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Black Mirror
The Black Mirror	2003
Black Mirror 2	2009
Black Mirror 3	2011
Black Mirror	2017

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		French copies use StarForce 5 DRM. German copies are also protected.
Amazon.com

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[1]

Essential improvements

1440p/2160p support + Bigger Fonts Size Patch

Download Patch here : https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2139-black-mirror-trilogy-4k2k-bigger-fonts-patch/

Allows native 1440p/2160p without ini modification and makes text readable on very high resolution

Has side effects on option & load/save menu readability due to fixed background images.

After applying the patches to Black Mirror II and III, the games language will change. To set the language back to your desired language first start up and close the game again, then go into the "...documents/blackmirror" folder and open the config.xml with a simple text editor. Scroll to the bottom and change "Localization Language=X" to your desired language. All language optoins have to be entered in english and lower case. (english, german, french, italian, spanish, czech, polish)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlackMirrorIII\config.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/286480/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BlackMirrorIII\Savegames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/286480/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Resolutions other than 16:10 will have black bars.

Backgrounds are scaled 1280x800 images.

Video Options Screen

SFX Options Screen

Game Options Screen

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Edit in `Config.XML` in the Configuration file(s) location.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Edit in `Config.XML` in the Configuration file(s) location.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		The game automatically switches to borderless windowed if you select the native resolution.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Acceleration is off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Speech, SFX & Cutscene, Ambient
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Notebook Puzzle Glitch

Use Skip Option^{[citation needed]}
In Chapter IV, while investigating Miss Valley's apartment, the game may not acknowledge the solution to the notebook puzzle. After some time, a skip lever will appear in the bottom right corner of the screen. Use this to bypass the puzzle.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/286480/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (286480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/286480/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (286480) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/286480/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (286480) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20

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Developers

	Cranberry Production
Publishers
	Viva Media
Release dates
Windows	April 19, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery
Series	Black Mirror