Riven

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Riven
Riven Coverart.png
Developers
Publishers
Release dates
Windows
October 29, 1997
Mac OS
October 29, 1997
Riven at WineHQ
Riven at Steam Charts
Riven at SteamDB
 Riven at Wikipedia
Myst
Myst 1993
Riven 1997
RealMyst 2000
Myst III: Exile 2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst 2003
Myst IV: Revelation 2004
Myst V: End of Ages 2005
Myst Online: Uru Live 2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition 2014

Key points

Information Riven requires QuickTime 2.5 or higher; install from Apple's site if you don't have it already.

General information

More information Official game site
More information Official forums
More information MYSTAges - A wiki for the series
More information GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
More information GOG.com Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Amazon.com DRM-free
GOG.com DRM-free Updated for compatibility with modern systems. Windows only.
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg Does not run on Windows XP. Windows only.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>
Mac OS

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\*.rvn
Mac OS

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Impossible The only available resolution is 640x480.
Multi-monitor Impossible
Ultra-widescreen Impossible
4K Ultra HD Impossible
Field of view (FOV) Not applicable
Windowed Impossible
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Not applicable
Anti-aliasing (AA) Not applicable
Vertical sync (Vsync) Not applicable
High frame rate Impossible

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Impossible
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Not applicable
Controller
Controller support Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Impossible
Surround sound Not applicable
Subtitles Impossible
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Impossible

Issues fixed[edit]

Ambient Sounds And Modem[edit]

Information The Unimodem device may cause a startup BSOD. Either method below can help resolve this.

Fix Disable Unimodem device (if you don't use it)

  1. Open Device Manager.
    • Windows 8: right click the Start corner, choose Device Manager.
    • Vista and 7: open the Start Menu, type devmgmt.msc and press ↵ Enter.
    • Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R, type devmgmt.msc and press ↵ Enter.
  2. Find the entry for "unimodem half-duplex audio device", or similar.
  3. Right click the unimodem device, choose Disable, choose Yes.
  4. Close Device Manager.

Fix Toggle Unimodem device during gameplay (if you use it)

  1. Download Devcon.
  2. Extract it somewhere convenient.
  3. Use Notepad to save the text below as riven.bat in the same folder as devcon.exe, editing the device name so that it matches what's listed in Device Manager, and the path to the EXE so that it matches what's in the existing shortcut:
    devcon disable "unimodem half-duplex audio device" "C:\GOG Games\Riven\riven.exe" devcon enable "unimodem half-duplex audio device"
  4. Run the batch file to launch the game; this will automatically disable the device, launch the game, then re-enable it when you finish playing.[1]

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98
Processor (CPU)
Intel Pentium 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 75 MB 2.7 GB
Video card (GPU)
DirectX 5 compatible
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) System 7.5 9.2.2
Processor (CPU)
PowerPC 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 9 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 65 MB 2.7 GB
Video card (GPU)
SVGA display

References

  1. ↑ Good Guy Gamer - r/gaming on reddit