Day of the Tentacle Remastered

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Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion	1988
Day of the Tentacle	1993
Maniac Mansion Deluxe (unofficial)	2004
Maniac Mansion Mania (unofficial)	2005
Day of the Tentacle Remastered	2016

Key points

Includes a "classic" mode which faithfully recreates the original Day of the Tentacle. It can be extracted to run in ScummVM.

Includes the original Maniac Mansion, which can be played in-game (by accessing Weird Ed Edison's computer) or in ScummVM (by extracting the Maniac folder from the data file using DoubleFine Explorer).

General information

Double Fine Action Forums

The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata\settings.ini^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Doublefine\DayOfTheTentacle\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/dott/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savedata\^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Doublefine\DayOfTheTentacle\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/com.doublefine.dottosx/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/dott/savedata/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Run classic mode in ScummVM

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Use DoubleFine Explorer^[1]

Create a new folder (It doesn't matter what it is named, but this guide will henceforth refer to that folder as DOTT).
Inside the new DOTT folder, create an additional folder named MANIAC.
If using the higher-quality voices and sound effects from the remaster, download DOTT reMONSTERed and extract it to its own folder.
Open <path-to-game>\tenta.cle with DoubleFine Explorer.
Extract tentacle.000, tentacle.001 to the DOTT folder.
If using the original version's voices and sound effects, extract monster.sou to the DOTT folder.
If using the remaster's voices and sound effects, extract iMUSEClient_SFX.fsb and iMUSEClient_VO.fsb to the same folder as DOTT reMONSTERed.
Extract the entire contents of the maniac subdirectory to the MANIAC folder.
Close DoubleFine Explorer.
If using the remaster's voices and sound effects, run remonster.exe and copy the newly created monster.so3 to the DOTT folder.
Launch ScummVM and add the DOTT folder as a new game.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Plays at desktop resolution. 16:9 aspect only (4:3 when using verb bar), other resolutions are anamorphic.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio settings (continued).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects and Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Old-Games.RU»
Spanish

Issues fixed

Audio clipping/crackling/stuttering on Windows 10

Setting the game to Windows 8 compatibility mode may alleviate some of the audio issues.

Set Windows 8 Compatibility mode^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>` To set the compatibility mode, right click `Dott.exe`, select Properties. Go to the compatibility tab, select "Windows 8" from the drop down list.

Use the `--DisableFMODDSP` parameter^[2]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			^[3]
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 1.7 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7	10.11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo	Intel Core i3/i5/i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850 1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 1.7 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 4870 Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6850

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).

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[2] How to Extract the original DOTT and Maniac Mansion :: Day of the Tentacle Remastered General Discussions

[knowledgebase-3] 2.0 ^2.1 [DOTT] [PC] Audio stuttering/crackling – Double Fine Action Support

[4] DoubleFine updates remasters - Gives them away for free! | The International House of Mojo

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Developers

	Double Fine Productions
Linux	Josh Bush
Engines
	SCUMM
Release dates
Windows	March 21, 2016
macOS (OS X)	March 21, 2016
Linux	July 11, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Comedy, North America
Series	Maniac Mansion