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Planescape: Torment

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Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment cover
Developers
Black Isle Studios
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Engines
Infinity
Release dates
Windows December 12, 1999
macOS (OS X) April 18, 2014[1]
Linux October 14, 2014[2]
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Planescape: Torment on Wikipedia
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Planescape: Torment
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Planescape: Torment 1999
Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition 2017

This page is for the original release. For the remastered edition, see Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition.

General information

Torment Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Bundled with Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Patches

The Official 1.1 patch is essential. GOG and 2 CD disc copies will already have this installed.

Mods

There are several recommended mods containing bug fixes, widescreen support, restoration of cut content content and tweaks to some of the more annoying aspects of the game (such as the hit-points per level being constant instead of completely random). It is recommended that you follow this guide, as the mods require that you install them in a certain order. GOG.com version users can skip to step 3a.

Skip intro videos

Instructions[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\
  2. Find, delete or rename the following file (backup first if necessary):
genmovB.bif

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\save[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Windowed

Enable windowed[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open torment.ini.
  3. Find Fullscreen=1 and change it to Fullscreen=0.

60 FPS

Set frame rate[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open torment.ini.
  3. Find Maximum Frame Rate and change the value to 60.

Notes

Affects game speed.[4]

Input settings

Keyboard settings.
Keyboard settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Fan translation.
Polish
Spanish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Fan translation by ArcaneCost.

Issues fixed

Slowdowns and stuttering

Install unofficial patch[citation needed]
  1. Install unofficial patch (DDraw Fix).
  2. If the patch causes cursor trails to appear, open setup-pst-drawfix.tp2 with a text editor and delete the following lines:
    PATCH_IF( offset != (0 - 1) ) BEGIN WRITE_BYTE ( offset + 26 ) 0x02 END <br/>ELSE BEGIN PATCH_WARN "Cursor Trail Fix Failed: patch location not found" END
  3. Reinstall the patch.

Spell effects cause artifacting and performance issues

Disable hardware acceleration[citation needed]
  1. Go into the control panel in Windows.
  2. Switch off hardware acceleration for the duration of your playing time.
  3. If the option is greyed out, download the DirectX SDK, and manually switch it off (under DirectDraw).[citation needed] Remember to switch it back on after you are done playing.

Characters are walking backwards

Toggle software mirroring[citation needed]
  1. Go into the video options.
  2. Toggle "Software Mirroring".

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium-200MMX Intel Pentium II 266
System memory (RAM) 32 MB 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 650 MB

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).

References