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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Demo versions are available for Silent Storm and Sentinels.
Version differences
- The Gold Edition contains both Silent Storm and its expansion Sentinels.
- 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. See Incorrect shadows and reflections.[3][4]
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Move, delete or rename files[citation needed]
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Move, 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
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Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is 1.2, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch for Sentinels is 1.1, available from Patches-Scrolls: international | French.
- Fixes some game-breaking issues near the end of the game.
- Comes with an already included
d3d9.dll
which fixes the shadow issues.
Running as administrator
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
The expansion's video settings.
Windowed[citation needed]
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- Edit
<path-to-game>\Silent Storm\cfg\config.cfg (base game) or <path-to-game>\Silent Storm Sentinels\cfg\s3config.cfg (Sentinels).
- Set
setvar gfx_fullscreen = 1.00 to setvar gfx_fullscreen = 0.00 .
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Input
The expansion's control settings.
Audio
The expansion's audio settings.
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound, Music, Character Responses mutable |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Retail and Steam only. |
German |
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Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com version. |
Polish |
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Retail only. |
Russian |
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Issues fixed
Unsupported video card
- These fixes are only needed for the retail versions of the game. Digital versions are already patched and fully working. The retail versions require a no-CD patch for the following fixes.
Simple fix
Hex editing
Replace and hex edit executable[5]
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- Open the game executable 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.
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Incorrect shadows and reflections
- Huge performance hit on Nvidia graphics cards, even though with the fix the game runs fine on ATI cards.[6]
Unofficial Steam patch
WineD3D
- The game might simply lockup on certain setups, poor performance overall.[7]
Put WineD3D components in root installation folder[citation needed]
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- Download WineD3D.
- Extract
libwine.dll , wined3d.dll and d3d9.dll into <path-to-game> .
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.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Installing[8]
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- Download the archive from here and extract its contents.
- Go to the
Microsoft SQL Server folder, then run setup.exe as adiminstrator.
- Open
Silent Storm Editor folder and move the files to <path-to-game> .
- Disconnect from the current Windows user or restart the computer in order for the MySQL server to start.
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Running the editor[citation needed]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Find the
MapEdit.exe executable.
- Set the executable to run as 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.
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Notes
References