Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock	2012
Legend of Grimrock 2	2014

General information

Official forum

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Via Humble Widget.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Enable console

Enabling the console^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Add the following lines to grimrock.cfg:

console=true
consoleKey = 192

This sets ~ to open the console.

The scripting reference can be found here.

You used to be able to place a handy Debugging Toolkit into the folder containing grimrock.exe and then access it in the console by typing dofile('debug.lua') (a list of commands was available within the file itself). However the dofile command is no longer available, likely to prevent arbitrary code execution from malicious mods.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Almost Human\Legend of Grimrock\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Almost Human\Legend of Grimrock\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.
4K Ultra HD		DSR only works when desktop resolution is also set to 4k, otherwise the UI will become glitched. UI doesn't scale.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Set Display Mode to Borderless in Settings.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Merged into texture filtering options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped to monitor refresh when Vsync is enabled.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Enable Tablet Mode in Settings for on-screen controls.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music/ambient and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Fan translation, download. Alternate link.
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Legend of Grimrock.
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Game freezes occasionally

Periodical freezing, overheating^[1]
Enabling Vsync may fix some issues, such as periodic freezing. This is because the game does not have a frame rate limiter, therefore it will tax the graphics card very heavily. Vsync forces a frame rate cap.

Screen appears black / mostly black

Black screen with torches visible^[2]
A known issue regarding certain graphics card drivers. Resetting the graphics driver to default values from the control panel can fix this issue. This issue, at least on AMD cards, seems to be caused by forcing anti-aliasing via the control panel. Disabling it should fix the issue. Morphological Filtering (MLAA) seems functional as an alternative, but it can make small text and objects blurry.

Graphics are blurry

Blurry textures and menu items are almost always caused by the Mipmap Detail Level in the AMD VISION Engine Control Center.

Blurry graphics^[3]
Open the AMD VISION Engine Control Center. Set Mipmap Detail Level to 'Quality'. Disable Catalyst AI. Set everything else to Applocation Controlled/off.

Mouse cursor isn't visible

Mouse cursor missing^[4]
Disabling mouse pointer trails fixes this issue.

D3DError

D3DError - D3DXCompileShader failed^[5]

Error message: D3DError - D3DXCompileShader failed: ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT

A solution involves modifying a new DirectX installer.

Download the latest DXSsetup.exe from Microsoft.

Extract the DXSetup.exe to a folder.

Enter these subfolders:

32 bit folder - Windows\SysWOW64
64 bit folder - Windows\System32

Delete these files:

D3DCompiler_43.dll
D3DX9_43.dll
d3dx11_43.dll

After doing this, rerun the DXSetup.exe from the original downloaded archive above.

Running the game on integrated graphics

Running on integrated graphics^[6]
This is possible using a utility called Swiftshader, which offloads shader processing onto the CPU. However, this comes at a heavy performance price.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2 GHz Intel or 2.8 GHz AMD	Quad Core 2.66 GHz Intel or 3.2 GHz AMD
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7600 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3 support	ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800

Requires a resolution of at least 1280x720 or 1024x768.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible	ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800 512 MB of VRAM

Requires a resolution of at least 1280x720 or 1024x768.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.5
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible Shader model 3 support

Requires a resolution of at least 1280x720 or 1024x768.

References

[1] Game periodically freezes, black screens, then continues - Legend of Grimrock Forums

[2] Everything's pitch black except for torch lights - Legend of Grimrock Forums

[3] Menu looks blurry/ Graphics are not as sharp - Legend of Grimrock Forums

[4] Missing Mouse Cursor Arrow - Legend of Grimrock Forums

[5] D3DError - D3DXCompileShader failed - Legend of Grimrock Forums

[6] Report: Working on Intel Graphics (sort of) - Legend of Grimrock Forums

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Developers

	Almost Human
Linux	Edward Rudd
Release dates
Windows	April 11, 2012
macOS (OS X)	December 19, 2012
Linux	December 19, 2012
Reception
Metacritic	82
Taxonomy
Series	Legend of Grimrock