Nocturne

Nocturne

Developers
	Terminal Reality
Publishers
North America	Gathering of Developers
Europe	Take-Two Interactive
Engines
	Nocturne
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 1999
Taxonomy
Series	Nocturne

Nocturne
Nocturne	1999
Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr	2000
Blair Witch Volume 2: The Legend of Coffin Rock	2000
Blair Witch Volume 3: The Elly Kedward Tale	2000

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Nocturne Editor is available for download here.

Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr is a sequel to Nocturne, set before the events in the final episode Epilogue.

General information

MobyGames page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v1 DRM

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org and GamePressure.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patch is Nocturne Patch 2 (Build 1.00.52).

Peixoto's patch

Peixoto's patch forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD\menus. Super sampling anti aliasing is also possible

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\. Delete or rename opening.avi.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SYSTEM\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\

Video

Graphic options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		In software mode resolutions up to 640x480 are available, in hardware mode up to 1280x1024. Menus remain 640x480. See dgVoodoo 2 for higher resolutions. In widescreen resolutions the game is stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use dgVoodoo 2. In DirectX tab under Behavior disable Application controlled windows/fullscreen state and Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state, then in game press Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Force using dgVoodoo 2.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Use dgVoodoo 2 to force MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default in hardware mode, but only during gameplay. Force using dgVoodoo 2 to enable it in the menus too.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Framerate is uncapped in software mode, but causes clothes physics to speed up.

Input

Control options menu.

Key configuration menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Only some secondary menus accept mouse input.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Audio

Sound options menu.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, dialogue and music.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 with Creative ALchemy
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX1
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Local retail only, download.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Slow and unresponsive menus

Some transitions between menu screens are very slow and sometimes it can take several seconds for the menus to respond to input.^{[citation needed]}

Set affinity to 1 CPU core
Go to <path-to-game>. Create .txt file Copy/paste the following lines: cd /d %~dp0 start /affinity 1 nocturne.exe Save the file and set it's definition to .bat Run it to start the game This will make the game running on single core, which will slightly help with menu transitions during the game, although it won't affect main menu as much

Issues fixed

Game crashes on launch

Use dgVoodoo 2

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and unpack it. Copy all the files from the MS folder. Paste the files into the game installation folder. Optional: Run dgVoodooCpl.exe and configure the settings to you liking. Game uses DirectX in hardware mode, so the above mentioned improvements should be activated in the DirectX tab. Bilinear blit stretch makes the pre-rendered backgrounds less pixelated on higher resolutions. It's recommended to change the resolution in dgvoodoo 2, and change the resolution in the game if you want UI in different size, the higher the resolution, the smaller the HUD is. Resolutions lower than 640x480 will reduce the quality of pre-rendered backgrounds.

System RAM and swap disk space warning

When launching the game two warning messages are displayed about 0.0MB of system RAM and 0.0MB of free swap disk space. These can be ignored or the game can be run in Windows 98 compatibility mode to avoid these messages from appearing.

Turning on Windows 98 compatibility mode
Right click the game shortcut or nocturne.exe. Click Properties, then open the Compatibility tab. Under Compatibility mode check Run this program in compatibility mode for and select Windows 98/Windows ME. Click Apply and OK. Notes This will disable any enhancements set in dgVoodoo 2.

Game crashes after loading a level

After loading a level the game crashes with a DirectX 6 3D driver error: D3DERR_ELIFINO: An unknown D3D error occured.

Install the latest patch

Intro video not being rendered

When starting the game the intro video plays, but only sound can be heard, the video itself is not rendered. This happens because of the Indeo codec which is not included in the newest versions of Windows.

Install the missing Indeo codec

Download an old freeware version of the Ligos Indeo codec from here. Run the setup file you just downloaded and follow the instructions. The installer might hang a while when searching for Netscape-based browsers on your computer, just give it time - it can take 5-15 minutes depending on your hardware or you can select Custom setup and uncheck the last case (Indeo Video 5 Web Browser Plugin), this will install the codec faster) On Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, the Indeo video codec is integrated in the system but not registered. Open a command prompt ("Start" → "Run..." → type "cmd" or "command", click "OK") and execute the following commands : First change directory (64 bit Windows only): cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64 Register the .dll with this command : regsvr32 ir50_32.dll Now the Indeo video codec is activated and videos based on this codec will be played back. Using dgVoodoo 2 (DDraw.dll) (to fix crashes and get higher resolutions) will not render the intro video, that's because Nocturne uses GDI for the intro video instead of DirectX. Use this DDraw.dll file, it will render the intro video and you can select higher resolutions in the video options.

High frame rate issues

The physics are linked to 60 FPS, so playing at high fps can cause problems.

Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed]
See Frame rate capping.

Vsync (Enabled by default)
Set the monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5, 6, 7
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98	NT 4.0, 2000
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz AMD K6 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 400 MHz or Higher Intel Celeron, Pentium III AMD Athlon 500 Mhz or Higher
System memory (RAM)	64 MB (96 MB for 3D hardware acceleration)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible	Matrox G200/G400 ATI Rage 128 Savage3D nVIDIA TnT/TnT2 AGP Video Port required DirectX 6 compatible