Planetary Annihilation

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Planetary Annihilation

Developers   Uber Entertainment

Release dates Windows September 5, 2014 OS X September 5, 2014 Linux September 5, 2014

Key points

Several known issues with the Linux version.

General information

Uber Entertainment Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Official website		login required for download of updates
Humble Store
Steam

Offline Gameplay

Even though the download of the game itself as well as any updates requires usage of the downloader (Uber Launcher), once obtained the game itself can be copied to other computers and played without any DRM-restrictions. For this to work, all game files have to be copied to the new location, no separate install is necessary. The game must however be started directly (through the PA.exe on windows or the PA.app on Mac) since the Uber Launcher will not start the game without login.

Once the game has started, single player and multi player modes might be deactivated on some machines. To fully activate go to Options -> Settings and set Local Server to "ON".

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation\WindowSettings.cfg
OS X
Linux	~/.local/Uber Entertainment/

Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics options.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enabled by default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Input settings

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

Audio settings

Audio options.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, voice and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play		Added in Build 73737.
Online play
LAN co-op		Added in Build 73737.
Online co-op

Issues fixed

Long load time and low FPS

Because of how Planetary Annihilation is a bit more memory intensive than most games it is a good idea to actually close any open programs such as Google Chrome before playing.

Enable threaded optimization Open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Under Global Settings select the drop-down box next to Threaded optimisation. Change this to On and click Apply. Notes This only applies to NVIDIA cards. If you get poor performance with multiple NVIDIA cards, you will need to disable SLI.

Change priority Open Task Manager and right-click PA.exe. Select Set Priority: and set it to High. Notes Press Ctrl+U to toggle the UI, if there is a noticeable FPS improvement this may benefit you.

Disable steam community overlay Right-click on the game within your Steam library and select Properties. Uncheck Enable Steam Community In-Game and click CLOSE.

Black screen/black planet

Change settings From the main menu select Settings. Under Graphics set anti-aliasing to OFF. Press F5 to refresh the game screen. Notes If this does not work try setting HDR to OFF aswell. If they are both already disabled, enable and disable them again then refresh by pressing F5. You may need to refresh many times. If nothing helps try to wait a bit, then press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, open Task Manager and then go back to the game window.

Black lines

Disable anisotropic filtering Open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Under Global Settings select the drop-down box next to Anisotropic filtering. Change this to Application-controlled or Off and click Apply. Notes This only applies to NVIDIA cards.

Game won't start

This issue is most likely due to outdated drivers.

Update drivers Download and install the latest driver version for your video card. Notes Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx ATI/AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

System requirements

The following specifications are still being determined and are subject to change.

64-bit only.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core	Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 3.0 support	Dedicated

OS X
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core	Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 3.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04/13.04, Mint 14/15
Processor (CPU)	64-bit Dual Core or better
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 3.0 support