Dust: An Elysian Tail

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Dust: An Elysian Tail
Dust An Elysian Tail - cover.png
Developers
OS X
Linux
Publishers
Engines
Windows
OS X, Linux
Release dates
Windows
May 24, 2013
OS X
December 17, 2013
Linux
December 17, 2013
Dust: An Elysian Tail at Steam Charts
Dust: An Elysian Tail at SteamDB
 Dust: An Elysian Tail at Wikipedia

Key points

Advantage Excellent PC port.[1]

General information

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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
GOG.com DRM-free
Humble Store DRM-free Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

Essential improvements[edit]

FNA Unstable branch on Steam for OS X and Linux[edit]

Advantage This branch contains a bunch of bug fixes for FNA and fixes the crashing on entering map bug.

Fix Change to fna-unstable branch on Steam

  1. Open Steam and locate Dust: An Elysian Tail in your library.
  2. Right click (or Control-Click on Mac) the game entry and select Properties.
  3. Click on the Betas tab.
  4. From the drop-down list, select fna-unstable.
  5. Close the Properties box, and wait for the game to update.

Notes

Information This is only applicable on the Steam version of the game and if you're using OS X or Linux. Doing this on Windows will have no effect.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file and save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SavedGames\DustAET\
OS X ~/Library/Application Support/DustAET/
Linux ~/.local/share/DustAET/
Advantage This game supports the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native Steam autocloud does NOT have cross-platform save transfers.
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

General settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.svg
Multi-monitor Impossible False icon.svg
Field of view (FOV) Not applicable
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable Works with GameCompanion.[2]
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Not applicable
Anti-aliasing (AA) Impossible
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native Listed as Variable Refresh. Sets 60 FPS cap.
High frame rate Native Disable Variable Refresh to remove cap; Vsync can be forced externally.[3]
Color blind mode Native Enable in settings.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Impossible
Mouse input in menus Native
Controller
Controller support Native See Engine:FNA for OS X and Linux configuration details.
Full controller support Native
Controller remapping Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
Dutch Native Unknown Unknown
English Native Native Native
French Native Impossible Native
Italian Native Unknown Unknown
Japanese Native Unknown Unknown
Spanish Native Impossible Native
Information Language choice is not offered in game, instead it's automatically chosen based on the system language. To force using a certain language, remove the language folder from the installation path. Alternatively on Windows, use the following patch.

Issues fixed[edit]

No voice during intro (Windows)[edit]

Information No voice audio during introduction, caused by codec or Windows Media Player issue.[4]

Fix Reinstall Windows Media Player[4]

Game not starting (Windows 8)[edit]

Fix Set compatibility mode

Information If the game process ends right away try starting the game in compatibility mode
  1. Right-click the program's icon and choose Properties.
  2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Compatibility tab and then check the Run program in compatibility mode for box and choose Windows XP (SP3).
  3. Click OK

Fix Reinstall XNA 4.0 Redistribuable

Information If the game process ends right away but compatibility mode doesn't fix it, reinstall XNA 4.0 Redistribuable from Microsoft (bundled one is corrupted).
  1. Install Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 Refresh.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista 7
Processor (CPU) 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Duo
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 10 compatible
Shader model 3 support 		NVIDIA 9600GT
ATI Radeon HD 5000
Controller Keyboard Mouse & Keyboard; XInput-compatible gamepad
Other
Windows Media Player
OS X
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8 Mountain Lion 10.8.5, 64-bit
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent Quad Core CPU
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0 (or 2.1 with ARB extensions) compatible OpenGL 3.2 compatible
Controller Keyboard Mouse & Keyboard; Gamepad
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit (S3TC NOT required) glibc 2.15+, 64-bit, S3TC texture support
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent Quad Core CPU
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0 (or 2.1 with ARB extensions) compatible OpenGL 3.2 compatible
Controller Keyboard Mouse & Keyboard; Gamepad

References

  1. ↑ WTF Is... - Dust: An Elysian Tail ?
  2. ↑ Tested by fwinest JediThug.
  3. ↑ How to remove 60 FPS lock? :: Dust: An Elysian Tail General Discussions
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 No voice intro. :: Dust: An Elysian Tail General Discussion