Difference between revisions of "Nocturne"
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#Install the free version of Process Lasso. | #Install the free version of Process Lasso. | ||
#Go to Options - CPU - CPU Affinities... | #Go to Options - CPU - CPU Affinities... | ||
− | #In the Process match field, type "nocturne.exe" | + | #In the Process match field, type "nocturne.exe" (without quotes). |
− | #Click on the Select button | + | #Click on the Select button. |
− | #Check the CPU 0 or CPU 1 case - OK | + | #Check the CPU 0 or CPU 1 case - OK. |
− | #Click on Add Rule | + | #Click on Add Rule. |
− | #Start the game | + | #Start the game. |
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Revision as of 05:26, 3 December 2023
Developers | |
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Terminal Reality | |
Publishers | |
North America | Gathering of Developers |
Europe | Take-Two Interactive |
Engines | |
Nocturne | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 31, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Nocturne |
Nocturne | |
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Nocturne | 1999 |
Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr | 2000 |
Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock | 2000 |
Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale | 2000 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Nocturne Editor is available for download here.
- Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr is a standlone spinoff episode for Nocturne, set a year before the events in the final episode Epilogue.
General information
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org and GamePressure.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest patch is Nocturne Patch 2 (Build 1.00.52).
DDrawCompat
- DDrawCompat by narzoul is essential for the game to render properly in modern systems.
- Limits the framerate to 60fps both in Hardware and Software mode to prevent issues.
- Allows for running in high resolutions without shrinking HUD or Menus, similar to Peixoto's Patch and dgvoodoo.
- Fixes the Intro video to display properly.
- Fixes System RAM and swap disk space warning error and crashing on startup.
Instructions[3] |
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# Limits the framerate to 60fps. 30fps is recommended. FpsLimiter = msgloop(60) # Resolution Scaing options. This allows you to increase the resolution without # shrinking the HUD or Menus. Both of the below lines are necessary for this to work properly # Select 640x480 in-game first. But not below that as it will reduce the quality of the pre-rendered backgrounds. # If you wish to play in the native in-game resolutions or Software mode. add a # before the two lines below. ResolutionScale = display(1) ResolutionScaleFilter = bilinear # DEBUG. Only modify and uncomment (remove the # before the line) the below lines if facing issues. # BltFilter = bilinear # TextureFilter = app # CpuAffinity = 1 # WinVersionLie = 98 # FullscreenMode = borderless # LogLevel = none # DesktopColorDepth = initial # DisplayFilter = bilinear(0) # DisplayRefreshRate = app # DisplayResolution = desktop # DpiAwareness = permonitor
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Peixoto's patch
Peixoto's patch forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus. Super sampling anti aliasing is also possible
Skip intro videos
Instructions[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SYSTEM\[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | In software mode resolutions up to 640x480 are available, in hardware mode up to 1280x1024. Menus remain 640x480. See DDrawCompat for higher resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2. In DirectX tab under Behavior disable Application controlled windows/fullscreen state and Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state, then in game press Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DDrawCompat. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Force using DDrawCompat. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo 2 to force MSAA. Not recommended as it can break graphics. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default in hardware mode, but only during gameplay. | ||
60 FPS | Cloth physics are slightly sped up, as the logic is tied to framerate. | ||
120+ FPS | Framerate is uncapped in software mode, but causes clothes physics to speed up and spaz out. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Only some secondary menus accept mouse input. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
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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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound effects, dialogue and music. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 with Creative ALchemy | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX1 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | Local retail only, download. | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game crashes on launch
See DDrawCompat |
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Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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System RAM and swap disk space warning
- When launching the game two warning messages are displayed about 0.0MB of system RAM and 0.0MB of free swap disk space. These can be ignored or the game can be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode to avoid these messages from appearing.
Use DDrawCompat |
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Turning on Windows 98 compatibility mode[6] |
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Notes
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Game crashes after loading a level
- After loading a level the game crashes with a DirectX 6 3D driver error: D3DERR_ELIFINO: An unknown D3D error occured.
Install the latest patch[7] |
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Intro video not being rendered
- When starting the game the intro video plays, but only sound can be heard, the video itself is not rendered. This happens because of the Indeo codec which is not included in the newest versions of Windows.
- Using dgVoodoo 2 will not render the intro video, as Nocturne uses GDI for the intro video instead of DirectX.
Enable Indeo codec; see Troubleshooting guide.[8] |
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Use DDrawCompat |
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High frame rate issues
- The physics are linked to 60 FPS, so playing at high fps can cause problems.
Use DDrawCompat |
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Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Vsync (Enabled by default) |
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- Some transitions between menu screens are very slow and sometimes it can take several seconds for the menus to respond to input.[citation needed]
Use DDrawCompat |
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Set affinity to 1 CPU core |
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Use the free version of Process Lasso |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5, 6, 7 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows[9] | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | NT 4.0, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz AMD K6 233 MHz |
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz, Celeron, or Higher AMD Athlon 500 Mhz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB (96 MB for 3D hardware acceleration) | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | 1 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible | Matrox G200/G400 ATI Rage 128 Savage3D Nvidia TnT/TnT2 DirectX 6 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Arhummk on November 10, 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Antrad on 2017-11-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Antrad on 2017-11-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Antrad on 2017-11-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Antrad on 2017-11-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Antrad on 2017-11-06
- ↑ Information taken from the game manual.