The Suffering

The Suffering

Developers
	Surreal Software
	Midway Home Entertainment
	Next Level Games
Publishers
	Midway Games
Engines
	Riot Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 8, 2004

The Suffering
The Suffering	2004
The Suffering: Ties That Bind	2005

Key points

Checkpoints have stopped working on any version of Windows 10.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3 DRM disc check.
GOG.com

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 updates the game to the latest version. GOG.com version is already patched.

AiO Unofficial Patch fixes numerous bugs and adds widescreen support.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameConfig.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Widescreen resolution

Use the AiO Unofficial Patch or The Suffering Widescreen Fix.

Input settings

Input settings.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Missing sound effects

Use IndirectSound
Download IndirectSound. Extract the contents to the installation folder. Untick box in "Sounds" page called "Use 3D Sound Buffers" in game launcher. Notes GOG.com version has this fix applied by default.

Use Creative ALchemy[citation needed]
Download and install Creative ALchemy. Select the "add" option and specify the executable path and game title. Move the entry from the "Installed Games" box to the "ALchemy-enabled Games" box using the arrow buttons. Close the program.

DirectX 8.1 is not installed error

On Windows 10 you might get this error when launching the game for the first time. Not sure if this error is also applied on Windows 8, if it is here's the steps to fix it .^{[citation needed]}

Enable Direct Play in Legacy Components in the Control Panel[citation needed]

Go to Programs and Features in your control panel. On the left side collum you'll see Turn Windows features on or off, click on that. Look for Legacy Components and expand it and you'll see Direct Play. Click on the small box to the left and click ok and then wait a few moments till it's finished installing the files, then close it. Try again to start the title and you should see the launcher startup after the fix.

Glitchy enemies and NPCs 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]}

Cap frame rate[citation needed]
Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS.

Access 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.

Use launch parameter
Use the -setup command line argument.

Hold Shift while launching
Open SUFFERING.EXE while holding ⇧ Shift.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98 SE	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible