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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper

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Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper cover
Developers
Frogwares
Release dates
Windows December 23, 2009
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Skip splash screens

Edit user.ini[1]
  1. Open <path-to-game>\user.ini.
  2. Delete the following lines:
    • splash_screen_start_01_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg
    • splash_screen_start_02_bg = external_logo_frogwares_bg
    • splash_screen_start_03_bg = logo_ageia
  3. Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\setup.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/11190/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Template:Video settings

Scaling

Configure scaling[2]
  1. Go to the <path-to-game>\.
  2. Open game.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change fixed_aspect_ratio to true for pillarboxed mode or false for stretched.

Field of view (FOV)

Configure FOV[2]
  1. Go to the %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\.
  2. Open setup.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change fov to the desired value.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Configure borderless/exclusive mode[2]
  1. Go to the %APPDATA%\Games\sherlock holmes versus jack the ripper\.
  2. Open setup.ini with any text editor.
  3. Change windowMode to YES for borderless mode or NO for exclusive.

Input settings

In-game keyboard mapping menu.
In-game keyboard mapping menu.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game not starting

Fix PhysX installation problems[3]
  1. Uninstall all versions of PhysX on PC.
  2. Remove file PhysXLoader.dll from <path-to-game>\ if you have copied it there previously.
  3. Reboot.
  4. Download and install latest NVIDIA PhysX.
  5. Download and install NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.
  6. Reboot.
Copy PhysXLoader.dll into game folder[4]
  1. Make sure PhysX is installed.
  2. Locate file PhysXLoader.dll. It should be present in %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common\ in 64-bit Windows and %PROGRAMFILES%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common\ in 32-bit Windows.
  3. Copy it to <path-to-game>\.
Fix display refresh rate related problem[2]
  1. Switch game to borderless fullscreen windowed mode.

Second murder inspection problem

Increase FOV[5]
  1. Change FOV value to 100, see Field of view (FOV).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Celeron 2 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1900+
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References