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Revision as of 23:22, 22 February 2020
Developers | |
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Surreal Software | |
Publishers | |
Midway Games | |
Engines | |
Riot Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 30, 2005 |
The Suffering | |
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The Suffering | 2004 |
The Suffering: Ties That Bind | 2005 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- Not available for sale in Germany due to German censorship laws.
Essential improvements
AiO Unofficial Patch
- All-in-one patch for The Suffering series which fixes numerous bugs and adds widescreen support.
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 settings
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Force in Nvidia Profile Inspector[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Unofficial localization by «7th Wolf». | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
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[4] |
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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.