Discworld Noir
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Perfect Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| GT Interactive | |
| Re-releases | Infogrames |
| Engines | |
| Tinsel[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 5, 1999 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Discworld |
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| Discworld | |
|---|---|
| Discworld | 1995 |
| Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? | 1996 |
| Discworld Noir | 1999 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
Discworld Noir is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Discworld series.
Availability
Essential improvements
Unofficial fixes
- Fixed exe by Loma - resolves various compatibility issues with the game, so that it runs without crashing, but does not resolve problems with mouse cursor not locking to game window. There may also be issues with resolution stretching/scaling on modern monitors.[5]
- Compatibility fix by Nathan Baggs - works only on the re-release without SafeDisc DRM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\save[Note 2] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Alt-tabbing out may mess up the colours. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Czech | Fan translation; download. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 266 MHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 450 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX compatible 8 MB of VRAM | |||
Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ ScummVM :: Wiki - Discworld Noir - last accessed on 2022-03-14
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2025-07-05
- ↑ Simple fix for Discworld Noir in WinXP-Win10 - last accessed on 2024-05-14