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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Digital releases use an external launcher compatible with modern systems.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch 1.1 enhances performance and provides support for more graphics cards. It is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and soggi.org.
- Gets the installer working on 64-bit systems
- Forced resolution allows high resolutions with proper HUD scaling
- Fixes the game's fog and speed issues
- Fixes the CD music
- Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads - force feedback support is still partial and some effects do not play
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Path can be selected in the launcher.
Video
External launcher settings
Digital version launcher settings
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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CD music and sound effects |
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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Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see Missing background music |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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German |
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Fan translation; download. |
Issues fixed
Installing on modern versions of Windows
Make necessary changes[1]
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- Copy the CD contents to an easily accessible folder.
- Download the InstallShield 3 32-bit Generic Installer.
- Extract
Is3Engine.zip to the INSTALL folder.
- Run
setup32.exe and follow the steps. The CD contents' folder can be deleted after the installation is complete.
- Run the game and exit it.
- Run
SOTE.exe in the installation folder.
- Uncheck CD Audio, Direct Movie and Enable Fog and click OK.
- Create a new player profile and run the game normally.
- It may be necessary to set
SHADOWS.EXE to Windows 95 compatibility mode.
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Game runs too fast
Missing background music (retail only)
- The background music from the CD will not play on Windows Vista and later.
- Digital releases already include this workaround.
Convert music to .ogg format[citation needed]
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- Rip the tracks from the game disc to .ogg format with the filename format
Track##.ogg , starting with Track02.ogg (without spaces).
- Use fixed set of files (downloaded from Vogons or AssemblerGames) to accept this file format. Overwrite when prompted.
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Select arbitrary resolutions without graphical issues
- Stars do not render correctly if the launcher resolution is set higher than 640x480, and videos render in a corner at launcher resolutions higher than 1280x960. They also do not render correctly with Nvidia 3D Vision enabled on any resolution.
Use dgVoodoo 2 wrapper[3]
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- Download dgVoodoo 2.
- Extract
dgVoodooCpl.exe to <path-to-game> .
- Optional: Backup
<path-to-game>\Sdata\DDraw.dll
- Extract
MS\x86\D3D8.dll , MS\x86\DDraw.dll and MS\x86\D3DImm.dll to <path-to-game>\Sdata .
- Run
dgVoodooCpl.exe from <path-to-game> .
- Select the game to run in a window and centred under the General-tab using the Resolution dropdown.
- Select the desired resolution under the DirectX-tab using the Resolution dropdown.
- When starting the game/launcher, set the Display Device to "dgVoodoo DirectX Wrapper", 3D Device to "dgVoodoo Hardware Accelerated Device", and Display Mode to exactly "640x480 16bpp". Any other option, higher or lower, will result in at least some graphical issues.
Notes
- The UI will be scaled as though the game is actually running at 640x480.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
5 |
Digital release uses Direct3D 9 wrapper. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 90 MHz
| Intel Pentium 133 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
40 MB |
402 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 5 compatible | |
Notes
References