Comments on: Irrational Exuberance: Replaying SWAT 4

By: LOL

LOL — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:02:16 +0000

SWAT 4 is a Sierra product, not a Steam product.

By: Alikchi

Alikchi — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:43:13 +0000

Thanks for this. Inspired me and my housemate to buy this and give it a shot. Turned a couple lame nights into fantastic ones. Really, thanks and kudos, sir.

By: Paul Moloney

Paul Moloney — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:06:04 +0000

I very tardily played the demo and am impressed enough to buy the gold version (available through PlayTrade on play.com for around €13). At normal level, it judges the difficulty curve nicely; I had to replay through the level a few times before I nailed it, but never felt frustrated. I’m not usuall a fan of these squad shooters since some feel like exercises in anal retentive, but i like this one.

By: Amp

Amp — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:48:24 +0000

@ascagnel

Super thanks! I got the widescreen working prior to asking about the vsync feature. It plays great!

By: pepper

pepper — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:54:44 +0000

Are you sure you both have the same version? Sometimes both copy’s have been distributed with a different version, i believe the most recent update is 1.1

By: Funky Badger

Funky Badger — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:48:06 +0000

Bah. got this, can’t get a co-op game set up with my “friend” who’s also got a copy (although can join other games no problem). HELP!

By: ascagnel

ascagnel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:56:33 +0000

@Amp:

Glad to help. If you’re trying to run it on a widescreen monitor, though, it doesn’t work all that well: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13368

By: Amp

Amp — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:24:00 +0000

@ascagnel

Thank you so much for the tip. The vSync did the trick – capped at 60fps. It works perfectly! Smooth 60 fps with all settings on max and no crazy GPU fan noise. This is just great!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:22:09 +0000

Its still for sale in NZ. Most of them are Gold edition (original + expansion)

By: pepper

pepper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Shawn, Swat 4 simply is a great game once you get into it, and the experience playing it with a few friends and completing a mission successfully is something i haven’t experienced in any other game yet! Although the game cant be baught anywhere anymore, i looked on the internet for any retail stores, but none sell the original or the expansion. and the only website ive found said they couldnt deliver it…

By: ascagnel

ascagnel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:04:48 +0000

@Amp:

I believe you can turn Vsync on in the menu, and failing that you can enable it in the Swat4.ini/Swat4x.ini files. It’ll limit your FPS to the monitor’s refresh rate (usually 60), and most games will actually run better and without tearing.

A game like SWAT4 should run about that fast on a GF9800 or equivalent.

By: Amp

Amp — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:30:46 +0000

After reading about SWAT 4 I really wanted to play it again. Since last time I got a new computer and when I wanted to install the game I discovered that Vista 64bit does not play well with SWAT 4. It did not install properly.

After installing it on a WinXp Pro 32 bit machine and copying over the files and the regedit keys it loaded of just fine. All was good until the GPU fan startet spinning like crazy. I looked at the fps and it rendered between 200 and 500 fps.

I’m afraid of destroying the GPU playing the game like this. I have tryed searching for a framerate cap or limit command for the Unreal Engine 2.x but without any luck.

Looks like SWAT 4 ends with Vista 64bit… That’s a shame, I really love this game and I was looking forward to playing it on a fast computer!

If anyone has any experience dealing with this then please let me know, I tryed searching for help everywhere…