Difference between revisions of "Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles"

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The Mystery of the Mummy	2002
Secret of the Silver Earring	2004
The Awakened	2006
Nemesis	2007
The Mystery of the Persian Carpet	2008
The Awakened - Remastered	2008
Versus Jack the Ripper	2009
Nemesis - Remastered	2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles	2010
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes	2012
Crimes & Punishments	2014
The Devil's Daughter	2016
Chapter One	2021
The Awakened (2023)	2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

GOG.com
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip splash screens

Edit user.ini^[1]
Open `<path-to-game>\user.ini`. Delete the following lines: `splash_screen_start_01_bg = waterlily_bg` `splash_screen_start_02_bg = waterlily_bg` Save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Frogwares\<Localized Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles>\setup.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209230/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Frogwares\<Localized Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles>\save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209230/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native aspect ratio is 5:4 (1280x1024). Otherwise image is stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Resolution can be set, but image will be stretched. Game art is not 4k.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Effects, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles		Always on.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, for GOG.com and Steam version
Italian
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Game crashes after splash screen

Remove save folder^[2]
Go to `%APPDATA%\Frogwares\<Localized Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles>\`. Rename or remove `save` folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (209230) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18
↑ https://support.frogwares.com/kb_article.php?ref=2869-RYIC-8398

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (209230) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (209230) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18

[3] ttps://support.frogwares.com/kb_article.php?ref=2869-RYIC-8398

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

Developers

	Waterlily Games
Publishers
	Frogwares
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Genres	Hidden object
Themes	Detective/mystery
Series	Sherlock Holmes

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