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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|October 31, 1994}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|October 31, 1994}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|1995}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|1995}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 16, 2009|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_under_a_killing_moon New release: Under a Killing Moon - GOG.com]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 16, 2009|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_under_a_killing_moon|title=New release: Under a Killing Moon - GOG.com|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=DOSBox}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|October 18, 2012|wrapper=DOSBox}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 12, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tex_murphy_project_fedora/announcements/detail/1262446223499458502 Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora]</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 12, 2014|wrapper=DOSBox|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tex_murphy_project_fedora/announcements/detail/1262446223499458502|title=Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora|date=17 May 2023}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Tex Murphy }}
 
|steam appid  = 302350
 
|steam appid  = 302350
 
|gogcom id    = 1207658767
 
|gogcom id    = 1207658767
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|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|Tex Murphy}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
 
{{mm}} [http://www.unofficialtexmurphy.com/ The Unofficial Tex Murphy Web Site] - A fan site for the series
 
{{mm}} [http://www.unofficialtexmurphy.com/ The Unofficial Tex Murphy Web Site] - A fan site for the series
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{{mm}} [http://texmurphy.wikia.com/wiki/Tex_Murphy_Wiki Tex Murphy Wiki]
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{{mm}} [https://texmurphy.fandom.com/wiki/Tex_Murphy_Wiki Tex Murphy Wiki]
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658767|tex_murphy_series|for game series}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1207658767|tex_murphy_series|for game series}}
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/302350/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/302350/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | DOS, Mac OS }}
 
{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | DOS, Mac OS }}
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | tex_murphy_under_a_killing_moon | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/post45 List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | tex_murphy_under_a_killing_moon | DRM-free | Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/post45|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com|date=17 May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | tex-murphy-under-a-killing-moon | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| GMG | tex-murphy-under-a-killing-moon | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| Humble | tex-murphy-complete-pack | Steam | Packaged with [[Tex Murphy: Mean Streets]], [[Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum]], [[Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive]], and [[Tex Murphy: Overseer]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| Humble | tex-murphy-complete-pack | Steam | Packaged with [[Tex Murphy: Mean Streets]], [[Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum]], [[Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive]], and [[Tex Murphy: Overseer]]. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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'''Notes'''
 
'''Notes'''
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With DOSBox you can IMGMOUNT each CD-ROM image onto a different virtual CD-ROM drive by adding lines similar to these to your dosbox config:
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With DOSBox you can IMGMOUNT each CD-ROM image onto a different virtual CD-ROM drive by adding lines similar to these to your DOSBox config:
  
 
<pre>[autoexec]
 
<pre>[autoexec]
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{{fixbox|description=HD/DVD Installer|ref=<ref>[https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=91778#p91778 HD/DVD installer]</ref>|fix=
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{{fixbox|description=HD/DVD Installer|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=91778#p91778|title=HD/DVD installer|date=May 2023}}</ref>|fix=
  
 
'''Notes'''
 
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\PLAYERS\*.PLR}}
 
{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\PLAYERS\*.PLR}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\TEX3\PLAYERS\|{{p|game}}\TEX3\PLAYERS\GAMES\}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\TEX3\PLAYERS\|{{p|game}}\TEX3\GAMES\}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
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===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
 
{{Save game cloud syncing
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|discord               =  
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|discord                   =  
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|discord notes         =  
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|discord notes             =  
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|epic games store       =  
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|epic games launcher       =  
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|epic games store notes =  
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|gog galaxy             = false
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|gog galaxy               = false
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|gog galaxy notes       =  
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|origin                 =  
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|origin                   =  
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|origin notes           =  
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|steam cloud           = false
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|steam cloud               = false
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|steam cloud notes     =  
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|steam cloud notes         =  
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|uplay                  =  
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|ubisoft connect          =  
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|uplay notes           =  
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|ubisoft connect notes     =  
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|xbox cloud             =  
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|xbox cloud               =  
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|xbox cloud notes       =  
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|xbox cloud notes         =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Video==
 
==Video==
 
{{Image|Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon Options.png|In-game options menu.}}
 
{{Image|Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon Options.png|In-game options menu.}}
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{{Image|GOG.com DOSBox Configurator v2.png|Graphics settings (GOG.com version)}}
 
