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Fahrenheit

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This page is for the original version. For the enhanced version, see Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered.

Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit cover
Developers
Quantic Dream
Publishers
Atari
Russia Akella
Engines
ICE[1]
Release dates
Windows September 16, 2005
macOS (OS X) October 2, 2005[citation needed]
Reception
IGDB 85
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person, Cinematic camera
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Quick time events
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Horror, Supernatural
Series Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit on HowLongToBeat
Fahrenheit on IGDB
Fahrenheit guide on StrategyWiki
Fahrenheit on MobyGames
Fahrenheit on Wikipedia
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit 2005
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered 2015

Key points

Released as Indigo Prophecy in North America with some nudity scenes cut.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM depends on region:
European version uses TAGES 5.2.0.1 DRM
Russian version uses StarForce 4 DRM[Note 1]
US version uses SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
A demo is available.

Version differences

The North American retail version (Indigo Prophecy) removes some nudity content; digital distribution and European retail versions (Fahrenheit) are unaffected.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.1 (2005–09) fixes a variety of bugs. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Restore nudity scenes to the US retail version

Not needed in EU releases. The GOG.com version have the changes by default.
Edit Fahrenheit.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Fahrenheit.ini.
  3. Change Usmode=1 to Usmode=0
  4. Save the changes.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\videos\uk\PC
  2. Delete or rename LOGOATAR.bik, LOGOQUAN.bik and NVIDIA.bik

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Fahrenheit.ini[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9740/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\atari\Fahrenheit Profile\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9740/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use Fahrenheit Widescreen Fix.
Multi-monitor
Use Fahrenheit Widescreen Fix.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Fahrenheit Widescreen Fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x. With windowed mode, force AA in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 100 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Windowed

Edit Fahrenheit.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Fahrenheit.ini.
  3. Change Fullscreen=1 to Fullscreen=0
  4. Save the changes.

Notes

This will turn off Aero in Windows if it's enabled.
Anti-aliasing must be forced in the graphics card control panel.

Input

Controller support

A fix is required for the game to recognize XInput triggers, D-pad, and right analog stick when assigning controls.
Fix remapping issues[citation needed]
  1. Download and run XInput Plus.
  2. Set the "Target Program" to Fahrenheit.exe.
  3. Go to "DirectInput" and check "Enable DirectInput Output".
  4. Assign Right Stick to Z Axis/Z Rot.
  5. Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12.
  6. Assign DPAD to Button 13-16.
  7. Click Apply and OK.

Notes

This fix replaces the dinput8.dll included in the Widescreen Fix. To use both fixes together, rename dinput8.dll (from the Widescreen Fix) to dsound.dll.[6]

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Global, Music, Voices and Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Set via Main Menu, Options, Languages.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Local retail only.
Polish
Local retail only.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation; download.
Russian
Local retail only.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Dialogue gets cut off mid-sentence

Happens occasionally throughout the game. However, the issue can't be reproduced consistently, making it difficult to troubleshoot.
Forcing vertical sync should resolve the issue, for users with variable or high refresh rate displays it may be preferable to use half refresh rate sync. If the game runs at 60 frames per seconds normally and the issue remains, manually limit the frame rate at 30 FPS should fully resolve it.[7]

Alt+Tab in fullscreen breaks the game

Run in windowed mode as a workaround.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce4 or greater
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8 compatible
Intel[Note 4], SiS and Nvidia GeForce MX or Go series isn't supported.


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[2][3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. 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).
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9740/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9740) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  4. For users with Intel integrated graphics, this only applies to specific integrated graphics solution from the vendor at the time of the game's release.

References

  1. ---=| www.quanticdream.com |=--- (retrieved) Products --> Fahrenheit
  2. Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
  3. Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
  4. Verified by User:Genesisbr on 2023-12-05
    Xbox Series X/S controller. Right stick (RS) does not work.
  5. Verified by User:Genesisbr on 2023-11-16
    DualShock 4 v1, wired.
  6. ThirteenAG/Ultimate-ASI-Loader - last accessed on May 2023
  7. Ross' Gaming Dungeon's review of the game. - last accessed on 2022-12-25