Difference between revisions of "Post Mortem"

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Still Life
Post Mortem	2002
Still Life	2005
Still Life 2	2009

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		English copies use SafeDisc V2 DRM^{[Note 1]}. French copies use LaserLock DRM.
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Steam

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

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Create a dummy video file^[3]

Go to <path-to-game>\Video\
Backup intro_Microids.par file.
Create a new text file.
Rename the file to intro_Microids.par.
Start the game.

Notes

Deleting video files instead of creating empty ones will cause a CTD.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Post_Mortem Saves\ <path-to-game>\Post_Mortem Saves\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46550/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Post_Mortem Saves\ <path-to-game>\Post_Mortem Saves\^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46550/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Create a .ini file^[4]

Create a file named player.ini in the installation folder with the following content:
```
800 600 16 0 BaseCMO.cmo
```
Save the file.
Start the game.

Notes

In order to disable windowed mode just delete the .ini file or change 0 to 1.

Issues fixed

3D Engine Error

3D engine initialization failed error or a 3D accelerator not found error (commonly found in Windows 8 and later).

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Download dgVoodoo2.
Copy the files from the MS folder to the installation folder.
Optionally, use dgVoodooSetup.exe to disable the dgVoodoo2 watermark and force higher antialiasing options instead of using the in-game option.

Notes

If the game runs in a window at the top left area of the desktop after using dgVoodoo2, use Alt+↵ Enter to toggle to fullscreen.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	470 MB	720 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/46550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Verified by User:JPulowski on 2017-30-05
↑ How to play this game in windows mode? :: Post Mortem General Discussions:

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-5] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/46550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] Verified by User:JPulowski on 2017-30-05

[7] How to play this game in windows mode? :: Post Mortem General Discussions:

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Developers

	Microïds
Publishers
	The Adventure Company
	Anuman Interactive
	DreamCatcher Interactive
Steam	Meridian4
Engines
	Virtools
Release dates
Windows	November 1, 2002