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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Microids}}
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 +
===Steam version has game breaking bugs===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Steam version has game breaking bug and some videos won't play.|ref=<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=341051983</ref>|fix=
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Late in the Steam version, your alchemic briefcase will be greyed out, which means that you will not be able to progress in the game any further. This file is from the 2001 disk version, which does not contain this bug.
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# Download [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2280-necronomicon-the-dawning-of-darkness-steam-fix/ this fix]
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−
|subtitles = n/a
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness cover
Developers
Wanadoo Edition
Publishers
France Cryo Interactive
United States DreamCatcher Interactive
UK, Germany Wanadoo Edition
Germany index+
Russia 1C Company
Digital Microids
Engines
Phoenix VR
Release dates
Windows October 23, 2000
macOS (OS X) December 8, 2012[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Realistic
Themes Lovecraftian, Horror, Detective/mystery, Interwar, North America
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness on HowLongToBeat
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness on IGDB
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness on MobyGames
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness on Wikipedia
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Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness is a singleplayer adventure game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Steam version has game breaking bugs

Steam version has game breaking bug and some videos won't play.[1]

Late in the Steam version, your alchemic briefcase will be greyed out, which means that you will not be able to progress in the game any further. This file is from the 2001 disk version, which does not contain this bug.

  1. Download this fix
  2. Go to <path-to-game>.
  3. Add the downloaded Necrono.exe into <path-to-game> and select yes to overwrite.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 2]
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/302390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
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
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
[2]
Russian
Retail only.
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker Video Technology

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Sound (audio device) 16-bit
Other 4x CD-ROM drive 8x CD-ROM drive
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.4
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
  2. ↑ 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