Still Life
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| Developers | |
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| Microids | |
| Publishers | |
| Anuman Interactive | |
| Russia | 1C Company |
| Digital | Microids |
| Engines | |
| Virtools | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 15, 2005 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 15, 2013[1] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 75 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Series | Still Life |
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| Still Life | |
|---|---|
| Post Mortem | 2002 |
| Still Life | 2005 |
| Still Life 2 | 2009 |
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
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
StarForce 3.4.65.11 DRM[Note 1] (Russian version is DRM-free). | |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46480/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46480/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game general settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 800x600 only. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Can run with DXWnd. May not work with some versions of the program.[4][5] | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, dialog and FX. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Retail only. For digital releases use this (dub and subtitles or subs only). | |||
| Russian | Retail only | |||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Vsync (Always on) not working on Windows 10
| Use d3d8to9 |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 8.1 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | [6] |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Steam
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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| Sound (audio device) | Sound card with DirectX 9.0c support | |
Disc Version
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce ATI Radeon |
| Other | 16X CD-ROM | 24X CD-ROM |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.6 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/46480/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (46480) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
- works fine with Dxwnd v2_02_60_build, crashes with v2_02_90_build, v2_03_13_build and crashes after an error with v2_03_14_build
- ↑ Works fine with v2_05_78_fx2_build
- ↑ GOG.com - Still Life - last accessed on 2022-04-06
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."