Lighthouse: The Dark Being

Lighthouse: The Dark Being

Developers
	Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Activision
Engines
	SCI3
Alternative	ScummVM
Release dates
DOS	September 20, 1996
Windows	September 20, 1996
Mac OS (Classic)	1996
Windows (ScummVM)	February 9, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Steampunk

Lighthouse: The Dark Being is a singleplayer first-person adventure game.

The setup executable of the retail version is 16-bit and does not work on 64-bit systems; see Retail 3rd-party installers to bypass this issue.

General information

Can be played on ScummVM.

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with ScummVM.

A demo is available from ScummVM.

Essential improvements

Patches

The game has a series of patches which must be installed in a specific order. The SierraHelp provides a patches page which lists the patches in the order in which they must be installed.

Adds additional features, such as a built-in help system, the ability for the cursor to highlight interactive elements, and tweaks difficulty of certain puzzles.

Retail 3rd-party installers

3rd-party installers for the retail version will automatically apply the latest official patches and configure the game for CD-less play.

Sierra Help Files

Cross-platform due to its use of DOSBox (requires copy-pasting the installation folder onto the computer of your choice).

Does not remove interlacing in cutscenes.

SquirtTheCat

Removes interlacing in cutscenes.

Automatically applies aspect-corrected upscaling when the game is run at a resolution higher than SVGA.

Limited to Windows XP and higher.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9	GOG.com version only.
DOS video modes	SVGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 80486DX
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other	2X CD-ROM drive

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.1
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 601
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB
Other	2X CD-ROM drive Sound Manager 3.1

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

The Windows requirements are from the GOG.com version.