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The Suffering

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The Suffering
The Suffering cover
Developers
Surreal Software
Midway Home Entertainment
Next Level Games
Publishers
Midway Games
Engines
Riot Engine
Release dates
Windows June 8, 2004
The Suffering on Wikipedia
The Suffering
The Suffering 2004
The Suffering: Ties That Bind 2005

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc 3 DRM[Note 1] disc check.
Windows
Official website
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Free release. Ad-supported. PCGamingWiki mirror
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 is required for hackable widescreen support.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Missing sound effects

Instructions
Instructions

Glitchy enemy/NPC AI

With a frame rate higher than 60, there are many problems with the AI of both monster and human characters. The game is possibly un-finishable due to the risk of certain NPCs not triggering key cutscenes.[citation needed]
Instructions

Re-opening the launcher

After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References