactive on the Sound Configuration page.
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Software rendering mode
- Using software rendering restores the game's original, full-sized HUD (with the gold bar along the bottom) and sepia effects. Patched re-releases of the game allow software rendering only in windowed mode. The instructions below allow it in fullscreen.
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(DirectX 10+) Use the dgVoodoo 2 wrapper[8]
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- Download the dgVoodoo 2.54 wrapper.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe, MS\DDraw.dll and MS\D3DImm.dll to <path-to-game>. Don't extract the MS folder itself.
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe.
- Click the .\ button in the upper-right corner to set the config folder to <path-to-game>.
- On the General tab, set Scaling mode to Stretched, keep Aspect Ratio.
- Click on the DirectX tab and set Videocard to dgVoodoo Virtual SVGA Card (this step forces software rendering).
- Remove the checkmark from dgVoodoo Watermark at the bottom and click the OK button.
- Run
olcfg.exe.
- Select Direct3D [HW Accelerated] and a resolution (the higher, the better), then click OK.
- Once a level is loaded, press the - (minus) key to bring up the full-sized HUD if desired.
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 60 MHz | Intel Pentium 90 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 MB | |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
73 MB | 131 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
256-color SVGA
DirectX 3.0a compatible | |
| Sound (audio device) |
SoundBlaster compatible | |
| Other |
2X CD-ROM | 4X CD-ROM |
Notes
- ↑ Wharf Town, Civil War, Spanish Villa and Ice Caves
- ↑ Bunkers, Buckshotville, Hargrove's Pattern Repair, Orleans and Thud's Tower
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
