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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).

Night Watch is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG game in the World of Watches series.

General information

Official website (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Retail		Czech abc release by Prague promotion

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

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)		None, x2, x4, x8, x16
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Cannot be disabled (Low, Medium, High, Very high)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Edit `<path-to-game>\cfg\nwinput.cfg`
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		Sound, Music, Character quotes mutable
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Polish
Russian
Czech				Retail abc release by Prague promotion.

Changing language to English

Download English Patch 1.01. Extract it with UniExtract and copy run directory into the game folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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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[2]

[3]

[4]

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 |release dates=
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 18, 2005}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|night-watch|47}}
 |taxonomy     =
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time, Turn-based }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and Select}}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RPG }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | World of Watches }}
@@ Line 29: / Line 31: @@
 |hltb         = 33557
 |strategywiki =
-|mobygames    = night-watch
+|mobygames    = 28457
 |wikipedia    = Night Watch (video game)
 |winehq       =
+|igdb         = night-watch
 |license      = commercial
 |official site= http://en.nival.com/nightwatch/
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 42: / Line 53: @@
 {{Availability|
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | {{DRM|StarForce|3}} |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | Czech abc release by Prague promotion | |Windows}}
 }}
-{{ii}} This game is not available digitally.
 {{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/NightWatch_201403 Archive.org].
@@ Line 85: / Line 96: @@
 |borderless windowed        = unknown
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = true
-|anisotropic notes          =
+|anisotropic notes          = None, x2, x4, x8, x16
 |antialiasing               = true
-|antialiasing notes         =
+|antialiasing notes         = Cannot be disabled (Low, Medium, High, Very high)
 |upscaling                  = false
 |upscaling tech             =
@@ Line 94: / Line 105: @@
 |vsync                      = unknown
 |vsync notes                =
-|60 fps                     = unknown
+|60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = unknown
@@ Line 106: / Line 117: @@
 ==Input==
 {{Input
-|key remap                 = unknown
+|key remap                 = hackable
-|key remap notes           =
+|key remap notes           = Edit {{file|{{p|game}}\cfg\nwinput.cfg}}
 |acceleration option       = unknown
 |acceleration option notes =
@@ Line 171: / Line 182: @@
 {{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Sound, Music, Character quotes mutable
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
@@ Line 217: / Line 228: @@
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Czech
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail abc release by Prague promotion.
   |fan       =
 }}
 }}
+===Changing language to English===
+{{ii}} Download English [https://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/2940/7/ Patch 1.01]. Extract it with [https://github.com/Bioruebe/UniExtract2 UniExtract] and copy run directory into the game folder.
 ==Other information==

Developers

	Nival Interactive
Publishers
	Cdv Software Entertainment
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Silent Storm Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 18, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	47
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	World of Watches