Difference between revisions of "The Blackwell Convergence"

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Blackwell
The Blackwell Legacy	2006
Blackwell Unbound	2007
The Blackwell Convergence	2009
Blackwell Deception	2011
Blackwell Epiphany	2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
GOG.com		Includes the first four games
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)		Demo also available.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\acsetup.cfg^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg
Linux	<path-to-game>/acsetup.cfg

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Blackwell Convergence\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/ags/Blackwell Convergence/
Steam	<path-to-game>/Saves/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

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

$Graphics options for Blackwell Convergence accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.$

Graphics options for Blackwell Convergence accessed through <path-to-game>\winsetup.exe.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x240 (4:3) anamorphic, stretched, or pixel-perfect. Scaling algorithm is either nearest-neighbor or bilinear.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Resolution can be set, but will have black borders (Stretch, preserving aspect ratio setting), or be stretched (Fill whole screen setting).
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Set with `winsetup.exe` or use `-windowed` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is locked to 40 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

General settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Fan translation by «Prometheus Project»
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
DirectDraw	5	Labeled Software renderer in the external setup utility.
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	64 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 5 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.11
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu, Debian, Arch
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL

Notes

↑ Adventure Game Studio engine build: 3.5.1.13^[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).

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-01-21

[2] Adventure Game Studio engine build: 3.5.1.13^[1]

[gamedir-3] 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).

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-01-21

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[1]

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+|macos intel 64-bit app = true
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+{{System requirements
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Developers

	Wadjet Eye Games
Engines
	Adventure Game Studio^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	July 22, 2009
macOS (OS X)	January 24, 2013
Linux	September 23, 2014
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Flip screen, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Supernatural
Series	Blackwell