Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered

Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit	2005
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered	2015

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Aspyr Media support page

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Unofficial wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Steam Key
Amazon.com
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove/rename video files^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>/videos/uk/pc/` (or `<path-to-game>/steamassets/videos/uk/pc/` on some systems). Delete or rename `logoquan.bik` and `nvidia.bik`.

Game data

On Steam, the game folder is called "Kelvin".

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\fahrenheit.ini^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<path-to-game>/steamassets/fahrenheit.ini

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Amazon Games	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Aspyr\Fahrenheit Profile\
Steam	<path-to-game>\Saves\<user-id>\

Save game data from the 2005 version is compatible with this edition.

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 general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		All resolutions are letterboxed and slightly pillarboxed.^[1]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Toggle with `LAlt`+`↵ Enter` or see Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	2x, 4x, 8x, 16x
Anti-aliasing (AA)	MSAA (2x, 4x, 8x). With windowed mode, force AA in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Capped at 100 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Windowed

Enable windowed^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file location.
Edit Fahrenheit.ini.
Change Fullscreen=1 to Fullscreen=0.

Notes

Anti-aliasing must be forced in the graphics card control panel.

Input

In-game input settings.

In-game keyboard key map settings.

In-game mouse sensitivity settings.

In-game controller key map settings.

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
Full controller support		Controller support must be enabled manually (see Control device). The game includes an additional launcher which does not respond to controller input.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Controller support
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Limited use, due to the requirement to enable the controller in game's options.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Virtual Gamepad (Legacy mode/Hook input)
Steam Input prompt modes
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support
Official controller preset(s)
Cursor detection

Controller support

A fix is required for the game to recognize XInput triggers and D-pad when assigning controls.

Fix remapping issues^{[citation needed]}
Download and run XInput Plus. Set the "Target Program" to `FahrenheitSub.exe`. Go to "DirectInput" and check "Enable DirectInput Output". Assign LT/RT to Button 11/12. Assign DPAD to Button 13-16. Click Apply and OK.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

In-game language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Global, Music, Voices, Effects
Surround sound		^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - #1
French
German
Italian				Ported from Fahrenheit, download.
Polish				Ported from Fahrenheit, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation is available from Steam Community.
Russian				Ported from Fahrenheit, download.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Windows

Crash on launch

Start the game in windowed mode^{[citation needed]}
Right after the game starts, but before any of the films start playing, press `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.

Set in fahrenheit.ini^{[citation needed]}
Go into the installation folder and edit `fahrenheit.ini` to enable windowed mode.

The game might not run with injectors like MSI Afterburner / RTSS active.

Linux

Crash after quantic dream intro

Skip intros^{[citation needed]}
Apply the intro video skip fix

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Fahrenheitsub.exe is the actual exe on which the game runs, not Fahrenheit.exe
macOS (OS X)			32-bit only.^[3]
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.7d

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8
Processor (CPU)	AMD A10 2.4 GHz Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 4450 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Intel HD 4400 512 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5, 10.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce GT 330M Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	SteamOS, Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	AMD A10 2.4 GHz Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 5450 Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 Intel HD 4400 896 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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

↑ Screenshot - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ Introducing Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered. Hope you like it! :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[gamedir-1] 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).

[2] Screenshot - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[3] Introducing Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered. Hope you like it! :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[4] MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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Developers

Original game	Quantic Dream
Remastered	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows	January 29, 2015
macOS (OS X)	January 29, 2015
Linux	January 29, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	61
OpenCritic	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Quick time events
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Horror, Supernatural
Series	Fahrenheit