FIXES: Graphic options and help/manual

[EXPERIMENTONGOD]

So the Steam release for this game is a mess. For some reason Steam launches the game .exe directly and doesn't give the option to access the launcher and setup program. Furthermore options are not saved when you launch the setup manually through the launcher, so you have to configure everything every time you run the game...

- To acces the launcher and setup program:

Run:

..\Steam\steamapps\common\Nosferatu The Wrath of Malachi\start.exe

Notes:

- Antialiasing doesn't seem to work, so it's better to force it on the graphics card control panel (the only option is 0x and 4x anyway so you can improve AA further).

- The game is DRM Free, so it doesn't need Steam running at all (in fact if you run it through Steam you will never get any graphic options applied).

- To fix settings not getting saved:

The problem is Steam doesn't create the relevant registry key for game settings when you install the game. To fix this, copy and paste this code on notepad and save it as a .reg file and finally double click the .reg file to add the key to the registry.

*** IMPORTANT: You still need to launch the game through the "Play" option on the launcher program (start.exe) for all the settings to get applied. If you launch the game directly from Steam it will not work. It's annoying but at least now the options get saved AND applied. ***

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idol FX]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idol FX\Nosferatu]
"Adapter"="0"
"TextureQuality"="32"
"TextureFiltering"="2"
"AntiAlias"="4"
"LevelGeometry"="2"
"LevelTextures"="2"
"ParticleDetail"="2"
"SoundEnabled"="1"
"Width"="1280"
"Height"="960"
"Depth"="32"

I have modified the options for max settings. You can verify that now the options get saved by running the Setup program and modifying them (easiest way is to change sound enabled/disabled).

By the way if you have a 32 bit OS I think you need to remove the "Wow6432Node" part from the code.

TL; DR:

1. Create .reg and apply.

2. Always run the game through ..\Steam\steamapps\common\Nosferatu The Wrath of Malachi\start.exe

[Boieru]

can you window mode it?

[Decapacitor]

Thank you very much for this! I have created a page on PCGamingWiki.com for this game and included your fixes so that people can find this more easily.

[Retroburn]

So let me get this straight. I just copy-paste all these:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idol FX]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Idol FX\Nosferatu]
"Adapter"="0"
"TextureQuality"="32"
"TextureFiltering"="2"
"AntiAlias"="4"
"LevelGeometry"="2"
"LevelTextures"="2"
"ParticleDetail"="2"
"SoundEnabled"="1"
"Width"="1280"
"Height"="960"
"Depth"="32"

into one Notepad file, save it as ".reg", (no ohter filename?) and save it anywhere. (Even on my desktop?) The game should then be able to access that?

I'm confused.

[Retroburn]

Yeah, I missed that bit. I did that, started the game using the start.exe but the game crashes and this pops up:

CFXGenericEngine:Initialize()

[Retroburn]

I used this list:

https://pacoup.com/2011/06/12/list-of-true-169-resolutions/

and picked 1152. It worked. Thanks man!

[Retroburn]

Side note for Steam newbies: Launching the game from the Start.exe won't make the game drop Steam trading cards seeing that your Steam status will not move from the "Online" state.