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|publishers  =  
 
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{{Infobox game/row/publisher|1C Company|Russia}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls|Point and select}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres|Adventure}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes|Detective/mystery}}
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'''General information'''
 
{{mm}} [https://www.mobygames.com/game/csi-crime-scene-investigation MobyGames entry]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
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{{Availability/row| retail | | unknown |  |  | Windows, OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| retail | | unknown |  |  | Windows, OS X }}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} This game is not available digitally.
  
 
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===Save game data location===
 
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  |language  = English
 
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==Issues unresolved==
 +
===The game won't let me select OpenGL and DirectX mode===
 +
{{ii}} It occurs because the game does not correctly recognize modern video cards but it is still not a problem since it lets you select the software renderer and there if it works correctly
 +
 +
===Graphic bug in Leda Calisto's apartment in Windows 10===
 +
{{ii}}It occurs due to a bad compatibility of Windows 10 with DirectDraw but luckily the bug does not affect the game at all, it is just a simple graphic error
 +
 +
==Issues fixed==
 +
===Direct player error on launch game===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Install  Quicktime|ref={{cn|date=February 2021}}|fix=
 +
{{ii}} It is recommended to install version 6.1 of quicktime found on the game CD3
 +
}}
 +
 +
===Install quicktime but videos are not showing ===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Install Quicktime as shown in this video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zUckukVKms|ref={{cn|date=February 2021}}|fix=
 +
}}
 +
 +
===Can't name a profile  ===
 +
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Don't enable compatibility mode |ref={{cn|date=July 2021}}|fix=
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
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|minother = 8x CD-ROM drive
 
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 6 April 2023

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cover
Developers
369 Interactive
macOS (OS X) EPCConnect
Publishers
Windows Ubisoft
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Russia 1C Company
Engines
Macromedia Director 8.5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows March 2003
macOS (OS X) December 2004
Taxonomy
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Themes Detective/mystery
Series CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on MobyGames
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on Wikipedia
CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2003
CSI: Dark Motives 2004
CSI: Miami 2004
CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder 2006
CSI: Hard Evidence 2007
CSI: NY - The Game 2008
CSI: Deadly Intent 2009
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy 2010

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\CSI\Data\[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Ambient, Effects, Music, Dialog (can't be fully muted)
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish

Issues unresolved

The game won't let me select OpenGL and DirectX mode

It occurs because the game does not correctly recognize modern video cards but it is still not a problem since it lets you select the software renderer and there if it works correctly

Graphic bug in Leda Calisto's apartment in Windows 10

It occurs due to a bad compatibility of Windows 10 with DirectDraw but luckily the bug does not affect the game at all, it is just a simple graphic error

Issues fixed

Direct player error on launch game

Install Quicktime[citation needed]
It is recommended to install version 6.1 of quicktime found on the game CD3

Install quicktime but videos are not showing

Install Quicktime as shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zUckukVKms[citation needed]

Can't name a profile

Don't enable compatibility mode[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
OpenGL
Software renderer
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
AMD K6-III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 517 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.2.8
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 7xx
PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.3 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
Other 8x CD-ROM drive


Notes

  1. Macromedia Director engine build: 8.5[1]
  2. 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).

References

  1. ScummVM Wiki - Director/Games - last accessed on 2023-01-28