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Psychonauts

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Psychonauts
Psychonauts cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
Publishers
Double Fine Productions
Release dates
Windows April 26, 2005
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2011
Linux May 31, 2012
Psychonauts guide on StrategyWiki
Psychonauts on Wikipedia
Psychonauts
Psychonauts 2005
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin 2018
Psychonauts 2 2021

Key points

Using a controller is recommended.
Fullscreen settings may require the player to disable and enable fullscreen in-game each time the game runs.

General information

Official website
Double Fine Action Forums - Psychonauts
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SecuROM disc check.[1]
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A demo version is available.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.04 (retail)

Patch 1.04. Steam and DRM-free releases are already patched.

Unofficial patch 1.05 (retail)

The September 2011 patch released on Steam was made available separately by user Voodooman.[2] DRM-free releases are also already patched.

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

AudioSettings.ini stores audio settings.
DisplaySettings.ini stores video settings.
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game camera settings.
In-game camera settings.

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Haptic feedback

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Issues unresolved

Smart camera option does not work

The smart (automatic) camera stays on, even if you disable it in the game options or through the game's configuration files.[3]

Thermometer bar in wrong location

When using widescreen resolutions, occasionally the 'thermometer' bar for pyrokinesis will be displayed at the outer-edge of the screen rather than near the targeted object/creature. There are no known fixes to this bug.

Linux version differences

Mouse movement in this game feels entirely different from Windows (no zigzags, smoother; Likely no mouse acceleration).

Issues fixed

Object Flickering on AMD hardware

All AMD drivers after moving from Catalyst to Crimson (16.1) cause objects to flicker constantly, rendering the game almost unplayable.
Instructions

Crashing

Instructions

Save game profiles not removed from DRM-free releases

The GOG.com and Humble Store releases of the game incorrectly include saved profiles used by a developer from Double Fine.[4] The profiles also reconfigure the gamepad control scheme even if you don't use them, so to restore the default control scheme it is necessary to delete them.

Instructions

Corrupted save game profile

If presented with the following error message, you may have a corrupted/damaged game profile:

Error (null), line -1
Crash: 0xc0000005
If you have VS.NET installed, you can try to attach the debugger
Otherwise, click OK 

To fix the error message and allow the game to load:

Instructions

To possibly recover the save game:

Instructions

Graphics error preventing startup

Error: "The game was unable to find a 32bpp display mode supported by your system in which to run. Your video card and monitor must minimally support 640x480x32bpp."

Instructions

Windows 8.1/10 black screen on startup / Freezes loading screen

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 8600GT
Intel HD 3000
128 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM

References