Diggles: The Myth of Fenris

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Diggles: The Myth of Fenris

Developers
	Innonics
Publishers
	Strategy First
Release dates
Windows	September 27, 2001

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

Three Wiggles Patches have been released by one of the developers.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Polish
Russian

Issues fixed

Compatibility problems

In order to combat various low FPS bugs and other issues that make the game unplayable, create a shortcut with the -console command line argument. Set DigHelper.exe to Windows 2000 compatibility and run with administrator rights.^{[citation needed]}

Copy the following into a registry file, for example "Diggles registry entries.reg". Check that the installation Directories are correct.

 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles]
"KeyLocation"=""
"TclDefines"="FULL"
"Language"="en"
"WorkingDir"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Games\\Diggles"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Control]
"ButtonMapping"="0"
"Panning"="-1"
"Zoom"="-1"
"Tilt"="-1" 
"PanMouseFactor"="100"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Input]
"SimpleControl"="1"
"MouseSpeed"="1"
"BorderScroll"="1"
"MouseScroll"="1"
"KeyScroll"="1"
"ZoomSpeedFactor"="0"
"ViewModifier"="2"
"AltModifier"="3"
"PanModifier"="1"
"ZoomModifier"="4"
"TiltModifier"="5"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Misc]
"PersistOptions"="1"
"ShowSubText"="1"
"ReverseStereo"="1"
"ShowFMV"="1"
"ShowQuotes"="1"
"ThreadPriority"="1"
"MinThreadSleep"="2"
"DIPYieldThreshold"="10000"
"RedundantStateChanges"="0"
"PauseOnDeactivate"="1"
"PlayerAIDefault"="0"
"WorldIsInvalid"="0"
"ScapeLight"="1"
"AutoDigRange"="120"
"AutoHarvestRange"="120"
"NoGamespeedLock"="0"
"UseTclClassCache"="0"
"GameSaveCompression"="7"
"AnimStats"="0"
"MaxGametimeFactor"="64"
"PerfStats"="0"
"Sound"="1"
"Music"="1"
"LoadInfoMax"="17624"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Performance]
"TextureQuality"="4"
"LandscapeQuality"="2"
"ObjectQuality"="2"
"MaxFramerate"="60"
"RatingCPU"="100"
"RatingMem"="100"
"RatingGfx"="100"
"RatingDsk"="100"
"MultiTexture"="1"
"AnimInterpolation"="1"
"LightGlow"="1"
"BorderMask"="1"
"Particles"="1"
"EvtFrameSkip"="1"
"TexVideoMemLimit"="4096"
"MaxShadowLightDist"="8"
"OldProdControl"="0"
"ValidateRenderJobs"="0"
"WebServer"="0"
"NotBremse"="0"
"ScapeJitter"="0"
"UseIdiObjs"="1"
"LazyTextureLoad"="1"
"UseEnvMapping"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Screen]
"DirectDrawGUID"="00000000 0000 0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"
"Direct3DGUID"="84e63de0 46aa 11cf 81 6f 00 00 c0 20 15 6e"
"Width"="1024"
"Height"="768"
"TnL"="0"
"Fullscreen"="0"
"Brightness"="-0.02"
"Gamma"="0.9475"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Setup]
"InstDir"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Games\\Diggles"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Sound]
"VolumeMusic"="100"
"VolumeSound"="100"

Important things to note in the registry are the screen sizes, such as

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Screen]
"Width"="1024"
"Height"="768"
"Fullscreen"="0"

The above will let you change the resolution to whatever you want and play in windowed mode.

TO change the language, modify this value.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles]
"Language"="en"

en will give you English, and de will give you German.

This section will control your performance of the game.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Performance]
"RatingDsk"="100"
"RatingGfx"="100"
"RatingCPU"="100"
"RatingMem"="100"
"MaxFramerate"="60"

This final section will control how fast you can speed up the game with + or - (useful for long digging sessions).

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Misc]
"MaxGametimeFactor"="64"
"NoGamespeedLock"="0"

People seem to prefer anywhere from 8 to 64, depending on how fast you want to speed up the game. If NoGamespeedLock =0, you will not be able to interact at higher speeds, but will instead see what speed you are running at.

For sound issues, check the Misc key.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SekOst\Diggles\Misc]
"ShowSubText"="1"
"ReverseStereo"="1"
"ShowQuotes"="1"
"Sound"="1"
"Music"="1"

Loading and Saving

Every time you start a new campaign it will break the frame rate and speed control.

Use console workaround

As soon as you start a new game, bring up the console (~ or Scroll Lock) and type gamesave [save game name.sav]. Exit the game, merge the registry entries back into the registry, and restart the game. To load, open the console and type gameload [save game name.sav]. Notes These saves will be stored in the Diggles folder. If you start a new game or load with the menu it will break the frame rate. Saving and loading with the console allows you to play the game at a full 60 fps.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)