Scarface: The World Is Yours
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Developers | |
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Radical Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Sierra Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Pure3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 25, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
IGDB | 79 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Open world, Shooter |
Vehicles | Automobile, Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America, South America |
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a singleplayer third-person action, open world and shooter game.
Graphics are corrupted on modern versions of Windows. See Corrupted graphics.
Based off the Xbox version, which is missing blood effects on clothing and skin.[1]
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] instead. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
SilentPatch
- Fixes some corrupted graphics.
- Improves performance.
- Allows all resolutions to be selected.
- Works only with latest retail version 1.00.2.
- It's required to delete configuration files in order for the game to launch with this fix, make sure that the game didn't created a secondary configuration files location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node.
- If the game displays a black screen after changing resolution, simply hit "enter" as soon as the black screen shows up, you'll hear a sound, then press alt-f4 in order to close, and restart the application with your selected resolution.
Remastered Project
- All NPCs textures have been enhanced, with Tony face/suits/models remastered and color corrected.
- All the missing effects from the PS2/Wii release have been restored, with alternative PS2/Wii gun sparks.
- New background music and cut effects for some cutscenes.
- Added XInput controller support.
- Lots of textures ranging from adverts to billboards have been enhanced.
- Lacks the blood effect on Tony's face and clothes.
- Lacks multilingual support.
- The project is still in beta.
Skip intro videos
Use Scarface intro skip[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface\[Note 2] |
- SilentPatch relocates the settings to <path-to-game>\
settings.ini
.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution for unlisted resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use 3D Ripper DX. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 16x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. Double buffered.[6] Can be forced off through the graphics card control panel. | ||
60 FPS | Recommended. | ||
120+ FPS | By default it is blocked at 60hz/60fps.120 FPS breaks the game's physics (i.e. Tony's movement speed). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Use SilentPatch[7] |
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Edit registry keys[8] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only one layout. | |
Mouse acceleration | Negative mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
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 | See XInput-compatible controllers. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
XInput-compatible controllers
- XInput triggers can't be assigned to actions by default.
Use XInput to DInput translator[9] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Dialogue | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Only available in Russian retail copy. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail copy. |
Issues unresolved
Controls reset after dying
Issues fixed
Corrupted graphics
Use SilentPatch[7] |
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Use dgVoodoo 2[10] |
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Workaround for Mouse Acceleration
Mouse acceleration is worse at higher polling rates. Use a 125 Hz mouse or lower your mouse's polling rate through hardware or software options. |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- The game defaults to a 60 Hz refresh rate. Enforcing a 60 FPS cap is still recommended.
Override refresh rate set by game[11] |
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Low frame rate
Use SilentPatch[7] |
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Game won't start on Windows 7 and above
Download 3D Ripper DX[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Vorbis | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8d |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP SP2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3600+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.9 GB | 5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 9200 Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[2][3][4][5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ Missing Blood Effects - last accessed on 2018-05-28
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Silent on 2020-03-28
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Verified by User:Blackbird on March 29, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:AlRayes BRN on 2019-11-25
- ↑ Injecting scarface_dinput.dll · Issue #1 · aap/XDinput
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - WIP versions
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2019-10-27