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ObsCure

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ObsCure
ObsCure cover
Developers
Hydravision Entertainment
Publishers
DreamCatcher Interactive
MC2-Microïds
Steam Mighty Rocket Studio
Russia 1C Company
Engines
RenderWare
Release dates
Windows October 1, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 63
IGDB 72
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Direct control
Genres Survival horror, TPS
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Horror, North America
Series ObsCure
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ObsCure
ObsCure 2004
ObsCure II 2007

ObsCure is a singleplayer cinematic camera survival horror and TPS game in the ObsCure series.

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)
 StarForce 3.3.36.01 DRM[Note 1]
Windows
Steam
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 Updated version with full XInput controller support and compatibility fixes.
Windows
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\tm_input.ipt[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\Save\options.sav[Note 2]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\MC2\Obscure\[Note 3]
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\254460\remote
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254460/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save\[Note 2]
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\254460\remote
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254460/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher.
Launcher.
Settings.
Settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Steam version is pillarboxed;[3] other versions are Vert-. Use this mod to fix.
Multi-monitor
 
 Use this mod.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Use this mod.
4K Ultra HD
 
 Use this mod.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Camera issues introduced at very high frame rate.

Windowed

Use D3D8 Wrapper[citation needed]
  1. Download D3D8 Wrapper.
  2. Copy the contents to <path-to-game>.
  3. Open d3d8.ini.
  4. Set ForceWindowedMode to 1.

Notes

Doesn't work with the Steam version.[4]
Use DxWrapper[5]
  1. Download DxWrapper.
  2. Extract from the ZIP file to <path-to-game>:
    • d3d9.dll from the Stub folder.
    • dxwrapper.dll and dxwrapper.ini from the root ZIP file.
  3. Open dxwrapper.ini:
    • Set EnableD3d9Wrapper to 1.
    • Set EnableWindowMode to 1.

Notes

Works with the Steam version.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
No mouse support.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Steam version fully supports the Xbox 360 Controller. See Controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
 Xbox button prompts are only available in the Steam version.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Controller support

In the retail and GOG.com versions, all controller buttons must be assigned manually. Also requires a fix for XInput controllers.
Use XInput Plus[citation needed]
  1. Download and run XInput Plus.
  2. Set the Target Program to Obscure.exe.
  3. Go to DirectInput and check Enable DirectInput Output.
  4. Assign LT/RT to Button11/12.
  5. Assign DPAD to Button 13-16.
  6. Click on Customize and change the following options:
    • Set Right Stick-X to Slider1.
    • Set Right Stick-Y to Slider2.
  7. Click Apply and DLL files will be added to the installation folder.

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
French
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation for Steam and GOG.com versions; download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation for Steam version; download.
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Controller required.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Vsync does not work on Windows 10

Use d3d8to9
  1. Download d3d8to9.
  2. Copy d3d8.dll to the game directory.

Camera issues at very high frame rate

This occurs because camera motion is related to frame rate. Unfortunately, internal Vsync does not work on Windows 10.
Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS[citation needed]
Use d3d8to9[citation needed]
  1. Download d3d8to9.
  2. Copy d3d8.dll to the game directory.
  3. Set the refresh rate to 60Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, Me, 2000, XP 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1 GHz Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 384 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 2
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1b compatible 		128 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX 8.1b compatible
Other 8X CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 24X CD-ROM/DVD-ROM


Notes

  1. ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11.[1][2] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. ↑ Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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>/254460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
  2. ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
  3. ↑ Any widescreen support? :: Obscure General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  4. ↑ [https://github.com/ThirteenAG/d3d8-wrapper/issues/6#issuecomment-1123575957 ThirteenAG / d3d8-wrapper in Github - Issue 6: Not working in Obscure] - last accessed on 2022-05-11
  5. ↑ Verified by User:LukasThyWalls on 2022-05-11