Soulbringer

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Soulbringer
Soulbringer cover
Developers
Infogrames
Publishers
KISS ltd
Release dates
Windows June 30, 2000

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename intro.bik[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\
  2. Delete or rename intro.bik.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\soul.opt
%APPDATA%\GOG\SoulBringer\LauncherConfig.ini
Both the GOG.com and Steam versions use LauncherConfig.ini.
The GOG.com and Steam versions support an additional Config.ini for controlling the video scaling method (this file does not exist by default).[1]

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\save\
save.dat is an index of save slot names.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Syncs saves and settings.

Video settings[edit]

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.
Advanced settings.
Advanced settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen resolutions are selectable but the image is stretched from 4:3. The GOG.com version is pillarboxed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Can be forced on through the Graphics Card Control Panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA can be forced on through the Graphics Card Control Panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On by default.
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound FX, Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Set in Advanced options.

Localizations

The Steam version includes all languages but the language switcher does not work; see Can't change language (Steam) to change manually.
Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed[edit]

Game does not start (Steam)[edit]

Install the Soulbringer Steam startup fix.

Can't change language (Steam)[edit]

The Steam version's language switcher does not work.
Set language manually[2]
  1. Edit <path-to-game>\data\lang.dat
  2. Change english e to french f, spanish s, german g, dutch d, or italian i
  3. Save your changes and close the file.
  4. Go to <path-to-game>\data\wavs\vo\english
  5. Copy everything into the folder for the game language you set in lang.dat.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz Processor
System memory (RAM) 512 MB 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2GB

References

  1. Text Issues?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
  2. Setting language problem :: Soulbringer General Discussions