Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Developers | |
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Frictional Games | |
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HPL2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 8, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | September 8, 2010 |
Linux | September 8, 2010 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Amnesia | |
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent | 2010 |
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | 2013 |
Amnesia: Rebirth | 2020 |
Amnesia: The Bunker | 2023 |
Key points
- Various custom campaigns and modifications are available
- Will not run on various Intel and AMD integrated cards
General information
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent Frictional Forums
- Unofficial Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
- How to have better texture rendering in Amnesia
- AMD+Intel HD Laptop OpenGL Troubleshooting Guide
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com | PC Download, or retail copy for PC. | |||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | ||||
GamersGate | Windows and OS X | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | OS X version only. | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
POM and Shadow Distorting
- To enable Parallax Occlusion Mapping and Shadow Distorting with eye-vector clamping do the following:
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57300/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57300/pfx/[Note 1] |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
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High frame rate
- The game limits frame rate to 60 FPS by default.
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Input settings
Audio settings
Restore hardware devices
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail release and at local digital distributors. A fan dubbing is being developed by BDIP. | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Issues fixed
- Frictional Games has put together a troubleshooting guide for Amnesia: The Dark Descent
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Adjusting in game gamma does nothing
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Walking on the Ceiling
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Lamp lights through walls
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System requirements
- Drivers should be from NVIDIA/ATI to ensure proper functionality.
- Caution when using an older or low cost CPU, such as Intel Celeron or AMD Sempron, their performance might not match this requirement.
- Graphic cards that do not support OpenGL 3.0 will not be able to run the game at all. Laptops that contain integrated graphics cards generally do not support OpenGL 3.0.
Windows Minimum Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7 Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz System memory (RAM) 2 GB Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB Video card (GPU) Radeon X1000/Nvidia GeForce 6 (Integrated Intel Graphics not supported) macOS (OS X) Minimum Operating system (OS) 10.5.8 or Newer Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz System memory (RAM) 1 GB Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB Video card (GPU) Radeon X1000/GeForce 6 (Integrated Intel Graphics not supported) Linux Minimum Operating system (OS) Popular 2010 Distribution or Newer Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz System memory (RAM) 2 GB Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB Video card (GPU) Radeon X1000/GF 6 (Integrated Intel Graphics not supported) Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/57300/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (57300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
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