Difference between revisions of "Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator"

Revision as of 21:52, 1 September 2021

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.

Version differences

The GOG.com and Steam versions are pre-patched with the newest patch (1.04).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.04 updates the game to the latest version.

Other Patches

Peixoto's patch Allows nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling and has detailed instruction to correctly setup quicktime and solve issues with FMV playback

DSOAL Fixes a bug with the dialogs audio on the CD version.

The GOG version has the bug fixed. Only recommended for non-GOG version.

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>\savedata\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only; use the Timeslip patch for pillarboxed 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use the `-windowed` parameter (use Timeslip patch to fix color depth requirement).^[3]
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 60 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles		Always turned on by default. Can be hidden with a `hidetext` cheat, but re-enabling them requires restarting the game.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Not available in the GOG.com version
Polish				Local retail version only.
Russian				Fan translation, download

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Apple QuickTime	Version 4.0 required for playing cutscenes

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 200 MHz	Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB	150 MB
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive	8x CD-ROM drive

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	SteamOS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	SteamOS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	Single core	1.5 GHz, single core
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM

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-3] 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 Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com

[2] Linux port available now! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Septerra Core

[4] Higher Resolution/Windowed Mode, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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 ==Essential improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} [http://patches-scrolls.de/patch/3624/7/30575 Patch 1.04] updates the game to the latest version.
+====Other Patches====
 [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Peixoto Peixoto's patch] Allows nearest neighbor or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel-art_scaling_algorithms#xBR_family xBRz scaling]
 and has detailed instruction to correctly setup quicktime and solve issues with FMV playback
-[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1363-dsoal/ DSOAL] Fixes a bug with the dialogs audio on the CD version. GOG version has that bug fixed already
+[https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1363-dsoal/ DSOAL] Fixes a bug with the dialogs audio on the CD version.
+{{ii}} The GOG version has the bug fixed. Only recommended for non-GOG version.
-===Patches===
-{{ii}} [http://patches-scrolls.de/patch/3624/7/30575 Patch 1.04] updates the game to the latest version.
 ==Game data==

Developers

	Valkyrie Studios
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
	Monolith Productions
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 1999
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	November 15, 2013^[1]
Linux (Wine)	November 14, 2016^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	72
IGDB	40
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy, Sci-fi