Cave Story+

Cave Story+

Developers   Nicalis

Release dates Windows November 7, 2011 OS X December 13, 2011 Linux December 13, 2011

Cave Story

Cave Story	2004
Cave Story+	2011

This page is for the enhanced remake. For the original game, see Cave Story.

Key points

Three versions of the soundtrack plus two graphics modes.

General information

Unofficial Cave Story Wikia

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Desura
Steam

Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\
OS X	~/Library/Application Support/
Linux	~/.local/share/CaveStory+/

Profile.dat stores save game data.

The game supports XDG on Linux, but crashes when the value is set.

The Steam and DRM-free save games are not compatible. (On Windows they definitely are compatible)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager

Video settings

In-game general settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Game can run in any window size, albeit with black bars.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input settings

In-game control settings.

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

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		The music is muffled and lowered in volume.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Japanese

Issues fixed

Game will not start, or crashes on start

Disable triple buffering Go to Graphics Settings Disable triple buffering Triple buffering can also be disabled in Catalyst Control Center, among other graphics card programs.

Install VC++ and .NET 3.5 (Windows) In some cases you may need to install or update your versions of VC++ and/or .NET. They can be downloaded from here: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)

Create a "steam_appid.txt" file If the game launch from Steam, but does not launch outside of Steam, create a "steam_appid.txt" file containing the text "200900". 200900 is the Steam ID for this game. Place this text file in the installation folder.

Black screen

If the game loads to a black screen in Windows 7, setting the game to compatibility mode may fix the problem.

Run in Compatability Mode for Windows XP SP3 Right click the CaveStory+.exe file and select Properties Select the Compatibility tab Check the box Run in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Solo	Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	64 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel only, PowerPC not supported	Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz and above
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	64 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Solo	Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	64 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	128 MB of VRAM