The Longest Journey
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Funcom |
Windows |
November 19, 1999 |
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Key points
- Performance is fairly poor on modern operating systems, with multiple issues with the way that the game window is rendered and movie compatibility.
- Fixes listed on this article make the game playable, but the experience is relatively unfriendly.
General information
- Official game site
- Official forums
- Official forums support section
- The Longest Journey Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
- The soundtrack is available for free at developer's website.
GOG.com and Steam
- Both digital releases of the game have major compatibility issues and require tweaking to get around them
GoG.com
- Currently shipping 1.42.
Retail
- 4 CD-ROMs, a 2 CD as well as a DVD re-release has been made.[1]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.61 adds an external configuration tool along with some bug fixes. This patch is for retail releases only.
- Patch can be forced on other versions by using an archive utility to extract the files. However, you may have sound issues.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
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- No native option to run in windowed.
- Game only runs at resolution at 640x480 (whether fullscreen or windowed)
- Game window cannot be moved or manipulated, and there are no fixes for this issue.
Input settings
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Audio settings
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Issues fixed
Fonts
- Default fonts can be very difficult to read.
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- Customize fonts and sizes.
- Some text may not align properly in dialog boxes.
- Steam: Open %APPDATA%\The Longest Journey\Gui.ini.
- GoG: Open
Gui.ini
in your game install folder.
- For the subtitle/dialog choice box change the font name and/or font size:
bigfont=Slurry
bigheight=19
- For tooltips change: change the font name and/or font size:
smallfont=Garamond
smallheight=11
Movie and graphics problems
- Issue with not being able to view the Bink-encoded movies.
- Issue with not being able to display a game window (black screen).
- The fixes work for most people, but others have persistent problems and cannot get the game to work properly
- Versions prior to 1.61 do not have a separate
Configure.exe
utility. These versions have options presented when the game is launched instead.
Crash to desktop
- Game exits to desktop with an error message as soon as a cutscene (FMV) stops playing
Crash at Police Station
- On some graphics cards, the game will crash upon entering the Police Station.
- If you find the patch is unable to be installed (for example, with the GOG.com version of the game), you may be able to fix the crash by changing some options on the game's launcher. Turn off 3D acceleration, high quality models and set the game to 16 bit colour. You can then re-enable these after you get past that section of the game. When all else fails you can try right-clicking the game icon, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab and check the box for "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution".
Graphic glitches/flickering with forced AA
- Graphic anomalies can be seen when forcing Anti-aliasing through driver's Control Panel
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Pentium 166 MHz
| Pentium II 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
300 MB |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
640x480 SVGA high colour (16bit) video card 2 MB of VRAM
| 3D accelarator card (Direct 3D compatible) 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References