Sentinel: Descendants in Time

Sentinel: Descendants in Time is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game.

It was re-released in 2005 as Realms of Illusion.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\display.cfg^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Profiles\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}

Video

Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		Menus become too cropped and unusable.
Ultra-widescreen		Menus become too cropped and unusable.
4K Ultra HD		See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can only be turned on and off, no option for setting amount of anisotropic filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Turned on by default. To disable it, change the line `"VSyncOnFlip" "1"` to `"VSyncOnFlip" "0"` in `<path-to-game>/display.cfg`. For Windows 7 and newer, a DirectX wrapper is needed to make Vsync work, like d3d8to9 or dgVoodoo 2.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Uncapped frame rate causes minor issues.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution

Set video mode via configuration file

Go to <path-to-game>.
Open display.cfg.
Change screenwidth and screenheight to the desired resolution.
Open autoexec.cfg and add the line pvmodelaspect (refers to the player viewmodel's aspect ratio) and change it to:
- 1.6 for 16:10
- 1.6666 for 15:9
- 1.7777 for 16:9
- 3.5555 for 32:9
- 5.3333 for 48:9

Notes

Widescreen resolutions cannot be set in-game. It must be done through the configuration file.

Non-4:3 resolutions are stretched. To fix it, see Field of view (FOV).

Many menu elements will be out of place or hidden in very high or wide resolutions.

Field of view (FOV)

Change Field of View^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>.
Open autoexec.cfg.
Add the following three lines: FovX for horizontal FOV, FovY for vertical FOV, FovXInterface for the menu's horizontal FOV, and change the line pvmodelfov for the player's viewmodel FOV, and change the values to:

Aspect ratio	FovX	FovY	FovXInterface	pvmodelfov
4:3	70	55	90.0	65
16:10	80	55	100.0	65
15:9	82	55	101.5	65
16:9	86	55	106.26	65
32:9	124	55	138.89	65
48:9	141	55	151.93	65

Here is an example for 16:9:

"FovX" "86"
"FovY" "55"
"FovXInterface" "106.26"
"pvmodelfov" "65"

Notes

Cutscenes FOV isn't fixed.

Windowed

Set in autoexec.cfg
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Open `autoexec.cfg`. Add the line `"Windowed" "1"`.

Input

Controls Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable it.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Uncontrollable mouse movement

Mouse moves in wavelike pattern when attempting y-axis movement.

Decrease mouse polling rate to 125 Hz

Vsync broken on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2

Use crosire's d3d8to9 wrapper
Download `d3d8.dll` from here. Place it in `<path-to-game>`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1	^[2]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium III 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible	DirectX compatible
Other	16x CD-ROM drive	24x CD-ROM drive

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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).

References

↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-22
↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-08
According to System Informer, the game loads d3d8.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 8 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice8").

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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).

[2] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-22

[3] Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-08
According to System Informer, the game loads d3d8.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 8 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice8").

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Detalion
Publishers
	DreamCatcher Interactive
	The Adventure Company
Engines
	Lithtech Jupiter
Release dates
Windows	December 14, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi