Difference between revisions of "Silver"

Latest revision as of 20:18, 25 December 2023

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.

Silver is a singleplayer cinematic camera JRPG game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM.

GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Peixoto's patch

Get the game running on Windows 10 with nearest neighbor or xBRz scaling

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\intro`. Delete or rename `info.avi` and `intro.avi`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME\SILVER.OPT^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\THQNordic\Silver\SAVEGAME\SILVER.OPT
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/THQNordic/Silver/silver.opt
Mac OS (Classic)

First path is used by Retail version and second one by Digital re-release

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAME^{[Note 1]} %APPDATA%\THQNordic\Silver
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/THQNordic/Silver/*.sav
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Linux Steam cloud saves are stored at `$HOME/.local/share/THQNordic/Silver`, but the game actually uses `$XDG_DATA_HOME/THQNordic/Silver`

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only, but the THQ Nordic version allows for various degrees of filtered upscaling and stretching.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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
120+ 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 feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effect, music and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Go to Options\Preferences and set Dialogue option to "Text & Speech"
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail, GOG.com & Steam releases.
Portuguese				Retail only
Russian				Collection of unofficial localizations and review: 1) «Da CrewCuts Studios» / «Русский проект» 2) «7Wolf» 3) «Fargus/Фаргус» GOG Russian presumably «Da CrewCuts Studios».
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6	Pre-THQ Nordic versions only.
OpenGL	1.4	THQ Nordic version only.^[1]

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)					This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible DirectX 6.1 compatible	4 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	9.0
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 7 PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7 Lion
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu and SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1 0.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^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

↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-10-02
THQ Nordic version uses OpenGL as indicated by the game's shaders folder using GLSL-formatted files, and the given version number used within all these shaders is 140 (1.4.0)

[gamedir-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).

[2] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-10-02
THQ Nordic version uses OpenGL as indicated by the game's shaders folder using GLSL-formatted files, and the given version number used within all these shaders is 140 (1.4.0)

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	Infogrames UK
	Spiral House
Digital release updates	THQ Nordic
Publishers
1999-2003	Infogrames
2003-2013	Atari
2013-2016	Nordic Games
2016-present	THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows	May 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	August 2000
macOS (OS X)	June 2, 2017^{[citation needed]}
Linux	June 2, 2017^{[citation needed]}
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Multiple select
Genres	JRPG
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy, Steampunk

