Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

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Play a better version of Shadow Warrior
By Sheik Yerbouti
This guide will go over how to download and play VoidSW which is a better version of Shadow Warrior to play than this buggy one.
(I don't want to ♥♥♥♥ on the people who made Redux, they did a decent job, but it could be much much better and much more accurate than what it turned out).
   
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Before Getting Started With VoidSW
Before you get started, it's good to note that you don't need Redux to play this. You could use the free version on Steam. Both versions work the same, you just get the expansions (Which you can download online) from Redux.
The original release of Shadow Warrior is on Steam for free here

Downloading and setting up VoidSW
Go here to download Eduke32[dukeworld.com] (It comes with VoidSW as of the writing of this video. This may change at some point).

Extract the file somewhere on your hard drive

Launch VoidSW within the folder and select the expansion you want to play (The expansions won't show if all you has is the '97 release downloaded. I'd advise not downloading both the original and rerelease of Shadow Warrior because that may cause bugs with VoidSW, I'm not sure)
Comparison between VoidSW and Redux
These pictures are taken on No Pain No Gain

VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397636328/B79B9E059FA3DD4A0A64E19D4C00BF57499D41A8/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux (Notice the washed out colour and the lack of shadows. The sword sprite is tweaked for widescreen in redux though. There is a fix for that for VoidSW)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397639677/7849EBC5E720A05B7C7E6E7F62D4740BA17D6E0B/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397637196/D6A33A161905FA16EF9A29CC1FB06A646C9F6498/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397640014/414DF1F16571E73413975B66EA031C23C0B36354/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397637680/D615E6E8D5B78C447AAF770D6A4D8DC15C1A9089/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397650025/862CCD73A4EC2ADD0BFBD0694094BB556163FA06/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
This next one is a bit hard to see the difference because I was being shot in VoidSW unlike Redux (It's really hard to take comparison pics because I don't know how to use cheats)
VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397638123/A1D8CB956B9A4EF166A3EF64C978AAE894DA8DFA/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux (Notice again the lack of shadows)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397661472/4565323A86AA6ABF8618F0923D84A4FF31F489FD/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Some effects bugged in Redux like blood pools. They appears slightly below a floor, which in most cases makes them just not show up at all.
VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397667038/8863B678E81A7E1ACA2812EB4F7BC5B900606845/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397693349/F8FD0F7460165D0A9AFD1910D9F11ACD7B4BCEAB/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
In the original Shadow Warrior and VoidSW, blood pools showed up for some if not all kills.
VoidSW
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397697345/F2D6945735C42030C67FCCB2F95D384DFF09F7ED/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397697359/7CA9DB202395A224D38458384BCB516916113939/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397697375/B0B22B917D0FEFD15AB47C7A6A0D4F40EAA8313C/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397697417/D50E9E9CCD02EC9C78159DDBBBFB05D4F97BAA7F/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseReduxhttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397698085/10A1A777DAD57EE689EAE573998A882356859CC9/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falseRedux
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397698099/4E5C8F989C3BCB6762F50CD8BEBC16E2EF4B69C7/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397698111/BFF8C1B74CE81F4BC1F41366D751A1F8C5C3A68C/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397698124/698F17FF7503B10F487791B8114F07044831AB16/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=falsehttps://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1841410556397698137/8BB8F0B187DE656B777152277CBA5E14C750F2D7/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false
Another problem that I cannot really take a picture of is the mouse aiming. Mouse aiming is like a D-pad being emulated by a mouse in Redux, while in VoidSW, it's just like any other game. Normal aiming. Nothing more to it.
Bada-dadada that's all folks
Have fun or else

Also I'm a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot and I don't know how to properly embed pictures I'll try to fix that soon folks yikes ._.
2 Comments
Sheik Yerbouti  [author] 18 Mar, 2022 @ 11:14am 
I'll update this guide soon with links to Raze and pictures from Raze too
Dead Pixel 23 Feb, 2022 @ 9:59am 
PS: I use the Raze sourceport personally. Have you tried it? It's a fantastic way to play the Build Engine games.