Difference between revisions of "Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya"

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Key points

An older game that has various issues running on newer operating systems such as Windows 7/8.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam		Does not require Steam to be running once installed
ZOOM Platform

Russian Steam version seems to contain remnants of some sort of DRM in files mrazik_dir.res, mrazik_vdir.res, and mrazik_cd1_an.res. They do not seem to be active.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Centauri\Mrazik
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289320/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Game options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only runs at 640*480 resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press `Alt`+`↵ Enter` to switch between full screen and windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Always borderless when windowed, but only displays at 640*480
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

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		Has separate settings for music, sound, and voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Sounds will be muted while continuing to play in the background
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian

Issues unresolved

Game crashes when trying to load a save that was created during a dialog

The game may crash with the error "GAME: Invalid talk node ID."

Don't save during a dialog.

Issues fixed

Game crashes when attempting to load or save

The error message is "CTRL: FindFirstFileEx failed. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

The game assumes maximum Windows path length and only allocates a buffer that is just big enough.

A typical Steam installation of the game has a path length that just exceeds this limit.

Choose a shorter path to install the game to^{[citation needed]}
See Moving Steam Games To Another Drive. For example the path `C:\MyGames` is shorter than `C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam`.

Game crashes when playing cutscene video

The error message is "CPSE: Stream open file failed."

Windows 7 and later do not have the Indeo video codecs required to play certain cutscene videos installed. The files, though, do exist on disk.

Manually register ir50_32.dll^[1]

Start Command Prompt as an Administrator.
Run the command regsvr32 "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\ir50_32.dll". If you have 32-bit Windows, replace SysWOW64 with System32.
Click OK on the message box that comes up.

Notes

There appears to be certain security issues with the codec. Unregister the codec when you are done with the game, with the command regsvr32 /u "%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\ir50_32.dll". Don't mind the runtime error that may come up.

Poor performance and crashes when alt-tabbing

Use cnc-ddraw^[2]

Download latest cnc-ddraw release from GitHub repository.
Extract the archive and put ddraw.dll and ddraw.ini to <path-to-game>.

Notes

Linux users using Proton need to override DLL with environment variable by adding WINEDLLOVERRIDES=ddraw=n %command% to launch options.

Can't save or load saves on Linux/Steam Deck

Add `PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%` to launch options^[3]
Right click on the game in your Steam library and choose Properties. Go to General tab and add `PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%` to launch options.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166	Intel Pentium II 300
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	210 MB	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM	4 MB of VRAM

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>/289320/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (289320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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

↑ Indeo 5.x problem with Vista
↑ Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya garbled rendering
↑ ^{[citation needed]}

[Proton_path_note-1] 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>/289320/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (289320) 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>/289320/.

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

[5] The app ID (289320) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[gamedir-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).

[3] Indeo 5.x problem with Vista

[4] Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya garbled rendering

[5] {[citation needed]}

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

[2]

[3]

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 |vsync                      = unknown
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 |mute on focus lost notes = Sounds will be muted while continuing to play in the background
 |eax support              = false
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
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 '''Notes'''
 {{ii}} There appears to be certain security issues with the codec. Unregister the codec when you are done with the game, with the command <code>regsvr32 /u "{{p|windir}}\SysWOW64\ir50_32.dll"</code>. Don't mind the runtime error that may come up.
+}}
+===Poor performance and crashes when alt-tabbing===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw cnc-ddraw]|ref=<ref>[https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/issues/177 Fairy Tale About Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya garbled rendering]</ref>|fix=
+# Download latest [https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases cnc-ddraw] release from GitHub repository.
+# Extract the archive and put <code>ddraw.dll</code> and <code>ddraw.ini</code> to {{code|{{P|game}}}}.
+'''Notes'''
+{{ii}} Linux users using Proton need to override DLL with environment variable by adding <code><nowiki>WINEDLLOVERRIDES=ddraw=n %command%</nowiki></code> to launch options.
+}}
+===Can't save or load saves on Linux/Steam Deck===
+{{Fixbox|description=Add <code><nowiki>PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%</nowiki></code> to launch options|ref=<ref>{{cn}}</ref>|fix=
+# Right click on the game in your Steam library and choose Properties.
+# Go to General tab and add <code><nowiki>PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%</nowiki></code> to launch options.
 }}
@@ Line 307: / Line 329: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = unknown
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Bohemia Interactive
Publishers
Original	1C Company
Current	Bohemia Interactive
Engines
	CPAL2
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2000