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
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-{{Infobox game/row/developer|Infogrames}}
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|Infogrames UK}}
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Spiral House}}
-{{Infobox game/row/developer|THQ Nordic}}
+{{Infobox game/row/developer|THQ Nordic|Digital release updates}}
 |publishers   =
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Infogrames}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Infogrames|1999-2003}}
-{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Atari|2003-2013}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Nordic Games|2013-2016}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|THQ Nordic|2016-present}}
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-{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|August 31, 1999}}
+{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|May 1999}}
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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 2, 2017|ref={{cn|reason=Might be incorrect, using Steam release date.|date=June 2017}}}}
+|taxonomy     =
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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Cinematic camera }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | JRPG }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Stylized }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Fantasy, Steampunk }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
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+|mobygames    = 1175
 |wikipedia    = Silver (video game)
 |winehq       = 1291
+|license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
 '''General information'''
 {{GOG.com links|1207659041|silver}}
-{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/606680/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/606680/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
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-{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | | | Windows, Mac OS }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Disc | {{DRM|SecuROM}}. | | Windows, Mac OS }}
-{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silver | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 3226-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | silver | DRM-free | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 606680 | Steam |  |  | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 }}
 ==Essential improvements==
+===[https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44312848 Peixoto's patch]===
+{{ii}} Get the game running on Windows 10 with nearest neighbor or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel-art_scaling_algorithms#xBR_family xBRz scaling]
 ===Skip intro videos===
 {{Fixbox|description=Delete/rename video files|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\data\intro</code>
+# Go to {{folder|{{p|game}}\data\intro}}.
 # Delete or rename {{file|info.avi}} and {{file|intro.avi}}.
 }}
@@ Line 43: / Line 74: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\SAVEGAME\SILVER.OPT}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\SAVEGAME\SILVER.OPT|{{P|appdata}}\THQNordic\Silver\SAVEGAME\SILVER.OPT}}
-{{Game data/row|OS X|}}
+{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
-{{Game data/row|Linux|}}
+{{Game data/config|Linux|{{p|xdgdatahome}}/THQNordic/Silver/silver.opt}}
-{{Game data/row|Mac OS|}}
+{{Game data/config|Mac OS|}}
 }}
-{{XDG|unknown}}
+{{ii}} First path is used by Retail version and second one by Digital re-release
+{{XDG|true}}
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/row|Windows|{{p|game}}\SAVEGAME}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\SAVEGAME|{{P|appdata}}\THQNordic\Silver}}
-{{Game data/row|OS X|}}
+{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
-{{Game data/row|Linux|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{p|xdgdatahome}}/THQNordic/Silver/*.sav}}
-{{Game data/row|Mac OS|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
 }}
 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                   =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes             =
-|origin                =
+|epic games launcher       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games launcher notes =
-|steam cloud           = true
+|gog galaxy                = false
-|steam cloud notes     =
+|gog galaxy notes          =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                    =
-|uplay notes           =
+|origin notes              =
-|xbox cloud            =
+|steam cloud               = true
-|xbox cloud notes      =
+|steam cloud notes         = Linux Steam cloud saves are stored at <code>{{p|linuxhome}}/.local/share/THQNordic/Silver</code>, but the game actually uses <code>{{p|xdgdatahome}}/THQNordic/Silver</code>
+|ubisoft connect           =
+|ubisoft connect notes     =
+|xbox cloud                =
+|xbox cloud notes          =
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
 |widescreen wsgf award      =
@@ Line 80: / Line 116: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
 |widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes= 640x480 only. The GOG.com version is pillarboxed.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/silver/resolutions_supported/post3 Resolutions supported?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>
+|widescreen resolution notes= 640x480 only, but the THQ Nordic version allows for various degrees of filtered upscaling and stretching.
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 97: / Line 133: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = false
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 103: / Line 142: @@
 |120 fps                    = unknown
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = unknown
@@ Line 109: / Line 148: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = false
 |key remap notes           =
@@ Line 121: / Line 160: @@
 |invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
+|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
@@ Line 131: / Line 172: @@
 |invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 |invert controller y-axis notes=
