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Revision as of 16:46, 14 March 2024
Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Activision |
Engines | |
SCI2 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1994 |
Windows 3.x | March 1994 |
Windows (DOSBox) | May 10, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, RPG |
Themes | Lovecraftian |
Series | Quest for Glory |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Also titled Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness.
- Can be played on ScummVM.[1]
- Saves can be imported from Quest for Glory III: Wages of War. Also, after completing the game it is possible to export character data to file in order to be imported to the next game in the series, Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire.
- The game suffered from serious bugs at the time of release and official patches fixed only some of these.
- Script fixes made by fan known as NewRisingSun fix many of the remaining bugs. These fixes are already applied to the version available at GOG.com.
General information
- Sierra Help Pages - Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | The floppy disk version requires the manual to pass the in-game DRM. The CD version requires the disc to be in the CD drive while playing. | |||
GOG.com | CD version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. | |||
Steam | Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Bundled with all other Quest for Glory games. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patches are available for the retail releases. The GOG.com version is already patched.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\GLORYSG.*** |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/502750/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Spoken dialogue is only available on the CD version. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
General MIDI audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Non-talkie version only, retail only; download for digital releases. |
Other information
Enhanced Edition
Fan mod QFG4 Enhanced enhances the game with additional bugfixing, restored content and more.[3]
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows 3.x | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386 25 MHz | Intel 486 25 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 MB | 25 MB |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (502750) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Quest for Glory IV - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-10-12
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ questforglory.fandom.com - last accessed on May 2023