The Watchmaker
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Developers | |
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Trecision | |
Publishers | |
Got Game Entertainment | |
DreamCatcher Interactive | |
Digital | THQ Nordic |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 23, 2001 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 59 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Detective/mystery, Europe, Supernatural |
General information
- Official developer site (archived)
- Official publisher site (archived)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\Options.dat[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\Wm##.sav[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Saves\WmSav##.tga[Note 1] |
-
.sav
files store the saved game state. -
.tga
files store thumbnails visible in the loading menu.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use dgVoodoo 2 | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always enabled. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | SFX, music and dialogues. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | [1] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish |
Issues fixed
Victoria refuses to throw a padlock at the window around 8:55pm
Insert the game CD to your disk drive. If the issue still persist, try other disk drives[2][3] |
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Issues unresolved
Can't find a watchman after 4:00pm
- It may be impossible to find watchman if too many actions from later part of the game were performed. Loading a previous save file may be required.[3]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | FMOD | 3.33 |
System requirements
Windows[4] | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MMX | Intel Pentium III |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | 400 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | with full support for DirectX 7 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).
References
- ↑ EAX Games List - last accessed on 2008-02-07
- ↑ Watchmaker - problem z klodka i Mysliwym | Forum Archiwum - Gry Online
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-15
- ↑ THE WATCHMAKER: FAQ - last accessed on 2007-02-03