Scratches
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| Developers | |
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| Nucleosys | |
| Publishers | |
| Got Game Entertainment | |
| Meridian4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 8, 2006 |
| macOS (OS X) | July 28, 2011 |
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Key points
- Both GOG.com and Steam versions are fully compatible with Windows Vista and later.
- Retail versions are fully compatible, but require patching and configuration to get working.
- Game removed from GOG.com and Steam in January 2015.[1]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Has 3 Releases, The Original, Director's Cut, and some copies of Director's Cut came with an extra disc with patches to fix problems in the 1-disc version. | |
- Game removed from GOG.com and Steam in January 2015.[1]
- Steam version can be ran without Steam running, and is DRM-free.[2]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46460/pfx/[Note 1] |
- The
scream.cfglocation differs between releases.
Save game data location
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| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46460/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Options Menu
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Issues fixed
BSoD on modern Windows (Retail)
- Attempting to run the original Scratches or Scratches: Director's Cut on Windows Vista or above will cause Windows to crash to a blue screen.
- This issue is caused by how modern Windows handles an outdated call for the monitor refresh rate.
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Crashing in-game (Retail)
- The original version of Scratches is prone to crashing on modern computers.
- This issue was initially due to features that were added to Intel CPUs at the time, features that have since become standard in all Intel CPUs.
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Crashing during The Last Visit (Retail)
- The initial release of Scratches Director's Cut came with only one disc, which contained a game breaking bug that would cause the game to crash during the additional content chapter of the game.
- Future releases had two discs, with the second disc containing copies of the patches below, as such this issue should not be present on those copies, so long as the patches on Disc 2 are installed.
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Run the game at screen refresh rate
- Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
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Camera speed is too fast
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2 compatible DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.2 compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (46460) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game removed from steam - last accessed on 2016-09-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Cheatfreak47 on 2016-09-27