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The Witness

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The Witness
The Witness cover
Developers
Thekla
Release dates
Windows January 26, 2016
The Witness on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Humble Store
DRM-free
DRM-free or Steam key, but not both.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Steam version can be played without Steam being open.

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/210970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/210970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Syncs up to 100 MB of game saves. Launcher preferences are also synced.

Video settings

Launcher settings.
Launcher settings.
Advanced launcher settings.
Advanced launcher settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

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Input settings

In-game input menu.
In-game input menu.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
To use a different language, change the language in the properties window in Steam for the game. Alternatively, use the command line argument -language with the correct language code.

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

Configuration file structure and options

Description
low_res_reflections Force reflections to be low resolution. Can be true or false.
sun_shadow_resolution Resolutions of shadows cast by the sun. Can be 256, 512, or 1024.
antialias_panel_rendering Enables additional anti-aliasing for the puzzle panels. Can be true or false.
skip_mipmaps Changes texture resolution. Lower is better. Can be 0, 1, or 2.
aa_mode 2 for FXAA, 0 for no FXAA. Other values are the same as 0.
msaa_sample_count Sets number of MSAA samples. Can be 1 for 2x, 2 for 4x and 3 for 8x.
panel_render_width Value must be a power of two. Values below 512 are not recommended.
render_width Changes rendering width. Can also be set with command line argument -width.
render_height Changes rendering height. Can also be set with command line argument -height.
dynamic_resolution Dynamically changes the resolution to maintain framerate. Can be true or false.
show_config_dialog Show configuration dialog before starting the game. Can be true or false.
See here for the location of the file on each system.
These need to be added to a graphical quality category called :/render/low (or medium, high).[2]

Command line parameters

See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter Description
-width Force a specific width.
-height Force a specific height.
-language Force a specific language: ar/ko/ja/ru/zh_CN/zh_TW
-vr Enables Oculus Rift support.
-fullscreen Enables fullscreen mode.
-windowed Enables windowed mode.
-no_window_border Hides window border.
-no_hud Disables the HUD.
-profile Set render quality: low/medium/high/ultra

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000
DirectX 10 compatible

Notes

  1. 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>/210970/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (210970) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References