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The Void

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The Void
The Void cover
Developers
Ice-Pick Lodge
Publishers
BitComposer Games
Engines
Ice-Peak Engine
Release dates
Windows April 17, 2008
The Void guide on StrategyWiki
The Void on Wikipedia

Key points

Originally known as Tension (Тургор). Later released in English and re-released in Russia with changes titled Tension: Voice of Color.[1]

General information

Official website
Official forum - English
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Russian only.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration files location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Configuration tool graphics options.
Configuration tool graphics options.
In-game graphics options.
In-game graphics options.
Game uses executable named Game.exe, which makes it difficult to tweak settings through GPU control panel.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game input options.
In-game input options.

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Audio settings

Configuration tool audio settings.
Configuration tool audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Every version comes with single language.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
With Russian version, subtitles can be patched.
Russian

Issues fixed

Video settings detection failure

Attempting to start the game or the configuration utility results in the error message: Failed to choose the optimal settings preset for your video card. Minimum settings were selected.
Instructions

Crash on start-up

The Void requires PhysX v2.5.2 which is not included in Nvidia's PhysX installers.
Instructions

Remove censorship

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio OpenAL

Console commands

See the complete list of commands on the Ice-Pick Lodge forums
Instructions

Commands:

' is an alias for setvar
Command Description
/add_fl <type> <amount> add lympha
/add_al <type> <amount> add active lympha
/stronger basic battle glyphs and lympha
/die make a single stroke to kill a brother during a battle
/giveall open all body zones and add 200 lympha of each color
/open_zone <zone_code> open body zone
/go <chamber_code> go to chamber
/openall unlock all chambers
/gopt <pointer> go to pointer inside a chamber
/save <name> save game
/load <name> load save
/add_girl <name> add a sister
/talk_girl <name> talk to the sister if present (works only on the map)
/kill_girl <name> kill the sister
/add_hunter <name> add a brother
/talk_hunter <name> [<script>] talk to the brother if present
/turgor reach the Turgor state: get all body zones and full lympha
/surface_exit <0|1|2> launch the specified surface exit sequence
/final <self|both|<sister_name>> see an ending
/setvar show_physics <1|0> enable/disable physics visualization
/setvar stat <1|0> enable/disable statistics

Lympha:

0 silver
1 crimson
2 amber
3 azure
4 violet
5 emerald
6 gold

Body:

0 Vampire
1 Ordalia
2 Bait
3 Magnet
4 Donor
5 Breakthrough
6 Repulse
7 Expose
8 Sentinel
9 Wasp
10 Extract
11 Ritual
12 Hawk
13 Owl
14 Tumbleweed
15 Hysteric
16 Shell
17 Torch
18 Haste
19 Web
20 Sleeper

Chambers:

1 Fireflies reservation
2 Sister's Greenhouse
3 Fog garden
4 Pharynx
5 <deleted>
6 <deleted>
7 <deleted>
8 <deleted>
9 Uta's Grotto
10 Ava's Alcove
11 The Caves garden
12 Heathen reservation
13 Pangolin reservation
14 Bastion mine
15 <deleted>
16 Una's Smithy
17 Twist garden
18 Ire's Pond
19 Eli's Blimp
20 Lemna reservation
21 Ima's Tower
22 Moorage garden
23 The Wall mine
24 Hump mine
25 Yani's House
26 Worm reservation
27 Darkness reservation
28 Ole's Cradle
29 Bridge garden
30 Hull garden
31 Memory garden
32 Warden
33 The Adit
34 Pit
35 Mantid

Sisters:

ava
aya
echo
eli
ima
ire
ole
una
uta
yani

Brothers:

1 kolesnik Patriarch
2 ironclad Ironclad
3 stiltman Mantid
4 mongolfier Montgolfier
5 whaler Whaler
6 driller Pit
7 caterpillar Caterpillar
8 hole Tyrant
9 dudochnik Triumphator
10 lattice Warden
11 doppleganger Doppleganger

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz
AMD Athlon 2000+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce FX 5600
AMD Radeon 9600
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other 8X DVD-Rom

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References