CSI: Dark Motives

CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2003
CSI: Dark Motives	2004
CSI: Miami	2004
CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder	2006
CSI: Hard Evidence	2007
CSI: NY - The Game	2008
CSI: Deadly Intent	2009
CSI: Fatal Conspiracy	2010
CSI: Slots	2015

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).

StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check. Released on 3 CDs and 1 DVD. Russian copies use StarForce 4.50 DRM^{[Note 1]}. Ubisoft Exclusive release uses SafeDisc 3 DRM^{[Note 2]}.

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).

StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CSI2\Data\^{[Note 3]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		800x600 only
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential 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		30 FPS lock
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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		Ambient, Effects, Music, Dialog (can't be fully muted)
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Language changes from English to French

Download the fix and replace the affected files Language Fix

Name can not be typed

Don't enable compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}

Game Freeze in Cinematics and Ubisoft,365 logos

Don't enable compatibility mode^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.5

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium III 600 MHz Athlon 600 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible
Other	16x CD/DVD drive

Supported ATI chipsets: R9800 (Pro&XT), R9700 Pro, R9600 (Pro&XT), R9500 Pro, R9200, R9000, R8500, R8500LE, R7500

Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce FX 5950, GeForce FX 5900, GeForce FX 5800, GeForce FX 5700, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5200, GeForce4 Ti4600, GeForce4 Mx, GeForce3 Ti500, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 MX, GeForce1

Supported soundcards: RealteK Onboard, SoundBlaster live, SoundBlaster Live 5.1, SoundBlaster Audigy, SoundBlaster Audigy II, Hercules Muse XL, Hercules Fortissimo II, Hercules Fortissimo III

Notes

↑ Version 4.5 of StarForce DRM requires a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.^[1]^[2] The driver can be updated using SFUPDATE.
↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] 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.^[4]
↑ 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).

References

↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ 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

[3] Version 4.5 of StarForce DRM requires a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.^[1]^[2] The driver can be updated using SFUPDATE.

[6] This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10^[3] 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.^[4]

[gamedir-7] 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).

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-1] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-2] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[4] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[5] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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Developers

	369 Interactive
Publishers
Windows	Ubisoft
Russia	Akella
Engines
	Macromedia Director
Release dates
Windows	March 2004
Taxonomy
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Detective/mystery
Series	CSI