The Longest Journey
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| Developers | |
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| Funcom | |
| Engines | |
| Stark[1][2] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 19, 1999 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 91 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Realistic, Pre-rendered graphics |
| Themes | Europe, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Medieval |
| Series | The Longest Journey |
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| The Longest Journey | |
|---|---|
| The Longest Journey | 1999 |
| Dreamfall: The Longest Journey | 2006 |
| Dreamfall Chapters | 2014 |
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. Use ScummVM to circumvent these issues.
General information
- Official forums
- Official forums support section
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
v1.42; includes manual, wallpapers, guide, soundtrack, avatars, and artwork | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
v1.61 | |
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 (unavailable) |
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Version differences
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]
Demo
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.61 adds an external configuration tool along with some bug fixes. This patch is the latest for 2CD/DVD releases only.
- The latest patch for 4CD releases is Build 142.
- The Steam version already includes this patch.
- The only problem is the lack of character encoding other than the English version.
Peixoto's patch
- 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
ScummVM
- 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
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Funcom\TLJ <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6310/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Funcom\TLJ <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] %APPDATA%\The Longest Journey\Save |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6310/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Save game data location can be changed, see change save game data location.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Launcher options
In-game options
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 640x480 (4:3) native resolution.[6] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use ScummVM and disable the Fullscreen mode setting on the Graphics tab. Press Alt+↵ Enter in-game to toggle. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use ScummVM and set the 3D Anti-aliasing setting on the Graphics tab to the desired level. This applies MSAA up to 16x.[7] | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use ScummVM and enable the V-Sync in 3D Games setting on the Graphics tab. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 92 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 |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Voice, Music, Sound Effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Press F9 to toggle. Some subtitles mismatch audio.[citation needed] | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | Retail only; download for digital releases. | |||
| Italian | Retail only. | |||
| Polish | Retail and GOG.com only. | |||
| Spanish | 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.exeutility. - (These versions have options presented when the game is launched instead.)
| Fix: High Performance Power Plan[8] |
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Change the power settings to 'High Performance' in the Control Panel. |
Crash at Police Station
- On some graphics cards, the game will crash upon entering the Police Station.
| Fix: GOG.com version[9] |
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Game exit screen is white
| Use DDrawCompat[10] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | ||
| OpenGL | Use ScummVM and set the Game 3D Renderer setting on the Graphics tab to OpenGL or OpenGL with shaders. | |
| Software renderer | Use ScummVM and set the Game 3D Renderer setting on the Graphics tab to Software. Note that the software renderer does not support modded assets.[11] |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | Use ScummVM for 64-bit support. | |||
| macOS (OS X) | Use ScummVM. | |||
| Linux | Use ScummVM. |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video, Smacker Video Technology |
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 color (16-bit) video card 2 MB of VRAM | 3D accelerator card (Direct3D compatible) 4 MB of VRAM |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6310) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ The Longest Journey - ScummVM :: Wiki
- ↑ scummvm/configure.engine at master · scummvm/residualvm
- ↑ ScummVM - Oct 9, 2021: Twenty years ago today... - last accessed on 2021-10-10
- "With this release we announce support for Grim Fandango, The Longest Journey and Myst 3: Exile."
- ↑ Wikipedia:The Longest Journey
- ↑ https://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?p=94437#p94437
- ↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - The Longest Journey - last accessed on 2022-07-09
- ↑ ScummVM Documentation - Understanding the graphics settings - Anti-aliasing - last accessed on 2022-07-09
- "Multisampling Anti-Aliasing, or MSAA for short, was developed as a much faster alternative..."
- ↑ Can't view movies? - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Crash on entering Police Station (retrieved)
- ↑ https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-07-09
- A ScummVM dialogue says this when trying to run The Longest Journey HD mod with the software renderer.