Planescape: Torment

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This page is for the original release. For the remastered edition, see Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition.

Planescape: Torment
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Planescape: Torment	1999
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition	2017

General information

Torment Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection is DRM-free
GOG.com		Bundled with Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Power Action Leprechaun Annah	St. Patrick's Day skin for Annah.
Easter Egg Morte	Easter skin for Morte. Includes new voice lines.

Essential improvements

Patches

The Official 1.1 patch is essential. GOG and 2 CD disc copies will already have this installed.

Peixoto's patch

Allows nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling and fixes poor performance

Mods

There are several recommended mods containing bug fixes, widescreen support, restoration of cut content content and tweaks to some of the more annoying aspects of the game (such as the hit-points per level being constant instead of completely random). It is recommended that you follow this guide, as the mods require that you install them in a certain order. GOG.com version users can skip to step 3a.

Skip intro videos

Instructions^[3]

Go to <path-to-game>\data\
Find, delete or rename the following file (backup first if necessary):

genmovB.bif

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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
Windows	<path-to-game>\save^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Widescreen Mod (mirror)
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use Widescreen Mod (mirror)
4K Ultra HD		Use Widescreen Mod (mirror). Game elements will be too small or zoomed out at very high resolutions, even with UI Mod.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	2D game.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS	30 FPS default cap (40 for GOG.com). See 60 FPS.
120+ FPS	Higher frame rates will make the game too fast.

Windowed

Enable windowed^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open torment.ini.
Find Full Screen=1 and change it to Full Screen=0.

Notes

Cutscenes will not play if desktop colour depth is not 16-bit.

Emulate windowed with DxWnd^{[citation needed]}
Add Torment.exe to list of DxWnd applications, and open its properties. Under Main tab, set window size to W=640 H=480 (integer multiples allowed), and check "Terminate on window close". (Optional) Under the Mouse tab, check "Keep cursor within window". Under DirectX tab, Enable "Compensate Flip Emulation".

60 FPS

Set frame rate^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open torment.ini.
Find Maximum Frame Rate and change the value to 60.

Notes

Affects game speed.^[4]

Input

Keyboard settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, Sound FX, Voice, Music and Movie.
Surround sound		2D game.
Subtitles		Most dialogues are text-based. Non-dialogue speech may be offscreen, or may be audio only (e.g. Morte saying we're being watched and to look casual.)
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian				Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.
Polish
Russian				1) Fan translation by ArcaneCost. 2) Unofficial translation by «Fargus Multimedia» attached as bonus to GOG.com version.
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Slowdowns and stuttering

Install unofficial patch^{[citation needed]}
Install unofficial patch (DDraw Fix). If the patch causes cursor trails to appear, open `setup-pst-drawfix.tp2` with a text editor and delete the following lines: PATCH_IF( offset != (0 - 1) ) BEGIN WRITE_BYTE ( offset + 26 ) 0x02 END <br/>ELSE BEGIN PATCH_WARN "Cursor Trail Fix Failed: patch location not found" END Reinstall the patch.

Spell effects cause artifacting and performance issues

Disable hardware acceleration^{[citation needed]}
Go into the control panel in Windows. Switch off hardware acceleration for the duration of your playing time. If the option is greyed out, download the DirectX SDK, and manually switch it off (under DirectDraw).^{[citation needed]} Remember to switch it back on after you are done playing.

Characters are walking backwards

Toggle software mirroring^{[citation needed]}
Go into the video options. Toggle "Software Mirroring".

Assertion Failed on Startup

There are startup checks that try to ensure the game can run. Usually they involve setting up the initial game.

Enable windowed mode^[5]
Applies to "F:\Torment\Source\chitin\ChVideo.cpp at line number 4322", or no valid video modes supported. See Windowed

Modify configuration file^[6]
Applies to "F:\Torment\Source\chitin\ChDimm.cpp at line number 787" Edit <path-to-game>\torment.ini and change the paths in the first section to match the installation directory.

Change application compatibility settings^{[citation needed]}
Go to game folder, right click torment.exe and open properties. Under compatability, run in xp mode.

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium-200MMX	Intel Pentium II 266
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB

Notes

↑ ^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

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Mac versions, new language packs for D&D games and others - GOG.com

[2] Linux Update: We've reached the 100-title mark - GOG.com

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[5] Too fast, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[6] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/planescape_torment/please_help_cant_run_the_game

[7] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/planescape_torment/pst_under_linux_assertion_787_error

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Developers

	Black Isle Studios
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Japan	Sega
Engines
	Infinity
Release dates
Windows	December 12, 1999
macOS (OS X)	April 18, 2014^[1]
Linux	October 14, 2014^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	91
IGDB	70
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Planescape: Torment