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Venetica

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Venetica
Venetica cover
Developers
Deck13 Interactive
Publishers
2009-2012 DTP Entertainment
2012-present Deck13 Interactive
Retail Atari
Russia Buka Entertainment
Engines
Ogre
PINA 3
Release dates
Windows September 4, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 61
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, RPG
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy
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Venetica is a singleplayer third-person action and RPG game.

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)
 SecuROM 7 DRM.
StarForce 5.70 DRM[Note 1] - Russian release
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Gold Edition.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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 Gold Edition.
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
Requires online activation
 Other DRM. [3]
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes bonus material like the OST, an artbook, and behind-the-scenes documentaries.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\settings-user.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\action_bindings-user.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338140/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\save\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/338140/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See Ultra-widescreen for Hor+ scaling.[4]
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
[citation needed]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FSAA up to 4x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Ultra-widescreen

Modify settings-user.ini[4]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\.
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find the line that starts with window_size =.
  4. Change it to the desired resolution, e.g. window_size = 2560x1080.
  5. Save and close the file.

Field of view (FOV)

Modify settings-user.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\.
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find game_camera_fovy = 50.
  4. Change it to the desired FOV value.
  5. Save and close the file.

Windowed

Modify settings-user.ini[5]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Venetica\
  2. Open settings-user.ini with a text editor.
  3. Find fullscreen = true.
  4. Change true to false.
  5. Save and close the file.

Input

in-game input settings.
in-game input settings.
In-game keyboard and mouse controls.
In-game keyboard and mouse controls.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
[citation needed]
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Option of 3 preset layouts.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support
DirectInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Nintendo controllers
Other controller(s)
Additional information
Button Prompts
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Xbox 360 controller rumbles well.[citation needed]
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

  • Controller layout 1

  • Controller layout 2

  • Controller layout 3

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Speech
Surround sound
7.1[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Fan translation; download.
French
Audio in retail only; download for digital releases.
German
Italian
Polish
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download.
Russian
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Spanish
Audio in retail only; download for digital releases.
Turkish
Fan translation; download.

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
vorpX
G3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Talking to Leon at guild house crashes the game

If Scarlett talks to Leon after he arrives at the guild house (where Leon offers to tell people honorable things about Scarlett in exchange for money), the game crashes. The only known workaround is simply to avoid initiating this optional conversation.[7][8][9]

Going into pastry in the Inner District Tavern softlocks the game

If Scarlett talks to Jose in the pub of the Inner Distric for the first time, he first asks if you're new in the city. Answering with yes, he will ask if we come from the mountains. Answering yes a gain, he says, he will show us a special room, unlocks the pantry and then drops right through floor. If you now go into the pantry two persians are going to attack you, when they are defeated, you can choose to kill Jose or spare him, sparing him softlocks the game. The main menu can still be opened but only to quit the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD
Interface Crazy Eddie's GUI System (CEGUI), Scaleform GFx
Input Object Oriented Input System (OIS)

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHzIntel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ Version 5.70 of StarForce DRM requries KB2930157 to be installed on Windows 8.1 to function properly. This version may also need a manual driver update on Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11 to function properly.[1][2] The driver can be updated using the included PCNSL.exe/PROTECT.exe tool.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References