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Revision as of 21:57, 26 January 2022
Developers | |
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Surreal Software | |
Publishers | |
Midway Games | |
Engines | |
Riot Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 2005 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, TPS, Survival horror |
Themes | Horror, Contemporary, Supernatural, North America |
Series | The Suffering |
The Suffering | |
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The Suffering | 2004 |
The Suffering: Ties That Bind | 2005 |
Key points
- Numeric Keypad is required to progress, If you don't have one then download this script.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Manual (PS2)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.5.10.01 DRM[Note 1] | |||
GOG.com | Censored.[3] Not available in Germany. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
AiO Unofficial Patch
- All-in-one patch for The Suffering series which fixes numerous bugs and adds widescreen support.
- Removes the censorship from the GOG version of the game, however this fix was only tested with the English version of the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix. 4k is not recommended.[4] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix. Settings above 1.2 cause minor visual glitches. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Native support is broken. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for Nvidia cards. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Frame rates above 60 FPS causes glitches and AI problems.Enable vsync in options game and set monitor on 60hz | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force in Nvidia Profile Inspector[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Some keys are reserved by the engine (-, +, F11, F12). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, dialog, music | |
Surround sound | 7.0 (check Use 3D Sound Buffers setting in launcher) | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation for retail & GOG version. Download (TriboGamer). | |||
Russian | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
Spanish | Retail only; download for digital releases. |
Issues unresolved
Rendering problems at 16:9
When using a 16:9 resolution, objects at the left and right edge of the screen don't get rendered, very noticeable when turning with the mouse. This is because the game is only rendering for 4:3 resolutions. The effect is fairly small when using 1920x1080 or 2560x1440, but it becomes insufferable in 4k.[6]
Lower FOV or resolution |
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Stretched encyclopedia with widescreen fixes
Using any of the above widescreen fixes will make the right side of the screen stretched when accessing the in-game encyclopedia. This doesn't happen when using 16:9 without the mods.
Visual artifacts with certain weapons in 4:3
In 4:3 resolutions, there sometimes is a visual issue with certain guns (especially the Tommy Gun). When being in first person, changing to 3rd person and then back to 1st, a lot of the character's body will be rendered at the bottom of the screen and clipping into the gun. For most weapons (especially dual-wielded guns) this luckily doesn't occur.
Lower FOV or play in 16:9 |
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- A good compromise is to play in 2560x1440 and with standard FOV (1.0). This removes the visual glitch and at the same time keeps the rendering problems low.
Issues fixed
Freeze in starting courtyard
- Shortly after the player gains control in the opening prison courtyard, the game freezes.
Set Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- When using The Suffering Series AiO Patch, the game will set monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz when in fullscreen mode.
Set refresh rate manually[7] |
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Very low FPS when activating vsync in the game
Use IndirectSound[8] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, requires "AIO patch", see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP | XP SP2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7000 series Nvidia GeForce2 series Intel Graphics motherboards 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | DirectX 9.0c compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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). - ↑ If using 8x SGSSAA, set 8xQ, not the regular "8x"
- ↑ Note that it should match the level of MSAA, or else performance will be reduced.
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ No german version + no censoring?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2022-01-19
- ↑ The Suffering: Ties That Bind on WGSF - last accessed on 2021-01-23
- ↑ NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) | guru3D Forums
- ↑ Object in peripherals do not render
- ↑ The Suffering Series AiO Patch file - Mod DB
- ↑ Verified by User:Diegoelcapo1231 on 2020-11-1
- Installing IndirectSound fixed very low frame rate on Windows 7,8,10.