Scarface: The World Is Yours

Scarface: The World Is Yours

Developers
	Radical Entertainment
Publishers
	Sierra Entertainment
Engines
	Pure3D
Release dates
Windows	July 25, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	73
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, Shooter
Vehicles	Automobile, Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, South America

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Scarface: The World Is Yours is a singleplayer third-person action, open world and shooter game.

The PC port is missing the effects that cause windshields on cars to look broken on the console versions; the windshield is now either fully intact or totally destroyed. Blood effects on clothing and skin from the PlayStation 2 version is also missing.

Graphics are corrupted on modern versions of Windows. See Corrupted graphics on modern systems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM instead.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches

Skip intro videos

Both fixes allow to skip all intro videos, except for the short legal screen.

Use Scarface intro skip[citation needed]

Use Scarface Fusion Fix
SkipIntro value is set standardly to 1 in <path-to-game>\Scarface.FusionFix.ini to allow to skip intro videos by default.

SilentPatch

Fixes some corrupted graphics on moderns system, while improving performance significantly.

Can fix very slow in-game mouse-movement.

Allows all resolutions to be selected.

Works only with latest retail version 1.00.2.^{[citation needed]}

It's required to delete configuration files in order for the game to launch with this fix, make sure that the game didn't created a secondary configuration files location HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface.^{[citation needed]}

Install SilentPatch
Download SilentPatch. Extract the archive to <path-to-game> and replace files when prompted to. Start the game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface\

SilentPatch relocates the settings to <path-to-game>\settings.ini.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution for unlisted resolutions.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See FOV.
Windowed		Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default. Double buffered. Can be forced off through the graphics card. control panel.
60 FPS		Recommended.
120+ FPS		By default it is locked at 60hz/60fps. 120 FPS breaks the game's physics (i.e. Tony's movement speed).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Use SilentPatch to introduce widescreen resolution support
Install SilentPatch. Start the game and most common resolutions should be available now in the in-game graphics menu. Notes In case of boot issues or desired resolution not being available in-game, set custom resolution in <path-to-game>\settings.ini instead by adjusting the ScreenHeight and ScreenHeight (create these values if they don't exist yet) to the desired resolution.

FOV

Set FOV through SilentPatch
Install SilentPatch. Start the game once for the settings file to be created. Set custom FOV in <path-to-game>\settings.ini by adjusting the FOV value (create the value if it does not exist yet) to the desired FOV value.

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Only one layout. See Remapping for workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. Some workarounds are available.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See XInput-compatible controllers.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers		DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

XInput-compatible controllers

XInput triggers can't be assigned to actions by default.

Use XInput to DInput translator
Install SilentPatch. Download dinput8.dll from here, and copy the file to the installation folder. Once in game, turn off Vibration to avoid game crashes.

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Dialogue
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Only available in Czech retail copy.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Only available in Polish retail copy.
Russian				Only available in Russian retail copy.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Red box on the startup screen, not finding saved game profile

This can occur on modern systems sporadically even with all the patches and fixes installed.

Setting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Windows Compatibility Mode for <path-to-game>\scarface.exe[dubious – discuss]

Issues fixed

Corrupted graphics on modern systems

Use SilentPatch

Low frame rate

Use SilentPatch

Very slow in-game mouse-movement

Negative mouse acceleration is forced in-game and can't be disabled. It gets significantly worse the higher your mouse polling rate is high or DPI is low. It can cause very slow mouse-movement in-game, making it hard to accurately aim with your weapon.

Use SilentPatch and set camera speed multiplier
Install SilentPatch. Set CameraSpeedMultiplier value (create this value if they don't exist yet) in <path-to-game>\settings.ini to the desired float value..

Use Scarface Fusion Fix
Can possibly make mouse movement too fast with no way to adjust it.

Workaround: Lower the mouse's polling rate through hardware or software options to a lower value like 125hz
Option not available for all mice.

Workaround: Set mouse DPI very high to a value like 12000 through hardware or software options
Option not available for all mice.

Run the game at screen refresh rate

The game defaults to a 60 Hz refresh rate. Enforcing a 60 FPS cap is still recommended.

Override refresh rate set by game
Download and extract dgVoodoo 2. Copy D3D9.dll from the MS\x86\ folder to the game folder. Run dgVoodoo, and add the game folder to the list. Enable the Enumerate refresh rates option. Go to the DirectX tab, and set the desired resolution (e.g. 1920x1080, 119Hz). (Optional) Disable the dgVoodoo Watermark option to prevent the dgVoodoo logo from showing on game launch. Click OK to apply changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Vorbis
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.8d

Scarface Fusion Fix

Fixes gamepad support and very slow in-game mouse-movement, while adding several optional features like windowed mode, modern gamepad control scheme, FPS limit and skippable intro videos.

Install Fusion Fix

Install SilentPatch (includes ASI Loader this mod depends on). Download and extract the Scarface Fusion Fix archive to <path-to-game>. d3d9.dll and d3d9.ini are optional as they are part of a d3d9 wrapper, which only allows to set an FPS limit, show performance metrics and allow for windowed and borderless windowed modes in d3d9.ini. All other files are responsible for the other fixes and should always be extracted.

Mods

Remastered Project

All NPCs textures have been enhanced, with Tony's face/suits/models remastered and color corrected.

Most missing effects from the PlayStation 2 release have been restored, with alternative PlayStation 2 gun sparks.

New background music and cut effects for some cutscenes.

Added XInput controller support.

Lots of textures ranging from adverts to billboards have been enhanced.

Includes SilentPatch.

Lacks multilingual support.

Xbox Rain Droplets

Basic implementation of Xbox rain droplets from SkyGFX for other games.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+	Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3600+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.9 GB	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 9200 Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM