Still Life
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Developers | |
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Microids | |
Publishers | |
Anuman Interactive | |
Russia | 1C Company |
Digital | Microids |
Engines | |
Virtools | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 15, 2005 |
macOS (OS X) | November 15, 2013[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person, Cinematic camera |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Detective/mystery |
Series | Still Life |
Still Life | |
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Post Mortem | 2002 |
Still Life | 2005 |
Still Life 2 | 2009 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | StarForce 3.4.65.11 DRM[Note 1] (Russian version is DRM-free). | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
ZOOM Platform |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46480/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/46480/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 800x600 only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Can run with DXWnd. May not work with some versions of the program.[4][5] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
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 |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, dialog and FX. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. For digital releases use this (dub and subtitles or subs only). | |||
Russian | Retail only | |||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Vsync (Always on) not working on Windows 10
Use d3d8to9 |
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Black screen on startup or the game hangs when starting a dialog
Create registry entry[6] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [7] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Steam
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Sound (audio device) | Sound card with DirectX 9.0c support |
Disc Version
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | Intel Pentium III 1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 600 MB | 1.2 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce ATI Radeon |
Other | 16X CD-ROM | 24X CD-ROM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (46480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on August 13, 2016
- works fine with Dxwnd v2_02_60_build, crashes with v2_02_90_build, v2_03_13_build and crashes after an error with v2_03_14_build
- ↑ Works fine with v2_05_78_fx2_build
- ↑ Verified by User:Ancientgameenjoyer on 2023-10-14
- ↑ GOG.com - Still Life - last accessed on 2022-04-06
- "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."