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Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

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Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
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Developers
Telltale Games
Engines
Telltale Tool
Release dates
Windows June 30, 2010
macOS (OS X) June 30, 2010
Reception
Metacritic 70
Taxonomy
Series Puzzle Agent
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Telltale Community for game series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Mystery of Scoggins\prefs.prop
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/31270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Mystery of Scoggins\*.save
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/31270/pfx/[Note 1]
3 profiles are available.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings
Graphics Settings

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Keyboard is not used during gameplay.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Fan translation, download.
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team
Spanish
Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Issues unresolved

Puzzle not rendered correctly

There is a known issue with some Nvidia cards which causes some of the puzzles to not be rendered correctly making them impossible to complete.[1]

Issues fixed

Grickle101.exe has crashed

Set compatibility mode for Grickle101.exe[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Right-click on Grickle101.exe and click Properties
  3. Click the compatibility tab
  4. Check "Run this program in compatiblity mode for:" and select Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
  5. Check "Run this program as an administrator"
  6. Press OK and launch the game
Unplug gamepad[citation needed]

Sometimes a gamepad could cause this problem. Try to unplug it before launching game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
OS X only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB
Not recommended for: Macs with integrated graphics


Notes

  1. 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>/31270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (31270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. support.humblebundle.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023