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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper

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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper cover
Developers
Frogwares
Release dates
Windows December 23, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 73
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper on Wikipedia
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The Devil's Daughter 2016
Chapter One 2021
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General information

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)
Solidshield DRM and TAGES v5.5.7.2 DRM
Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip splash screens

Edit user.ini[1]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\user.ini.
  2. Delete the following lines:
    • splash_screen_start_01_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg
    • splash_screen_start_02_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg
    • splash_screen_start_03_bg = logo_ageia
  3. Save the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\setup.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Native aspect ratio is 5:4 (1280x1024). Otherwise image is stretched or pillarboxed, see Scaling.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Resolution can be set, but image will be stretched or pillarboxed.
Field of view (FOV)
Wide Screen option in game settings switches between 60 and 70.
For other values see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
None, 4x, 8x
Anti-aliasing (AA)
None, 2x, 4x, 8x
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Only in Borderless fullscreen windowed mode.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Scaling

Configure scaling[2]
  1. Go to the <path-to-game>\.
  2. Open game.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change fixed_aspect_ratio to true for pillarboxed mode or false for stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Configure FOV[2]
  1. Go to the %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\.
  2. Open setup.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change fov to the desired value.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Configure borderless/exclusive mode[2]
  1. Go to the %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\.
  2. Open setup.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change windowMode to YES for borderless mode or NO for exclusive.

Input

In-game keyboard mapping menu.
In-game keyboard mapping menu.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Voice, Music, Effects, Ambient
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game not starting

Fix PhysX installation problems[3]
  1. Uninstall all versions of PhysX on PC.
  2. Remove file PhysXLoader.dll from <path-to-game>\ if you have copied it there previously.
  3. Reboot.
  4. Download and install latest NVIDIA PhysX.
  5. Download and install NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.
  6. Reboot.
Copy PhysXLoader.dll into game folder[4]
  1. Make sure PhysX is installed.
  2. Locate file PhysXLoader.dll. It should be present in %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common\ in 64-bit Windows and %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common\ in 32-bit Windows.
  3. Copy it to <path-to-game>\.
Fix display refresh rate related problem[2]
  1. Switch game to borderless fullscreen windowed mode.

Second murder inspection problem

Increase FOV[5]
  1. Change FOV value to 100, see Field of view (FOV).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Celeron 2 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1900+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/11190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (11190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-18
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Verified by User:Mastan on 2018-11-20
  3. https://steamcommunity.com/app/11190/discussions/0/864948300033895738/?ctp=5#c485623406946105665
  4. Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023
  5. Steam Community - last accessed on 28 May 2023