Scarface: The World Is Yours

Scarface: The World Is Yours

Developers
	Radical Entertainment
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Digital	EC Digital
Engines
	Pure3D
Release dates
Windows	July 25, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	73
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, South America

Scarface: The World Is Yours is a singleplayer third-person action, open world and shooter game.

The PC port is missing the effects that cause windshields on cars to look broken on the console versions; the windshield is now either fully intact or totally destroyed. Blood effects on clothing and skin from the PlayStation 2 version is also missing., this can be fixed by using GangstaPatch.

Graphics are corrupted on modern versions of Windows. See Corrupted graphics on modern systems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM .
Epic Games Store (upcoming)
Official website (unavailable)
Steam (upcoming)

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches

Skip intro videos

Both fixes allow to skip all intro videos, except for the short legal screen.

Use Scarface intro skip[citation needed]

Use Scarface Fusion Fix
SkipIntro value is set standardly to 1 in <path-to-game>\Scarface.FusionFix.ini to allow to skip intro videos by default.

Use GangstaPatch
You need to set SkipMovies value to 1 in <path-to-game>\GangstaPatch.ini to skip intro videos.

SilentPatch

Works with scarface.exe 1.0.0.1 and 1.0.0.2 versions of the game

Fixes some corrupted graphics on moderns system, while improving performance significantly.

Can fix very slow in-game mouse-movement.

Allows all resolutions to be selected.

It's required to delete configuration files in order for the game to launch with this fix, make sure that the game didn't created a secondary configuration files location HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface.^{[citation needed]}

Install SilentPatch
Download SilentPatch. Extract the archive to <path-to-game> and replace files when prompted to. Start the game.

Scarface Fusion Fix

Fixes gamepad support and very slow in-game mouse-movement, while adding several optional features like windowed mode, modern gamepad control scheme, FPS limit and skippable intro videos.

Install Fusion Fix

Install SilentPatch (includes ASI Loader this mod depends on). Download and extract the Scarface Fusion Fix archive to <path-to-game>. d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini are optional as they are part of a d3d9 wrapper, which only allows to set an FPS limit, show performance metrics and allow for windowed and borderless windowed modes in d3d9.ini. All other files are responsible for the other fixes and should always be extracted.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGames\Scarface\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4113570/pfx/

SilentPatch and GangstaPatch relocate the settings to <path-to-game>\settings.ini.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4113570/pfx/

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution for unlisted resolutions.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See FOV.
Windowed		Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default. Double buffered. Can be forced off through the graphics card. control panel.
60 FPS		Recommended.
120+ FPS		By default it is locked at 60hz/60fps. 120 FPS breaks the game's physics (i.e. Tony's movement speed).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Widescreen resolution

Use SilentPatch to introduce widescreen resolution support
Install SilentPatch. Start the game and most common resolutions should be available now in the in-game graphics menu. Notes In case of boot issues or desired resolution not being available in-game, set custom resolution in <path-to-game>\settings.ini instead by adjusting the ScreenHeight and ScreenHeight (create these values if they don't exist yet) to the desired resolution.

FOV

Set FOV through SilentPatch
Install SilentPatch. Start the game once for the settings file to be created. Set custom FOV in <path-to-game>\settings.ini by adjusting the FOV value (create the value if it does not exist yet) to the desired FOV value.

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only one layout. See Remapping for workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. Some workarounds are available.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

XInput-compatible controllers

XInput triggers can't be assigned to actions by default.

Use XInput to DInput translator
Install SilentPatch. Download dinput8.dll from here, and copy the file to the installation folder. Once in game, turn off Vibration to avoid game crashes.

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Dialogue
Surround sound		5.1. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only. link #1
French
German
Italian
Polish				Only available in Polish retail copy.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation is available from Nexus Mods.
Russian				Only available in Russian retail copy.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Red box on the startup screen, not finding saved game profile

This can occur on modern systems sporadically even with all the patches and fixes installed.

Setting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Windows Compatibility Mode for <path-to-game>\scarface.exe[dubious – discuss]

Issues fixed

Corrupted graphics on modern systems

Use SilentPatch

Use GangstaPatch

Use Modern Windows Fix

Low frame rate

Use SilentPatch

Use GangstaPatch

Very slow in-game mouse-movement

Negative mouse acceleration is forced in-game and can't be disabled. It gets significantly worse the higher your mouse polling rate is high or DPI is low. It can cause very slow mouse-movement in-game, making it hard to accurately aim with your weapon.

Use SilentPatch and set camera speed multiplier
Install SilentPatch. Set CameraSpeedMultiplier value (create this value if they don't exist yet) in <path-to-game>\settings.ini to the desired float value..

Use GangstaPatch

Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Can possibly make mouse movement too fast with no way to adjust it.

Workaround: Lower the mouse's polling rate through hardware or software options to a lower value like 125hz
Option not available for all mice.

Workaround: Set mouse DPI very high to a value like 12000 through hardware or software options
Option not available for all mice.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

The game defaults to a 60 Hz refresh rate. Enforcing a 60 FPS cap is still recommended.

Use GangstaPatch

Override refresh rate set by game
Download and extract dgVoodoo 2. Copy D3D9.dll from the MS\x86 folder to <path-to-game>. Run dgVoodoo 2, and add the game folder to the list. Enable the Enumerate refresh rates option. Go to the DirectX tab, and set the desired resolution (e.g. 1920x1080, 119Hz). (Optional) Disable the dgVoodoo Watermark option to prevent the dgVoodoo 2 logo from showing on game launch. Click OK to apply changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Vorbis
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.8d

Mods

Xbox Rain Droplets

Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX for other games.

GangstaPatch

Includes all of the fixes from SilentPatch and Fusion Fix.

Better support for Xbox controller mapping and optional support for Xbox, Playstation and Steam Deck controller prompts.

Restores the ability to walk and dance for keyboard and improves mouse input support.

Restores multiple PS2 effects
(broken windshield effect, dynamic blood on Tony's and NPC clothing and skin and adjusted vehicle shininess).

Implements multiple audio and visual fixes not found in SilentPatch and Fusion Fix.

Adds proper handling of a process and thread affinity, as well as multiple performance improvements.

Makes the game's settings portable.

Adds an ability to fly helicopters.

Adds multilingual support to any release of the game (requires specific game files to function).

It is a very new mod and may have some bugs.

It is only compatible with version 1.0.0.2 of the game.

Director's Cuts

Overhauls the gameplay, along with restoring some cut content.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000		XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+		Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3600+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2.9 GB		5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9200 Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM