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{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/316160/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] | {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/316160/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 28 February 2024
Developers | |
---|---|
Revolution Software | |
Sumo Digital | |
Publishers | |
THQ | |
DreamCatcher Interactive | |
Engines | |
Emmersion[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 15, 2006 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Genres | Adventure |
Themes | Fantasy, Detective/mystery |
Series | Broken Sword |
Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death (Secrets of the Ark) is a singleplayer adventure game in the Broken Sword series.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- Broken Sword Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM v7 DRM disc check. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Revolution Software Ltd\Broken Sword - The Angel of Death <path-to-game>\system\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/316160/pfx/[Note 2] |
- The configuration files are
compat.ini
andcustom.ini
. They are read-only by default.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Broken Sword - The Angel of Death\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/316160/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Menus and videos are 4:3, in widescreen they are stretched. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No framerate cap. | ||
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 | Master, Music, Sound Effects, Ambient and Speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Localization by "Buka". Local retail release only. Patch for digital verison. | |||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP Vista, 7, 8, 10 (Steam) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB 64 MB (Steam) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 128 MB 64 MB (Steam) of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 (316160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Charles Cecil - Revolution Software - Interview - Adventure Classic Gaming - last accessed on 2006-12-18
- "Last time around we used Criterion's rendering middleware, Renderware. This time Sumo Digital have brought their proprietary technology. The Game will be the first to use Sumo's next generation development technology: Emmersion. The new system is a complete development solution covering all aspects of game creation from 3D rendering to task tracking."