The Longest Journey
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Funcom |
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November 19, 1999 |
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Key points
- 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 game site
- Official forums
- Official forums support section
- The Longest Journey Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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Retail |
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GOG.com |
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1.42; includes manual, wallpapers, guide, soundtrack, avatars, and artwork |
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Steam |
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- The soundtrack was once available for free at the developer's website, but is no longer.
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.[1]
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.61 adds an external configuration tool along with some bug fixes. This patch is for retail releases only.
- 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.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Save game data location can be changed, see change save game data location.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
- No native option to run in windowed.
- Game only runs at resolution at 640x480 (whether fullscreen or windowed)
- Game window cannot be moved or manipulated, and there are no fixes for this issue.
Input settings
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Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Issues fixed
Blank Game Exit Box
Fonts
- Default fonts can be very difficult to read.
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.)
Crash to desktop
- Game exits to desktop with an error message as soon as a cutscene (FMV) stops playing
Crash at Police Station
- On some graphics cards, the game will crash upon entering the Police Station.
- If you find the patch is unable to be installed (for example, with the GOG.com version of the game), you may be able to fix the crash by changing some options on the game's launcher:
- Turn off 3D acceleration
- Turn off high quality models
- Set the game to 16 bit color.
- (You can then re-enable these after you get past that section of the game.)
- If all else fails you can try right-clicking the game icon, select Properties, select the Compatibility tab and check the box for "Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution".
Graphic glitches/flickering with forced AA
- Graphic anomalies can be seen when forcing Anti-aliasing through driver's Control Panel
Alternative Anti-Aliasing/High Resolution Support
- This solution isn't perfect, you may still see mouse trails (they clear each time a mouse button is pressed.)
- Enables running the game at higher resolutions and with anti-aliasing on cards that aren't supported by the game directly.
- Uses an emulated GPU.
- Any GPU driver profile for Longest Journey should have anti aliasing disabled.
- The game's "High Resolution April Model" option must be enabled.
- Allows use of ReShade for additional post-processing.
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Change save game data location
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References