Neighbours from Hell
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Developers | |
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JoWood Vienna | |
Publishers | |
Retail (Europe) | JoWood Productions |
Retail (North America) | Encore |
Digital | Nordic Games |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 20, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | June 22, 2017 |
Reception | |
IGDB | 72 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, Stealth |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Comedy |
Series | Neighbours from Hell |
Neighbours from Hell | |
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Neighbours from Hell | 2003 |
Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation | 2004 |
Neighbours Back from Hell | 2020 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM | |||
Epic Games Store | Packaged with Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation and Neighbours back From Hell. | |||
GOG.com | Packaged with Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation and Neighbours back From Hell. | |||
Steam | Packaged with Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation and Neighbours back From Hell. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) | Includes Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation. | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
- Demo is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\JoWooD\NFH1\gameoptions.xml %USERPROFILE%\Documents\JoWooD\Neighbours From Hell 1\gameoptions.xml |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260750/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\JoWooD\NFH1\userdata.ngh %USERPROFILE%\Documents\JoWooD\Neighbours From Hell 1\userdata.ngh |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260750/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Only 800x600 supported. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\JoWooD\NFH1\gameoptions.xml and set fullscreen="false" |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Uncapped.Animations vinculated to low fps | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | overall, music | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Gibberish for speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Retail only. | |||
Czech | Retail only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game hangs at intro screen
Edit game configuration[1] |
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Low sound quality despite the "High sound quality" setting
Replace the sfxdata.bnd file[2]
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.5b |
Modding
The game data is stored in <path-to-game>\data\gamedata.bnd
This file is actually a ZIP archive with XML game data inside.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum[3] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 166 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 130 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8 compatible | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 8 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 227.9 MB |
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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/260750/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (260750) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ GOG.com Community Discussions - Windows 7 compatible?
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-02-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-02-09
- Official README file.