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Revision as of 09:35, 23 May 2020
Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Original | Virgin Interactive |
Digital | Alcon Interactive Group |
Engines | |
Original | Blade |
Digital | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 14, 1997 |
Windows (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
Linux (ScummVM) | December 17, 2019[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Cyberpunk, Detective/mystery, North America |
Series | Blade Runner |
Blade Runner | |
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Blade Runner | 1997 |
Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab | 2017 |
Blade Runner 9732 (unofficial) | 2018 |
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition | 2022 |
Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth | TBA |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | CD-ROM and DVD-ROM versions exist. | |||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM. |
- The DVD-ROM version has the same content as the CD-ROM version without the need to swap discs.
- The GOG.com release does not include the original desktop icon. A replacement can be found here.
Essential improvements
ScummVM
As of 16 June 2019, the ScummVM engine supports Blade Runner. For more information, see the ScummVM wiki page.
- This method does not require an external installer nor installation of any additional patches.
Alternate installer
Use Blade Runner Installer 2012 to install the game from CD/DVD on 64-bit Windows. Also download HDFRAMES.DAT
from there and copy it to the installation folder.
- This automatically installs both the official patch and the CPU patch.
Official patch
Download the patch for the CD-ROM version or the DVD-ROM version.
CPU patch
Download the CPU patch to fix timing issues with the shooting range and "rat in the tunnel" portions of the game.
- After extracting it to the installation folder, see Mouse isn't smooth below to edit its config file for smoother mouse movement.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\BLADE.INI[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SAVE\*.SAV[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
- 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 | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use DXWnd and follow the instructions here. Alternatively, use ScummVM. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Ambient Sound, Speech. Ambient Sound setting is not available in ScummVM. |
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Surround sound | [2] | |
Subtitles | Only supported in ScummVM (v2.1+). Toggled from ScummVM's GUI (Audio tab) or in-game from KIA "Game Settings". Requires "SUBTITLES.MIX" file available from ScummVM official website. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Transcription by the ScummVM team | |||
French | Transcription by the ScummVM team | |||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Game wont start
Game will crash on start if computer does not have an optical drive mounted.
- In Windows 10, opening the ISO will create a drive automatically.
Mount a virtual optical drive |
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Shooting range and rat/tunnel issues
On modern CPUs, shooting range targets never appear or take minutes to. A similar issue occurs with the "rat in the tunnel" portion of the game.
Apply the CPU patch[3] |
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Mouse isn't smooth
- This pertains to using the CPU patch.
Edit config[citation needed] |
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Save games not working
Create a SAVE folder under <path-to-game>[citation needed]
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Objects missing in Acts 2 through 4
The installer (even the alternate installer) doesn't copy certain files from Discs 2 through 4, so they're missing when the game looks for them.
Add HDFRAMES.DAT[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 5.0 | 640x480 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 | |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.11 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 256 MB of VRAM |
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).