Difference between revisions of "Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered"

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For the original game released in 1996, see Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror.

Broken Sword
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	1996
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror	1997
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon	2003
Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death (Secrets of the Ark)	2006
Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars (unofficial)	2008
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered	2009
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut	2010
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse	2013
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged	2024
Broken Sword - Parzival's Stone	2024

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered 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
GamersGate

GOG.com		Includes the original Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror.
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Original Version	Available as a free separate download.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Broken Sword II - Remastered\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror - Remastered/
Linux	$HOME/.bs2/

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Broken Sword II - Remastered\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror - Remastered/
Linux	$HOME/.bs2/

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

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Fullscreen always uses desktop resolution. Hor+ on ultra-widescreen resolutions, pillarboxed 16:10 on 32:9 resolutions.^[1]
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed 16:10
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+
4K Ultra HD		Scaled from lower resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Two windowed resolutions are supported: 640x400(Original) and 1280x800(Augmented).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 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

Audio settings

Language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Music, and Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		Subtitles include captions for a few sound effects that are important to the plot and/or gameplay.^[2]
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Erratic cursor movement in full screen mode

Replace the sprite cursor with the hardware cursor
Using a hex editor, open the game's executable and replace the hex " E8 50 E6 05 00" with "90 90 90 90 90."

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	5
OpenGL

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Interface	SDL	1.2
Cutscenes	Theora

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 DX2 66 MHz	Intel Pentium
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.0 compatible	1 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible
Other	2X DVD-ROM	4X DVD-ROM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-15
Tested at custom 2560x1080, 3840x1080, 3440x1400 resolutions.
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-22)

[1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-15
Tested at custom 2560x1080, 3840x1080, 3440x1400 resolutions.

[2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-09-22)

[1]

[2]

Developers

	Revolution Software
Engines
	Virtual Theatre
Release dates
Windows	December 2, 2009
macOS (OS X)	April 9, 2011
Linux	April 1, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Cartoon, Comic book
Series	Broken Sword

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 |minCPU   =
 |minRAM   =
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+|minCPU   = 1.0 GHz
+|minRAM   = 256 MB
+|minHD    =
+|minGPU   =
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 {{References}}