Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Developers
	Oddworld Inhabitants
	Just Add Water
Publishers
	Microsoft Studios
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	December 20, 2010

Oddworld

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee	1997
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus	1998
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee	2010
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath	2010
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD	2012
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!	2015
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2016)	2016
Oddworld: Soulstorm	2017

This page is for the original 2010 PC port. For the updated 2016 release, see Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (2016).

Key points

Steam version owners will automatically download updated version, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD. Playing original version of the game requires opting to beta branch.

Poor console port with many holdovers from the Xbox release

No proper analog support for controllers

General information

Oddworld Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Humble Store
Steam

Steam version

To play this version of the game, it's necessary to opt in to original branch in game properties beta tab. Without this steam will download new updated version, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement OW_intro.bik Apply the Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee intro skip.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\bin\launcher.cfg

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher options menu.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Widescreen behavior is Vert-.
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS

If the game is launched directly from munch.exe without the launcher, it will only run in fullscreen at 1024×768 resolution with AA disabled.

Input settings

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

The default keyboard/mouse layout.

In-game gamepad settings.

The gamepad layout for the game.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Mouse X-axis is always inverted.
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput, designed for XInput. Analog movement is not properly supported. Menus are navigated with the right analog stick.
Full controller support		Launcher requires the mouse or keyboard.
Controller remapping		Camera is controlled with the D-pad by default. See Remapping.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Both axes are inverted when using the D-pad. See Remapping.

Additional information
Button prompts		Original Xbox button prompts only.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		XInput only.

Remapping

Enable right stick camera controls Go to Options >> Controls >> Keyboard-Personalize. Change the Move Camera controls to the arrow keys on the keyboard. Notes The directions must be swapped in order to have standard camera controls.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound; can be set to off, soft and full.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Diagonal movement is slow or nonfunctional

Change default movement speed Go to Options >> Controls >> Keyboard-Personalize. Change Default from Walk to Run.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Shader Model support	1.1
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible