Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
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Troika Games | |
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Activision | |
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Release dates | |
Windows | November 16, 2004 |
Key points
- Released in an unfinished and buggy state. As such, installation of either the Unofficial Patch or the True Patch is highly recommended.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | ||||
GOG.com | Includes Normal and Legacy version | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.2 - this patch is already included in the unofficial patch.
Unofficial Patch
- The GOG.com version already includes the Basic version of the Unofficial patch. Legacy version does not.[3]
Using Unofficial Patches with Steam version[4][5] |
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The fan-made Unofficial Patch removes many bugs and adds multiple features like widescreen support. The Unofficial Patch is available in two flavors Basic and Plus:
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Skip intro videos
Rename/delete intro videos[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Ultra-widescreen
Change the aspect ratio via hex edit[6] |
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Field of view (FOV)
Changing the Field of View[7] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anisotropic filtering on Linux/Wine with AMD/Mesa[8] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Use SweetFX[citation needed] |
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SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. |
Issues fixed
Black screen during intros / movies
Black intro screen with sound - no logos[7] |
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Missing Textures
Missing Textures[citation needed] |
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Unable to run, less that 15mb memory available
Unable to run, less that 15mb memory available[7] |
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Voices and Sound Effects have low quality surround/echo
Voices and Sound Effects have low quality surround/echo[citation needed] |
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// [Sound Patch] snd_mixahead 0.35 snd_surround 1 snd_gain 2.2 snd_gain_max 1.58 dsp_on 1 dsp_spatial 73 dsp_stereo 1 dsp_dist_max 9999 hisound 1 footstep_pc_vol 0.31 // footstep_npc_use_templates 0 volume "0.930000" |
Input Lag
Input Lag[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium III 1.2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 348 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4.7 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 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 (2600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Release: Vampire®: The Masquerade - Bloodlines™ - GOG.com
- ↑ someone tell me how to do the patch properly please.. - Steam Users' Forums (retrived)
- ↑ filthster comments on Did you even look?
- ↑ Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | WSGF
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-08-19
- ↑ The Mesa-dev mailing list
- ↑ 3DCenter Forum - Einzelnen Beitrag anzeigen - Antialiasing - Kompatibilitätsbits - Sammelthread
- ↑ 3DCenter Forum - Einzelnen Beitrag anzeigen - Antialiasing - Kompatibilitätsbits - Sammelthread
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