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Planetary Annihilation: Titans

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Planetary Annihilation: Titans
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Developers
2015-2018 Uber Entertainment
2018-present Planetary Annihilation Inc.
Release dates
Windows August 18, 2015
macOS (OS X) August 18, 2015
Linux August 18, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Cosmetic
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Free-roaming camera
Controls Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Space, Sci-fi
Series Planetary Annihilation
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Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a standalone expansion pack for the Planetary Annihilation. It does not require the original game to play.

As of August 17, 2018, the game is maintained by Planetary Annihilation Inc., a company formed by the game's original developers and several long-time community members.[1]

General information

Official forums
Official Discord server
Official support
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation
Linux $HOME/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation
Linux $HOME/.local/Uber Entertainment/Planetary Annihilation/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA on/off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Experimental hardware HDR10 support can be enabled on latest Windows 10 for modern Nvidia 10 series or newer GPUs connected via DisplayPort 1.4+ or HDMI 2.0+ using: --hardware-hdr

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Voice, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Includes separate localizations for Neutral English and U.S. English.
Arabic
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Includes separate localizations for Neutral Traditional Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese.
Czech
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Danish
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Dutch
Dutch
Belgian Dutch. Fan translation accessible in-game.
Finnish
Fan translation accessible in-game.
French
German
German
Austrian German. Fan translation accessible in-game.
Hungarian
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Romanian
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Turkish
Fan translation accessible in-game.
Ukrainian
Fan translation accessible in-game.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
6 Co-op, Versus
[2]. Maximum number of players can be increased using launch option --local-server-max-players=XX where XX represents a value of your choice.
Online play
10 Co-op, Versus
LAN servers can be made available online with higher player counts. Dedicated servers can be made available using the server launch options --server-name MyServerName --allow-lan --community-servers-url auto --http --mt-enabled --game-mode PAExpansion1:lobby.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Self-hosting

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 20545
UDP 8192
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

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.
Enable threaded optimization[3]
  1. Open the Nvidia Control Panel.
  2. Under Global Settings select the drop-down box next to Threaded optimisation.
  3. Change this to On and click Apply.

Notes

This only applies to Nvidia cards.
If you get poor performance with multiple Nvidia cards, you will need to disable SLI.
Change priority[3]
  1. Open Task Manager and right-click PA.exe.
  2. Select Set Priority: and set it to High.

Notes

Press Ctrl+U to toggle the UI, if there is a noticeable FPS improvement this may benefit you.
Disable Steam Community overlay[3]
  1. Right-click on the game within your Steam library and select Properties.
  2. Uncheck Enable Steam Community In-Game and click CLOSE.

Black screen/black planet

Change settings[4]
  1. From the main menu select Settings.
  2. Under Graphics set anti-aliasing to OFF.
  3. Press F5 to refresh the game screen.

Notes

If this does not work try setting HDR to OFF aswell. If they are both already disabled, enable and disable them again then refresh by pressing F5. You may need to refresh many times.[5]
If nothing helps try to wait a bit, then press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, open Task Manager and then go back to the game window.[5]

Black lines

Disable anisotropic filtering[6]
  1. Open the Nvidia Control Panel.
  2. Under Global Settings select the drop-down box next to Anisotropic filtering.
  3. Change this to Application-controlled or Off and click Apply.

Notes

This only applies to Nvidia cards.

Game won't start

This issue is most likely due to outdated drivers.
Update drivers[7]
  1. Download and install the latest driver version for your video card (ATI/AMD, Nvidia, Intel).

Overly dark planets

This issue is seen on older Intel and AMD graphics cards.
Update drivers[8]
  1. Download and install the latest driver version for your video card (ATI/AMD, Nvidia, Intel).
Disable HDR
  1. From the main menu select Settings.
  2. Under Graphics set HDR to OFF.

Notes

Only a known issue on older AMD GPUs
Disable Ambient Occlusion
  1. From the main menu select Settings.
  2. Under Graphics set Ambient Occlusion to OFF.

Notes

Only a known issue on older Intel GPUs

UI Issues on Linux

Linux users have reported that disabling Sync to VBlank (VSync) can resolve issues experienced with the UI.
Nvidia
  1. Disable "Sync to VBlank" within the Nvidia Control Panel.
Intel/AMD
  1. Add the following to the game's launch options within Steam vblank_mode=0 %command%

Older AMD / Intel GPUs or Brightness Issues

This issue may be seen on Intel Arc graphics cards as well.
All modern GPUs should now support sRGB and sRGB multiple render targets blending.

Historical sRGB workarounds for AMD / Intel GPU’s were removed in 114880.

Use the following if you need to enable the previous settings:

   --gl-disable-srgb
   --gl-disable-mrt-srgb

Download and install the latest driver version for your video card (ATI/AMD, Nvidia, Intel).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Interface Coherent UI

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.2 compatible
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Other Broadband Internet connection.
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) MODERN Quad Core i5
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.2 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.2 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection.
A 64-bit operating system is required.

References