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The Cave

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The Cave
The Cave cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
macOS (OS X) Edward Rudd
Linux Edward Rudd
Publishers
2013-2018 Sega
2018-present Double Fine Productions
Engines
Buddha
Release dates
Windows January 23, 2013
macOS (OS X) January 23, 2013
Linux February 20, 2013
Reception
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure
Art styles Stylized
Themes Comedy
The Cave on HowLongToBeat
The Cave on IGDB
The Cave on MobyGames
The Cave on Wikipedia

The Cave is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view adventure game.

General information

Double Fine Action Forums - The Cave
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Verified as DRM-free for Linux only.[1]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\screen.dat
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/thecave/screen.dat
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/thecave/screen.dat
In the Steam version, the Steam user ID is added to the path.
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\*.save
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/thecave/*.save
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/thecave/*.save
In the Steam version, the Steam user ID is added to the path.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Cloud sync is not cross-platform.[2]

Video

Display settings.
Display settings.
Visual settings.
Visual settings.
WSGF multi-monitor screenshot.[3]
WSGF multi-monitor screenshot.[3]

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Fan translation by «R.G. MVO»
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
3 Co-op
3 players are supported via three controllers, but only 1 player can be using the keyboard and mouse controls at any one time.[5]
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Black screen

Can be caused by connecting via HDMI to a TV or projector that does not support the display mode. Note that the below fix does not work for all users.
Edit screen.dat[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Create an empty text file called screen.dat if it does not exist.
  3. Edit screen.dat.
  4. The format of the file should look like the following, but change the details to meet the capabilities of your display:
fullscreen = true
width = 1920
height = 1080
refreshrate = 60
vsync = false

If this doesn't work, you can try to edit the screen.dat file with Vsync ACTIVATED, that is, replace the last line with

vsync = true

This may be useful, apparently, mostly to laptop users and/or people whose PCs (especially the GPU) are slightly outdated. It solved the problem on a 15.6' HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop with a Geforce Go 7400 (256 MB, DX9.0c) and 1280x800 resolution.

Strange visual artifacts on rocks

Caused by MSAA being forced externally.
Set 'use application defaults'[6]

Set MSAA settings to 'use application defaults'.

Brake pedals do not rest in neutral position

Unplug controller[7]

White flickering

Caused by Depth of Field effect, particularly OS X machines with Intel cards.
Disable Depth of Field[6]

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input SDL2 Linux only.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon HD 3850
Intel HD Graphics 2000
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 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) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600
Intel HD Graphics 3000
256 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon HD 3850
Intel HD Graphics 4000
256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible


References