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Venetica

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Venetica
Venetica cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
Publishers
DTP Entertainment
Atari
Russia Buka Entertainment
Engines
Ogre
PINA 3
Release dates
Windows September 4, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres RPG
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy
Venetica on HowLongToBeat
Venetica on IGDB
Venetica on MobyGames
Venetica on Wikipedia

Venetica is a singleplayer third-person RPG game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM.
Windows
GamersGate
DRM details are not known
DRM: Other DRM.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Gold Edition.
Windows

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes bonus material like the OST, an artbook, and behind-the-scenes documentaries.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\settings-user.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\action_bindings-user.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Ultra-widescreen

Modify settings-user.ini[1]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\.
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find the line that starts with window_size =.
  4. Change it to the desired resolution, e.g. window_size = 2560x1080.
  5. Save and close the file.

Field of view (FOV)

Modify settings-user.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\.
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find game_camera_fovy = 50.
  4. Change it to the desired FOV value.
  5. Save and close the file.

Windowed

Modify settings-user.ini[2]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find fullscreen = true.
  4. Change true to false.
  5. Save and close the file.

Input

in-game input settings.
in-game input settings.
In-game keyboard and mouse controls.
In-game keyboard and mouse controls.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Speech
Surround sound
7.1[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Audio in retail only. Download.
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only. Download.
Russian
Retail only. Download.
Spanish
Audio in retail only. Download.

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI)
Input Object Oriented Input System (OIS)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/338140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (338140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-09-01
    Tested at 2560 x 1080 custom resolution.
  2. Windowed mode :: Venetica General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-09-01
    Tested with Special K.