King's Quest (2015)


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Adventure in Serenia	1982
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown‎	1984
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne	1985
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human	1986
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella	1988
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!	1990
King Graham's Board Game Challenge	1992
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow	1992
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride	1994
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity	1998
The Silver Lining (unofficial)	2010
King's Quest (2015)	2015

Key points

Chapter 1 is free.

One part of the game, the epilogue, is only available for The Complete Collection buyers and can't be bought separately.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Gamesplanet		Complete collection.
Humble Store		Complete collection and Season pass.
Steam		Complete collection, Chapter 1 and Season pass.

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass	Includes all chapters, excluding the epilogue.
Chapter 2: Rubble Without A Cause
Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb
Chapter 4: Snow Place Like Home
Chapter 5: The Good Knight

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video file^[1]
Open `<path-to-game>\GrahamsGame\Config\DefaultEngine.ini` Change the line `StartupMovies=KQ_Intro` to `;StartupMovies=KQ_Intro`

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\GrahamsGame\Config\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Binaries\Win\KQSave^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/345390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Audio and video settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry.
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)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	See Unreal Engine 3

Input settings[edit]

Gameplay settings

Keyboard and mouse controls (QWERTY)

Keyboard and mouse controls (AZERTY)

Controller controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Option of QWERTY or AZERTY layout.
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Rapidly changes button prompts.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects, Dialogue
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Russian				Fan translation Episode 1-6 by «Prometheus Project»

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: King's Quest.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.40 GHz	Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	13 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4770 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

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>/345390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (345390) 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-06-27

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/345390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (345390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-3] 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).

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-06-27

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Developers

	The Odd Gentlemen
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	July 28, 2015
Reception
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	71