Key points
- Can be played on ScummVM.[3]
- Performance is fairly poor on modern operating systems, with multiple issues with the way that the game window is rendered and movie compatibility.
- Fixes listed on this article make the game playable, but the experience is relatively unfriendly.
General information
- Official forums
- Official forums support section
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Demos are available from ResidualVM and ScummVM.
GOG.com and Steam
- Both digital releases of the game have major compatibility issues and require tweaking to get around them.
Retail
- 4 CD-ROMs, a 2 CD as well as a DVD re-release has been made.[4]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.61 adds an external configuration tool along with some bug fixes. This patch is for retail releases only.
- Steam version already includes this patch.
- Patch can be forced on other versions by using an archive utility to extract the files. Just to have audio, you must convert iss files to ogg (audio only) format using vorbis codec and rename format to ovs. That's working!
The only problem is the lack of character encoding other than the English version.
- Allows high resolution and super sampling anti aliasing
- Fixes the white square over the quit game dialog
- Works with the GOG and DVD versions, but not with the original 3 CDs version
Game-specific utilities
- You can run The Longest Journey with ScummVM regular builds. Daily builds are no longer required as of October 2021; however, be wary of any remaining issues. This remains the only way to run the game on OS X, Linux, and other operating systems. Link here.
The Longest Journey HD mod
- The Longest Journey HD mod is an AI upscale mod for TLJ. The mod includes neural network upscaled backgrounds and sprites, redrawn user interface and it works on all modern systems without any issues of the original game.
- This mod uses ResidualVM framework to load new assets. The development of ResidualVM has been stopped, and the project's functionality is now a part of ScummVM.[5] ResidualVM remains a working solution, but if any bugs occur when running the mod (e.g. incorrect word wrapping in menus with "..." replacing parts of labels), try using one of the latest ScummVM daily builds instead.
The download link can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Save game data location can be changed, see change save game data location.
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Voice, Music, Sound Effects |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Some subtitles mismatch audio. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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Italian |
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Retail version only. |
Polish |
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GOG & local retail version only. |
Spanish |
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Retail only. Download: Text, videos and voices. |
Issues fixed
Movie and graphics problems
- Issue with not being able to view the Bink-encoded movies.
- Issue with not being able to display a game window (black screen).
- The fixes work for most people, but others have persistent problems and cannot get the game to work properly
- Versions prior to 1.61 do not have a separate
Configure.exe
utility.
- (These versions have options presented when the game is launched instead.)
Fix: High Performance Power Plan[6]
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- This fix only applies to laptops.
Change the power settings to 'High Performance' in the Control Panel.
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Crash at Police Station
- On some graphics cards, the game will crash upon entering the Police Station.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | |
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Use ScummVM for 64-bit support. |
macOS (OS X) | | |
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Use ScummVM. |
Linux | | |
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Use ScummVM. |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166 MHz
| Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
300 MB |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
640x480 SVGA high colour (16bit) video card 2 MB of VRAM
| 3D accelarator card (Direct 3D compatible) 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References