The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
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| Developers | |
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| Frogwares | |
| Publishers | |
| Frogwares | |
| Focus Home Interactive | |
| Atlus | |
| Hungary | PlayON |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 20, 2012 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 76 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Themes | Detective/mystery |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes |
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| ⤏ 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
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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StarForce 5.60 DRM, Only in Hungary. | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| GamersGate (unavailable) | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | |
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| Origin (unavailable) | |
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Essential improvements
Skip splash screens
| Edit user.ini[2] |
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4GB patch to prevent crashes during saves
| Download NTCore patch |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%\Frogwares\The Testament of Sherlock Holmes\setup.ini |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %APPDATA%\Frogwares\The Testament of Sherlock Holmes\save\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/205650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game general settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Field of view (FOV).[3] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 8x | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x, AA can be forced in Nvidia Control Panel | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Having framerate above 60fps introduces issues with controlling characters.[4] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Field of view (FOV)
| Set FOV in setup.ini[5] |
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Input
In-game keyboard mapping menu.
In-game Xbox controller scheme.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Inputs constantly switch, halting each other. |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Issues fixed
Characters become unresponsive
| Cap the framerate to 60fps.[4] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | |
| Shader Model support | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel or AMD Dual Core 2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support | |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/205650/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (205650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Origin - Products - last accessed on 7 June 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18
- ↑ The Testament of Sherlock Holmes 21:9 Gameplay (2560x1080) (60fps) (Ultrawide) - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2021-02-13
- ↑ The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes | WSGF