Difference between revisions of "Harvester"

Latest revision as of 14:55, 30 September 2023

Harvester is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[4]
Humble Store
Steam		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[5] Not available in Germany.
ZOOM Platform		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\CONFIG.INI
Windows	<path-to-game>\HARVEST\CONFIG.INI^{[Note 1]}<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}

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
DOS	<path-to-game>\
Windows	<path-to-game>\HARVEST\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 2]}

Saves are stored in numbered files named SAVE.#, indexed by LOADSAVE.DES.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Options menu

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects/Voice, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Spanish

Issues fixed

Crashing when NPCs enter combat mode

The installation folder must not be mounted as the drive root in DOSBox; to avoid this mount a folder containing the installation folder (e.g. install the game to C:\Games\Harvest and then mount C:\Games\ as the DOSBox C: drive).

Videos not playing when in full-screen mode

Go to the Harvester DOSBox config file and change the line output=surface to output=overlay

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	6.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 DX 33 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA VLB/PCI 512 KB of VRAM

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7	7
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX compatible graphics

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Integrated with 64 MB RAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 13.04
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL accelerated card or onboard graphics

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

↑ Release: Harvester - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ News - Now Available on Steam - Harvester - last accessed on May 2023
↑ The "what did just update?" thread, page 148 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Harvester · AppID: 287020 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[gamedir-6] 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).

[DOSBox_mounted-7] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[1] Release: Harvester - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[2] News - Now Available on Steam - Harvester - last accessed on May 2023

[3] The "what did just update?" thread, page 148 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[GOG.com-4] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[5] Harvester · AppID: 287020 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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[2]

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|DigiFX Interactive}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Merit Studios}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Merit Studios|Retail}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nightdive Studios|Digital, former}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Lee Jacobson|Digital, current}}
 |engines      =
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|August 31, 1996}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|March 6, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/release_harvester Release: Harvester - GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|March 6, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/release_harvester|title=Release: Harvester - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|April 5, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/12875/ News - Now Available on Steam - Harvester]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|April 5, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/12875/|title=News - Now Available on Steam - Harvester|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
-{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|May 22, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post2956 The "what did just update?" thread, page 148 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|May 22, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_what_did_just_update_thread/post2956|title=The "what did just update?" thread, page 148 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref>}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|harvester|53}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Cinematic camera }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | FMV }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Adult, Contemporary, Dark, Detective/mystery, Horror, North America}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 |steam appid  = 287020
+|official site= https://web.archive.org/web/19970201231152/http://www.digifx.net/Harvest.htm
 |gogcom id    = 1207661373
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = harvester
+|hltb         = 16577
+|igdb         = harvester
+|lutris       = harvester
+|mobygames    = 324
 |wikipedia    = Harvester (video game)
 |winehq       =
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 42: / Line 58: @@
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | harvester | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref name="GOG.com">[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X }}
 {{Availability/row| Humble | harvester | Steam |  |  | Windows, Linux }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 287020 | Steam | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://steamdb.info/app/287020/config/ Harvester · AppID: 287020 · Steam Database]</ref> Not available in Germany. | | Windows, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 287020 | Steam | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamdb.info/app/287020/config/|title=Harvester · AppID: 287020 · Steam Database|date=9 June 2023}}</ref> Not available in Germany. | | Windows, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| ZOOM Platform | harvester | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].| | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 }}
@@ Line 48: / Line 65: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|DOS|{{p|game}}\}}
+{{Game data/config|DOS|{{p|game}}\CONFIG.INI}}
-{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\HARVEST\CONFIG.INI}}
 {{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 {{Game data/config|Linux|}}
@@ Line 58: / Line 75: @@
 {{Game data|
 {{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\}}
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\HARVEST\}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 {{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
 }}
+{{ii}} Saves are stored in numbered files named {{file|SAVE.#}}, indexed by {{file|LOADSAVE.DES}}.
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
@@ Line 107: / Line 125: @@
 |antialiasing               = n/a
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = false
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 115: / Line 136: @@
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
-|color blind                = unknown
+|ray tracing                = false
+|ray tracing notes          =
+|color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
 }}
@@ Line 129: / Line 152: @@
 |mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = false
+|invert mouse y-axis       = n/a
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
 |touchscreen notes         =
-|controller support        = unknown
+|controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
 |full controller           = unknown
@@ Line 196: / Line 219: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
-|red book cd audio        =
+|royalty free audio        = false
+|royalty free audio notes  =
+|red book cd audio        = false
 |red book cd audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 233: / Line 258: @@
 ===Videos not playing when in full-screen mode===
-Go to the Harvester dosbox config file and change the line <code>output=surface</code> to <code>output=overlay</code>
+Go to the Harvester DOSBox config file and change the line <code>output=surface</code> to <code>output=overlay</code>
 ==Other information==
@@ Line 260: / Line 285: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = true
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
-|macos arm app          =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}
@@ Line 303: / Line 331: @@
 }}
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = OS X
+|minOS    = 10.7.0
+|minCPU   = Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
+|minRAM   = 1 GB
+|minHD    = 1 GB
+|minGPU   = Integrated with 64 MB RAM
+}}
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Linux

Developers

	DigiFX Interactive
Publishers
Retail	Merit Studios
Digital, former	Nightdive Studios
Digital, current	Lee Jacobson
Release dates
DOS	August 31, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	March 6, 2014^[1]
Linux (DOSBox)	April 5, 2014^[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	May 22, 2014^[3]
Reception
Metacritic	53
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	FMV
Themes	Adult, Contemporary, Dark, Detective/mystery, Horror, North America