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Not to be confused with Lume.
Key points
- Can be run under ScummVM.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- A demo is available of the EGA version.
- Digital versions are preconfigured with ScummVM.
- Digital versions only include the VGA (CD) version, which has scenes cut, censors some graphics, is missing the overture from the MT-32 and FM Towns soundtracks, and removes dynamic music in favor of fully voiced Redbook audio. They do not include the audio drama (which was included as a cassette tape with the EGA version and as an extra CD with the VGA version),[2] nor do they include the EGA version (which is the author's preferred version[Note 1]).
Essential improvements
Official patches
- The MT-32 Upgrade is required for Roland MT-32 playback in the EGA (floppy) version (otherwise Ad-Lib is used).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| DOS |
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| Windows |
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| Mac OS (Classic) |
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| macOS (OS X) |
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| Linux |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32340/pfx/[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 |
|
| Windows |
%APPDATA%\LucasArts\Loom\ |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
|
| macOS (OS X) |
~/Documents/ |
| Linux |
|
| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32340/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Save files made with the MT-32 patch are not compatible with systems that do not have the patch, and vice versa.
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
|
F6 toggles music in the EGA version. ScummVM can be used to control the volume. |
| Surround sound |
|
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| Subtitles |
|
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| Closed captions |
|
|
| Mute on focus lost |
|
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
| Red Book CD audio |
|
CD-ROM VGA release only; see ScummVM readme for how to use with ScummVM. EGA floppy release uses MIDI instead. |
| General MIDI audio |
|
EGA version only, Use ScummVM and Roland patch. |
- The EGA version supports the Roland MT-32 for music, see Official patches.
Localizations
Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| DOS video modes |
CGA, Tandy, EGA, MCGA, VGA |
256-color MCGA and VGA modes are only supported in the VGA version. The EGA version supports up to 16 colors. |
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows | | |
|
|
Use ScummVM (included with GOG.com and Steam rereleases). 64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM. |
| macOS (OS X) | | | |
|
Use ScummVM (included with GOG.com and Steam rereleases).[citation needed] |
| Linux | | | |
|
Use ScummVM (included with GOG.com rerelease).[citation needed] |
| Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
|
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System requirements
| DOS | Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
| DOS |
|
Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
1.0 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel 8088 |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 KB
640 KB for MT-32 music |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
|
| Video card (GPU) |
CGA |
- The VGA version requires DOS 3.1, Intel 80286 CPU and 640 KB RAM.
| Mac OS |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
6.0.3 |
6.0.7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Motorola 68000 | |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
| |
| Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.0 GHz
| 1.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
256 MB |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
325 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
| macOS (OS X) |
|
Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
10.7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
325 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
| Linux |
|
Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
Linux Mint 17, Ubuntu 14.04 |
| Processor (CPU) |
2.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
325 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM |
- For Linux, the installer is only available in the
.deb format[7]
Notes
- ↑ While the 256-color FM Towns version (also compatible with ScummVM) contains the full, unabridged script as well as Redbook audio, Brian Moriarty considers the art direction to be inconsistent due to the conversion having been done by 5 different artists.
Additionally, the FM Towns version has the censored graphics of the VGA version and an an audio track removed compared to the EGA DOS release (but these were not cited as reasons for his preference).[3][4][5][6]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32340/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32340) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
