Silent Storm

Silent Storm
Silent Storm	2003
Hammer & Sickle	2005

Key points

Digital releases fix issues caused by 64-bit operating systems using 4+ GB RAM.^[1]^[2]

Retail releases have shadow and reflection issues on modern GPUs.^[3]^[4] See Incorrect shadows and reflections.

Make sure to run the game as an administrator. See Privilege Level.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Green Man Gaming		Silent Storm Gold Edition
		Silent Storm Gold Edition
GOG.com		Silent Storm Gold Edition
Steam		Silent Storm Gold Edition. Can be run without Steam.

Silent Storm Gold Edition contains both Silent Storm and its expansion Sentinels.

Demo versions are available for Silent Storm and Sentinels.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Silent Storm: Sentinels	Included in the Silent Storm Gold Edition.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Delete or rename the following files from these paths.

<path-to-game>\Silent Storm\res\Video

<path-to-game>\Silent Storm Sentinels\res\Video

Intro.bik
JoWooD.bik
Nival.bik

Unofficial Silent Storm Steam patch

Fixes some game breaking issues near the end of the game.

Comes with an already included d3d9.dll which fixes the shadow issues.

Patches

Silent Storm

Patches the game to version 1.2.

Silent Storm Sentinels

Patches the game to version 1.1.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\cfg\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254960/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\save\^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254960/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

The expansion's video settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Windowed^{[citation needed]}

Find <path-to-game>\Silent Storm\cfg\config.cfg.
Set setvar gfx_fullscreen = 1.00 to setvar gfx_fullscreen = 0.00.

Notes

For the expansion go to <path-to-game>\Silent Storm Sentinels\cfg\s3config.cfg.

Input settings

The expansion's control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

The expansion's audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Russian

Issues fixed

Unsupported video card

A cracked executable is required for these fixes.

These fixes are only needed for the retail versions of the game. Digital versions are already patched and fully working.

Simple fix

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Update your game with the 1.2 Patch. Download the fix from here. Find `<path-to-game>\Silent Storm\game.exe` then patch it.

Hex editing

Replace and hex edit executable^[5]

Open the .exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
Go to offset 0x9bae or 39854.
Replace the highlighted 0x74 with 0xEB and save.

00009B90 00 FF D3 52 57 FF 15 38 22 8B 00 8B 45 A4 50 E8 ...RW..8"...E.P.

00009BA0 1C C4 3C 00 83 C4 04 E9 01 0D 00 00 3B C7 74 2E ..<.........;.t.

00009BB0 B9 F7 51 00 00 8D 75 A4 E8 53 FE FF FF 52 BA 6B ..Q...u..S...R.k

Notes

For Sentinels, search for 3B C7 74 2E on the same string and replace 0x74 with 0xEB.

Only use this fix if the very first one doesn't work.

Incorrect shadows and reflections

Huge performance hit on Nvidia videocards, even though with the fix the game runs fine on ATI cards.^[6]

Unofficial Steam patch

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
Download the patch from here. Extract `d3d9.dll` to `<path-to-game>\Silent Storm`.

WineD3D

The game might simply lockup on certain setups, poor performance overall.^[7]

Put WineD3D components in root installation folder^{[citation needed]}

Download WineD3D.
Extract libwine.dll, wined3d.dll and d3d9.dll in the installation folder of Silent Storm.

Notes

This fix also applies to Silent Storm: Sentinels.

Shadows cast by buildings may still occasionally appear incorrect due to how the render engine works.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Silent Storm Editor

Installing^[8]
Download the archive from here and extract its contents. Go to the `Microsoft SQL Server` folder, then run `setup.exe` as an admin. Open `Silent Storm Editor` folder and move the files to the installation folder where `game.exe` is located. Disconnect from the current user or restart the computer in order for the MySQL server to start.

Running the editor^{[citation needed]}

Go to the installation folder.
Find the MapEdit.exe executable.
Set the executable to run as an Admininistrator.

Notes

The first startup may take a few more seconds, if the window doesn't show up at first Alt+Tab ↹ to find it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible

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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/254960/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-5] 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/254960/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[2] It works! (8GB RAM, widescreen) - Steam Community Discussions

[3] No Shadows and/or Refraction? Here's the fix!, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com

[4] Graphical gltich - Steam Community Discussions

[7] Silent Storm Game Fix - Johannes Bauer's Website

[8] Shadows fix - Nvidia framerate issues

[9] Tested by RaTcHeT302.

[10] Steam Community Guides - Silent Storm Editor

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

Developers

	Nival
Publishers
	JoWood Productions
	Nordic Games
Engines
	Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows	November 7, 2003