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Revision as of 18:24, 23 February 2023
Developers | |
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Radical Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Sierra Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Pure3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 25, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
IGDB | 79 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Open world, Shooter |
Vehicles | Automobile, Naval/watercraft |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary, North America, South America |
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a singleplayer third-person action, open world and shooter game.
The PC port is missing the effects that cause windshields on cars to look broken on the console versions; the windshield is now either fully intact or totally destroyed. Blood effects on clothing and skin from the PlayStation 2 version is also missing.[1][2]
Graphics are corrupted on modern versions of Windows. See Corrupted graphics on modern systems.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 DRM disc check. Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1] instead. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Skip intro videos
- Both fixes allow to skip all intro videos, except for the short legal screen.[7]
Use Scarface intro skip[citation needed] |
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Use Scarface Fusion Fix[8] |
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SilentPatch
- Fixes some corrupted graphics on moderns system, while improving performance significantly.[9]
- Can fix very slow in-game mouse-movement.
- Allows all resolutions to be selected.[9]
- Works only with latest retail version 1.00.2.[citation needed]
- It's required to delete configuration files in order for the game to launch with this fix, make sure that the game didn't created a secondary configuration files location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node.[citation needed]
Install SilentPatch[10] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VUGAMES\Scarface\[Note 2] |
- SilentPatch relocates the settings to
<path-to-game>\settings.ini
.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution for unlisted resolutions. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See FOV. | ||
Windowed | Use Scarface Fusion Fix | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Scarface Fusion Fix | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default. Double buffered.[11] Can be forced off through the graphics card. control panel. | ||
60 FPS | Recommended. | ||
120+ FPS | By default it is locked at 60hz/60fps. 120 FPS breaks the game's physics (i.e. Tony's movement speed).[citation needed] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Use SilentPatch to introduce widescreen resolution support[12][13] |
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Notes
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FOV
Set FOV through SilentPatch[14] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only one layout. | |
Mouse acceleration | Negative mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. Some workarounds are available. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See XInput-compatible controllers. | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
XInput-compatible controllers
- XInput triggers can't be assigned to actions by default.
Use XInput to DInput translator[15] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Dialogue | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Only available in Russian retail copy. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail copy. | |||
Czech | Only available in Czech retail copy. |
Issues unresolved
Controls reset after dying[citation needed]
Red box on the startup screen, not finding saved game profile
- This can occur on modern systems sporadically even with all the patches and fixes installed.
Setting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Windows Compatibility Mode for <path-to-game>\scarface.exe [16][dubious – discuss]
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Issues fixed
Corrupted graphics on modern systems
Use SilentPatch[12] |
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Low frame rate
Use SilentPatch[12] |
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Very slow in-game mouse-movement
- Negative mouse acceleration is forced in-game and can't be disabled. It gets significantly worse the higher your mouse polling rate is high or DPI is low. It can cause very slow mouse-movement in-game, making it hard to accurately aim with your weapon.[17]
Use SilentPatch and set camera speed multiplier[18] |
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Use Scarface Fusion Fix[19] |
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Workaround: Lower the mouse's polling rate through hardware or software options to a lower value like 125hz[20] |
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Workaround: Set mouse DPI very high to a value like 12000 through hardware or software options[21] |
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- The game defaults to a 60 Hz refresh rate. Enforcing a 60 FPS cap is still recommended.
Override refresh rate set by game[22] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Vorbis | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.8d |
Scarface Fusion Fix
- Fixes gamepad support and very slow in-game mouse-movement, while adding several optional features like windowed mode, modern gamepad control scheme, FPS limit and skippable intro videos.
Install Fusion Fix[8] |
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Mods
Remastered Project
- All NPCs textures have been enhanced, with Tony's face/suits/models remastered and color corrected.
- Most missing effects from the PlayStation 2 release have been restored, with alternative PlayStation 2 gun sparks.
- New background music and cut effects for some cutscenes.
- Added XInput controller support.
- Lots of textures ranging from adverts to billboards have been enhanced.
- Includes SilentPatch.
- Lacks multilingual support.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2000 | XP SP2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3600+ |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.9 GB | 5 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 9200 Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | ATI Radeon X800 Nvidia GeForce 6800 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[3][4][5][6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 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
- ↑ Missing Blood Effects - last accessed on 2018-05-28
- ↑ Comparing Every Version of Scarface: The World Is Yours - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-09-18
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Tested both Fusion fix and intro skip mod and both still showed the legal screen in the beginning.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Tested the mod myself on January 20, 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 SilentPatch for Scarface: The World is Yours & launching a Patreon campaign - Silent's Blog - last accessed on 2022-09-17
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Silent on 2020-03-28
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Verified by User:Blackbird on March 29, 2019
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Checked by looking into the SilentPatch ini file and testing it myself.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Tested myself by adjusting the FOV value in the SilentPatch settings file.
- ↑ Injecting scarface_dinput.dll · Issue #1 · aap/XDinput
- ↑ Verified by User:Choddley on 2023-02-23
- Myself over a week of troubleshooting
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-17
- Very slow and inconsistent mouse-movement occurs, making it very hard to aim properly and look around with your mouse
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Tested with my mouse at 1000 Hz polling rate 1600 DPI.
CameraSpeedMultiplier=10
delivered the best results for me; good mouse movement, while being less uncomfortably fast than Fusion Fix.
- Tested with my mouse at 1000 Hz polling rate 1600 DPI.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-20
- Makes movement of the mouse much easier, maybe too easy as with my mouse at 1000 Hz polling rate 1600 DPI it goes a bit too quickly for my feeling with no way to adjust it.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-17
- Setting mouse polling rate to 125 through Logitech G Hub fixed my in-game mouse acceleration issues.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-18
- Had same effect as reducing the polling rate. Set through Logitech G Hub
- ↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2019-10-27