Talk:Discworld Noir

message: For WindowsXP, there are two issues.
Issue 1: the game does not load when launched. To solve, do the following:
1) Do a full install of the game to a directory like C:\Games\Noir. This directory must not contain any spaces!
2) Create the following directory: 
 c:\games\noir\cd1
3) Copy all the files from the root directory of CD 1 to c:\games\noir
4) Copy the files:
 ENGLISH.SMP
 ENGLISH.IDX
 KILLMOON.BMV
from the third cd in the dir \CD3 to c:\games\noir\cd1
5) Go with regedit to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Perfect Entertainment\Discworld Noir], and change the key:
 "Sample Path"="C:\\games\\noir\\cd1"
6) Change the properties of the Discworld Noir shortcut to 'Windows 2000' compatibility
7) Enjoy playing!
Issue 2: the game crashes when anything is clicked. To solve:
1) Get the Safedisc XP path from Microsoft: 
2) Get the Safedisc fix from Macrovision: 
3) Change the properties of the Discworld Noir shortcut to 'Windows 2000' compatibility
4) Enjoy playing!
I have seen one case where both methods were needed. Jordi·✆ 15:20, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have seen some cases where neither was needed; indeed it ran better for me without converting to Win2k compatibility mode. However, the saved games would not load from the root menu, and a new game had to be started before loading a saved game.
My problem is quite strange - since buying my first ever graphics card (ATI Radeon 9550), the game crashes if the intro sequences is skipped. This is on Windows 98. :( --Nick R 14:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: WinXP

message: Is there a reason that Gaspode isn't listed among the "familiar characters"? He's a "feature character" in several Discworld books, and also has quite a large role in the game. There should also be some mention somewhere that Carlotta, or at least her ex-husband, is most probably related to Angua (they're both werewolves and von Uberwalds).
--Cidolfas 22:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Familiar Characters 

message: I'm reading Going Postal at the moment, and it makes a brief mention of a werewolf being on the City Watch. Assuming I remember the events of the game correctly, Lewton becomes a werewolf, and he's at least a former City Watch member. Coincidence? Probably not.
:The werewolf refered to is more than likely Angua, and if memory serves, Discworld Noir takes place after Lewton's stint in the Watch. Quoth 03:06, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can confirm that the werewolf in Going Postal is not Lewton. The timeline is all wrong for this; Quoth's logic is impeccable. ChrisBateman (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 21:44, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lewton appears in Going Postal? 

message: There are "Discworld Noir(TM) Perfect Entertainment Ltd. All rights reserved." on CD labels.
Perfect Entertainment was dissolved in 1999, wasn't it? Where did rights go?
GT Interactive Software had publish right limited in Europe.
But GT Interactive became Atari,Inc or Infogrames,Inc.
Where is publish rights?Free publishing is allowed?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.115.246.2 (talk) 12:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who has "rights" ? 

message: This is a call to arms to make the Terry Pratchett article a Featured Article. It will greatly help the cause if all the side articles that link from it are of a reasonable standard. Terry Pratchett has around 40 side articles (ie the ones relating to his work) - I don't think they are all expected to be GA (Good Article) standard for TP to become featured, but certain basic elements will be looked at for sure. 
A full list of the sub articles is here on the TP talk page: I'm posting this comment on the talk pages of each article on the list. Editors reading may also like to help with the TP article too? 
The main issue, especially with smaller articles, is often a finding reasonable amount of citations, and prose can sometimes be a little  POV too. Coverage of the topic is probably less important, but of course it needs to be reasonably good. --Matt Lewis (talk) 15:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making [[Terry Pratchett]] a Featured Article 

message: Any idea why Noir main characters don't ever get a mention in books? Copyright issues? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  06:01, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is another case where I can answer the question but if I do so here on Wikipedia it will violate verifiability and make it inadmissible. It's the Catch 22 of Wikipedia epistemology. ChrisBateman (talk) 21:43, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why no connection to books? 

message: I'm not sure how correct this is. There is, as far as I can see, an unaffiliated,(is this the case?), less than a year old sourceforge project that has no distributable files at all, and that would support it by basing itself on Residual, experimental engine for grim fandango and escape from monkey island. But, scummvm's wiki states that discworld noir, not being a 2d adventure is outside the scope of that project, and neither residual nor discworld noir support is mentioned on listings of game engines they are working on. Residual itself is kinda functional for grim fandango, but buggy and many things don't work. Escape from monkey island is farther still, and won't run.
Unless I'm missing some information, it seems to me this part of the sentence might be setting people's expectations too high, as it seems to me that it's unclear if residual would become part of scummvm, rather than a sideproject, and that discworld noir is (sadly, as I don't personally care much for mokey 4) the farthest of the 3 3d games from actually getting support even via this route. 93.136.61.28 (talk) 20:09, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, so checking on #residual on freenode, and consistent with what is stated on that link's front page, it seems it is a planned engine implementation based on Residual, no longer on ScummVM, the former being a separate thing from Scumm. So the sentence seems to be just out of date, so I'll change it 93.136.43.90 (talk) 00:58, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   ScummVM does not yet support the game, but it is being worked on..? 

message: The user‎ Martin IIIa, on 23 June 2014, has deleted a significant portion of the article. He described his edit as "Removed unsourced trivia". While this is true, I think a more positive contribution would have been to add references, rather than to remove content. Doing a quick google search, I find some sources that than be references to support the information deleted:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/discworld-noir
http://pcmania.bg/Discworld-Noir/?go=games&p=detail&articleId=4489
http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/reviews/119/
(etc)
I think that the edit should be reverted and the section labelled as "needs referencing", and start referencing it.
--Al83tito 15:12, 24 Jun 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large deletion of Film Noir references section - revert and reference, rather than delete 

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message: This article should try to address this question. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:56, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this not canon?