General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo/free trial
- A free demo is available on GamePressure.
Essential improvements
Edit settings
To access the settings, launch the game using <path-to-game>\start.exe and then click on 'Settings'.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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Not in cutscenes. |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Issues fixed
Settings aren't saved (Steam)
The game saves its settings in the Windows registry. The keys are not created by default and need to be created by you. Once created you can edit the settings from the launcher and they will be saved.
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Add keys to the registry[3]
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- Create a new temporary text file anywhere you would like.
- Name it as
nosferatu.reg.
- Copy the following lines into it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Idol FX]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Idol FX\Nosferatu]
"Adapter"="0"
"TextureQuality"="32"
"TextureFiltering"="2"
"AntiAlias"="0"
"LevelGeometry"="2"
"LevelTextures"="2"
"ParticleDetail"="2"
"SoundEnabled"="1"
"Width"="1280"
"Height"="960"
"Depth"="32"
- Save your file and then run it to add the keys to your registry.
- Run the game from
<path-to-game>\start.exe or else the default settings will be used.
Notes
- Launching the game from start.exe will not grant you any trading cards. It is recommended to launch the game from Steam and leave the game idle in the background for 1 hour to receive your 3 cards.
- The fix has not been tested on 32 bit operating systems. It may not work or may need to be applied differently.
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Jerky/Uneven mouse movement
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Use RInput
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- Open
RInput.exe.
- Type the executable's name (it's case-sensitive).
- Press Enter and it's done.
Notes
- The game has to be already running before doing this.
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Poor performance with Proton 5.13-6 and newer (Linux)
- The game's performance is significantly degraded with Proton 5.13-6 and newer.
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Use Proton 5.0-10 or older
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- In the Compatibility tab of the game's Properties window in Steam, enable the "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" option and select Proton 5.0-10 or older from the drop-down list.
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Cutscenes not working with Proton 5.0-10 and older (Linux)
- The game's pre-rendered cutscenes do not work out-of-the-box with Proton 5.0-10 and older.
Install quartz.dll and disable winegstreamer.dll
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- Install
quartz.dll using Protontricks: protontricks 283290 quartz
- In the General tab of the game's Properties window in Steam, put
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winegstreamer=" %command% in the launch options field.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
8 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
98, 2000, XP, 7, 8 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium III 733 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
353 MB |
| Video card (GPU) |
Direct3D Compatible
16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ 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
