Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny

Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny

Developers
	City Interactive
Engines
	Virtools
Release dates
Windows	February 23, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	57
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America
Series	Art of Murder

Art of Murder
Art of Murder - FBI Confidential	2008
Art of Murder - Hunt for the Puppeteer	2009
Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny	2009
Art of Murder - The Secret Files	2009
Art of Murder - Deadly Secrets	2011

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\<Localized Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny>\game.setup
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/836770/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\<Localized Art of Murder - Cards of Destiny>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/836770/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Save the screen ratio on: 1920x1080 pillarboxed to 16:10, off: 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Fixed view.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA 2x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Keyboard is not used during gameplay.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, FX, Dialogues, Master
Surround sound		5.0 Side, FMVs are 2.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian				Official localization by «Новый диск» (ND)
Russian				Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Migrate saves between languages

When directly copying save files between localized folders, the game may not display these files in the Load Game section.

Copy the first 288 bytes from the localized save into the target save

Make a backup of all saves. Change the language to the one you want to use in the game. Start a new game. Save the game. Exit the game. Go to the localized folder with saves. Find the localized save file you just created, ensuring the file's creation date and time are correct. Let's say it's save0000.aom. Copy the target save file to the localized folder. Be careful not to replace the localized save you just created! Let's say the target file is save0015.aom. Copy the first 288 bytes from the localized file you just created to the target file (in our example, from save0000.aom to save0015.aom). You can use a hex editor like HxD[1] or, if you're familiar with Linux, open the Linux terminal or Git Bash in Windows and issue the command dd if=save0000.aom of=save0015.aom conv=notrunc bs=1 count=288 Run the game and load the prepared target save. Don't worry about the lack of a screenshot and date in the prepared target save. If the game loads, create a new save. Exit the game. Ensure the game created a fresh save file with a screenshot in the localized folder. In our example, it would be save0001.aom and save0001.png. Remove the target save. In our example, it is save0015.aom.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium D 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3500+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870) DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce (6800/7600-7950/8600-8800/9600-9800/GTX 260-280) AMD Radeon (X1650-1950/HD2400-2900/3650-3870/4650-4870)