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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

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Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth cover
Developers
Headfirst Productions
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Release dates
Windows March 27, 2006
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth guide on StrategyWiki
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth on Wikipedia
Call of Cthulhu
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Key points

DCoTEPatch unlocks extra features, adds cheats and allows modifying gameplay values.
The game is unstable at frame rates above 60 FPS.[1] See Frame rate capping methods.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

DCoTEPatch

Bypasses a game breaking bug, allows changing FOV, skipping intro videos and more.
Only the original retail executable enables all features.

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22340/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22340/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher.
Launcher.

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Resolutions above default reduce movement speed, making the game unwinnable.[2]

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian

Issues fixed

High frame rate issues

All of the below issues can be solved through limiting the FPS. However, this only works for some users[citation needed].

Basement stairs crash

When descending into the basement during the prologue, the game may crash if you don't get down fast enough. The crash can be avoided if you jump off of the ladder without touching the stairs. Be advised that this may take a few tries.

Room with the hung woman glitch

In the old newspaper office, during A Visit to Old Town near the beginning of the game, there are two doors on your way out, if you take the right door you will enter a room with a woman who has hung herself. This room can sometimes glitch and will cause you to lose mobility of Jack and be unable to progress. Just skip that room as there is nothing of interest otherwise in it, take the locked door on the left, by unbolting it in the upper corner of the door.

Hogg's Office bookcase crash

In chapter 3 (Attack of the fishmen) you will sneak through a warehouse. After crawling under the floor you will climb into an office. When you try to get to the save symbol by pushing the bookshelf the game crashes.

Sky lighting problems

Instructions

Invisible cannon targets

When you first get to use the cannon, you need to hit three targets shown as a blue light. If playing on Windows Vista or later, these targets are not visible.

Instructions
Instructions

Alt+Tab crashes the game

Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Digital ArchAngel's patch

Changes various aspects of the gameplay and adds support for cheats.

SweetFX

Simulates HDR and bloom lighting, as well as advanced contrast for a more natural and realistic atmosphere.
In-game MSAA must be disabled in order to work. Force it through graphics card control panel.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/22340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (22340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

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  2. Review on GameFAQs. Other reports indicate it is fixed in Steam version.