 
{{Video
 
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
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|fov                        = false
 
|fov                        = false
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
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|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = false
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|windowed notes            = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}} (when using [[DOSBox]]).
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|windowed notes            =  
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
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|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing              = false
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|vsync                      = false
 
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|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
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|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
|mute on focus lost notes =  
 
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|red book cd audio        =  
 
|red book cd audio        =  
 
|red book cd audio notes  =  
 
|red book cd audio notes  =  
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  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
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|fan      =
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  |subtitles = true
 
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|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
 
|windows 32-bit exe    = unknown
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
 
|windows 64-bit exe    = unknown
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|windows arm app        = unknown
 
|windows exe notes      =  
 
|windows exe notes      =  
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|macos 32-bit app       = unknown
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|macos 64-bit app       = unknown
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|macos intel 64-bit app = unknown
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|macos arm app          = unknown
 
|macos app notes        =  
 
|macos app notes        =  
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 32-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
 
|linux 64-bit executable= unknown
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|linux arm app          = unknown
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|linux 68k app          = unknown
 
|linux executable notes =  
 
|linux executable notes =  
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|mac os executable notes=
 
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 3 April 2024

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon cover
Developers
Access Software
Engines
Access[1]
Release dates
DOS October 31, 1994
Mac OS (Classic) 1995
Windows (DOSBox) June 16, 2009[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) October 18, 2012
Linux (DOSBox) June 12, 2014[3]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Tex Murphy
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Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon on MobyGames
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon on Wikipedia
Tex Murphy
Tex Murphy: Mean Streets 1989
Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum 1991
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon 1994
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive 1996
Tex Murphy: Overseer 1998
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure 2014
The Poisoned Pawn: A Tex Murphy Adventure TBA

General information

The Unofficial Tex Murphy Web Site - A fan site for the series
Tex Murphy Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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 Packaged with Tex Murphy: Mean Streets, Tex Murphy: Martian Memorandum, Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive, and Tex Murphy: Overseer.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Eliminate CD-ROM swapping

The original game comes on four CD-ROM's. Disk swapping can be minimised or eliminated if you have multiple CD-ROM drives available by putting the games CD-ROM's in different drives, assuming that each drive will get a separate drive letter.

Use DOSBox

Notes With DOSBox you can IMGMOUNT each CD-ROM image onto a different virtual CD-ROM drive by adding lines similar to these to your DOSBox config: 

[autoexec]
MOUNT C "UAKM"
IMGMOUNT D "UAKM/CD/Under_a_Killing_Moon_CD1.iso" -t iso
IMGMOUNT E "UAKM/CD/Under_a_Killing_Moon_CD2.iso" -t iso
IMGMOUNT F "UAKM/CD/Under_a_Killing_Moon_CD3.iso" -t iso
IMGMOUNT G "UAKM/CD/Under_a_Killing_Moon_CD4.iso" -t iso
C:
CD \KMOON
MOON.EXE

Alternatively if you copied the contents of the CD-ROMs as files to different directories: 

[autoexec]
mount C "UAKM"
mount D "UAKM/CD/DISK1" -label DISK1 -t cdrom
mount E "UAKM/CD/DISK2" -label DISK2 -t cdrom
mount F "UAKM/CD/DISK3" -label DISK3 -t cdrom
mount G "UAKM/CD/DISK4" -label DISK4 -t cdrom
C:
cd \kmoon
MOON.EXE
HD/DVD Installer[5]

Notes User Wintermute on Vogons posted an installer to convert the four CD-ROMs to a single DVD, or to a HD installation which no longer requires disk swapping.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CONFIG.INI
Windows <path-to-game>\TEX3\CONFIG.INI[Note 1]<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\PLAYERS\*.PLR
Windows <path-to-game>\TEX3\PLAYERS\[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\TEX3\GAMES\[Note 1]
<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

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
Y-axis is bound to movement. Looking up/down is bound to the arrow keys.
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes SVGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0 6.22
Processor (CPU) Intel 386 25 MHz Intel 486DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 4 MB 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8.1 compatible DirectX 9 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

References

  1. ↑ Access - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-10-01
  2. ↑ New release: Under a Killing Moon - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. ↑ Steam Community :: Group :: Tex Murphy Project Fedora - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  4. ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  5. ↑ HD/DVD installer - last accessed on May 2023