-|touchscreen               = unknown
+|xinput controllers        = unknown
-|touchscreen notes         =
+|xinput controllers notes  =
-|button prompts            = unknown
+|xbox prompts              = unknown
-|button prompts notes      =
+|xbox prompts notes        =
+|impulse triggers          = unknown
+|impulse triggers notes    =
+|dualshock 4               = unknown
+|dualshock 4 notes         =
+|dualshock prompts         = unknown
+|dualshock prompts notes   =
+|light bar support         = unknown
+|light bar support notes   =
+|dualshock 4 modes         = unknown
+|dualshock 4 modes notes   =
+|tracked motion controllers= unknown
+|tracked motion controllers notes =
+|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
+|tracked motion prompts notes =
+|other controllers         = unknown
+|other controllers notes   =
+|other button prompts      = unknown
+|other button prompts notes=
 |controller hotplug        = unknown
 |controller hotplug notes  =
@@ Line 143: / Line 202: @@
 |steam input api           = unknown
 |steam input api notes     =
-|light bar support         = unknown
+|steam hook input          = unknown
-|light bar support notes   =
+|steam hook input notes    =
+|steam input presets       = unknown
+|steam input presets notes =
+|steam controller prompts  = unknown
+|steam controller prompts notes =
+|steam cursor detection    = unknown
+|steam cursor detection notes =
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    = Sound effect, music and speech.
@@ Line 154: / Line 219: @@
 |surround sound notes     =
 |subtitles                = true
-|subtitles notes          = The GOG version lacks text + speech. A patch can be applied to fix this but longer dialogue is not displayed.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/forum/silver/both_text_speech_option/post20 Both Text + Speech Option ?, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref>
+|subtitles notes          = Go to Options\Preferences and set Dialogue option to "Text & Speech"
 |closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
@@ Line 160: / Line 225: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 166: / Line 233: @@
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = English
-|interface = yes
+|interface = true
-|audio     = yes
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = yes
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
-|fan notes =
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = French
-|interface = yes
+|interface = true
-|audio     = yes
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = yes
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
-|fan notes =
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = German
-|interface = yes
+|interface = true
-|audio     = yes
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = yes
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
-|fan notes =
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = Italian
-|interface = yes
+|interface = true
-|audio     = yes
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = yes
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
-|fan notes =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail, GOG.com & Steam releases.
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     = Retail only
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+|language  = Russian
+|interface = true
+|audio     = true
+|subtitles = true
+|notes     = [https://enpy.net/forum/files/file/108-silver-сборник-русификаций-от-«da-crewcuts-studios»-«русский-проект»-«7-ой-волк»-«фаргус»/ Collection of unofficial localizations] and [https://www.old-games.ru/wiki/Silver_(переводы)#.D0.98.D0.B7.D0.B4.D0.B0.D0.BD.D0.B8.D0.B5_.D0.BE.D1.82_.C2.AB.D0.A4.D0.B0.D1.80.D0.B3.D1.83.D1.81.D0.B0.C2.BB review]:<br> 1) «Da CrewCuts Studios» / «Русский проект»<br>2) «7Wolf»<br>3) «Fargus/Фаргус»<br>GOG Russian presumably «Da CrewCuts Studios».
+|fan       = true
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
 |language  = Spanish
-|interface = yes
+|interface = true
-|audio     = yes
+|audio     = true
-|subtitles = yes
+|subtitles = true
 |notes     =
 |fan       =
-|fan notes =
 }}
 }}
@@ Line 214: / Line 300: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      =
+|direct3d versions      = 6
-|direct3d notes         =
+|direct3d notes         = Pre-THQ Nordic versions only.
 |directdraw versions    =
 |directdraw notes       =
-|opengl versions        =
+|opengl versions        = 1.4
-|opengl notes           =
+|opengl notes           = THQ Nordic version only.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-10-02|comment=THQ Nordic version uses OpenGL as indicated by the game's shaders folder using GLSL-formatted files, and the given version number used within all these shaders is 140 (1.4.0)}}</ref>
 |glide versions         =
 |glide notes            =
@@ Line 232: / Line 318: @@
 |shader model versions  =
 |shader model notes     =
-|64-bit executable      = no
+|windows 32-bit exe     = true
-|64-bit executable notes=
+|windows 64-bit exe     = false
+|windows arm app        = unknown
+|windows exe notes      =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
+|macos intel 32-bit app = true
+|macos intel 64-bit app = false
+|macos arm app          = unknown
+|macos app notes        =
+|linux powerpc app      = unknown
+|linux 32-bit executable= true
+|linux 64-bit executable= false
+|linux arm app          = unknown
+|linux 68k app          = unknown
+|linux executable notes =
+|mac os powerpc app     = true
+|mac os 68k app         = unknown
+|mac os executable notes=
 }}
@@ Line 240: / Line 342: @@
 |OSfamily = Windows
-|minOS    = XP
+|minOS    = 95, 98
-|minCPU   = 1 GHz
+|minCPU   = Intel Pentium 166 MHz
-|minRAM   = 256 MB
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
-|minHD    = 4 GB
+|minHD    = 2 GB
 |minGPU   =
+|minVRAM  = 2 MB
 |minOGL   = 2.0
+|minDX    = 6.1
+|recOS    =
+|recCPU   = Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz
+|recRAM   =
+|recHD    =
+|recGPU   =
+|recVRAM  = 4 MB
+}}
+{{System requirements
+|OSfamily = Mac OS
+|minOS    = 9.0
+|minCPU   = PowerPC 7
+|minCPU2  = PowerPC G3
+|minRAM   = 32 MB
+|minHD    =
+|minGPU   =
-|recOS    = Vista
+|recOS    =
 |recCPU   =
 |recRAM   =
 |recHD    =
 |recGPU   =
-|recOGL   =
 }}