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World of Watches
Mafia Racing	2005
Night Watch	2005
Day Watch	2007

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

General information

Official website (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]}

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.01 is the latest patch for the game.

Unable to boot / Unknown Error

d3d9.dll find the d3d9.dll fix on the page and put it in the Night Watch\Run folder to solve this problem.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Polish
Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 3 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz	Intel Pentium 3 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 T&L-compatible 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce FX ATI Radeon 9700 T&L-compatible 128 MB of VRAM
Other	4x CD-ROM Drive

Notes

↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

References

[5] This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[StarForce_Windows_Vista-1] Windows Vista support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_7-2] Windows 7 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-3] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-4] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[Note 1]

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[4]

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Developers

	Nival Interactive
Publishers
	Cdv Software Entertainment
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 18, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	World of Watches