The Dig
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Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Engines | |
Original | SCUMM |
Re-release | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | November 1, 1995 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 1, 1995 |
Windows | 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | July 8, 2009 |
Windows (ScummVM) | March 19, 2015[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | March 19, 2015[1] |
Linux (ScummVM) | March 19, 2015[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia
- The Dig Museum - Comprehensive fan site
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A demo is available from ScummVM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | C:\DIG\IMUSE.INI |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\dig.ini[Note 1] %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Dig\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6040/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
- The Steam version uses %APPDATA% on Windows.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | C:\DIG\SAVEGAME.* |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\dig.s*[Note 1] %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Dig\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6040/pfx/[Note 2] |
- The Steam version uses %APPDATA% on Windows.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
- Toggle between colour and black & white with B
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Toggle mouse support with Ctrl+M. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Toggle with Ctrl+J. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Adjust Music with ; and '. Adjust SFX with [ and ]. |
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Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Toggle with Ctrl+T. Speed of text can be adjusted with - and +. |
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Closed captions | Subtitles include captions for nonverbal dialogue, such as laughter. General sound effects and music are not captioned. |
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Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hebrew | Fan translation by Hebrew Adventure, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only.[2] ScummBR. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru» | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | 2D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
DPI scaling breaks fullscreen output
Steam version of the game doesn't switch to fullscreen correctly on displays with higher than 100% DPI scaling |
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Play the game through ScummVM |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | ||
DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | iMUSE | |
Cutscenes | INSANE |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 6.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486 DX2 66 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000/XP) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | System 7.1 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68040 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6040/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Release: The Dig - GOG.com
- ↑ The Dig - BraSoft, 1997 (archived) - last accessed on May 2023