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The Mystery of the Mummy	2002
Secret of the Silver Earring	2004
The Awakened	2006
Nemesis	2007
The Mystery of the Persian Carpet	2008
The Awakened - Remastered	2008
Versus Jack the Ripper	2009
Nemesis - Remastered	2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles	2010
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes	2012
Crimes & Punishments	2014
The Devil's Daughter	2016
Chapter One	2021
The Awakened (2023)	2023

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Sherlock Holmes series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

Version Differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and season pass.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Detective Pack	Free
Victorian Starter Pack
Beyond a Joke
Saints and Sinners
Mycroft's Pride
Season Pass	Includes all four paid DLCs.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\SH9\Content\Movies\` Delete or rename `Start_video_Frog.mp4` and `UE4_Logo.mp4`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\SH9\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini %LOCALAPPDATA%\SH9\Saved\SaveGames\Settings.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1137300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\SH9\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1137300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Gameplay settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Static aspect 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use SHCO-WSF, blackbars on cutscenes will still be present. Alternatively use RoseTheFlower's solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Unreal Engine 4: Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Low, Medium, High, Epic
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 1.0 Supported since patch 1.0.4 [1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompts may rapidly switch.

Keyboard and mouse bindings
XInput controller scheme - Investigation
XInput control scheme - Combat

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Sound Effects, Music, Voices, Ambient, Interface
Surround sound		7.1 Surround^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Ogg Vorbis

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6600 AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	28 GB	Solid-state drive
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.0.0^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1137300/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1137300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-27
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-27
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.0.0^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1137300/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1137300) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1137300/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (1137300) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[enginebuild-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-27

[4] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-27
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.

[Note 1]

[1]

[Note 2]

[2]

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 |cover        = Sherlock Holmes Chapter One cover.jpg
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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|November 16, 2021}}
 |reception    =
-{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|sherlock-holmes-chapter-one|79}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|sherlock-holmes-chapter-one|78}}
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|12334/sherlock-holmes-chapter-one|75}}
-{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|sherlock-holmes-chapter-one|81}}
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|sherlock-holmes-chapter-one|78}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | DLC }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Detective/mystery }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Detective/mystery, Europe, Victorian }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Sherlock Holmes }}
 |steam appid  = 1137300
-|steam appid side =
+|steam appid side = 1581901, 1581931, 1581934, 1581936, 1581937, 1581938, 1581939
 |gogcom id    = 1505341785
-|gogcom id side =
+|gogcom id side = 1223626251, 1724875775, 1761741962, 1184868315, 2032137685, 1187253124, 1337456461
-|official site= http://frogwares.com/
+|official site= https://sherlockholmes.one/
-|hltb         =
+|hltb         = 82678
-|igdb         = <!-- Only needs to be set if there is no IGDB reception row -->
 |mobygames    = sherlock-holmes-chapter-one
 |strategywiki =
@@ Line 38: / Line 36: @@
 |winehq       =
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 50: / Line 56: @@
 {{Availability/row| GOG.com | sherlock_holmes_chapter_one | DRM-free | {{store link|GOG.com|sherlock_holmes_chapter_one_deluxe_edition|Deluxe Edition}} also available. |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 1137300 | Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |  | Windows }}
+}}
+===Version Differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Deluxe Edition''' includes the base game and season pass.
+==Monetization==
+{{DLC|
+{{DLC/row| Detective Pack | Free | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Victorian Starter Pack |  | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Beyond a Joke |  | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Saints and Sinners |  | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Mycroft's Pride |  | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Season Pass | Includes all four paid DLCs. | Windows }}
+}}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro videos===
+{{Fixbox|description=Delete or rename video files|ref=<ref name="enginebuild"/>|fix=
+# Go to <code>{{P|game}}\SH9\Content\Movies\</code>
+# Delete or rename {{code|Start_video_Frog.mp4}} and {{code|UE4_Logo.mp4}}.
 }}
@@ Line 86: / Line 112: @@
 {{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
-|widescreen wsgf award      = Same Hex Solution as Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy i.e. search (STR + R) for 39 8E E3 3F and change (3860x1600) into 9A 99 19 40 (save .exe befor)
+|widescreen wsgf award      =
 |multimonitor wsgf award    =
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes= {{term|Anamorphic}} 16:9.
+|widescreen resolution notes= {{term|Static aspect}} 16:9.
 |multimonitor               = unknown
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://github.com/PhantomGamers/shco-wsf SHCO-WSF], blackbars on cutscenes will still be present
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = Use [https://github.com/PhantomGamers/shco-wsf SHCO-WSF], blackbars on cutscenes will still be present. [https://github.com/RoseTheFlower/SherlockHolmesCOUltrawide#readme Alternatively use RoseTheFlower's solution.]
 |4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
@@ Line 105: / Line 131: @@
 |borderless windowed notes  =
 |anisotropic                = hackable
-|anisotropic notes          = See [[Engine:Unreal_Engine_4#Anisotropic_filtering_.28AF.29|Unreal Engine 4: Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
+|anisotropic notes          = See [[Engine:Unreal Engine 4#Anisotropic filtering .28AF.29|Unreal Engine 4: Anisotropic filtering (AF)]].
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         = Low, Medium, High, Epic
+|upscaling                  = true
+|upscaling tech             = FSR 1.0
+|upscaling notes            = Supported since patch 1.0.4 [https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/8214503/]
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 197: / Line 226: @@
 |separate volume notes    = Master, Sound Effects, Music, Voices, Ambient, Interface
 |surround sound           = true
-|surround sound notes     = 7.1 Surround<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2021-11-27|comment=Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.}}}}</ref>
+|surround sound notes     = 7.1 Surround<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2021-11-27|comment=Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.}}</ref>
 |subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
@@ Line 205: / Line 234: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 384: / Line 415: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = false
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 |linux 64-bit executable= unknown
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Frogwares
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	November 16, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Detective/mystery, Europe, Victorian
Series	Sherlock Holmes