Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
This page is for the original 1993 game. For the 2014 remaster, see Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition.
Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Activision |
Engines | |
SCI2 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | December 17, 1993 |
Windows 3.x | December 17, 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1994 |
Windows (ScummVM) | January 28, 2010 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Supernatural |
Series | Gabriel Knight |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a singleplayer adventure game in the Gabriel Knight series.
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- Gabriel Knight Omnipedia - Wiki for the series
- Sierra Gamers - Game page on Ken Williams' official website
- The Sierra Help Pages - Extensive troubleshooting guide
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Floppy and CD-ROM "talkie" release with voice acting and extra cutscenes. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[1] |
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Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Install the relevant official patch if you are using a retail version. The latest patch is 1.0a (GKCDPAT) for the CD-ROM version and 1.0b (GKPAT10B) for the floppy release.
- Install the relevant unofficial NRS patch to correct some game-breaking issues on modern systems (latest official patch required). GK1CD_NRS is for the CD-ROM and GK1_NRS - for the floppy version. For other solutions to these problems, see: Issues fixed.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG |
Windows | <path-to-game>\RESOURCE.WIN[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\GKSG.* |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GKSG.*[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Fixed at 320x240 DOS; 640x480 Win | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects | |
Surround sound | MIDI music can be placed in 3D space if 3D MIDI compatible hardware is avilable | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
General MIDI audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Fan translation, download and info. | |||
Spanish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues fixed
Before anything else, get the latest patches for your respective game version. Also, check out Sierra's help page for solutions for known issues.
Day 5 Phone Call Lockup
Depending on your progress, at the beginning of day five Grace may give you the Rada Drum Book twice, and when the phone rings Gabriel says he'll get it but he never moves. This can be fixed the following ways:
Before you start day 5:
- In the options, turn the detail all the way down and the speed all the way up.
- If you are using DOSBox, set CPU Cycles to under 7000.
Day 6 Police Station Timing Issue
Depending on the speed of your computer, it might be impossible to get into Mosley's office on day 6 because the solution is timer based and the distraction might not last long enough to reach the office. To progress, you can use either of the following options:
- Use a CPU slowdown utility. The Gabriel Knight Mysteries: Limited Edition included such a utility, but it might not work anymore. Alternatively, you can try using CPUKILLER to achieve a slow down.
- If you are using DOSBox, set CPU Cycles to under 7000.
Note that you do not need to reload if the beignet guy already left the station and you failed to get into the office. In that case, apply either fix and return to the police station, the officer will fall asleep after some time permitting you to get into the office.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA, SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 80386 | Intel 486DX |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 8 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB (floppy) 1 MB (CD-ROM) | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68030 | |
System memory (RAM) | 5 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256-color support |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
- Windows requirements come from the GOG.com release.
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 (495700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023