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Revision as of 07:29, 14 September 2021

ObsCure
ObsCure cover
Developers
Hydravision Entertainment
Publishers
DreamCatcher Interactive
MC2-Microïds
Steam Mighty Rocket Studio
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows October 1, 2004
ObsCure on MobyGames
ObsCure on Wikipedia
ObsCure
ObsCure 2004
ObsCure II 2007

Key points

Steam release is an updated version featuring full XInput controller support and compatibility fixes for modern machines.
Doesn't come with any video settings besides resolution.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 3.3.36.01 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\tm_input.ipt[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\Save\options.sav[Note 2]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\MC2\Obscure\[Note 3]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254460/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254460/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher.
Launcher.
Settings.
Settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Steam version is pillarboxed;[3] other versions are Vert-. Use this mod to fix.
Multi-monitor
Use this mod.
Ultra-widescreen
Use this mod.
4K Ultra HD
Use this mod.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Camera issues introduced at very high frame rates.Use (d3d8to9 on Windows10) and set monitor on 60hz to fix.

Windowed

Set with D3D8 Wrapper[citation needed]
  1. Download D3D8 Wrapper.
  2. Extract to <path-to-game>.
  3. Edit d3d8.ini.
  4. Set ForceWindowedMode to 1.

Input

Controller support

In the retail and GOG.com versions, all controller buttons must be assigned manually. Also requires a fix for XInput controllers.
Fix button assignment[citation needed]
  1. Download and run XInput Plus.
  2. Set the Target Program to Obscure.exe.
  3. Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output.
  4. Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12
  5. Assign DPAD to Button 13-16
  6. Click on Customize and change the following:
    1. Assign Right Stick-X to Slider1
    2. Assign Right Stick-Y to Slider2
  7. Click Apply, this will install DLL files in the installation folder.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Controller required.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Vsync option not working on Windows10

Use d3d8to9
  1. Download d3d8to9.
  2. Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory.

Camera issues at very high frame rates

This is due to the Camera movement being tied to FPS .The game uses a vsync (Enable by default) to limit itself but it does not work in windows 10 because windows 10 has broken vsync in Directx 8.
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed]
Use d3d8to9[citation needed]
  1. Download d3d8to9 .
  2. Copy D3D8.DLL to the game install directory.
  3. Set monitor on 60hz

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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).
  3. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References