Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
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| Developers | |
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| Sierra On-Line | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Sierra On-Line |
| Digital | Activision |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 18, 1999 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Series | Gabriel Knight |
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Key points
- Potentially confusing controls, with the protagonist and the camera controlled independently.
General information
- Gabriel Knight Omnipedia - Wiki for the series
- Sierra Gamers - Game page on Ken Williams' official website
- The Sierra Help Pages - Extensive troubleshooting guide
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Essential improvements[edit]
Updated installer[edit]
- The Sierra Help Pages Installer for the retail release allows the whole game to be installed to the hard drive, and addresses compatibility issues of the original installer.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sierra On-Line\Gabriel Knight 3\Engine\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/497360/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save Games\[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/497360/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video[edit]
Video settings
Game options
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Maximum selectable resolution of 1024x768. For higher resolutions see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| 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. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate/refresh rate cap. | ||
Widescreen resolution[edit]
| Set resolution in registry[1] |
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| (alternative) Add Command line arguments[2] |
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Run the game with the following parameters: |
Input[edit]
Key mapping
Camera controls
| 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 |
Audio[edit]
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | General, Voices, SFX, Music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | Retail release only. | |||
| German | Retail release only; download for digital releases. | |||
| Italian | Retail release only. | |||
| Polish | Retail release only. | |||
| Portuguese | Retail release only. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only. Released as "Gabriel Knight 3: Sangue Profano" (Brasoft / Sierra). | |||
| Spanish | Retail version, download. |
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 6.1 | |
| Software renderer |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware[edit]
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 233 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 137 MB | 403 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | 3D Accelerated card |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/497360/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (497360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details. - ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).