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Depths of Peril

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Depths of Peril
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Developers
Soldak Entertainment
Release dates
Windows September 5, 2007
macOS (OS X) June 5, 2008
Linux June 18, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres ARPG
Themes Fantasy
Depths of Peril on HowLongToBeat
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Depths of Peril on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Windows
Developer website
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.018 is the latest non-Steam patch. The Steam version is already fully patched.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\User\user.cfg[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\User\chars\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Disable Perspective View to avoid rendering and stability problems.[1]
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Set in options or toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, 2x or 4x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enabled by default; listed as "monitor sync" in-game.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Higher FOV settings will cause black areas around the edges due to culling.
Set FOV in user.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit user.cfg.
  3. Change r_fov 60.0 to the value you want.
  4. Save your changes.

High frame rate

Set FPS in user.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit user.cfg.
  3. set MaxFPS to 0
  4. set monitorSync to 0 (If your screen doesn't support displaying the higher frame rate)
  5. Save your changes
  6. You can enable in-game FPS counter by changing FPS to 1

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound Effects and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No voice acting; all dialogue is shown as text.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Game is muted and paused when focus is lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[2]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz Pentium 4 (or other equivalent)
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2 (or other equivalent)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz (PowerPC or Intel)
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 150 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2 (or other equivalent)


Notes

  1. 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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Depths of Peril | WSGF
  2. Depths of Peril on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-10
    "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."