The Dig

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

The International House of Mojo - In-depth article including developer interviews and game trivia

The Dig Museum - Comprehensive fan site

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

GOG.com		Comes pre-configured with ScummVM.
Steam

A demo is available from ScummVM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	C:\DIG\IMUSE.INI
Mac OS (Classic)
Windows	<path-to-game>\dig.ini^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Dig\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6040/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

The Steam version uses %APPDATA% on Windows.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	C:\DIG\SAVEGAME.*
Mac OS (Classic)
Windows	<path-to-game>\dig.s*^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\LucasArts\The Dig\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6040/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

The Steam version uses %APPDATA% on Windows.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

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

Toggle between colour and black & white with B

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		Toggle mouse support with `Ctrl`+`M`.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Toggle with `Ctrl`+`J`.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Adjust Music with `;` and `'`. Adjust SFX with `[` and `]`.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Toggle with `Ctrl`+`T`. Speed of text can be adjusted with `-` and `+`.
Closed captions		Subtitles include captions for nonverbal dialogue, such as laughter. General sound effects and music are not captioned.
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
Traditional Chinese				Retail only.
French
German
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only.^[2] ScummBR.
Russian				Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.Ru»
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		2D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. `Note:` Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

DPI scaling breaks fullscreen output

Steam version of the game doesn't switch to fullscreen correctly on displays with higher than 100% DPI scaling
Play the game through ScummVM

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw
DOS video modes	VGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	iMUSE
Cutscenes	INSANE

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	6.0	6.22
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 DX2 66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95 OSR2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB (9x/ME) 64 MB (2000/XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	System 7.1	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68040
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6040/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6040) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: The Dig - GOG.com
↑ The Dig - BraSoft, 1997 (archived) - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6040/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6040) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[GOG.com-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Release: The Dig - GOG.com

[4] The Dig - BraSoft, 1997 (archived) - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	LucasArts
Engines
Original	SCUMM
Re-release	ScummVM
Release dates
DOS	November 1, 1995
Mac OS (Classic)	November 1, 1995
Windows	2002
macOS (OS X)	July 8, 2009
Windows (ScummVM)	March 19, 2015^[1]
macOS (OS X) (ScummVM)	March 19, 2015^[1]
Linux (ScummVM)	March 19, 2015^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon, Pre-rendered graphics
Themes	Sci-fi, Space