Silent Storm
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Developers | |
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Nival | |
Publishers | |
JoWood Productions | |
Nordic Games | |
Engines | |
Silent Storm Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 7, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Series | Silent Storm |
Silent Storm | |
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Silent Storm | 2003 |
Hammer & Sickle | 2005 |
Key points
- Digital releases fix issues caused by 64-bit operating systems using 4+ GB RAM.[1][2]
- Retail releases have shadow and reflection issues on modern GPUs.[3][4] See Incorrect shadows and reflections.
- Make sure to run the game as an administrator. See Privilege Level.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | Gold Edition | |||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition | |||
Gold Edition | ||||
GOG.com | Gold Edition | |||
Humble Store | Gold Edition | |||
Steam | Gold Edition. Can be run without Steam. |
- The Gold Edition contains both Silent Storm and its expansion Sentinels.
- Demo versions are available for Silent Storm and Sentinels.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Sentinels | Included in the Silent Storm Gold Edition. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Delete or rename the following files from these paths.
Intro.bik JoWooD.bik Nival.bik |
Unofficial Silent Storm Steam patch
- Fixes some game breaking issues near the end of the game.
- Comes with an already included d3d9.dll which fixes the shadow issues.
Patches
Silent Storm
- Patches the game to version 1.2.
Silent Storm Sentinels
- Patches the game to version 1.1.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\cfg\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254960/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\save\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254960/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Sentinels has native widescreen support. Use this for Silent Storm.[citation needed] | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Fake windowed mode. See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | None, x2, x4, x8, x16 | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Cannot be disabled (Low, Medium, High, Very high) | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Windowed
Windowed[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only through <path-to-game>\Silent Storm\cfg\input.cfg |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Invert Turn X & Y, Invert Scroll X & Y | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound, Music, Character Responses mutable | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian |
Issues fixed
Unsupported video card
- A cracked executable is required for these fixes.
- These fixes are only needed for the retail versions of the game. Digital versions are already patched and fully working.
Simple fix
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Hex editing
Replace and hex edit executable[5] |
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Notes
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Incorrect shadows and reflections
- Huge performance hit on Nvidia videocards, even though with the fix the game runs fine on ATI cards.[6]
Unofficial Steam patch
Instructions[citation needed] |
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WineD3D
- The game might simply lockup on certain setups, poor performance overall.[7]
Put WineD3D components in root installation folder[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Silent Storm Editor
Installing[8] |
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Running the editor[citation needed] |
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Notes
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 800 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (254960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ It works! (8GB RAM, widescreen) - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ No Shadows and/or Refraction? Here's the fix!, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Graphical gltich - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Silent Storm Game Fix - Johannes Bauer's Website
- ↑ Shadows fix - Nvidia framerate issues
- ↑ Tested by RaTcHeT302.
- ↑ Steam Community Guides - Silent Storm Editor