The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
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Developers | |
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Frogwares | |
Publishers | |
Frogwares | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Atlus | |
Hungary | PlayON |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 20, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
IGDB | 76 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Perspectives | First-person |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Detective/mystery |
Series | Sherlock Holmes |
⤏ Go to series page | |
The Mystery of the Mummy | 2002 |
Secret of the Silver Earring | 2004 |
The Awakened | 2006 |
Nemesis | 2007 |
The Mystery of the Persian Carpet | 2008 |
The Awakened - Remastered | 2008 |
Versus Jack the Ripper | 2009 |
Nemesis - Remastered | 2010 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2010 |
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes | 2012 |
Crimes & Punishments | 2014 |
The Devil's Daughter | 2016 |
Chapter One | 2021 |
The Awakened (2023) | 2023 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 5.60 DRM, Only in Hungary. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Origin (unavailable) | [1] |
Essential improvements
Skip splash screens
Edit user.ini[2] |
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4GB patch to prevent crashes during saves
Download NTCore patch |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Frogwares\The Testament of Sherlock Holmes\setup.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Frogwares\The Testament of Sherlock Holmes\save\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Field of view (FOV).[3] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x, AA can be forced in Nvidia Control Panel | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Having framerate above 60fps introduces issues with controlling characters.[4] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV in setup.ini[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Inputs constantly switch, halting each other. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Voice, Music, Effects, Ambient | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Issues fixed
Characters become unresponsive
Cap the framerate to 60fps.[4] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel or AMD Dual Core 2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/205650/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (205650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Origin - Products - last accessed on 7 June 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18
- ↑ The Testament of Sherlock Holmes 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2021-02-13
- ↑ The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes | WSGF