Blackwell Deception

Blackwell
Blackwell Legacy	2006
Blackwell Unbound	2007
Blackwell Convergence	2009
Blackwell Deception	2011
Blackwell Epiphany	2014

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
GOG.com		Includes the first four games.
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\acsetup.cfg^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/80360/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Deception\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/80360/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

$Graphics options for Blackwell Deception accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.$

Graphics options for Blackwell Deception accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Pixel-perfect 640x480. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set with `winsetup.exe` or use `-windowed` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Setting affects output resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is locked to 40 FPS.

Input[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Enabled by default. See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Mouse acceleration[edit]

Disable mouse acceleration in allegro.cfg.^{[citation needed]}

In <path-to-game> create a file allegro.cfg and edit it with text editor.
Add in lines:

[mouse]
mouse_accel_factor=0

Audio[edit]

In-game options, mostly for audio.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Audio and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Voice only, text only or both.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Fan translation by «Prometheus Project»
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed[edit]

Intel GMA compatibility[edit]

Set DirectDraw 5^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Run `setup.exe` Change the driver to DirectDraw 5 and save your changes.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
DirectDraw	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium or higher, 700 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB
Video card (GPU)	640x400, 32-bit colour DirectX 5.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/80360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (80360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-1] 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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/80360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (80360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Wadjet Eye Games
Engines
	Adventure Game Studio
Release dates
Windows	October 12, 2011
macOS (OS X)	January 24, 2013
Linux	June 16, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	73
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Flip screen, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Supernatural
Series	Blackwell