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Difference between revisions of "Heart of Darkness"

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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|game}}\SETUP.CFG}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|game}}\SETUP.CFG}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
|vsync                      = unknown
+
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = false
 
|60 fps                    = false
|60 fps notes              = Menu capped 30fps.Gameplay capped 20fps
+
|60 fps notes              = 12 fps cap
 
|120 fps                    = false
 
|120 fps                    = false
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
|hdr                        = unknown
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|hdr                        = false
 
|hdr notes                  =  
 
|hdr notes                  =  
|color blind                = unknown
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|color blind                = false
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
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==Input settings==
 
==Input settings==
 
{{Input settings
 
{{Input settings
|key remap                = false
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|key remap                = limited
|key remap notes          =  
+
|key remap notes          = Movement is locked to arrow keys.
|acceleration option      = unknown
+
|acceleration option      = false
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
+
|mouse sensitivity        = false
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse menu                = false
 
|mouse menu                = false
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
+
|invert mouse y-axis      = false
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen              = false
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|controller support        = true
 
|controller support        = true
 
|controller support notes  = Only DirectInput
 
|controller support notes  = Only DirectInput
|full controller          = unknown
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|full controller          = false
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
|controller remap          = unknown
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|controller remap          = limited
|controller remap notes    =  
+
|controller remap notes    = Movement is locked to left stick.
|controller sensitivity    = unknown
+
|controller sensitivity    = false
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
 
|controller sensitivity notes=  
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
+
|invert controller y-axis  = false
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
 
|xinput controllers        = unknown
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|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts      = unknown
 
|other button prompts notes=  
 
|other button prompts notes=  
|controller hotplug        = unknown
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|controller hotplug        = false
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
 
|controller hotplug notes  =  
|haptic feedback          = unknown
+
|haptic feedback          = false
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
 
|haptic feedback notes    =  
|simultaneous input        = unknown
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|simultaneous input        = true
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
 
|simultaneous input notes  =  
 
|steam input api          = unknown
 
|steam input api          = unknown
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==Audio settings==
 
==Audio settings==
 
{{Audio settings
 
{{Audio settings
|separate volume          = unknown
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
|surround sound          = unknown
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|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = unknown
+
|subtitles                = false
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
|closed captions          = unknown
+
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions notes    =  
 
|closed captions notes    =  
|mute on focus lost      = unknown
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|mute on focus lost      = true
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
|direct3d versions      = 6
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|direct3d versions      =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
|directdraw versions    =  
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|directdraw versions    = 5
 
|directdraw notes      =  
 
|directdraw notes      =  
 
|opengl versions        =  
 
|opengl versions        =  
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|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
 
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|macos 32-bit app      =  
 
|macos 32-bit app      =  

Revision as of 13:49, 2 February 2021

Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness cover
Developers
Amazing Studios
Publishers
Europe Ocean Software
North America Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows 1998
Heart of Darkness on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM disc check
Windows

Essential improvements

Peixoto's patch

Nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling
Removes the black frame around the game screen
Fixes some occasional color glitches that happen when the game updates the palette

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SETUP.CFG[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SETUP.CFG[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Game no launch

Use Hode patch[citation needed]


Wrong colors

Use Peixoto's patch[citation needed]
Check rainbow color fixes[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows[1]
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT 4.0 SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 DX2 66 MHz
Intel Pentium 75 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB (24 MB on NT 4.0)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 84 MB
Video card (GPU) PCI or VLB SVGA video card
1 MB of VRAM

Notes

  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).

References

  1. Verified by User:Jofrie on 2018-01-21
    System requirements taken from the official Heart of Darkness manual