Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock

Developers   Almost Human Linux Edward Rudd

Release dates Windows 11 April 2012 OS X 19 December 2012 Linux 19 December 2012

Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock	2012
Legend of Grimrock 2	2014

Key points

Runs on low-end hardware if settings are all set to low.

General information

Official website

Official forum

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Developer website
GamersGate
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Enable console

Enabling the console Add the following lines to the file grimrock.cfg in the game data folder: console=true consoleKey = 192 This sets ~ to open the console. A handy Debugging Toolkit can be placed into the folder containing 'grimrock.exe' and then accessed in the console by typing dofile('debug.lua'). A list of commands can be found within the file itself.

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Almost Human\Legend of Grimrock
OS X	~/Library/Application Support/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/
Linux	~/.local/share/Almost Human/Legend of Grimrock/

This game supports the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Set Display Mode to Borderless in Settings.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Merged into texture filtering options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force in the video card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		Frame rate is capped to monitor refresh when Vsync is enabled.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Other
Touchscreen optimised		Enable Tablet Mode in Settings for on-screen controls.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music/ambient and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French				Use Patch FR translation. Only supports DRM-free versions.

Issues fixed

Game freezes occasionally

Periodical freezing, overheating Enabling Vsync may fix some issues, such as periodic freezing. This is because the game does not have a frame rate limiter, therefore it will tax the graphics card very heavily. Vsync forces a frame rate cap.

Screen appears black / mostly black

Black screen with torches visible A known issue regarding certain graphics card drivers. Resetting the graphics driver to default values from the control panel can fix this issue. This issue, at least on AMD cards, seems to be caused by forcing anti-aliasing via the control panel. Disabling it should fix the issue. Morphological Filtering (MLAA) seems functional as an alternative, but it can make small text and objects blurry.

Graphics are blurry

Blurry graphics Blurry textures and menu items are almost always caused by the Mipmap Detail Level in the AMD VISION Engine Control Center. Following these steps to fix the issue: set Mipmap Detail Level to 'Quality' disable Catalyst AI #everything else to App Controlled/off.

Mouse cursor isn't visible

Mouse cursor missing Disabling mouse pointer trails fixes this issue.

D3DError

D3DError - D3DXCompileShader failed Error message: D3DError - D3DXCompileShader failed: ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT A solution involves modifying a new DirectX installer. Download the latest DXSsetup.exe from Microsoft. Extract the DXSetup.exe to a folder. Enter these subfolders: 32 bit folder - Windows\SysWOW64 64 bit folder - Windows\System32 Delete these files: D3DCompiler_43.dll D3DX9_43.dll d3dx11_43.dll After doing this, rerun the DXSetup.exe from the original downloaded archive above.

Running the game on integrated graphics

Running on integrated graphics This is possible using a utility called Swiftshader, which offloads shader processing onto the CPU. However, this comes at a heavy performance price.

System requirements

Requires a resolution of at least 1280x720 or 1024x768.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core 2 GHz Intel or 2.8 GHz AMD	Quad Core 2.66 GHz Intel or 3.2 GHz AMD
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1600 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3 support	ATI Radeon HD 2900 NVIDIA GeForce 8800

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Core 2 Duo	Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible	ATI Radeon HD 2900 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.5
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible Shader model 3 support