Silent Storm
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Developers | |
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Nival Interactive | |
Publishers | |
JoWooD Entertainment | |
Nordic Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 7, 2003 |
Key Points
- GOG.com fixes issues caused by 64-bit OSes using 4+ GB RAM.
- Issues with shadows and reflections on modern GPUs can be fixed if using WineD3D.
- Shadows and reflections do not appear correctly on modern GPUs.
General information
Availability
Game data
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Unsupported video card
The game is normally unable to run on modern systems running a 64 bit OS with 4GB+ RAM, and will give the error "Unsupported video card" on launch, but this can be fixed with relative ease. Firstly ensure your game is updated to version 1.02. You will now need to find a cracked game executable in order to apply the fix, which will not be linked here for legal reasons but can be found and downloaded without much difficulty.
You will now need to open the .exe using a hex editor. For the original game, go to offset 0x9bae (or 39854). Which should read as follows:
- 00009B90 00 FF D3 52 57 FF 15 38 22 8B 00 8B 45 A4 50 E8 ...RW..8"...E.P.
- 00009BA0 1C C4 3C 00 83 C4 04 E9 01 0D 00 00 3B C7 74 2E ..<.........;.t.
- 00009BB0 B9 F7 51 00 00 8D 75 A4 E8 53 FE FF FF 52 BA 6B ..Q...u..S...R.k
Replace the highlighted 0x74 with 0xEB and save. The game should now run normally.[1]
For Sentinels, search for "3B C7 74 2E" in the game .exe using a hex editor, the same offending string, and again replace 0x74 with 0xEB.
Alternatively the above fix can be applied as a fan-made patch (Direct Download) for S2.
Incorrect shadows and reflections
When using modern GPUs, in-game shadows will render incorrectly, either being completely absent or misshapen, and reflections on shiny surfaces (i.e. windows, car bodies, etc) will be completely absent. However, this can be fixed if you use WineD3D, the standalone rendering component of Wine, the Windows compatibility layer for Linux.
- Download the latest version of the WineD3D installer, wined3d.exe, from http://gnu.mirrors.pair.com/savannah/savannah//wined3d/latest/
- Using an archive extraction tool like 7-Zip or WinRAR, open wined3d.exe.
- Open the %SYSDIR directory and extract the following files to the root installation folder of Silent Storm:
- d3d9.dll
- libwine.dll
- wined3d.dll
You will now have correctly-rendered shadows and reflections in-game.
- This fix also applies to Silent Storm: Sentinels.
- Even with this fix, shadows cast by buildings may still occasionally appear incorrect. This is normal behavior due to how the render engine used in the Silent Storm series renders building shadows.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB video card which supports Direct X 9.0 |