Shadowgrounds

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Shadowgrounds
ShadowgroundsBoxart.jpg
Developers
Release dates
Windows
November 11, 2005
Linux
September 16, 2009
OS X
April 12, 2011
Shadowgrounds at Steam Charts
Shadowgrounds at SteamDB
 Shadowgrounds at Wikipedia
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds 2006
Shadowgrounds: Survivor 2007

Key points

Disadvantage Game progress is only saved in-between levels. It's due to a technical limitation in the game engine.[1]

General information

More information Official game site
More information Shadowgrounds FAQ and troubleshooting
More information Frozenbyte Community forums for Shadowgrounds series
More information GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
More information GOG.com 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
Desura DRM-free Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
GamersGate DRM-free
GOG.com DRM-free
Humble Store DRM-free Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The Shadowground site provides the latest patch, version 1.05.

Game data[edit]

In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows
OS X
Linux ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Profiles\<user-id>
OS X
Linux ~/.frozenbyte/shadowgrounds/
Disadvantage This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Impossible
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

External options menu.
External advanced graphics settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Silver.svg Some resolutions not listed; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Silver.svg
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Impossible
Borderless fullscreen windowed Impossible
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Native

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Open <path-to-game>\config\options.txt using Notepad, scroll down to:

screen_height =
screen_width =

Insert the resolution you wish to use (ex. For 1680x1050, screen_width=1680 screen_height=1050).

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Native
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Not applicable
Controller
Controller support Native
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Not applicable

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Native
French Native Unknown Unknown
German Native Unknown Unknown
Spanish Native Unknown Unknown

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local co-op Native 4 Shared-screen. Other players must use controllers.
LAN co-op Impossible
Online co-op Impossible

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.3 GHz 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 384 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
1 GB
Video card (GPU) GeForce 4 Ti 4200
ATi Radeon 9000
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
ATi Radeon 9500 Pro
OS X
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Mac
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Information The game cannot be run on GeForce 4 MX cards or Intel graphics solutions

References

  1. How the hell do I save my game? :: Shadowgrounds: Survivor General Discussions