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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Engines
SCI1.1
Release dates
DOS
September 30, 1992
Mac OS (Classic)
1993
Windows
1993
King's Quest
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
1984
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne
1985
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
1986
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
1988
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
1990
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
1992
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride
1994
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
1998
King's Quest (2015)
2015
Key points
The manual is required to pass the in-game copy protection (digital versions include it)
Can be run under
ScummVM
General information
Sierra Help Pages - King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
King's Quest Omnipedia
- A huge wiki for the King's Quest series
GOG.com Community Discussions
for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
for game series
Contents
1
Availability
2
Game data
2.1
Configuration file(s) location
2.2
Save game data location
2.3
Save game cloud syncing
3
Video settings
4
Input settings
5
Audio settings
5.1
Localizations
6
Other information
6.1
API
7
System requirements
8
Notes
9
References
Availability
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Source
DRM
Notes
Keys
OS
Retail
GOG.com
Bundled with
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
and
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!
Pre-packaged with
ScummVM
DOSBox
version is also available (when using
GOG Galaxy
).
[1]
Steam
Comes bundled with all other King's Quest games (excluding King's Quest 8).
The Steam collection is not properly configured for modern systems
[2]
Game data
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Configuration file(s) location
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System
Location
DOS
Windows
<path-to-game>
\
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux (
Proton
)
<Steam-folder>
/steamapps/compatdata/
10100
/pfx/
[Note 1]
Save game data location
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System
Location
DOS
Windows
<path-to-game>
\KQ6SG.***
Mac OS (Classic)
Linux (
Proton
)
<Steam-folder>
/steamapps/compatdata/
10100
/pfx/
[Note 1]
These are the default paths used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user
For the GOG.com re-release, the
C:\
drive is mapped to
<path-to-game>
Save game cloud syncing
[
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System
Native
Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Video settings
[
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In-game options menu
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)
Graphics option
Option
WSGF
Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with
Alt
+
↵
Enter
(when using
DOSBox
or
ScummVM
).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For
DOSBox
use an
unofficial build
(see the
glossary page
for other workarounds).
60 FPS
and
120+ FPS
Input settings
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]
Keyboard and mouse
Native
Notes
Remapping
For
DOSBox
use the
DOSBox Mapper
(see the
glossary page
for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For
DOSBox
set in the
DOSBox configuration file
.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
For
DOSBox
use the
DOSBox Mapper
(see the
glossary page
for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Audio settings
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Audio options
Native
Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Localizations
Language
UI
Audio
Sub
Notes
English
Other information
[
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]
API
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]
Technical specs
Supported
Notes
DOS video modes
EGA
,
MCGA
,
VGA
64-bit executable
Requires a
64-bit build
of ScummVM.
System requirements
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DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
5.0
Processor (CPU)
Intel 386 SX
System memory (RAM)
16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1 MB
Video card (GPU)
EGA, MCGA, VGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
3.0 MME
Processor (CPU)
Intel 386
System memory (RAM)
16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1 MB
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1 MB
Video card (GPU)
256 Colours
Notes
↑
1.0
1.1
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>
/
10100
/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the
glossary page
for details.
References
↑
List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑
The Sierra Help Pages - The Many Problems with the 2006 VU KQ Collection
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