Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened - Remastered

This page is for the 2008 remaster. For the original release, see Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. For the remake, see Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023).


⤏ Go to series page
The Mystery of the Mummy	2002
Secret of the Silver Earring	2004
The Awakened	2006
Nemesis	2007
The Mystery of the Persian Carpet	2008
The Awakened - Remastered	2008
Versus Jack the Ripper	2009
Nemesis - Remastered	2010
The Hound of the Baskervilles	2010
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes	2012
Crimes & Punishments	2014
The Devil's Daughter	2016
Chapter One	2021
The Awakened (2023)	2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TAGES v5.5 DRM

GOG.com		Renamed to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
Steam		Renamed to Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008).
GamersGate (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Demo

Free demo: steam://install/7290.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename the logo folder^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>.
Delete or rename the logo folder.

Notes

The splash screen will still be shown.

Skip splash screens

Edit user.ini^[2]
Open `<path-to-game>\user.ini` file with Notepad or other text editor. Delete the following lines: `splash_screen_start_01_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg` `splash_screen_start_02_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg` `splash_screen_start_03_bg = logo_ageia` Save the file.

Improve performance, remove mouse/camera smoothing

Edit setup.ini

Running the game in windowed mode with vsync off improves overall performance and removes the camera acceleration/deceleration effect which causes motion sickness in some players. This is a highly recommended tweak.

Go to %APPDATA%\Games\<Localized sherlock holmes - the awakened - remastered>.
Open the setup.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
Set vSync = None
Set windowMode = YES

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\game.ini^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\Games\<Localized sherlock holmes - the awakened - remastered>\setup.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11140/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Games\<Localized sherlock holmes - the awakened - remastered>\save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11140/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu (1/2).

In-game options menu (2/2).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Gameplay is Vert-. Menu, inventory, text, and sprites are stretched 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Gameplay is Vert-. Menu, inventory, text, and sprites are stretched 4:3. Enable windowed mode, increase FOV to compensate for Vert- behavior.^[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default is 73° horizontal.^[1] See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		If windowed mode is enabled and the desktop resolution matches the ingame resolution, borderless mode is used by default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 8x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA up to 8x.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Automatic if the game is run in windowed mode
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Modify game.ini^[1]

At higher FOV settings, cutscenes have minor display issues; occasionally characters appear and disappear at the edges of the screen, and in some cutscenes outside of the the map can be seen during panning shots. This is entirely cosmetic and the scripts run just fine.

Go to <path-to-game>.
Open the game.ini file with Notepad or other text editor.
Change the values of fov = 73 and camera_fov = 73 to desired number.
Save the changes and launch the game.

Windowed

Modify setup.ini^[4]

Built-in anti-aliasing is disabled in windowed mode. See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Go to %APPDATA%\Games\<Localized sherlock holmes - the awakened - remastered>.
Open the setup.ini file with Notepad or other text editor..
Change the values of windowMode to NO.
Save the changes and launch the game.

Input

In-game key map settings.

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

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

Audio

External language settings (GOG.com version).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Voice, Music, Effects, Ambient
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish				Included in retail version. Digital copies can be converted.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/11140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (11140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-02-21
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-10-02
Tested at 3440x1440 and 3840x1080 custom resolutions.
↑ Verified by User:Cane on 2023-09-26

[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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/11140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (11140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2018-02-21-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2018-02-21

[2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18

[5] Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-10-02
Tested at 3440x1440 and 3840x1080 custom resolutions.

[6] Verified by User:Cane on 2023-09-26

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Developers

	Frogwares
Publishers
	Focus Home Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 23, 2008
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control, Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Detective/mystery, Lovecraftian, Victorian, Europe
Series	Sherlock Holmes