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<h3>Table of Contents</h3>
===Kingpin version===
<ul>
<p>After installing <strong>Kingpin</strong> CD version you will want to update your <strong>Kingpin</strong> version to thelatest version.</p>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#kingpinversion">Kingpin version</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#locationkingpin">Location Kingpin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#patching">Patching Kingpin</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#resolutionkingpin">Kingpin Resolution Patch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#gamespy">Gamespy Lite Patch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#deleteunnecessary">Delete Unnesesarry Files</a></li>
</ul>
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
<h3><a name="kingpinversion"></a>Kingpin version</h3>
<p>After installing <strong>Kingpin</strong> CD version you will want to update your <strong>Kingpin</strong> version to the&nbsp;latest version.</p>
<p>If you got a digital version, for example one of the following</p>
<p>If you got a digital version, for example one of the following</p>
<table style="border-color: #e7c258; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 300px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
{| class="wikitable"
<tbody>
|-
<tr>
! Source
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;"><strong>Source:</strong></td>
! Version
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;"><strong>Version:</strong></td>
|-
</tr>
| CD
<tr>
| Kingpin 1.00 version
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;">CD</td>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;">Kingpin 1.00 version<strong><br /></strong></td>
| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/38430/ Steam - Kingpin]
</tr>
| Steam Kingpin 1.21 version
<tr>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/38430/" target="_blank">Steam - Kingpin</a></td>
| [http://www.gog.com/game/kingpin_life_of_crime GOG.com - Kingpin]
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;">Steam Kingpin 1.21 version</td>
| Gog Kingpin 1.21 version
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| [http://www.desura.com/games/kingpin Desura - Kingpin]
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gog.com/game/kingpin_life_of_crime" target="_blank">GOG.com - Kingpin</a></td>
| Kingpin 1.21 version
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;">Gog Kingpin 1.21 version</td>
|}
</tr>
 
<tr>
<p>you don't have to update Kingpin, because you've already got thelatest version.<br />If you don't know which version you have, you can check it with [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/windows/kprespatch/ kprespatch].<br />You will also see that some digital version of website are different. If you want the orginal version, you can use the [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/official/windows/ Kingpin 1.21 patch] as well.</p>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.desura.com/games/kingpin" target="_blank">Desura - Kingpin</a></td>
<hr>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align: center;">Kingpin 1.21 version</td>
 
</tr>
===Location Kingpin===
</tbody>
<p>To find the location of your Kingpin folder:</p>
</table>
<p>you don't have to update Kingpin, because you've already got the&nbsp;latest version.<br />If you don't know which version you have, you can check it with <span class="autoindex_a"><a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/&amp;file=kprespatch_v1.zip">kprespatch</a>.<br />You will also see that some digital version of website are different. If you want the orginal version, you can use the <a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/official/&amp;file=kingpin_v121_patch.exe">Kingpin 1.21 patch</a> as well.<br /></span><span class="autoindex_small"></span></p>
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
<h3><span class="autoindex_a"><a name="locationkingpin"></a>Location Kingpin</span></h3>
<p>&nbsp;To find the location of your Kingpin folder:</p>
<ol>
<ol>
<li>Start Menu</li>
<li>Start Menu</li>
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<li>Properties<br />And it should show the folder where it's installed:</li>
<li>Properties<br />And it should show the folder where it's installed:</li>
</ol>
</ol>
<p>[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/kingpinlocation.png" width="50%"]]</p>
[[File:Kingpin Location.png|Kingpin Shortcut Location]]
<p>You also could press <strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Open File Location</span></strong> to find the exact location.</p>
<p>You also could press <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Open File Location</span></strong> to find the exact location.</p>
<p>Some default <strong>Kingpin</strong> locations:</p>
<p>Some default <strong>Kingpin</strong> locations:</p>
<table style="width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="0">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
<tbody>
|-
<tr>
! Source
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;"><strong>Source</strong></td>
! Default Install Directory
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;"><strong>Default Install Directory:</strong></td>
|-
</tr>
| CD
<tr>
| C:\Program Files\Kingpin\
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;CD</td>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files\Kingpin\</td>
| CD
</tr>
| C:\Program Files (x86)\Kingpin\
<tr>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;CD</td>
| CD
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files (x86)\Kingpin\</td>
| C:\Games\Kingpin\
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| Steam
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;CD</td>
| C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Games\Kingpin\</td>
|-
</tr>
| Steam
<tr>
| C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">Steam</td>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\</td>
| GOG.com
</tr>
| C:\GOG Games\Kingpin - Life of Crime\
<tr>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">Steam</td>
| Desura
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\</td>
| C:\Program Files\Desura\Common\Kingpin\
</tr>
|-
<tr>
| Desura
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">GOG.com</td>
| C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\Kingpin\
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\GOG Games\Kingpin - Life of Crime\</td>
|}
</tr>
 
<tr>
<hr>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">Desura</td>
 
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files\Desura\Common\Kingpin\</td>
===Patching Kingpin===
</tr>
<p>Download [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/official/windows/ kingpin_v121_patch.exe.] After downloading the file, double click it to start it, and you will see the following window:<br />
<tr>
[[File:Kingpin 121 patch.png|Kingpin 1.21 patch default]]<br>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">Desura</td>
Put the [[Setup the game#Location_Kingpin|location of Kingpin]] into required info box. For example:<br>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\Kingpin\</td>
[[File:Kingpin 121 patch path.png|Kingpin 1.21 patch but path changed.]]<br />And press the <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Unzip</strong></span> button.<br /><strong>Kingpin</strong> should now be completely updated to the last version to play online.<span class="autoindex_small"></span></p>
</tr>
<hr>
</tbody>
 
</table>
===Kingpin Resolution Patch===
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
<p>If you want a custom resolution or the resolution options are not full filling your desires, you can change them with:
<h3><a name="patching"></a>Patching Kingpin</h3>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
<p>Download <a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/official/&amp;file=kingpin_v121_patch.exe"><span class="autoindex_a">kingpin_v121_patch.exe.</span></a> After downloading the file, double click it to start it, and you will see the following window:<br />[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/kingpin121patch.png" ]]<br />Put the <a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#locationkingpin">location of Kingpin</a> into required info box. For example:<br />[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/kingpin121patch2.png" ]]<br />And press the <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Unzip</strong></span> button.<br /><strong>Kingpin</strong> should now be completely updated to the last version to play online.<span class="autoindex_small"></span></p>
|-
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
! Patch !! Created by !! Info
<h3><a name="resolutionkingpin"></a>Kingpin Resolution Patch</h3>
|-
<p>If you want a custom resolution or the resolution options are not fulfilling your desires, you can change them with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/multi_patch/&amp;file=kingpin_multi_patch_3.zip">Kingpin Multi Patch</a>. Please note this patcher doesn't work with the Steam version of Kingpin. In that case, you'll need the <a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/steam/&amp;file=Kingpin_res_hack_steam.zip">Kp Steam Relosution Hack</a>.<br />[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/multi_patch_3.png" ]]</p>
| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/windows/mh%27s_kingpin_patch/ MH's Kingpin patch] || Monkey Harris || Fixes most bugs. Recommended most updated.
<p><cite title="If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Microsoft.">If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe </cite><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784" target="_blank"><cite title="If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Microsoft.">Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013</cite></a><cite title="If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Microsoft."> from Microsoft.</cite></p>
|-
<p>If you want other options like special resolutions, you could also try the <a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/&amp;file=kprespatch_v1.zip">KP Resolution Patcher.<br /></a>[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/kpresolutionpatch.png" ]]</p>
| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/windows/kprespatch/ kprespatch] || FREDZ || Custom resolutions (Open source)
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
|-
<h3><a name="gamespy"></a>Gamespy Lite Patch</h3>
| [https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/windows/multi_patch/ Multi patch] || [http://www.captaindeath.com Captain Death] || If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe <br>[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013] from Microsoft.
<p>Gamespy Lite is not working since all their servers were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpy#Shutdown" target="_blank">shut down</a>. So if you want to play multiplayer you should install the replacement of <a href="https://www.kingpin.info/download/index.php?dir=kingpin/patches/unofficial/gamespy/&amp;file=gamespy_lite_kingpin.zip">Gamespy Lite</a>.</p>
|}
<p>Just extract it to your Kingpin/gamespylite folder and overwrite the existing file. If you don't have a Kingpin/gamespylite just create one and extract the file to there.<br />[[image file="tutorial/setup/basic/gamespylite.png" ]]</p>
<hr>
<hr style="height: 2px; border-width: 0; background-color: #e7c258;" />
 
<h3><a name="deleteunnecessary"></a>Delete Unnecessary Files</h3>
===Delete Unnecessary Files===
<p>If you know the <a href="http://kingpin.info/?p=setup-the-game#locationkingpin">location</a> of the <strong>Kingpin</strong> files, you can safely delete the following directories from the <strong>Kingpin</strong> CD install version:</p>
<p>If you know the [[Setup the game#Location_Kingpin|kingpin location]] of the <strong>Kingpin</strong> files, you can safely delete the following directories from the <strong>Kingpin</strong> CD install version:</p>
<table style="width: 500px;" border="0" cellspacing="2">
{| class="wikitable"
<tbody>
|-
<tr>
! Reason
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;<strong>Reason:</strong></td>
! Directory
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;<strong>Directory:</strong></td>
|-
</tr>
| Electronic Registration for [http://www.interplay.com/ Interplay] not working anymore
<tr>
| Kingpin\ereg
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;Electronic Registration for <a href="http://www.interplay.com/" target="_blank">Interplay</a> not working anymore</td>
|-
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;Kingpin\ereg</td>
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaSoft#Heat.net Heat.net] was a way to play multiplayer in the past
</tr>
| Kingpin\heat
<tr>
|}
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaSoft#Heat.net" target="_blank">Heat.net</a> was a way to play multiplayer in the past</td>
<td style="border-color: #e7c258; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;">&nbsp;Kingpin\heat</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Latest revision as of 01:58, 28 March 2025

Kingpin version

After installing Kingpin CD version you will want to update your Kingpin version to thelatest version.

If you got a digital version, for example one of the following

Source Version
CD Kingpin 1.00 version
Steam - Kingpin Steam Kingpin 1.21 version
GOG.com - Kingpin Gog Kingpin 1.21 version
Desura - Kingpin Kingpin 1.21 version

you don't have to update Kingpin, because you've already got thelatest version.
If you don't know which version you have, you can check it with kprespatch.
You will also see that some digital version of website are different. If you want the orginal version, you can use the Kingpin 1.21 patch as well.

Location Kingpin

To find the location of your Kingpin folder:

  1. Start Menu
  2. All Programs
  3. Kingpin
  4. Kingpin - Life of Crime -> Right mouseclick
  5. Properties
    And it should show the folder where it's installed:

Kingpin Shortcut Location

You also could press Open File Location to find the exact location.

Some default Kingpin locations:

Source Default Install Directory
CD C:\Program Files\Kingpin\
CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Kingpin\
CD C:\Games\Kingpin\
Steam C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\
Steam C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kingpin\
GOG.com C:\GOG Games\Kingpin - Life of Crime\
Desura C:\Program Files\Desura\Common\Kingpin\
Desura C:\Program Files (x86)\Desura\Common\Kingpin\

Patching Kingpin

Download kingpin_v121_patch.exe. After downloading the file, double click it to start it, and you will see the following window:
Kingpin 1.21 patch default
Put the location of Kingpin into required info box. For example:
Kingpin 1.21 patch but path changed.
And press the Unzip button.
Kingpin should now be completely updated to the last version to play online.

Kingpin Resolution Patch

If you want a custom resolution or the resolution options are not full filling your desires, you can change them with:

Patch Created by Info
MH's Kingpin patch Monkey Harris Fixes most bugs. Recommended most updated.
kprespatch FREDZ Custom resolutions (Open source)
Multi patch Captain Death If you get a missing dll error you will need to download vcredist_x86.exe
Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from Microsoft.

Delete Unnecessary Files

If you know the kingpin location of the Kingpin files, you can safely delete the following directories from the Kingpin CD install version:

Reason Directory
Electronic Registration for Interplay not working anymore Kingpin\ereg
Heat.net was a way to play multiplayer in the past Kingpin\heat
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