Avernum: Escape from the Pit

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Avernum: Escape from the Pit
Avernum escape from the pit.png
Developers
Release dates
Windows
December 14, 2011
OS X
December 14, 2011
Avernum: Escape from the Pit at Steam Charts
Avernum: Escape from the Pit at SteamDB
 Avernum: Escape from the Pit at Wikipedia
Avernum
Avernum 2000
Avernum II 2000
Avernum III 2002
Blades of Avernum 2004
Avernum IV 2005
Avernum V 2007
Avernum VI 2009
Avernum: Escape from the Pit 2011
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls 2014

For the original game, see Avernum. General information

More information Official Forums
More information Avernum: Escape from the Pit Updates and Support Page
More information Steam Community Discussions
More information Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Developer website DRM-free
GamersGate DRM-free
Mac App Store Availability Table Icons - Mac App Store.svg OS X only.
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Information A demo is available here.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Information For the DRM-free version see the Updates and Support section of the website.

Using DirectX Graphics[edit]

Fix Install the Demo[1]

  1. Download and install the Avernum demo, the DirectX version ships with this version of the game.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Run Avernum DirectX.exe

Game data[edit]

  Location 
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Spiderweb Software\Avernum Saved Games
OS X ~/Library/Application Support/Spiderweb Software/Avernum Saved Games/
OS X (Mac App Store) ~/Library/Containers/com.spiderwebsoftware.Avernum/Data/Library/Application Support/Spiderweb Software/Avernum Saved Games/
Information For all versions saves are labelled Save0, Save1, etc.[2]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Unknown
Multi-monitor Unknown
Field of view (FOV) Unknown
Windowed Unknown
Borderless fullscreen windowed Unknown
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Unknown
Anti-aliasing (AA) Unknown
Vertical sync (Vsync) Unknown
High frame rate Unknown

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Unknown
Mouse acceleration Unknown
Mouse input in menus Unknown
Mouse Y-axis inversion Unknown
Controller
Controller support Unknown

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Unknown
Surround sound Unknown
Subtitles Unknown
Closed captions Unknown
Mute on focus lost Unknown

Issues fixed[edit]

Information Spiderweb Software has put together an Updates and Support Page on their website

Windows[edit]

Avernum Not Working[edit]

Fix Description[1]

Information This usually happens with the Steam/Direct2Drive/GamersGate versions of the game
  1. Download and install the Avernum demo, the DirectX version ships with this version of the game.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Run Avernum DirectX.exe

Problems with Graphics/Crashes[edit]

Fix Install the latest graphics drivers[1]

Problems with Graphics/Game Running Slowly[edit]

Fix Uninstall and Reinstall the game, your saves may be corrupted[1]

Fix In the settings set Game Area Size to Small and Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw

Fix Install the latest graphics drivers

Fix Close all other programs before running Avernum

Fix Run the DirectX version of the game

See Using DirectX Graphics for more information.

Fix In Settings use Fast Graphics

OS X[edit]

Game Playing Slowly[edit]

Fix Change around settings[3]

Information Press ⇧ Shift+D, enter fps, and check if your FPS is unsatisfactory. If so, do the following:
  1. Run as few other programs as possible in the background.
  2. On the Video Mode window that comes up when you launch the game, choose to play in a window and then select a small size for the window. Alternately, run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Game Area Size to Small.
  3. Run the game, select Game Options on the title screen, and set Graphics Extra Details to Don't Draw.

General[edit]

Killed Khoth and Unable to Progress[edit]

Fix Enter a cheat code, you cheater[1]

  1. Press Shift and D
  2. Enter sdf 55 14 1
  3. Press OK

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
XP
Processor (CPU)
1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
300 MB
Video card (GPU)
3D accelerated graphics card, OpenGL compliant
OS X
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
10.5 or later
Processor (CPU)
1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
300 MB
Video card (GPU)
3D accelerated graphics card, OpenGL compliant

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Avernum: Escape from the Pit Issues For Windows - Updates and Support
  2. ↑ Avernum: Escape from the Pit Updates and Support - Spiderweb Software
  3. ↑ Avernum: Escape from the Pit Issues For Mac - Updates and Support