Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut

Q.U.B.E.
Q.U.B.E.	2011
Q.U.B.E.: Director's Cut	2014
Q.U.B.E. 2	2018
Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary	2022

Key points

Updated version of Q.U.B.E.

General information

Official FAQ (archived)

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Via Humble Widget.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		DRM-free when launched directly from executable. Start `<path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\QUBEGame.exe`.^[2]
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Steam owners of the original version receive the Director's Cut for free.^[3]

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the `-nostartupmovies` command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\QUBEGame\Config\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/ToxicGames/QUBE/QUBEGame/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGame.bin^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGameATQ.bin^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\Binaries\Win32\SaveGameALTATQ.bin^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/ToxicGames/QUBE/QUBEGame/

The saved game files are called SaveGame.bin and, for the Against the Clock game mode saves, SaveGameALTATQ.bin and SaveGameATQ.bin.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Advanced video settings

Brightness settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Vert-. Menu covers only part of the screen. See Custom resolution.^[4]
Ultra-widescreen		Vert-. Menu covers only part of the screen. See Custom resolution.^[5]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Custom resolution

Use the `-ResX=<width> -ResY=<height>` command line argument. E.g. `-ResX=3840 -ResY=1080`.^[2]

Field of view (FOV)

Field of view (FOV)^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\QUBEGame\Config` Open `QUBEgame.ini` At the end add: `Bindings=(Name="f",Command="FOV 110",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)` Save the file Press `F` ingame to change the FOV

High frame rate

Change frame rate smoothing^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open QUBEEngine.ini.
Search and change bSmoothFrameRate to FALSE or raise MaxSmoothedFrameRate value.
Save file.

For more information, see the Unreal Engine 3 page.

Input

Control settings

Controls Layout

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master only.
Surround sound		7.0^[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Headsets
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		DK1 only. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game.
Windows Mixed Reality
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed

Various problems can be fixed through the use of the game's Official FAQ page (archived).

Issues starting the game

Re-install the game and the pre-requisite install file^[7]
Locate and run the following file: `<path-to-game>\Binaries\Redist\UE3Redist.exe`

If this doesn't work you may not have the latest releases of the following programs installed. Check the following websites for installs of programs necessary to run Q.U.B.E.:

64-bit Users may be required to install both x86 and x64 versions of each C++ Redistributable package in order to play Q.U.B.E.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista, 7	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	Dual-core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8000 series 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	Dual-core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	Dual-core
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8000 series 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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

↑ Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut released for PC | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
↑ Q.U.B.E. Director's Cut moving to FREE for owners of the original game :: Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested at 3840x1080 custom resolution
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter. No audio output detected in LFE channel.
↑ FAQ’s | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 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).

[1] Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut released for PC | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion

[bymastan-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15

[3] Q.U.B.E. Director's Cut moving to FREE for owners of the original game :: Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023

[5] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested at 3840x1080 custom resolution

[6] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution

[7] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-08-15
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter. No audio output detected in LFE channel.

[8] FAQ’s | Q.U.B.E: Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion

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Developers

	Toxic Games
macOS (OS X)	Minority
Linux	Minority
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	May 21, 2014^[1]
macOS (OS X)	September 29, 2015
Linux	September 29, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle, Platform
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi, Space
Series	Q.U.B.E.