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Planetary Annihilation

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Planetary Annihilation
Planetary Annihilation cover
Developers
Uber Entertainment
Release dates
Windows September 5, 2014
macOS (OS X) September 5, 2014
Linux September 5, 2014
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Planetary Annihilation on Wikipedia

Key points

Several known issues with the Linux version.

General information

Uber Entertainment Forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
 login required for download of updates
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Humble Store
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Offline Gameplay

Even though the download of the game itself as well as any updates requires usage of the downloader (Uber Launcher), once obtained the game itself can be copied to other computers and played without any DRM-restrictions. For this to work, all game files have to be copied to the new location, no separate install is necessary. The game must however be started directly (through the PA.exe on windows or the PA.app on Mac) since the Uber Launcher will not start the game without login.

Once the game has started, single player and multi player modes might be deactivated on some machines. To fully activate go to Options -> Settings and set Local Server to "ON".

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/233250/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics options.
Graphics options.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio options.
Audio options.

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Added in Build 73737.[1]
Online play

Issues fixed

Long load time and low FPS

Because of how Planetary Annihilation is a bit more memory intensive than most games it is a good idea to actually close any open programs such as Google Chrome before playing.
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Black screen/black planet

Instructions

Black lines

Instructions

Game won't start

This issue is most likely due to outdated drivers.
Instructions

System requirements

The following specifications are still being determined and are subject to change.
64-bit only.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Dual Core Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 3.0 support Dedicated
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Dual Core Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 3.0 support
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04/13.04, Mint 14/15
Processor (CPU) 64-bit Dual Core or better
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

  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>/233250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (233250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References