Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition
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| Developers | |
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| Cyanide Studio | |
| Publishers | |
| Focus Home Interactive | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 11, 2012 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Strategy |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Blood Bowl |
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| Blood Bowl | |
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| Subseries of Warhammer | |
| Blood Bowl | 1995 |
| Blood Bowl (2009) | 2009 |
| Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition | 2012 |
| Blood Bowl 2 | 2015 |
| Blood Bowl: Death Zone | 2019 |
| Blood Bowl 3 | 2023 |
Key points
- Locked to 40 FPS by default.
- No ability to resume an online match in the event of disconnect.
- Bugs with certain rule interactions persist and may never be fixed
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Steam | |
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| GamersGate (unavailable) | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | |
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| Humble Store (unavailable) | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216890/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\bloodbowlchaos\saves\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/216890/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Default maximum of 3200x2400 | ||
| Multi-monitor | Increase <Dimensions> values under <Limits> in Options.xml | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Increase <Dimensions> values under <Limits> in Options.xml | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Increase <Dimensions> values under <Limits> in Options.xml | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 4x in-game maximum. Can be forced via <Anisotropy> in BloodBowlChaos.xml or graphics card control panel. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | 4x MSAA in-game maximum. Can be forced via <Multisampling> in BloodBowlChaos.xml or graphics card control panel. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Default disabled; can be enabled via the <PresentationInterval> in BloodBowlChaos.xml | ||
| 60 FPS | Increase the <FPSMax> value in BloodBowlChaos.xml | ||
| 120+ FPS | Increase the <FPSMax> value in BloodBowlChaos.xml | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound, and Voices. Spectator voices cannot be lowered without mods. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c | |
| Shader Model support | 2 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7, 8) |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X700 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2 support |
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| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/216890/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (216890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.