Key points
- Numeric Keypad is required to progress.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Manual (PS2)
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- Not available for sale on GOG in Germany.
Essential improvements
- All-in-one patch for The Suffering series which fixes numerous bugs and adds widescreen support.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
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Force in Nvidia Profile Inspector[4]
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- Download and open Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Select the game's profile or create one if it doesn't exist.
- Set
Antialiasing compatibility to 0x00000045.
- Set
Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting.
- Set
Antialiasing - Setting to desired level of MSAA.[Note 3]
- Set
Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to desired level of SGSSAA (Sparse Grid Supersampling).[Note 4]
- Apply changes.
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Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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Effects, dialog, music |
| Surround sound |
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7.0 (check Use 3D Sound Buffers setting in launcher) |
| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| EAX support |
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DirectSound3D. |
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| German |
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Retail only. |
| Italian |
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Retail only. |
| Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation for retail & GOG version. Download (TriboGamer). |
| Russian |
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Retail only. Download. |
| Spanish |
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Retail only. Download. |
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.[5]
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Lower FOV or resolution
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- This can be somewhat mitigated by not going above 2560x1440, and if necessary lowering the FOV (e.g. via The Suffering Widescreen Fix). Find the right combination of FOV and resolution where it is no longer noticable for you.
- However, that clearly makes the game look worse and the FOV is already quite low.
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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.
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Lower FOV or play in 16:9
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- To mitigate the problem, you'll have to play in 16:9 or higher. Another way is lowering the FOV.
- Lowering the FOV while in 4:3 makes the visible window extremely small.
- Playing in widescreen causes the rendering problem mentioned above.
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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.
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Set Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode[citation needed]
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- Open
SufferingTTB.exe compatibility settings.
- Enable Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.
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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.
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Set refresh rate manually[6]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\The Suffering [TTB]\.
- Open
Torque.ini.
- Change
RefreshRate=60 to the desired value (e.g. RefreshRate=120).
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Very low FPS when activating vsync in the game
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Use IndirectSound[7]
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- Download IndirectSound.
- Extract the contents to the /Bin carpert in the installation folder.
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VR support
| 3D modes |
State |
Notes |
| vorpX |
| G3D
User created game profile, requires "AIO patch", see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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 |
| Audio |
DirectSound3D |
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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
